Personally he was a man above reproach; his integrity was unquestioned, and his walk in life under a deeper burden of personal affliction than falls to the lot of most men was upright, patient, and uncomplaining.

He took an active though not a selfish interest in public affairs; was a member of the Board of Aldermen in 1883; was president of the Second National Bank; a director in the Manufacturers' Insurance Company, and in several manufacturing enterprises.

His association with the Mission School from 1849 to 1886, almost the entire period as superintendent, has called for frequent mention in the preceding pages. He gave to the Mission his best life his unwearied care and his heart's love so long as he lived; he has left a memory most precious and inspiring to all who knew him.

He was the faithful scribe of Central Church for twentyseven years (1853-1880).

He died April 19, 1886, at the age of fifty-eight years, having been in failing health for about a year. At the funeral services his favorite hymn, "Hark! it is the Saviour's voice," was sung. His pastor, Dr. Mix, spoke of his character and unusual virtues; his work in the Church, in the Mission School, and in the community; his faithfulness in every trust imposed; his purity of life. It was well said "that all these elements of character so fully exemplified in Deacon Eddy, combined to make the man a perfect example to others."

Mr. Eddy was married to Miss Marianna Coggeshall on November 28, 1854. She was for many years an invalid, and died a few years prior to Mr. Eddy's death.

PROMINENT MEMBERS

Dr. Amery Glazier

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DR. AMERY GLAZIER was one of our charter members. was the only physician in the town for several years. He was a man dearly beloved and gladly welcomed on all occasions in our home as well as in public and social gatherings. He was gentle in his manner, genial, and very hospitable. He was a great organizer in church affairs, and a true christian in the fullest sense of the word. His name stood first on most of the committees appointed for church work, in its earliest years.

He came here from Holland, Mass., in his early manhood.

He married Miss Ann Chaloner Durfee, June 11, 1811. She was a daughter of Mrs. Welthe Durfee, who was one of the original members of the First Congregational Church formed in 1816. Mrs. Glazier was a charter member of the Central Church.

At that time, friends and neighbors shared the care of the sick, and Mrs. Glazier was especially active in this work.

The doctor made his professional calls early on the Sabbath day, and then attended divine worship, being seldom absent at any church service on Sunday or week day.

Mr. and Mrs. Glazier left five children, among them, Mrs. Henry H. Fish, who also spent most of her life among us, in active christian work and sympathy, in the home and in the parish.

Dr. Glazier died in 1852 in this city.

Col. Richard Borden

COL. RICHARD BORDEN, as he was always called, was born April 12, 1795, in that part of Freetown which became Fall River in 1803.

He married Miss Abby W. Durfee, February 22, 1825.

Miss Durfee became a member of the First Congregational Church in 1817. Mr. Borden joined ten years later.

They were among the earliest members in the organization of the Central Church, and together took a large and active part in all its work.

Colonel Borden was endowed with a strong, healthy body, and a vigorous mind. He was planned by his Maker to bear heavy burdens and to assume great responsibilities. He was molded on no narrow scale. "He possessed a strong conscience, profound conviction of what was right, and a deep regard for obligations." He was prompt and persistent in what he considered right, a man of broad views, whose opinions on important questions were often sought, a man of commanding presence, of firm will, just to all persons, of warm sympathies and always ready to give relief. sought to be lenient to others who did wrong, and to cover them with the broad mantle of charity, because, as he himself said, "God had forgiven him so much."

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His was a busy life. His head, his heart, and his purse were open to all good opportunities. Self-reliant and systematic, his influence was far-reaching. His motto in life was, "Freely ye have received, freely give." At his departure from this life, came letters from far distant lands saying, "Count me with the mourners," thus giving testimony to the broad and genial hospitality of his home. Such souls are too rare in every community.

In the first year of the Central Church Society, 1843, Mr. Borden took an active part in our church building. He presented the church bell to the Society for the first meeting

house, the one which was removed to the new church edifice on Rock Street, and which to this day, calls together the worshiping assembly at the hour of service on each succeeding Sabbath. In the last two years of his life, when unable to attend church, he always listened to its accustomed sound, asking, "Who responds to the call to church to-day?"

He entered into all the departments of the church work with his whole heart, freely and bountifully, as long as life lasted. He took the deepest interest in planning for the New Church edifice, for which he at once gave forty thousand dollars. He anticipated with great satisfaction the thought of going to this house of worship, but on May 27, 1872, he was laid aside from all active duty by a serious illness. His mind remained clear and he ever maintained his interest in all the plans and movements looking to the finishing and furnishing of this beautiful and commodious temple of God.

He was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, in which he was greatly esteemed for his wise counsels and liberal gifts.

He was state senator for one year, and a member of the Massachusetts electoral college at the second election of Abraham Lincoln.

From early life Richard Borden was actively interested in the civil and political affairs of his country. In young manhood he joined the local military company and was later promoted in office from step to step, until he became colonel of the Fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Infantry.

His patriotism during the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865, developed into a most active interest in the care of the country's noble defenders. At the close of the war, on a lot at the entrance to Oak Grove Cemetery, which by his suggestion the city had set apart for the burial of soldiers, he erected a monument to the memory of the men who had given their lives to preserve the union of the nation. On July 4, 1868,

with appropriate exercises held on the ground, with music, prayer, and addresses by the Rev. P. B. Haughwout and Hon. John Westall, Richard Borden presented this monument to the city. Mayor Fairbanks accepted the same in behalf of the city. He has also caused to be placed a suitable headstone at each grave, as the soldiers have been laid to rest in the succeeding years.

This noble man continued to bless the world till, on February 24, 1874, he entered into the higher service of Heaven. His memory is precious.

"By nature he was great, by grace he was good."

Said Dr. Burnham at the funeral service, "The favorite chapter of Richard Borden's closing days, and one which he often called for to be read to him, was the twelfth chapter of Romans." "Sweet chapter-it touches the point exactly and tells the story, as I believe it," was his frequent comment. The impress of his life is here. His spirit awaits us in the glad future. Though dead he yet speaketh of the powers of practical godliness and sturdy manhood."

MRS. ABBY W. BORDEN, wife of Col. Richard Borden, was a strong woman, full of energy, resolute in action, keen in perception, faithful to duty. She entered with her husband into all the benevolent interests of our Church and city. She was a woman of exceptional ability, quiet in manner, cautious, looking upon both sides of a question before deciding upon it, and never wavering from her convictions. She loved life, and entered into all there was enjoyable in it.

She was the first president of our Ladies' Foreign Missionary Society. Her home was a specially hospitable one to all missionaries from foreign lands, as well as to home missionaries, several of them making quite a visit at once, and all meeting with a hearty welcome. "Many of the children of missionaries, sent to this country to be educated, strangers, and homeless in a peculiar sense, have found in Mrs. Borden a mother