The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-13
ALI. HONOR
MEMORY OF
ATHERTON
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lesson Of the service would be from
that sadly sweet chapter of First Cor
inthians, which is known as the deatl
chapter. but which is so wonderful.
consoling to humanity in the las
affiiction. we have come together.
Mr.. Cooke said. Ito honor the memory
of a man we all loved. For three term,
he was the president of our society,
accepting the presidency the third time
when he was too i'll really to do the
work, but because he thought it was
his duty to accept it. and because there
was found no younger member who
would take it. admit that it is with
considerable trepidation that have
taken up the work that has fallen from
his able hands. He was a man who
did well whatever his hands found to
do, a man whose whole life was full
of love for his kind, a man who showed
his love to God by his love for his
fe1lowman."
The president of the Y. NJ. c. A. then
introduced P. C. Jones. who had been
a school fellow of Mr.. Anterior in
Boston sixty years ago. and who spoke
from a heart filled with love for him
who had endeared himself to all Ho-
nolulu by his noble life.
I'VE We're at school together in Bos-
ton. sixty years ago. Mr.. Atherton and
t. said Mr.. Jones. I'VE were born in
that town. within q few blocks of each
other. We attended the same school,
and we went into business at the same
time. For sixty years he was in my
mind; more or less, all the time, and.
in those days of our young manhood
in Boston used to meet him every day
of my life. He was interested in relig-
ious work. even then. though / was
not. came to Honolulu in 1857. Mr..
Atherton, who was of delicate consti-
tution-there was consumption in his
'family-was compelled finally to leave
the rigorous New England climate and
he came here in 1858. He went into the
employ. first of D. c. Waterman. a
little later going with the firm of Cas-
tie & Cooke. of which he afterwards |
became the head. He had been a close |
communion Baptist in Boston, but
he came and he allied himself at once
with the old Fort Street Church. In |
that church his agency drew me to think |
upon religion. and I may say that his |
influence finally made me a Christian. |
In all my dealings with him, in religious
work, in business. as fellow members
on many boards of trustees, his infiu-
ence upon me was always a good in
fiuence. I loved him. If any man in
the world ever had the true Christian
spirit, he had it. He was no fair
weather Christian. His faith sustained
him through all trials. and brought him
In all my knowledge of
him. though 1 have seen him aroused
to righteous wrath, never knew him
to give way to anger. He was man
ever man had He showed it in that
great charity which led him to help his
fellow men always. No man knows,
40 man viii ever know. how much he
lid in the way of charity. No man ever
went to him, asking help. and needing
It. who found that help refused.
Il had thought he had been president
but twice of the Y. NJ C. A, but I
knew that from the first he took a deep
interest in the work of this institution.
He was, in fact, one of the best men
{ have ever known, and L have known
many men. Above all, he was man
'aithful to every trust. To the young
nen here. I do not say that Mr.. Ather-
on was brilliant man. But let those
7oung men here learn from his life
he lesson of that faithfulness that viii
llways lead men to success. When he
vent to work for firm he did not
count his salary as the only reward
or his labor. He was loyal in faith to
lis employers, and his interest he made i
heir interest And he became the
lead of the firm. That is an example
hat all young men may follow with
roht"
The Dillingham; quartet sang, and
hen Mr.. B. F. Dillingham; arose and
aid his tribute to the memory of his
riend. Il was impressed with these !
ualities in the character OF Mr.. Ather- q
IN he said, his rectitude of thought,
is honesty of purpose. his purity of :
fe- His great accomplishments show
of his fidelity and strength
purpose. He was man who did
reat things, and his life is an example.
OF to the young alone, bat to some of
S who have attained more years, an
xampIe to do good, as he did, where
yer the opportunity comes. He was
man, if there ever was a man, who