Putnam patriot., 1927-02-18
MARY WORTH WHITE CHAPIN, OF P0MFRET
An IIlustrious Church Woman. Maintained Chapel Licensed
 By the Bishop
One of Oldest Associate Sisters of
 S. John Bap.is;
fFrom The Living Church.

fFrom The Living tnurchl
 There is no experience eommonert or more profoundly significant. than tQ undergo the loss lalbeit for time only) of a friend. So universal Is that feeling 0f bereavement that it seems almost improper to obtrude # upon others who must have suffered the same sorrow. each in his own circle And get there arc times when the pass ing of one rema kahio in life demands more than the usual tribute of silent affection Permit. then this utter auce:
 Mary Worth White Ghapin was an illustri0us ChurchWoman; though her modesty would have shrunk from such an ad ipctive. and r life was to great extent hiddeH with Christ in God Born sevenfy-two years ago, in New York. educated abroad after the fashion of wealthy families. married in 1880 Co William Naill Chapiu of Rhode Island. the death Of their only child released the treasures of mater nal affection to be expended upon the Church and all that had to do with if whether in the immediate circle af her relations and friends. or 1n that larger group of brethren in Christ, known and unknown. One can not i'm agine a woman more entirely devoted Co the obligations of Christian frater- nity; yet all was SO sweetly spontane- 0us as never to seem perflnctory.
 Gracious Hospitality
 Tn her own home. "Dunworth.' at Pomf~t. Conn, where the most gra- eious and abundant hospitality was dispen sed. the very heart of the house was the exquisitely fitted chapel. H. censed by the Bishop of Connecticut and blessed by the rector of the Ad- vent Boston. where the Divine Mys- teries were celebrated whenever a priest was guest. Later, the Chapins lived abroad. in Italy and England, where they had many friends: but to- ward the end of the Great War they returned tn their own country and made their abode in Boston
 Mrs Chapin was one of the oldest associates of the Sisters of St John Baptist and one of her many benefac- tians ta that community is of peculiar interest Always greatly interested in hagiology. and profoundly Tefsed m the lives af tha saints she had gradu ally arcumHla' ] q collection ef med als. certainly fHe laf#f n tHis ca9H= try and nerhar if. largest in private haad anywhere fHtH E4a E nam heeed aeart three thousand examples af aaiHtz. from tha tIHie k ta the iE inch afta r #5 .aa #a fFHH# mag nr6eaHf medal af E ghael= tH Hart9r. struck iH lGHa which wa d#
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 4 Christian Virtue
 Far the iast few ya5F aima com nl5ff deafnass was added te the iafzm itethat keei her hauaaIs yet she HsT ? lost thut gracious eheerfulnez which under the name of hHartHs iz sa mueh emHhasized bp early writers as pe= eulariy Christian virtue Those wha gathered round her tea-fBhle dailz felt the stimulus ef her good example and ceasad t0 dwell mon their own pain She had wide acouaintance amang the clergy. whom she alway iovni tn welcome reverentlv and af fFfAAtNfEMANAA anu NAAf AA fAA hiAht -tAt more from her without her knowing itD then she from them Her reading went fart beyond the ordinary "edify- ing b0oks't she was thoroughly ac= quainted with the niceties of theologi= cal disputations. as with the currents of thought which moved the intelleetu- al and che eeelesiastical world fet her fingers were always busy with good works and her bounty was an failing to all good causes and to those private cases known to herself alone l. seemed often as if "lame ducks who required Co he helped over stiles were s3re-t of her aifectionate inter est and thourh sometimes she met in rrntitude her eternal reward is safe
 Chri twns was keat ioyfully as al ways though she WIS unable Co go oat f0 church And on the morrow she received her Communion to bs indeed her Aia. .e9u9 for onlf f#fs minata. 8terWarl njth one ere sh derartpd t1 he oh Christ. which lar Aotter Ret .H uca dear frierd af a=fHafter af a utury 0W ffa cfU.