The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-03-10

church so rich in the memory of just lives made perfect.
 Because of their lives and their great and abiding love for this church we have to-day this beautiful communion service presented to our church. Let me read what I find engraved upon these servers that are to pass up and down these aisles through generations yet unborn to bear silent witness to the memory of these friends who to-day are resting from their labors, but whose works are following them: Presented to the Grand Avenue Congregational church, March 1, 1903, by Samuel and James s. Hemingway in memory of their father, Samuel Hem ingway. This do in remembrance of Me-"
 On this other plate find these words: Presented to the Grand Avenue Congregational church, March 1, 1903, by Samuel and James S. Hemingway, in memory of their mother, Marietta Smith Hemingway. This do in re- membrane of Me-"
 I desire to express to the donors in behalf of this church our grateful ap- preciation for this gift of loving mem ory, and at the same time let me &C., cept in behalf of our church this beau tiful and appropriate expression of your filial devotion, and of your loving thoughtfulness for the church of your fathers and the friends of your boy hood.
 C,-,1 1Srarr nd I,S Mrs. Marietta Smith Hemingway, be- came members of this church in 1S48 MT. Hemingway passed from this earthly life December S1, 1881, and Mrs Hemingway stayed with us until Janu- ary 12. 1902.
 MT. Hemingway was man of very few, but weighty words; he was man of many deeds. They tell me that he never spoke in the social meetings of the church, but when there was some money to be raised he spoke the loudest of any man in the church.
 A neighbor and old friend said this last week, You can't speak too highly of the Christian character of Samuel Hemingway. As business man, a cit fzen and member of the church there was no one better"
 This same old friend told me an expe- rience that he and Deacon James F. Smith had when they visited MT. Hem- ingway in the interests of raising ten thousand dollars for our church at the time the Sunday school and social room were built on. When they went MT. Hemingway would not even permit them the burden of presenting the matter, for he knew why they came. He said that as we are going to raise ten thousand dollars, we'll, I want to give at least twenty-five hundred of that" Even as they were going away MT. Hemingway said, If you find that you have any trouble raising it come back and let me help again. This friend with whom I talked said: MT. Hem ingway seemed to enjoy that more than if he had been receiving that same amount of money And surely heshad found that ''It was more blessedv to give than to receive" for he had been with Jesus and had learned of Him, A church is rich in the memory of such life.
 Mrs. Hemingway was so recently with us in an earthly walk and the fra grance and sweetness of her calm low ing life are still so clearly evident in all our ways thatzI need not speak of her, for many Of you could speak more and better than I of the golden glow of the evening light of life that was hers in these last years.
 had the privilege of knowing, her and loving her. too. before she went on to meet the loved ones who had gone before. As I knew her and learned of her from many of you, Iathif1k could not better give expression sto the beau ty and sweetness of her life than by reading again the verses I read at the service we held in her memory on Jan- uary 15, 1902:
 Her path shall brighten more and
 more
 Unto the perfect day;
 She cannot fail of peace who bore
 Such peace with her away.
 A sweet, calm face that seemed to wear
 The look of sins forgiven!
 A voice of prayer that seemed to bear
 Our own needs up to heaven!
 How reverent in our midst she stood,
 Or knelt in grateful praise!
 What grace of Christian womanhood
 Was in her household ways!
 For still her holy living meant
 No duty left undone;
 The heavenly and the human blent
 Their kindred loves in one.
 She kept her line of rectitude
 With loves unconscious ease: