AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF



nity has begun. Truly, the bereaved ones may look
back upon his life with an affectionate andl honest
pride. In his early life, his twenty-second year,
he gave himself to the work of the Great Master
above; and as a minister of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church, he labored throughout all this mountain
country, and wherever he labored success attended
his efforts. Both as a Churchman and as a lover
of our Fraternity, he was a faithful Craftsman; and
the beautiful designs which he drew upon the Trestle-
board may be found throughout his extended itin-
erancy. He was gentle, kind, and amiable to a re-
markable degree, winning the friendship and affec-
tion of all with whom he became associated. He
always sought to win the convictions of his congre-
gations by soft and mild pleadings, and conversions
so obtained were the more permanent because of
the manner by which they were obtained. One of
Christ's ministers, he was truly devoted to his min-
isterial work, and also to our beloved institution,
which is the handmaid of Christianity. He never
laid aside his armor, nor permitted the fire upon the
altar of his heart to go out.
   "Grandeur of character is wholly the force of
thought, moral principle, and genuine love. It is
the force of thought which measures intellect, and
so it is the force of principle that measures moral
greatness, that highest of human endowments, that
brightest manifestation of the Deity. The greatest
man is he who chooses the right with invincible
resolution ; who resists the temptations from with-
in and from without; whose reliance on truth, on
virtue, and on God is most unfaltering. Meas-



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