The Republican journal., 1916-01-06
uif LATE ALFRED F. ADAMS.

...,.., o.. Two o clock, Rev. G. W. Patter
rs-..-. officiating, assisted by Rev.
XII s1. FORSYTH of Bucksport, close
f...E f.- half century of Deacon
s..tn,s lhs body was borne to the
..,'r.o preceded by the pastor, reading
-t. 40.h Psalm, the organ softly playing.
81 AIMS saar to the deceased were rem
4-r-" Inv the choir. Lead, Kindly
+ -,5t How Firm a Foundation,
,T.-I- Lover of My Soul. " The floral trl-
mites o.ss beautiful and eloquent OF atfec-
..a Rev Mr. Forsyth spoke tenderly
If the friendship now but outwardly
4av.reu The appreciation by the pastor
..I- IS sujuently fitting that the last
sizes should be accorded the late Deacon
ALFRED T. Adams at the altar where, on
+r- fifth dav of September, 1898, ne flrSt
par.u. The Symbols that ever held for
f. profound significance, and where
- Mas maulfestly a pillar OF worth, pull
7et au5H he firm foundation, until, alter
&. probation OF nearly eighty-seven years,
.r-g,g hands bore him to the temple that
masses not away.
..Hs uoulj not approve other than
modest memorial in the spoken word, IN
..r t6. beautiful spire that was his design !
hrs ranG~et silence upon his merit would
g- remission of pastoral duty.
In snv reference to the moral mes
sage 1l MS lie, he would wish US to
uralse The Master rather than the d1scl-
nile. but. where Grace abounds, the per-
-oual quality is not absent.
nHr he is remembered as the genial
host oapply endowed with the gifts that
entertain. apt in anecdote, Of ready
numor. and with rare fund of remlnIs-
cence. Unwrltten history, rich IN local
color. IS lost in the passing of one whose
memory was lucid and reliable to the
end. whether he recalled large event and
LESSEE incident, or painted portrait with
graphic out kindly touch.
His was a sweet and gentle spirit in the
daily intercourse with friend and nelghbor
and his the desire to be just IN all his deal
iUps. His opinions, honestly taken, were
bsidtenaciously; nor was he one, there
fore to veer with every wind of doctrine.
Having found a reas IN for his faith, his
h4ar was fixed OF such stuff were the
fathers made
His life is its own euIogy. Born IN
oas.in- O1.the twenty of January,
1s2s and sending down amid the scenes
sc au -ager boyhood his permanent roots.
WHOSE recent cutting off on Christmas
Day was scarcely known to himself, so
painless was The transition, the record
VI trat life has been read by all who at
t-s hour render the final tribute, and
-1.e would cast page into the flame.
What rs written is written; but good
Hscience guided the pen.
MR. Adams was educated at Castine
-n Gorfam, Maine, and at Boston, in
-t,7I, FOR nd
subsequently his proficiency witnessed
worth. confession in the Normal School
-deIng, rscted in 1872.
Fat. sntsung into business with his
father, Deacon Samuel Adams, in 1855 at
VIZ rieA block his professional skill yield
ta 10 mercantile responsibilities, which
after Ills fathers death, were carried by
aim until 1878, when he retired from
prosperous trade that he might devote
-il-eE attention to financial interests
entering in shipbuilding and the fish
< Industry.
he Well-being of his native town
9as near mis- heart, and his public spirit
IF. .er slept. During his active years. in
Idle life, and later, he was central
E--re III matters civic, educational and
SOCIAL
AZ showing his general interest in
FiaRe affairs, reference may properly
He made to the famous four cornered
lrlmphal arch, at the intersection of
Man and Court streets, designed and
erected by him in July, 1896, for the
LIBERATION of Old Home Week.
Lelsure gave freedom to an inven-
T'v- turn of mind; and competent judges
testify that his ideas were of practical
-e and, when joined to his mechani-
~s .1geHuity, would have captured the
arAets had he cared to secure patent
I.1t-.
the hour of national peril Mr..
dams heard with his heart the call for
-Gteers, and was chosen lieutenant of I
a company, but circumstances over
"i1n ne had no control prevented ser
in the field.
IL Us, however, as a faithful soldier
.r Cross that our friend in Christ
Ai ask remembrance; and to his hon
or '- It said that MS chief concerns were
.i-iJuai. The Kindly Light led amid
IN. enclrclinN stpom, winch his cheer
I'd temper did o. unduy emphasize.
tne discovered no morbid strain in his
'Jtlook upon the world The records of
LLe church, of which e ~ me mem
b+r at the age of thirty, AID by which
he was elected deacon thirty years later,
m 1888, show him to have been active in
her councils from the first His profess
sion of faith was made at the time of
ME when the mind begins to yield full
authority to reason; and that the great
decision of discipleship was inspired by
thought rather than transient emotion,
to be distinguished from profound feel
i9ng' is proven by the unfagging zeal that
Tor more than fifty years made his tree
Of life like the Burning Bush, beautiful
with the constant fire that consumes
alone moral apathy. Not only was his
house of prayer and peace, bought in
1865, known as the Minister'S Home!
Not only was he continual at all the
services of the church, though the
clouds dropped rain! When winter took
the place of summer upon his temples,
still was his erect figure, his serene and
5Henlgnant face, seen in the sanctuary.
Not alone with grave aspect did he OBJ
serve outward ceremonies! The ceiling
Of this auditorium, now his canopy, was
his conception, and may be taken as
symbol of the spirits devotion. He was
member with Rev. Mr.. Ives of the