In Memoriam Calvin Wells: Born, Byron, Genesee Co., New York, December 26, 1827, Died, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, August 2, 1909 |
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... mind and heart into the problems connected with the church and felt a personal responsibility for its welfare . When the time came to remove the church from Sixth Avenue to this location Mr. Wells was the President of the Board of ...
... mind and heart into the problems connected with the church and felt a personal responsibility for its welfare . When the time came to remove the church from Sixth Avenue to this location Mr. Wells was the President of the Board of ...
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... mind . He depreciated himself to himself , which is the mark of true humility . He loved with a full loyalty , and a generous and most tender affection . Such friendship as he gave is rare in this changing life . He did not have what we ...
... mind . He depreciated himself to himself , which is the mark of true humility . He loved with a full loyalty , and a generous and most tender affection . Such friendship as he gave is rare in this changing life . He did not have what we ...
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... mind and very handy in the use of tools . This bent of disposition found a wide field of usefulness in later years , and was of vast benefit to Mr. Wells in his manufacturing operations . In 1842 , when he was but 14 years of age , his ...
... mind and very handy in the use of tools . This bent of disposition found a wide field of usefulness in later years , and was of vast benefit to Mr. Wells in his manufacturing operations . In 1842 , when he was but 14 years of age , his ...
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... mind , shown and developed in early youth , was of great help to him in the iron and steel business , especially at a time when manufacturers were compelled to think out and test the ideas that had not been put in use in America before ...
... mind , shown and developed in early youth , was of great help to him in the iron and steel business , especially at a time when manufacturers were compelled to think out and test the ideas that had not been put in use in America before ...
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... mind . He gave his time to the many agencies for the development and diffusion of the things that sweeten and elevate life as well as those which make for the physical prosperity of communities and states . He made a fortune , but not ...
... mind . He gave his time to the many agencies for the development and diffusion of the things that sweeten and elevate life as well as those which make for the physical prosperity of communities and states . He made a fortune , but not ...
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Page 17 - The pains of death are past, Labour and sorrow cease ; And life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done I Praise be thy new employ ; And while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 8 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 17 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 10 - Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Page 47 - Bank and for a number of years a member of its board of trustees.
Page 50 - It is with profound sorrow that we are called upon to record the death of Mr.
Page 48 - We cherish the confident hope that he has entered into the rest that remains for the people of God...
Page 30 - He had the faculty of absorbing whatever of suggestion or information came to him, and turning it to the best account without permitting it to divert him from his purpose or to sway him from his fixed convictions.
Page 30 - His special gifts had, perhaps, the finest field for their exercise in building up and successfully establishing a business which had languished and withered under less vigorous and liberal management.