The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-16

Always DestoW
Angels will guard you
Wherever you CO.
\ picture of our school days memory
brings: The long winter evenings are
on. The study table Is drawn out and
the school children gather around and
each tends to his respective work
Father sits little apart busy with his
papers, and mother smiling and busy
knitting a stocking or running the heel
Of new made sock. All is quiet till the
lessons are done and then father drops
his papers, the table is pushed back, the
stove is guarded and lively game of
"Bind mans buff Is begun, father join
ing with as much enthusiasm as the
youngest till "rhat will do and we say
good night and climb the stair, mother
often going up to tuck US in.
Another picture hard TO draw but
written deepest In our minds is mother
at prayer. Daily would she withdraw
herself alone TO quiet room and many
time have we heard her pouring out
her heart in fervent prayer and we knew
she WAS bearing US to the Throne of
Grace.
Mother very feebly esteemed her own
talents of service 10 the church but her
love of the church was supreme and her
great desire and prayer for her children
and friends were that they might know
the Christ of the Church.
Memory throngs our minds with many
pictures of mother whose presence is so
sadly missed In the home circle.
Never again so speaks the sudden silence,
| When round the hearth gathers each well
known face.
But one is missing, and no future presence
1 lnRu 1anw hat Ill
Forever shall the burning thought remain,
Never, beloved, again. never again!'
Never againi" so-but beyond our hearing
Ring out far voices fading up the sky;
Never again shall earthly care and sorrow
Weigh down the wings that bear her soul on
Listen, o earth and hear that glorious strain
Never, never again, never again!n
A letter from George K. Smith of
Augusta, highly appreciative of Mrs.
French, and regretting his inability to
be present, was read. This was followed
by song "Only to Saw feelingly rem
dered by Mrs. w. L. Whipple.
Mrs. D. S. York, president of the
Ladies Aid society of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Scion, presented TO
the church a window in memory of Sarah
kidder French, lS25-1900, in behalf of
her many friends from Maine to Califor-
mia, as testimonial of their love and
high esteem.
Rev. Thomas Whiteside, pastor of the
church, accepted the gift in we'll chosen
words in which he paid high tribute to
the life and good works of Mrs. French.
1t was, he said, his good fortune to be
her pastor for some years and he had
never before met parishoner of more
beautiful character, loveler temperament
or kinder heart. He said this memo
rial should stimulate all TO initiate so
bright and worthy an example.
Mrs. Jennie Whipple Greene, daughter
of the late Heman Whipple presented to
the church window Inscribed to the
memory OF. David Whppe, 1779-1S61 j;
Mercy Jackman Whipple, l786-lS70 ;
Jacob Lowell, l782-l8l5; Grace Nc
Fadden Lowell, 17SG-lS54; Heman
Whipple, 1S2l-lS9S; Jane Lowell Whip
pie, 1921; Eleazer Whipple, 1S51-1S5S ;
as an act of love and devotion to her
family and the church.
In presenting the window to the society
Mrs. Greene said she did it with great
deal of hesitation but because so large
a number are interested in the genealogi-
cal record, she had with much pains
secured aud compiled it, as follows:
David Whipple, whose name appears
first in this memorial window and his
wife, Mercy Jaekman Whipple, were the
parents of Heman Whipple and were de.
voted members and supporters of this
church. The date of their joining can
not be found on the early church records
as at that time the church was divided
into circuits.
The Whipple ancestry can be traced
back to 1884 or 1885 when two brothers,
John and Mathew, settled in Ipswich,
Mass. The house of John is now stand
ing, having been bought and preserved
by the Ipswich Historical Society.
When this occurred it was made the oc-
casion of quite celebration. | think ii
was the two hundredth anniversary of
the erection of the house. Daniel who
settled in Providence, r. [. was supposed to
have been brother of John and Mathew,
and they were sons of Mathew Whipple
of Booking, Essex County, England.
Bishop Whipple of Minnesota is des-
cendant of David, while William
Whipple, the signer of the Declaration
of Independence was descendant OF
John Eleazer Whipple, the Revolution
airy patriot of Pepperell, Mass, was the
great-grandfather of Heman Whipple
and a great-grandson of John of Ipswich
On April 18th, 1853, Eleazer Whipple
was married by Rev. Joseph Emerson,
the great-great. grandfather of Ralph
Waldo Emerson, to Abigail Chamber
lain, descendant of Thomas Chamber
lain of England, who settled In Woburn,
Mass. They had four children, Sarah,
John, Eleazer and Joseph. Eleazer
Whipple senior was neiRhbor and
friend of Col. William Prescott whose
home in Pepperell. On that memorable
April 10Th, l775, messenger rode from
Concord to Pepperell with the intelli-
gence that the British had gone out from
Boston and killed eight men at Lexing-
ton and were fighting at Concord.
Eleazer Whipple joined Col William
Pfescott's regiment, Capt. Jonathan
Whitney's company. They marched to
Concord but too late for the fight, they
fastened on but too late to overtake the
foe. Eleazer Whipple, Jr. after he came
to Scion used to tell about marching a
days march with his father to Join Col.
Preseott's regiment at Cambridge before
the battle OF Bunker Hill. He then was
II years old The battle of Bunker Hill
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