Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-04-30
To Joseph A. Holman.

In the tranquility of night as il
silently makes its transition to morn
ing. the clear CALI came to the waiting
spirit of our beloved neighbor Joseph
Homan and he quietly drifted out into
the luminous dawning of new day,
and entered the realms of eternal
beauty and benificence.
AS we say farewell to friend.
whether it be for little journey among
the familiar scenes of this life, OF,
whether it be for the longer VOYAGE
upon the celestial currents that lead t.
the shining shores of the Heavenly
Country. our feelings vary according to
our personal association, experience,
affection. and relationship to the de-
parting. Our estimate of character
differs as we differ temperamentally.
and the treasures of memory. as well
as the value of our friend has proved
to us, is very much in accord with the
receptive capacity of the individual. -
for unto mind. as unto a fountain, We
bring our own measure to be filled.
This acquaintance began when the
three score years and ten, had brought
to Mr. Homan their heritage of ac-
tivity, usefulness, and honor He had
been educated in the School Of Life.
and to this University he brought rara
gifts of mind and soul In the sense
of overcoming the circumStantial hard
ships of boyhood. and of developing his
own genius he was self-made, and in
manhood achieved an honOred and
honorable position.
He was endowed by nature with an
unusual poetic and dramatic ability. a
clear, comprehensive brain. remarka-
bic memory. and a temperament which
loved the noble and sublime in litera-
ture. This vitality of intellect did noc
fade. Hand in hand it accompanied
the body in it's upward march toward
the Infinite, until the years but added
more and more beauty of interior
growth, as it took little by little. the
physical strength until in the fulness
of time in the ripeness OF age, that
which was mortal yielded its immor-
tality.
In the affairs of life" the public will
offer it's tribute to his integrity. But
the minor beauty of his life and love,
revealed itself in the sanctuary of his
home. Here was the shrine of his de-
votion Here will the loving Thoughts
of his friends most gratefully reflect
themselves in memories that are sacred
to the soul Here was where ms
character revealed its lOvliest aspect.
Here was where his nobility of spirit
manifested itself in unfailing tender
ness and sympathy. Here he was &C
):,tucd Nv ii.i' whose indomltab't
e-,i~it has risen above a life tim" 7
main: whose cheerfulness in suffering is
,ns,Iratlon, whose broad Sym3atnl"7
have ever reached out into others
whose soul was not confined by
physical restrictions, whose shut IN
re did not shut out the bright nor the
beautiful but where entered and
flowed outward a richness OF love ana
mercy that are the immortal treasures
of her wonderful personality. Success
sive sorrows but made the VISION lare"''
the heart tenderer. the desire greater
to minister unto others who Sut1er
privation. and to comfort those Wh'
mourn. Here in the home. generation
after generation OF friends have found
a heartfelt welcome. Side by slde. III
the beauty of age. they waited the
passing years-and to her IN the
Silence the hottest expressions OF !o'r
will bear their messages OF sympathy E
To her will the celestial radiance OF th'
higher spheres be constant realization
till the reunion with the loved ana
arisen ones will be completed in TN"
home not made with hands.
How, with her do our thoughts pear
him company in the new pilgrimage
beyond the clouds. above the stars. up
ward into the fields of splendor.' where
the limitation of time is no more. ana
the oppression of space has forever
passed away: where the material Is no
longer a bondage. but the infinite. the
boundless. the ineXhaustible resources
are opened to the freed spirit: "here
mind can progress and unfold all lti
eternal attributes and delight IN IN"
immutable principles that reveal th"i'
unerring laws: where wisdom ana rove
unfold Divinity. and where the i"lt'