The Portland daily press., 1900-08-09

and his presence at the reception last
evening was greatly to the pleasure Of the
people in attendance. He seemed to be
in his usual good health, and took a ear
for Mr.. Farley residence about 10 O'Clock,
when the exercises of the evening were
concluded, On reaching the house he
showed no signs of illness, but few
minutes after his arrival complained of
feeling sick. He took some simple reme-
dies and started to pass from one room
to another when he was heard to fail.
Mr.. Farley's son hurried to his assistance
and carried him to couch and a ply
sician was summoned. 1t was found that
he was failing rapidly and within half
an hour from. the time he reached the
house he was dead. Heart failure was
asoribed as the cause of his death,
DR.. Hamlin was known all over the
world for his missionary work in Turkey
to which ne devoted the best portion of
his life. AS the founder Of Beebe Semi
nary and Robert College he VIII long be
remembered not only by his own country
men, but by those for whom he labored
so long and so earnestly in the empire of
Turkey.
He was born in Waterford, in this state
January 5, 1911. He came Of good old
Revolutionary stock. His grandfather,
Eleazer Hamlin, participated in the War
OF the Revolution with his three sons.
After the close Of the war he moved into
the district Of Maine. as it was then
called, and took up a grant of land in
Waterford. Hannibal, the father Of DR..
Cyrus Hamlin, was high sheriff of Ok
ford county, and for him Hannibal Ham
lin, the Vice President Of the United
States during Lincoln's first administra.
tion, was named. Hannibal Hamlin and
DIR. Cyrus Hamlin were cousins. AS q
child, Cyrus Hamlin, was pronounced
by the wise ones of the village, to be
weakly, and 1t was predicted that he
would not live to grow up. His father
died when he was seven years old and
his mother; a woman of heroic courage,
was left In somewhat Strengthened cir
cumstances. The family was large and
she had only the income derived from the
farm to maintain herself and family,
but she set herself to the task with
noble determination to give her sons a
chance in the world. DR.. Hamlin was
early taught to reverence the Bible, and
in the public schools of his native town
he obtained the foundation OF an edu-
cation. lie was deemed too sickly to
make success of farming and it was de-
cided that he should have an education.
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family prohibited this. He was finally
apprenticed to his brother-in-law, Charles
Farley of Portland, who was a silver
smith and jeweler and when Is years
old came to this city to begin life for
himself. In his book ''The Life and
Times of Cyrus Hamlin, there are many
interesting stories of these days OF ap-
premiership in Portland. DR.. HamIin
was not born to be a silversmith but he
devoted himself earnestly to the trade
to which he was apprenticed and became
fairly skilful in the moulding of silver
and other prs cious metals. While serving
as an apprentice with Mr.. Farley he at
tended the church OF DR.. Edward Payson,
of which his sister and her husband
were members. Here he became a stu
dent of the Bible under Dr. Payson's
guidance, and on May 6, 1928. became a
member of the Second Parish church.
He soon became convinced that he
needed an education and so it was dec1d-
ed that he should go to Bridgton acade-
my, where he graduated in due time and
then entered Bowdoin college in the class
which graduated in 1884. He aided him.
self in securing this college education by
teaching school and having won the
friendship of many influential persons
who saw in this young man much of
promise, he graduated with honor in
1884. He had long before this made up
his mind that he should study for the
ministry and so entered the theological
seminary at Bangor, where he graduated
in 1887.
DR.. Hamlin had decided to devote him
self to work in the missionary field. All
Of the arguments of his friends were of
little weight when he had so decided, and
before his graduation at Bowdoin he
made application to the American Board
for assignment to foreign field. He Sc
lected from choice Africa as being g. field
VIII ich most needed the services of mis-
sionaries, but he was advised to go to
China which he reluctantly decided to
do. But American missionaries were at
this time needed for Turkey and to Con.
stantinople DR.. Hamlin was finally sent as
an educator. His work in Turkey is so
well known to Portland people that it