Putnam patriot., 1913-12-26
THE PUTNAM PATRIOT December s6 1913

 of the American Board of ,Commis- sioners for Foreign Missions whenever that meeting wSs held at a city with in convenient distance from his home.
 In 1878, feeling the necessity Of bet. ter educational advantages for his chil- dren than The rural school offered, he removed his family and his lumber business Co Putnam where he has car i ried on the business uninlerfupledly ] for over thirty years, turning IL over to his son only a few wears ago. In the very beginning ot his business career he established the rule of fair dealing and business integrity from which he never sWerved even tho it meant loss ] ta himself X former employee, who was later himself proprietor of quite extensive contact with business men, once said of Mir. Kinney, "He is the whiteSt business man ever knew, 1 X friend who was often associated i with him in recreation trips, once said to him, 'sYou come the nearest to keeping the Golden Rule of any man os my acquaintance,
 , He was naturally of quiet, serious, earnest mind and inherited and al- ways deeply venetated the ideals and l Cody characteristics of his Puritan ancestors. His life will stand as an il- ustratien Of some of the traits those ideals embody to Christ and His kingdom, devotion to duty, un- selfish regard for others aud kindly appreciation of home, family and friends. The current of his spiritual life ran deep, smooth and quietly forceful and his Christianity intiuene- ed every phase of his life making him not only reverent in his religious de- votion but practical Christian in his business life, his home life and his so- cial life. He rarely spoke of his reli- zion but lived 1t every day in his kindly spirit, generosity, honesty and charitable judgment.
 1 He was lover of Nature in any phase of landscape, but the widest, most picturesque and rugged scenes were his delight. By brook and lake with rod and line; over hill and mead ow following the wild honey-bee 10 It's storehouse, he found his most satisfy ing recreation. The study of the life of the bee he carried out with scientific exactness and became so interested and successful in this research that his findings became the basis ot an apiarv I at his home which is now one of the largest in the immediate vicinity. His native town Is especially rich in wild and unsubdued scenes of Nature and nothing gave him more pleasure than to contemplate their rugged beauty. He enjoyed revisiting the scenes of his boyhood and the regard in which he held his birthplace was tender and rev erent.
 The decline of this full measured life of four score years was brief and gem tie. Up to the last week of fife his voice was heard in it's accustomed i pthce oHeflhS tisiiisss ,u stiS thihtiN board. Just q few days Of quiet, child. like sleep afler he retired to his couch, then without A moment of physical suffering, without thought Of mental anxiety, without a ripple Of spiritual unrest, in the quiet of life's sunset the soul went peacefully on, from the holy calm of that Sabbath afternoon, into the "giory of Immanuel's land" And I they that watched were reminded to "Mark the perfect man and behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace"
 His own who are left mourn not that his eternal gain leaves them to feel often the solemn touch of loneliness on their hearts as they miss his benign presence, nor count they their chief in- heritance in worldly treasure that min isters naught of .comfort and hope to the immortal soul; but rather do they rejoi ce with him in the attainment of the fuilness of joy in His divine pres
 cree forever; and are humbly grateful to be heirs of priceless legacy of character.