| Show GONE BEYOND 14 another good man has passed away from the stage of human life there is every reason for the hope that he has gone to associate with the just there ore am but few men that leave this plane of action with a brighter record than brother staines his life haa has been spent in the service of his fel the only y method of performing acceptable service to the god of heaven it is a matter of regret that the biographies of such men as ho he are not written before their sands of life run out they would have liar all the entrancing attract attractiveness i ivaness of the novel combined with the essential clement element of soul inspiring truth an account of the life of brother staines would read like a romance and abound with lessons that would stimulate the young to emulate the virtues he displayed We presume however that aside from the tile memory of the deceased being written upon the tablets of the peoples hearts by special and general acts of kindness but little of his history is consecutively written with the exception of a few fra fragmentary chapters from his own pen published lis bedin in the juvenile instructor and later in the little work entitled A string of pearls issued at the tile office of that periodical brother stained was gifted with remarkable tact which he used to advantage in the successful prosecution of the agency of the emig emigration gration business at new york he had bad a winning persuasive manner that enabled him to put people whom he met on good terms with themselves and consequently with him As a preacher he be was peculiar his style was entirely his own ho he possessed that remarkable and very rire rare power which some term magnetism net ism in listening to hia his public utterances one was iwas at once charmed and instructed his attractiveness however consisted more in his manner of saying than in what he said we are glad that we had the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with brother SW staines ines we can almost fancy the kindly greeting he be will be be sure to give his friends now on this side when they too go to the tile other in the process of gradual shuffling off that is going on in eternity as in time he will be william C staines a marked and characteristic act individuality peace to bis his ashes and camf comfort ort to those near and dear to him who are for ap se season a deprived of his genial society |
