Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-21
BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE
TO LATE PASTOR
Rev. Peter MCIntyfe's Words
at Funeral of Late La
lnented F. ". FAIRIES.
by A FELLOW COUNIRYMAN
A Fellow. Minister and an Intimate
Friend And Associate He Spoke
of Him as he Knew Him
And as What He Was.

At the funeral of the late lamented
Rev. F. w. FAIRIES, that was SO over
Vhelmingly attended by our citizens,
bowed in common sorrow, from the
Presbyterian Church, of which he was
for nearly sixteen years the pastor,
rev. Peter Mcintyre, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church of Faison, and
himself a native of Scotland, as was
Mr.. FAIRIES, delivered a beautiful and
tender tribute to his dead friend and
fellow countryman and cO-labOrer in
the Vineyard; and today The Argus is
deeply grateful that it is able to give
to its readers in this city, who hold
the lamented deceased in hallowed
memory, the words of Mr.. Mcintyre,
spoken so tenderly and so truly in
the presence of that great concourse
of mourners.
Standing beside the coffin of the
dead pastor and in the midst of the
great wealth of flowers that symboled
the beautiful. life of him who had
fallen on sleep and gone to his eter-
follows:
"One common impulse draws this
large audience to this house today:
We have but one emotion in our
hearts, sorrow for our great loss:
one purpose in our assembling, the
expression of deep sympathy for the
stricken family of our deceased
brother,
Some fifteen years ago he came to
| our community a stranger seeking
restoration to health. This in a large
measure was found, but more he
found-a place in the affections and
respect of the Goldshoro people, such
as few besides have found. How we
learned to love him for his generous
spirit, for his broad non-sectarian
sympathies, for his ready helpfulness,
for his kindly and wise advice and
for his tender pity in times of sin and
suffering this cosmopolitan gathering
attests. For here are assembled
people of every creed, calling and con-
dition; those of his own church, those
of other churches, those of no church
l-all realizing that in the death OF
Brother FAIRIES Goldsboro has sus-
tanned a loss from which. it will not
soon recover.
AS an enduring monument to his
memory and a legacy of blessing to
your city stands the hospital, the re-
suit of his efforts, his faith and his
prayers. Will he not be much missed
by the sufferer in the ward, the nurse
on duty, and the physician in coun
Gil? sfi;1 -
THE true worth and power O
Brother FAIRIES life will be best ap
preciated when we remember tha
what he was to Goldsboro and East
ern Carolina that and much more b.
had been to the land from which h,
came. For many years pastor of tn
influential Knox Church, Ottawa, h
was in a position whence his influence
, radiated far and wide. From hear
to heart talks with some of his Cana
dian parishioners l have learned tha
he was the peacemaker of that com
tuLuulIy"luc uldu W WAO1l uIduy IuI IL
ed in times of trouble, the man who's
advice was followed in times of per
: plexity. To that country he gave tn
= prime of his manhood, the best of hi
years, his most strenuous efforts o
behalf of the Master There as her
he was the earnest, loving, consecrat
ed and efficient minister and pastor
and it seemed as if he Had found ther
his lifework in developing the King
dom.
But God moves in a mysteriou
way His wonders to perform and III
. sent Brother FAIRIES to the Southland
that among the pine groves of Care
2 lima he might find health and an e,
tension of his usefulness. God ser
him to us that we might have the Ii,
ing example of Christ-filled life, II
: fiecting in its nobility, simplicity an
. big heartedness the attractiveness
le the gospel. This rich legacy. this fl
- teen years of man of God in OF
midst cannot but bring manifold bles
: ;ngs for many years to come, al
~ Goldsboro will continue to have re
l. son to thank God that Brother Fa
ries lived and moved in her mids
Ia When Bayard Taylor died Longfe
y low wrote little poem about him, Ol