The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-03-21
FUNERAL OF DR.. A. M. WORK

The funeral service of the Reverend
Abel NJ. Work, Phi. D., occurred at the
Presbyterian church in this city on
Monday afternoon at two o'clock. The
pastor, Rev. w. A. Mast, preached the
sermon and appropriate music was
rendered by the choir. A large con-
gregation was in attendance, many of
the old friends of the family here and
at Volga, White, and Watertown, be-
ing present to pay their respects and
show their affection for the helpful
min~istrations of the deceased during
his long and useful life. In a very
tender tribute to the work and achieve
ments of DR.. Work, the Rev. Mr.. Mast
gave full credit to the great good that
he had accomplished in the churches
under his charge. In a part he said:
Or. Work was a man who won to
himself a very large circle of most
loyal and devoted friends. People rea-
Oily saw hat he was a man of genu-
inc merit and of unQuestioned SINGER
~eloQuently as his lips gave forth the
message Of the gospel, The passion
OF his heart was to win men. women
and children to a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ. 1t was his great
joy to see a large number of people
take their stand definitely for Chri {
and the church. 1t is a matter of re-
cord in Central Dakota P~resbytery that
he built up the churches with which
he vas connected. He is held in gratc-
full memory by many who still recall
with appreciation his fidelity and his
loyalty
In attendance on the service the
Brookings lodge of the A. O. L. w. APP
peared in a body, a lodge of which the
deceased had been a member for many
years. The funeral cortage passed
through their open ranks on the way
to Greenwood Cemetery where the fin
al ceremonies were held and the body
laid in its last resting place.
The people who lived in Brookings,
during Mr.. Works residence here,
knew him as a genial, generous aud
loving Christian gentleman. His heart
was always open for the condolences
Of distress and misfortune, his hand
was ever ready to give aid and his
sympathy always extended to those
who suffered. He always had a good
word for everyone, and to criticize and
see wrong in others was with him an
impossibility. He had a charity that
was all embracing and a belief in his
fellow men that was simple and sub
lime. He was in the truest one
of Gods ministers and those who felt
the kindly touch of his hand and the
cheerful message from his heart can
best appreciate the place he occupied
in the hearts of those to whom he min
istered. He may be gone from among
US, but the good that he accomplished
will live on in the lives Of others.
To his widow and surviving children
the deepest sympathy of their old
friends and neighbors goes out in full
est measure.
Abel Milligan Work was born in Elk
hart county, Indiana. September 13,
1851, the eighth and youngest son OF
Abel Everett and Cynthia Larimer
Work and a direct descendant Of Sam
uel Work, a Revolutionary soldier and
pioneer resident Of Pennsylvania.
He was educated in the public
schools of his native state and at Wa
bash College. Charlottesville. Indiana
where he graduated in 1876. with the
degree OF Bachelor of Arts. He later
completed a post graduate course al
Wabash and was given the degree OF
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