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Obituary.
" Our solemn assemblies , where each ear drank in deeply his researches into the hidden mysteries of nature and science , where each eye " -listened as it fell upon him , and each hand was eagerly held out hi grasp his—are void . They will never , in our time , be gathered together ] but it will be felt that one is not ! Never will all honour and praise be given to the Most High therein , but it will be remembered how deeply he reverenced that high and holy name , how sincerel y he trusted in Him . who once said "let there be light , " and that blessing illuminated the primceval earth , just struggling out of Chaos , and reducing rough and undigested matter into due form . "
Such once was PliVKR , in word and action clear . E ' en in thc last recess of thought sincere ; Grace without title , virtuous without show , Learn'd without pride , and just without a foe ; Alike humane , to pity , or impart ; The coolest head , and yet the warmest heart .
O early lost ! with ev ' ry grace adorned . By all so loved , and now so deeply mourned ; In life ' s full joy , and manhood ' s brightest bloom , Untimely check'd , and hurried to the tomb : Torn e ' en from her , whom all the world approved . More blest than man , and more than man beloved .
Although the departed Brother was in the possession of an extensive practice , such was his liberality ancl unbounded beneficence , that his widow , ancl her six children , are very inadequately provided for . With the usual generosity of the Masonic Order , efforts are making for raising a testimonial to the worth of the deceased , ivhich are to have an especial reference to a provision for his children ; to which the V . AV . ancl Rev . the G . C . thus alluded at the close of his sermon , which we are induced to give , in the hope that its effect may be more extensive , than if it remained confined to those who heard him with breathless attention .
' And now , Brethren , I commend the widow and the fatherless to your care and consideration . I ask you to do for them as he , who is taken away would have done for you , had he been here to-night to listen , as you have done , to admonitions drawn out from such an event , of which in the providence of the Most High , he is the subject . You profess to be bound by stronger ties than hold the generality of mankind . You are pledged to respect those who are nearest ancl dearest to your Brethren;—regardthenthe bereaved widow
, , and the destitute children of him you loved in life , and whom you mourn in death . Become their husband , father , friend 1 Do for them , in their hour of need , more than you even would have done for him ; prove to the world that it is indeed a privilege to belong to our Order ; that its principles are founded on the most excellent of all virtues—Charity . And whilst you bow with humility and resignation to the Most Hihin this and circum
g , every - stance of life , and acknowledge that 'Verily there is but one step between you and death , ' cultivate in this sad case that Divine attribute , that you may be able to show forth His glory , —bv causing the widow ' s heart to leap for joy , and opening the mouths of babes and sucklings to lisp His pr < us &*
BRO . THOMAS M . FISH . Died of fever , at Mongeto Bay , Jamaica , on the 21 st of November , aged 39 , Bro . Thomas M . Fish , formerly staff surgeon of 11 , M . army '
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Obituary.
" Our solemn assemblies , where each ear drank in deeply his researches into the hidden mysteries of nature and science , where each eye " -listened as it fell upon him , and each hand was eagerly held out hi grasp his—are void . They will never , in our time , be gathered together ] but it will be felt that one is not ! Never will all honour and praise be given to the Most High therein , but it will be remembered how deeply he reverenced that high and holy name , how sincerel y he trusted in Him . who once said "let there be light , " and that blessing illuminated the primceval earth , just struggling out of Chaos , and reducing rough and undigested matter into due form . "
Such once was PliVKR , in word and action clear . E ' en in thc last recess of thought sincere ; Grace without title , virtuous without show , Learn'd without pride , and just without a foe ; Alike humane , to pity , or impart ; The coolest head , and yet the warmest heart .
O early lost ! with ev ' ry grace adorned . By all so loved , and now so deeply mourned ; In life ' s full joy , and manhood ' s brightest bloom , Untimely check'd , and hurried to the tomb : Torn e ' en from her , whom all the world approved . More blest than man , and more than man beloved .
Although the departed Brother was in the possession of an extensive practice , such was his liberality ancl unbounded beneficence , that his widow , ancl her six children , are very inadequately provided for . With the usual generosity of the Masonic Order , efforts are making for raising a testimonial to the worth of the deceased , ivhich are to have an especial reference to a provision for his children ; to which the V . AV . ancl Rev . the G . C . thus alluded at the close of his sermon , which we are induced to give , in the hope that its effect may be more extensive , than if it remained confined to those who heard him with breathless attention .
' And now , Brethren , I commend the widow and the fatherless to your care and consideration . I ask you to do for them as he , who is taken away would have done for you , had he been here to-night to listen , as you have done , to admonitions drawn out from such an event , of which in the providence of the Most High , he is the subject . You profess to be bound by stronger ties than hold the generality of mankind . You are pledged to respect those who are nearest ancl dearest to your Brethren;—regardthenthe bereaved widow
, , and the destitute children of him you loved in life , and whom you mourn in death . Become their husband , father , friend 1 Do for them , in their hour of need , more than you even would have done for him ; prove to the world that it is indeed a privilege to belong to our Order ; that its principles are founded on the most excellent of all virtues—Charity . And whilst you bow with humility and resignation to the Most Hihin this and circum
g , every - stance of life , and acknowledge that 'Verily there is but one step between you and death , ' cultivate in this sad case that Divine attribute , that you may be able to show forth His glory , —bv causing the widow ' s heart to leap for joy , and opening the mouths of babes and sucklings to lisp His pr < us &*
BRO . THOMAS M . FISH . Died of fever , at Mongeto Bay , Jamaica , on the 21 st of November , aged 39 , Bro . Thomas M . Fish , formerly staff surgeon of 11 , M . army '