Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-06-01

AIoNUMENT UNVEILED
AT the Grave of Irwin Tice, Jr,-
Tribute from His Teacher.

Tribute from His Teacher.
Rev. John Wesley Tice, Sr., the
aged grandfather of the late Irwin
Tice, Jr., was present at the unwilling
of the monument over the grave of
little Irwin Tice, Jr. A large number
Of people gathered there. The wife
of Rev. f. A. Fielder read the writing
of Prof. e. b. Bostwick, the -
teacher he studied under. In an -
Testimonial service the Holy lit
was manifested in great power, as
shown by some of the G. A. r. men
and others. The aged brother, John
Wesley Tice, said God "a very prec-
ious to him and raised his hand up
ward, when a little bird flew in a
window and around them and then
out of the window, which seems very
significant as little Irwin used to tell
his mother, when a tiny little tot, Il
will be your little birdie mama"
The following was written by the
lads last teacher, Principal E. b.
Bostwick, and was read at the SER
vice by Mrs. F. A. Fielder, of Adel-
phia, whose husband, Rev. Mr.. Field
err, had charge of the ceremony:
ION the occasion of the erection of
this stone to the memory of our dear
young friend, Erwin Tice. Jr., it
seems appropriate that we, his
friends, who are gathered here,
should say a few words to show our
appreciation of his lovely character
and Christian life, and to express to
his bereaved and sorrowing parents
the sorrow that we feel for our W
loss, as well as sympathy for
them in their unspeakably greater
loss and never ending mourning and
grief.
Erwin was born January 2, 1892,
the only son of his parents, Mr.. Erwin
Tice and Mrs. Dorcas Anna Tice, and
we can easily understand how dear
this only child was to them, doubly
dear from his lovely life. At an
early age he Joined the church, and
in his daily life, both at home and at
school, he showed that he understood
and felt the duties and responsible
ties that being a member of the
church implies.
when only twelve years old he
received from the State Department
of Public instruction a certificate of
graduation from the Grammar School
department of the public school in
District No. 2, Madison township, In
September of the same year he enter
ed the first grade of the high school
of South Amboy. Although one of
the youngest pupils in his class, If
not the youngest, he was one of the
highest in standing, always working
faithfully, always trying conscient-
iously to do his best, and always
keeping in mind that he ought to live
as becomes a member of the church.
This was shown by a remark that he
made to his mother on Christmas
eve, We'll. mother, thus far I've
lived true;" the kind of remark that
none but an earnest little Christian
would make, who knew what 1t
meant to live true
During the Christmas holidays
he had learned to sing with his
mother his favorite school song,
Spring with all its joys is near" as
If in unconscious anticipation of the
eternal and blessed spring-time on
which he was about so 0 to enter.
"Soon after returning to school he
was taken i'll, an illness of only a few
days, ending in his death Of the
twelfth of January, 1905. During his
illness he showed his love for his
mother and his thoughtful tenderness
for her by saying, Mother, no matter
which of us should die, it would be a
long while before we who were left
could realize the other was dead" as
If he understood that his mothers
loving grief would increase rather
than diminish with time, and as If he
felt that If she should be taken be-
fore him, his grief for her would
never cease.
There is an old saying that
Those whom God loves die young
and this saying seems to be %particu-
larly applicable to our dear little
friend. 1t seems as n his Heavenly
Father had such love for him that he
took him to himself, to keep him in
blissful security and eternal happi-
ness, from the sins and trials of this
troublesome world, to that glorious
world where there shall be no more
sorrow nor crying, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes. ,"