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REV. JOHN D. PIERCE BY DR. O. C. COMSTOCK.
June 8, 1882
How often do we meet with this expression, so tender and affectionate, 'and you little ones' and with what warm sympathy does it come home to the heart to see the Lord Jesus blessing the young, even taking little children in his arms and blessing them?" But the end has been reached. Mr. Pierce died at the residence of his daughter, in Medford, Mass., April 5, 1882, in the 86th year of his age. His remains rest, by his own and oft repeated request, in the cemetery in the city of Marshall
"Lie calm, O white and reverend head! Lie calm, 0 dead, that art not dead, Since from the voiceless grave Thy voice shall speak, to old and young. "
[The present is an age prolific of monuments erected to the memory of great and good men. It may be questioned whether any other man has conferred on the whole, so great and lasting good to the State, as John D. Pierce. Let us erect a monument worthy of his prophetic wisdom, and so honor bur-selves by honoring his memory, and leaving a lesson in stone to our posterity. This subject is earnestly commended, especially to all who are connected With the educational interests of the State, by the Compiler.
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