The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-06-07
DEATH OF HARRISON CARVER.

| ana Dest-knoWn cltl2enS, uteu OF
Thursday of last week. His funera
took place on Monday morning last
Rev. DIR. Cordo, of the First Baptis'
Church, officiated, assisted by Rev
DR.. Motfett, of the NJ +. Church. Mr.
and Mrs. JAS. Fitch Thomson, friends
of the family, sang duet at the open
ing services, and at the close Mrs
Agnes Thomson sang very feelinglS
angels ever Bright and Fair. The
remains were taken to Doylestown and
the interment was made in Doylestown
Cemetery The pall-bearers were DIR
+. W. Closson, w. f. Hayhurst, Esq.
S. A. Finger, II. +. Scarborough, II
+. Armstrong and Charles Conover.
Rev. DIR. Cordo, in closing his ser
mon, gave the following sketch of Mr..
Carver's life and character which is SO
excellent and just, that we publish it
Harrison Carver was born in Wy
comb, Bucks county, Penna., October
Is, 1921 His parents We're Jesse L
and Eliza Carver. His boyhood and
early manhood years We're spent AT
home. He worked as clerk in his
fathers store until April, 1850, whom
he came to Lambertville and went int
mercantile business with Mr.. Griffith
Williams, under the firm name of
Carver X Williams. This partnership
| continued until November |, 1894, Ter
| forty-four years and seven months.
! The business relations of these two
men were unusually intimate and con-
tidential. They We're wholly unlike in
| temperament and yet this was probably
n model business partnership.
My acquaintance with Mr. Carver
! has been short. In my first passionate
here | knew him rs one of our promi-
nent citizens and ms an attendant ut
| the First Baptist Church. | have come
to know him better during the past
year and especially during the months
of his painful illness. There are many
better able to speak of him than | am
| because of their longer and more init
mate acquaintance. We are apt to
indge of a man by what he is and by
what he does. This rule seems to be a
| Just one. We shall all be Judged by il
Mt the last day
And now first il will be conceded by
| nil that Mr.. Carver was tireless work
er. He was never laggard. His long
| life was one of earnest, active industry.
He knew no idle hours He worked
| for results and his labor was crowned
with a large success, the result of iide
lily i'll his chosen calling.
Mr.. Carver not only gave himself up
| to the work of making his own bust
ness enterprises conspicuous success,
but he also assisted in establishing
other men i'll business, and there are u
number who owe HIM debt of graft
| tude for the helpful assistance he gave
them in their hour of need. The
business relations of our friend were
characterized by fairness and utmost
| honesty. The people liked to deal
with him. His manner WAS always so
pleasant and cordial. His spirit Of
accommodation and kind heartedness
was large. He took great many
risks, which many another man would
| have declined. As n business man he
was thoroughly honest and honorable
i'll all his dealings and relations.
But, like all the rest of us, Mr., Car
yer had his characteristics as man,
| They were of the best He was noted
| for the ealmneas and evenneas of his
temperament, for his kind heartedness,
| for his sympathetic and genial nature
lie did not fnll into the slough of
sullenness nor break out III fierce out
bursts of anger, which belittle every
man who Yields to them Mr.. Carver
had great power of self-control. As a
man IN the community where he has
lived SO long he had the good will and
respect Of the people. He was the
kind of man il is always good to have
among YOU as II neighbor and citizen
Never aspiring To public office noI
public honors, he has lived among you
as faithful, honest private citizen,
Not only in business relations and
ms n man in the community, but also
in his home were these same eharac-
terisiics manifested. He loved and en-
| loved his home and his family, 1t
was his place of retreat and rest from
the cares of his earnest and active life.
| Married in January, 1860, to Miss
| Elizabeth Roberts, their home and
welded life has gone on for almost
forty years. Some of these years have
| been years of sickness, but these have
been most tender and loving ministra-
tiona on the part of each 10 the other.
The facilities of the home life have
| been many. The bond has been tender
and afl'ectionate. Only death could
| break it, In his home life our friend
was loving and indulgent in his rela-
tions as husband and father In this
home he will be missed more than any
where else.
Mr.. Carver never made public
profession of religion. His attitude
| toward 1t was always most respectful
and reverent. He came, however, to
| have, during his last and most painful
| illness, n sweet and blessed religious
experience. He came into the posse
sion of the christian blessed hope.
| We who knew of the steps by which he
came to this hope in Christ, cherish the
memory of it to-day as one of the
gracious gifts of our Heavenly Father.
Early in his sickness ! visited him
at his request and he freely expressed
his sincere desire to know what he
must do to be saved. Sometimes we
preach to audiences ofhundreds, some
times to an audience of one, rs Christ
often did. Almost daily for two months
past it has been my privilege to preach
at the sick bed of this friend, to unfold
to his eager, attentive mind the plan
mysterious to him. But gradually lac
came to see and to understand it.
| With the same earefulness which
was characteristic of him in other
things, he considered every detail OF
the new life as it was opening up before
him. Atlength, on a beautiful Sunday
afternoon, he declared his faith in
Christ, in these words. Said he, 81 dc
accept, with all my heart, the LORD
Jesus Christ az my saviour and
friend" And from that time ON his
faith seemed to grow day by day. 1t
was humble childlike faith in Christ
as his redeemer. lie had one great
regret, which he often expressed to me,
and that was that he had not earlier
in life considered the great matter
which he had postponed until his last
few weeks. He had great desire tc
live that he might profess religion be
fore the world and be permitted to dc
something for the cause Of Christ il
| the world. Our interviews were closed
by prayer. He seemed to enjoy &c
much those seasons of prayer. AT the
close of one of them he said, 81 am O
firm believer in prayer"