The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-08-29
OBITUARY.


was held at his home on High street and
was largely attended by the business men
of the city and others. The employees OF
the shoe factory attended in body. The
services were conducted by Rev. George S.
| Mills, pastor of the North church, a warm
personal friend:
To THE EDITOR OF The JOURNAL: The
desire has been expressed by one and an
| other that my few words spoken at Mr.. Sib-
| ley's funeral should be given to The Jour-
| nal. What said was uttered on the moment
out of deepest feeling, but if fragmentary
and imperfect, it seems to me better to give
| them exactly as spoken, SO far as l may be
| able to recall them, and think my memory
serves me tolerably well. May l, however,
add just this now. 1t seems to me that our
community is under great obligation to re-
member what it has owed to A. G. Sibley for
these twenty years past. When he took the
| management of the shoe factory in 1880 in
association with the late o. G. Critchett,
| can well believe that the motive of civic
patriotism was no small factor in his plans.
He was ambitious that the city of his love
should have thriving industry for the sake
OF the common veal, and that it has had in
the main until the present time. When it is
considered how many have been employ ed
in this principal business of our city, with
| the families dependent upon them and the
HoAOy WHICH Utcll pun III ClICuldGlOu W
| the advantage of all our trade interests, it
should be with profoundly grateful thought
OF the man who in company with others for
so long gave and did the best he could for
Belfast. | append my remarks as requested.
Until this moment l have not been sure
speak word in appreciation of my friend
and yours. AS to so many, as indeed to all
in this presence, the death of Mr.. Sibley
came to me with an inexpressible shock and
grief l can scarcely choose my words now,
or attempt to speak in any complete and
had confidence in him, felt for him deep
| and true affection, and out of the fullnesS of
the heart the lips would utter their tribute.
do not need to commend Mr.. Sibley to
you, his neighbors and friends. His life
was an open one; it was known by you all :;
Here was sincere, genuine man. In my
intimate acquaintance with this man l
| never detected any evasion or semblance of
hypocrisy. Cutter Sibley was the very
farthest possible remove from the Pharisee.
He was good man. He was better man
than he would have been willing to admit,
for in his heart there was deep humility
in respect to his relation to God.
His personal morality was unimpeach-
able. He believed in the things honorable
and just and true and pure, and followed
after them. He had the highest ideals Of
tlic poSlliOu Ilo SuStdlu Ill dill I6ld-
tions. His conception of the family life
was the noblest, and what his home meant to
him, there are some who know whose
sacred sorrow we may not penetrate.
He was generous to fault, perhaps to
his own undoing. His private donations
were many, and he took great pleasure in
| them, while there was never an appeal for a
public cause to which he did not respond
ungrudgingly and heartily. He was man
to delight pastors heart in this respect.
If it was ever fault, what a fine fault!
In recent times at least this city has not
had more public-spirited citizen. What-
ever concerned the material well-being of
the city, and more especially as l think of
| it, whatever made for the moral uplifting of
the place, that he was intensely interested
| in. He gave his enthusiasm, his energy,
his time, his money. How well | know, for
example, how he felt for the cause of
| temperance, and spoke for it. and worked
| for it, standing with not more than a dozen
| others for positive aggressive action.
| He was religious man. | do not hesitate
| to say this, for it has been given me, as his
| pastor, to look into his heart. | may say
frankly that | have often wished, as he
| knew, that he had felt able to identify him
| self more completely with certain practices
in the outward expression of the religious
| life, for the church needs the help of men in
such ways, but it was his very honesty,
after ALL that hindered his doing this, as he
| coulu Hol CONSENT 10 Seenl To De dl all OlHeT
than he really was. But a g0dly ancestry,
an earnest, devoted Christian mother, stood
him in good stead. The nurture and train
| ing of many years had no small part in
giving him his belief in the Book, his prac-
/ tice of prayer, his interest in the church
and religious things. He believed in the
F! Kingdom of Christ, and tried to work for
| Its advancement.
| | may not say more. The loss to the COM
munity and to the church is not to be esti-
mated, while the loss to this home-of that
we cannot utter word. This that has
happened does not seem to have been well.
| 1t was not well. The perpleXity of the
| Providence we do not understand, but one
| day we shall know about all these things,
and for some of Us that day may not be
very far OFT Until then we have our duty.
We must work the works of Him that sent
US while it is day, for the night cometh
| when no man can W ork.
GEORGE S. MILLS.
Appropriate music was tenderly rendered
by the North Church choir The floral
tributes were profuse and very beautiful,
the offerings of sympathizing friends and
neighbors. The bearers were VIM. B. Swan,
! c. F. CHM, A. P Mansfield, d. P. Palmer,
Ralph Emery and Francis H. Welch. The
interment was in Grove Cemetery.
Liz CuIIeul ISSUE VI Iuo ulIlS nOIle pd-
per, published by the Children's Aid So
ciety of Maine, contains an obituary of Mr..
Sibley. from which we quote as follows:
1t is with most profound grief that we
| chronicle the irreparable loss that the Chill
dren's Aid Society has sustained in the
death, on August Goth, of A. Cutter Sibley,
for long time treasurer and later one of its
vice presidents. From the very inception of
the Home he has taken deep interest in
the project and has never failed to respond
cheerfully and literally with time and money
whenever the welfare of the Home required
it. It mattered not how busy he might be
with his own affairs, he was always ready
with words of advice and cheer. Although
| engaged in business of magnitude that
might well have been reason for not taking
on other work, yet he improved every op-
portunity to do that which promised TO
benefit his fellows. His gifts for charitable
| purposes were considerable, but he pre-
| ferred that they should remain unknown.
| In his death Belfast SuStainS a loss that will
| be felt in every walk of life.
| Died in Belmont August 18th Frank R.
Moody, aged Sc years, month and 26 days.
The deceased was born in Windsor, June
| 20, 1861 the son of Clement F. and Martha
E. (SprowD Moody. Receiving common
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