Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1914-05-21

moved to Sigourney, the county seat
He was reelected as treasurer octo
Der 10, 1857, the day Of his mar
rage to Juliet Westfall Hogin o
Sigourney, Iowa.
On leaving office he engaged ii
the mercantile business: first, II
Sigourney, then for eleven years II
Martinsburg, Iowa, again in Sigour
ney, and finally In 1874 in Carlton
Kansas, for one year, then in Abb
lene, Kansas. With the exception
of a brief period in the insurance
and loan business, general merchan-
disc engrossed his time until 1887
when he was elected county survey
or, and was thus enabled by continu-
Gus reelection to resume for twenty
four years the chosen work of his
young manhood.
Since his retirement from office,
he has had leisure for his loved
books, for writing of the many in
teresting events national and inter-
national Of his long life, and for
studying and enjoying natures pro-
cesses in orchard and garden.
He had long expressed desire to
be called home quickly like Leath-
restocking" but was required to
show through great suffering his
rare patience, unselfish considera-
tion for others, and deeply spiritual
nature. April 10, 1914, he was
peacefully released, and, in accord
ance with his expressed desire, was
buried at the sunset hour with
Masonic honors amid the evergreens
I'm Abilene cemetery.
The following sermon was deliv-
cred at the funeral service by the
Rev. F. s. Blayney, Phi. D., pastor
First Presbyterian church, of Abb
lene:
Scripture: Psalm xxxVn, 81:
s.Aaark the perfect man, and behold
she upright, for the end Of that man
Il peace"
You have just listened to the
short outline of the main events in
a long life, events which find their
conclusion in the death of Alvin
Cyrus Romig and this memorial
service in connection with his fun
eral and burial this evening.
Human life has its standards and
its measures of many kinds and
values among Us. We speak Of nat
aral, intellectual, social, moral, civil
and religious life; and in any one
of these, he who finds excellence
and devotes himself industriously to
the necessary duties implied in
large development of several of
them will have very busy life in
our day and generation for they
have a very broad range Of activity.
He will find in this range of ac-
tivities employment for each faculty
Of mind. for each emotion of the
heart and for the exercise of every
human power Of the will.
A man might excel in any one Of
these forms of activity and find a
large life range, but he would be
Dnly partially developed and not
rounded out in char
acter.
But God has given to every soul in |
a very large measure Of
power and q wide range Of activity |
which blend in such intricate rela-
Sons that It takes q very lifelong |
to bring the human plant
b perfection in bloom and fruitage
But It Is evident that God loves
he fully developed and well round
q man and has not only recognized
hem but set high honor upon them
o evidenced in His Word.
The Scripture charaeterizes Noah
. "a perfect man." Job is called .
perfect and just man." q kingly
srvant is said to have a Heart
srfect with God" all showing that
mr. Heavenly Father has admitted
Is own recognition Of such high at
linment in the life and character
some Of His children Is % merit
Y ascripiion unto them e the high