Berwick Register, Thursday November 29th, 1906:
Memorial Service:
The Methodist Church at Harborville, was filled to the doors on Sunday evening, 25th inst., the occasion being a memorial service held for Capt. J.E. Morris and his family, who were drowned in the wrecking of the "King of Avon," during the hurricane at Mobile, in October.
The service was conducted by the pastor, Rev. John Phalen, and was of a very solemn and impressive nature. The hymns used were 485, 493 and 495 and were very appropriate to the occasion. After the prayer, the choir sang softly, "Sometime we'll understand." The lesson read was the 27th chapter of Acts, being the thrilling story of Paul's shipwreck. The text for the sermon was Acts 27; 23: "There stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve." The principal points in the sermon were, Earthly Sublimity; Heavenly Sublimity and Human Sublimity.
For upwards of one hour the preacher held the audience in breathless silence, while he discoursed upon this theme; vividly picturing the sublimity of the storm; the presence of the angel of God, and the apostles' faith in Him, "whose I am and whom I serve." He closed with a striking reference to the storm at Mobile, and the possibility of the presence of the angel of God, and the trust in Him by those precious and helpless souls on board the "King of Avon" in life's last struggle. At the close of the sermon a mixed quartette (Mrs. Douglas, Miss Daisy Slocumb, Boyd Parker and R. S. Spicer) sang "Sleep thy last sleep." The aged mother and bereaved family have the sincere sympathy of all who know them; which was manifested by the presence at the service of friends from Somerset, Welsford, Garland, Black Rock, Burlington, Victoria Harbor and the surrounding country.
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