Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-02-07
WA1'ERNILLE.
THE LAST SAD RITES.
The Funeral Service OF the Late Howard Gilt
ford Largely Attended.

The funeral Of the late Howard 'lif-
ford was held yesterday afternoon.
! There was a brief private service nj
the homo Of 4. II. Libby on Pl"a5an;
| street. Rev. a. a. PcttinEill of th" Uni
tartan church reading and "ff".inE
prayer Rev. Mr.. Williams of WinSiow,
Was unable 10 assist in the Scrvic" on
account of sickness.
| Payard Division. Uniform Kduk, Is.
! Of r.. ard Havelock Lodg" sent a del
| cgation Of about 30 men To escort the
| body from the house tp tn" Unitarian
! church where the services wrr- h.ld.
4 IN spite of the extremely bad walking
| the church was filled. there being an
unusually large number OF young Non.
| The Ethiopian Male Quartet rendered
music. MI. Mayo presiding nj th" or
! gan.
! The caaket. as it rested ut IT," front
q the pulpit, was. literally buried in
| flowers. There were several maEnif-
I cent set pieces ana 4 very large lis
/ play Of wroaths and cut flowers.
| Tho pastor Rev. Mr Pettingill, read
| from the Bible and then spoke briefly
| u the life and character of the de-
! ceased. in part as follows.
! The soul Of him whom VIC have
| known as Howard clifford has now
I PASSED cn ana his body lies here he-
/ fore lis for our disposal. We know tnat
/ he was all Industrious man. one Who
| had something to DO day after d1y
| and who did il like a man. He w&a a
/ kindly man of a strong sweet person
al.ty with 4 cheerful word ana a warm
! hand-clasp for all. He was thought
full man. His brain possessed power
and he exercised it on the problems
/ If existence such aS We are now dis
cuGsinE ana ii took Z good man to
| hold his own with him in d discussion.
! He was man Of culture. not devoted
to the seemy side Of life. He was a
man of fine soul and fine tastes. He
! liked good company. = Pheasant I"oU
! in which to live; good music. lie was
! q good moral man. | have We. To learn
Of single blot on the soul now gone
| to its Creator. He was a spiritual man,
one who believed in God; who believed
| in spending some time in the house Of
God. He was q church man. | saw him
often in the fall before his sickness.
| sitting in this church listening intcntly
to the service. To have done that he
must have had spirituality.
II might 60 on and on in this culogy
but 1t Is not my purpose. You all know
him better and my words are hardly
needed to tell what he was. Thcr" are,
however. two things which | wish to
mention. First. | believe the world Of
men is better because of the presence
Of him whom we know as Howard
Clifford. The sun is hut the element of
q perfect summer day. The gentle
breeze, the ripping water AL 70 to
make up the complete whole. a blade
of grass among the millions and mil
lions makes it's own part of the green
field. The tree among the millions and
millions makes its part of the forest.
The mountain. one of the great range
with its top cnshrOudod in mist that
stirs the poetry within us. forms its
part Of the whole. Thus our departed
friend helped to make the world bet
ter and more beautiful. Some among us
are poets. some mechanics. som" in
vcntors. We all help 70 make world
~ and beautiful race So he like the
blade of grass. the tree and the noun
tain blended in with the whole. did
his part. what he thought to he his
ruty, with cheerful heart ana bright
face
Second, the future world viii be
better for his presence. That which we
call heaven is made up of perfect
things, some of them having he"n there
from the beginning anf. among them is
God. Reside these are millions and mil
liols Of finite beings who form a part
and parcel Of the life there. We do not
pass there in fun power. but as we are
here. We continue there in our lofty
ideals, forming loftier and better ones
SO Howard Clifford'G ambitious
thoughtful. manly courageous soul
will enter that life and continue the
work here laid down
This thought should take the tears
from our eyes and the bitterness from
our hearts. When the time comes may
God who will take care Of His chill
dren."
After the singing of The Rock Of
Ages" by the quartet. the simple i'm
pressivc burial service of the Knights
OF l'ythiaS was performed. The singing
by the quartet accompanied hy tho or
gan Of the familiar air. We Shall Meet
hut We Shall Miss Him" was one OF
the most impressive parts Of the ser
vice and at the close there was scarce
~ dry eye in the large audience,
while the tears We're streaming down
the faces of many.
Those present then filed slowly mast