Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-04-10
REV. F. W. FARisKisiiEls DEAD.
End Came Peacefully This Morning at
9:45 O'clOck-FuneraI Tomorrow
Afternoon at 4 O'clock.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily
Ever since Saturday last, shortly af-
ter the noon hour, when he was
stricken with apoplexy and conseq,. .ent |
paralysis, until this morning at a45
o'clock, when the end came, Rev i, w |
FAIRIES, the SO greatly beloved pastor
of the Presbyterian Church aud man
of God, fingered more or less pncon-
sciOus, but with the windows Of the
soul "open towards Jerusalem : the
New Jerusalem of his living hope and
his henceforth eternal dwelling place,
borne thitherward by angel forms,
| "Echoing, as words of watch, DER
lawn and grove,
The verses of that hymn which seraphs
chant above"
and now that he is gone from among
US our people, of all classes, avoca-
tions and conditions, who loved him
SO, mourn him as father fallen on
sleep" in the midst of his children,
while his glorious life in this commun-
lity will forever halo his memory as
blessed and the story of his Cody
walk and good deeds will be perpet-
uated not only in their hearts, but in
the distinctive monument he has left
to his name, the Goldsboro Hospital,
that he founded, and which through
his zeal and influence has been made
"a permanency for the amelioration of
suffering humanity too poor to provide
medical skill and nursing for them
selves. Inasmuch as ye did it unto
one of these; the least of my berthren,
ye did it unto me-" and verify now is
he enjoying his reward, exceeding
great, for he loved humanity and
lspent his life in leading them to the
Master.
Rev. Francis Wallace FAIRIES was
born May 1, 1840, in Dumfries, Scot
land. He came to Canada as a child,
his parents settling in Western Onta-
rio. He was educated at Knox College,
Toronto; later graduating at Prince
ton Seminary, Princeton College, New
Jersey.
In 1868 he married Miss Sophia An
toinette, daughter of Rev. H. B. Bee
gle. of Ocean Grove, N. J.
His. first pastorate was at Otisville,
N. Y. Later he was called to Paris,
Ontario.
In 1875 he became pastor of Knox
Church, Ottawa, Canada, pulpit
which he filled for eighteen years.
At the expiration of this period
falling health compelled him to seek
warmer climate, and he came south
He resided in New Bern, N. c., a
few months, and then was called to
the pastorate of the Presbyterian
Church in this city, where he has
preached since 1893, period of about
sixteen years.
He leaves, besides his widow, the
y following children: Mrs. Charles
. Mackay, of New York; Mr.. r. H. Far
ries, of this city; Mrs. Samuel Howe
OF Ottawa; Mr.. F. W. FAIRIES, Jr., OF
D Paris, Ontario; Mr. T. L. FAIRIES, OF
New York, and Miss Dora FAIRIES, OF
5 this city.
Only recently he was visited by his
. daughter, Mrs. Howe, who had bare
ly gotten home again, and she and Mr.
f. w. FAIRIES, Jr., are the only chill
. dren absent, all the others being with
y their father in his passing hours
1t is not the exuberance of grief
U but the simple truth, to say that from
! the day he first came to dwell amone
D US. through the sixteen years of his
y consecrated ministry in our midst, he
has ever gone about doing good in the
. footsteps Of Him in whose service he
was enlisted. Wherever there was hui
man suffering. wherever there was
U sorrowful visitation. wherever there
D was godly joy, wherever he might
y give comfort or speak the word in
season thither his footsteps led and
y his presence was a benediction.
He was the founder of the Emer-
l gency Hospital, and from it's humble
8 beginning and meagre quarters he sus-
. tanned it by his personal solicitude and
) his prayers of faith until it rooted and
y grew In the hearts of our people until
y today, as the Goldsboro Hospital, in
corporated and endowed, it stands q
monument which this people whom
D he loved so and with whom in deatf
he will abide, will assuTedly perpetu-
ate to his memory.
1t is not now, nor in the compass oil
3 cursory newspaper notice, that just
tribute can be paid to this blessed
U man, whose death is so sincerely
I mourned in every home, whose place
cannot be filled, whose service to this
people cannot be sustained by other.
The bereaved family have the uni
8 versal sympathy and the tenderest So
licitude of our people-his people by
J adoption and in love, and here, at his
request, he will be buried, in beauti-
full Willow Dale Cemetery, the fun
i eral taking place tomorrow afternoon
t at O'Clock from the Presbyterian
i Church.
$4,OOO,OOO LOSS BY FIRE.
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