Connecticut western news., 1915-11-25
DANIEL L. PIERCE DIES tContinued from First Page.)

taker A. c. ..ord, of Lakeville. The broadclOth casket in which repos- ed the remains of the venerable neigh bor and friend, was in the front parlor, and the features of the dead were look. ed upol, for tue last time, by most of those present, before the services. l They bore peaceful, natural expres- sion, as of one asleep.
 Rev. F.. c. Gillette, pastor of Pilgrim church, of which deceased was mem Der, conducted the services, consisting of scripture reading, brief address, and prayer. There was no singing.
 During the services, and while the cortage was passing, Cn its way to the cemetery. the stores and business places were closed and the shades drawn. us a mark Uf respect to the memory of the dead. InteTment was Ill the family plot in Lower Cemetery. Tue bearers were Messrs. George .. Fuiler, Horace l.. Holt, James Hanlon. George w. Ford, Lester :. Adams, Arthur F. Freeman.
 The Boy Scouts, to whom Mir. Peircc had always been friend. attended the funeral in a body.
 In his address, Rev. MT. Gillette sad, iE part:
 I An aged patriarch on the day that his children were swept from his sight into the unseen said, 1.-The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed he the name of the Lord.'' Surely the children of another, whose life assnm. ed patTiarchal dimensions. and we his friends and neighbors, will not be Of less faith, and so we too cal say jn humble thanksgiving for the long and worthy life, in trustful acquiescence in the taking away, and in blessed conf- dence in the goodness of God, "The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord" The Lord has been good to our ], brother, (our father, we feel more like calling him) and has spared his life these many years, aud in that good prov idence we have all rejoiced and been blessed. A Psalnist wriGing in those days when We are wont to think that men lived longer than in these days of stress and strain, said concerning the length of mans life, "The days of our years are three score years and ten; | four score years, yet is their strenth but labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off and we fly away" Three score years and ten, or possibly by reason of strength four score-but to this servant of God were given four score years and ten; and nearly two years had been ac- complIshed of the last decade that would have rounded out century, and it was our common hope that he might be permitted, with his ''eye not dinmed nor his natural force abated, to reach that honorable goal. We were all proud of the alert and vigorous step as he walked the familiar streets. We loved his cheerful, hearty greeting. It was inspiriting, it was challenging. Here was one who had met life with courage, undertaken its labors and hardships with perseverance and had borne its various vicissitudes in the strength of Christian faith. He came down to the years of old age with a remarkable freshness of spirit; an unbounded vital. ity, wonderful interest in life. Not "the mere joy of living" but the joy of sharing the life of the world about him.
 He did not spend his latter years in placid or regretful remininiscence; but he was always living in the present. Every vital interest of the present day life was of the keenest interest to him. In our town affairs his voice was al- ways lifted in favor of that which stood for the best interests of the town progressive and liberal, he wished the town to give of its best, for the education of the children. He believed in the saying of the Psalmist, Happy is the people whose God is the Lord, |" and to the strength of that faith and to his liberality of purse and of spirit we owe perhaps more than that of any other, the church, which was the joy of his heart-a leader in its organiza- tion, one of the two or three most liberal givers for its building, furnishing the plans for its outward structure, he help ed also to shape its inward life along the lines of liberal creed and liberal spirit. He was saved from obstinacy of opinion or cynicism or contempt or uncharitable judgment of men of other opinions because of the breadth of his human sympathies, the bounty of his charity and his good will toward and among men-a spirit which was chris tian in its source and christian in its expression.
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