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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA 9 DEATH OF MR. FARRELL. (Continued From Page Two) olic Laymen’s Association of Georgia are attributable to the untiring energy, brilliant talents, and enthusiastic devotion of this great and good man; and the continued progress and growth of this Association and the good that it will accomplish, no matter how great, must be attributed in large measure to the underlying foundation laid by Mr. Farrell and to the suc cess with which his work has been heretofore crowned. It is the sense of this branch of the Association that our sorrow and regret in the loss of our beloved brother and co worker be fittingly expressed through formal resolutions, and that copies thereof be sent to the president of the State Asso ciation and to the family of the deceased. Be it, therefore, resolved by the Atlanta Branch of the Cath olic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, That in the loss of our beloved brother and co-worker, the Hon. J. J. Farrell, Pub licity Manager of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Geor gia, we have sustained a great personal loss and the Associa tion has suffered an irreparable blow. J. Carroll Payne, Chairman; Jack J. Spalding, J. J. Haverty, Jno. E. Murphey, Mrs. J. N. Moody, John Morris, Peter F. Clark, J. W. Conway, C. J. Sullivan, Committee. RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE AUGUSTA BRANCH OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA. It has pleased Almighty God, in His Infinite Wisdom, to take unto Himself our capable Publicity Director and dear friend, James J. Farrell, whose work in the Laymen’s move ment was an inspiration to us all and who exemplified in his daily life the teachings of Ploly Church. We feel that to his peculiar fitness and untiring efforts, so much of the success of the Association is due, that with our sudden and appalling loss, we can only say: “Thy will be done,’’ and pray God to help us carry on the work so ably •conducted by our departed friend. We the members of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Augusta, in meeting assembled, pay this tribute of respect and affection to our departed brother, James J. Farrell, earnestly beseeching God to grant eternal rest to his soul and that perpetual light might shine upon him. We tender our deep and heartfelt sympathy to his stricken wife, with the comforting assurance that He who grieved for the death of Lazarus, will not forget her and her fatherless little ones. Augusta, Ga., this 22d day of December, A.D., 1920. T. S. Gray, Mrs. W. W. Battey, Sr., Miss Mary Helen Hynes, J. L. Armstrong, James Tobin, James B. Mulherin, Committee. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1920. My dear Mr. Rice: I am grieved to the very heart over the news you have just sent me. Jimmie was one of my boys. When he was only twelve he showed signs of the ability and zeal that you know so well. I thought he had a vocation of the priesthood, and I encouraged him in every way to follow it. He found that he was not called. Evidently, the good Lord had other things in view for him. He has done more for the Church as a layman, perhaps, than he could have done in the priest hood. He was a real apostle, and I deplore the sudden visita tion. JOHN L. BELFORD. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 16, 1920. My dear Mrs. Farrell: Although I do not have the pleasure of knowing you per sonally, I am taking the great liberty of sending you this note which will in some way but feebly express my deepest sym pathy in the loss of your good husband. I had the privilege of knowing Mr. Farrell very well as a newspaper man, and through the various enterprises in which he was interested, and I learned to know him well and admired him greatly. I wish there was something I could say to comfort you in this dark hour, but I know that all I can do is to express my greatest regrets at his untimely demise, which is a distinct loss to the whole community. T. I. HICKMAN. Augusta, Ga., Dec. 17, 1920. My dear Mrs. Farrell: Please permit me to express to you my deepest sympathy in the great sorrow you have been called upon to bear. My relations with Mr. Farrell were most pleasant, and I shall long remember the delightful companionship had with him on a recent journey from New York to Augusta. We found congenial fellowship with each other, and an opportu nity was given me to estimate his real worth, such as I had never had before. The splendid work to which his talents have been given for some time past, will suffer some temporary impairment, and I know his fine personality will be missed by those men who loved him and sympathized with him in his efforts to make the world better. May our kind heavenly Father comfort and sustain you and your fatherless children in this hour of deep distress is my sincere prayer. RUFUS BROWN. Greenville, S. C., Dec. 17, 1920. Dear Mr. Rice: , , ,, , I read in the paper yesterday of the sad death of Mr. Farrell, and I was certainly shocked to receive this news. Will you please express our kind and sincere sympathy to his wife and family. His family has lost a good father and the Association a faithful worker. J. GALLIYAN. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20, 1920. Catholic Laymen’s Association: Enclosed please find, my check for $2.00, one year s sub scription to The Bulletin. When I first received your notice asking for subscriptions I had in mind writing a letter to Mr. Farrell. When I sent my check, telling him how highly I esteemed him and valued his services. I have made it a note of my life, never to let a good strong capable man pass away without praising him to his face, rather than to write enco miums after his death. Alas! I little dreamed I would so soon be deprived of that pleasure in this instance. On whose shoulders will you place the “giant’s robe?’’ Mr. Farrell was in many respects a remarkable man. He fairly radiated energy and enthusiasm, he compelled attention, and carried conviction. He literally bubbled over with intense belief in his cause, and his work was his pleasure. How inscrutable are the workings of Providence. To take him in his prime, to destroy the usefulness, incalculable, of such a man and pass over the useless multitude. His sun went down at the noon tide of his life, but it sank, I believe, amid the prophetic splendors of an Eternal dawn. He remains with us now only as a memory, but how gracious, how fine, how beautiful a memory will always attach to the name of. J. J. Farrell. J. CARROLL PAYNE. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 16, 1920. Mr. Pat Rice: Accept my deepest and tenderest sympathy in the loss of our dear, good Mi\ Farrell. The loss is inestimable. You loved him as a brother. I know the shock is doubly hard on you. All the entire State is mourning his death, yet he is now being rewarded for a life well spent, and after all, Heaven is our goal. Do take care of yourself. Again assuring you of my great sorrow in your grief. (MISS) ALICE LEE. Columbus, Ga., Dec. 16, 1920. Dear Mr. Rice: I was shocked when Mr. Needham told me yesterday morn ing the sad news you sent him of Mr. Farrell’s death. May the good Lord have mercy on his soul. He has done a noble work in Georgia. What will we do without him? Please tender his family my sincere sympathy. P. J. McSORLEY. TELEGRAMS. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 16, 1920. Please accept my sincere sympathy in your great sorrow. We shall all suffer a great loss. WM. T. RUSSELL, Bishop of Charleston. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15, 1920. Gapt. P. H. Rice: Am shocked and awfully sorry to learn of our friend Far rell’s sudden death. Will attend funeral if you will wire when it is to be. J. J. HAVERTY. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 15, 1920. Mrs. J. J. Farrell: The Ancient Order of Hibernians of Savannah extend to you their heartfelt sympathy in your great bereavement. W. J. RYAN. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 15, 1920. Mrs. J. J. Farrell: Ladies’ Auxiliary, A. O. H., Savannah, Ga., wishes to extend to you their deepest sympathy. CLAUDIA GANNON. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 15, 1920. Mrs. J. J. Farrell: In this hour of sorrow the Catholic Missionary Society of Georgia extend to you and your loved ones heartfelt sympathy of every member. JOANNA E. WALSH. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 15, 1920. Shocked and distressed by news of our Mr. Farrell’s sudden death. Deepest sympathyy from us all. Wire if vou wish me to attend funeral, and when. MRS. J. S. HOWKINS. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 16, 1920. Mrs. J. J. Farrell: Have just learned of the sudden death of your dear husband. I am shocked beyond expression, as he was more to me than a friend. I really loved him. Mrs. McCallum and myself deeply sympathize with you in your hour of bereavement. .JOHN B. McCALLUM, State Secretary. Charleston,' S. C., Dec. 15, 1920. Mrs. J. J. Farrell: Our heartfelt sympathy for you and your family in your deep loss. We have lost a faithful friend. 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