James Madison Pendleton.



arm chair for him by the hearthstone and
again on the porch in the cool of the evenings.
I would count myself happy to have known him
in the early days as well, but I would not ex-
change my knowledge and fellowship with him
in this evening time, when he had laid aside his
armor, for knowledge and fellowship with him
in any other one period of his life. The bear-
ing of the man was full of the consciousness
of many long, well spent years; of pure living,
of noble endeavor, of widely recognized schol-
arship, of harvests reaped and wide sowings
for yet other harvests, of means acquired for
the needs of those dependent upon him, of the
nearness of children and grandchildren who
were already rising up to call him blessed, of
the favor and presence of Him whom he had
served, and of an abundant entrance waiting
for him in heaven. All of these things were
in his bearing, and they wrought in him calm
assurance, reposeful strength, gentle approach-
ableness, abiding graciousness, eagerness to
bless, and glorious expectation. I doubt not the
value of what he was and did for others in the
noontide of his endeavor, but I rejoice that to
me he came after harvesting into his life all
of these graces of character. The memory of
him as he welcomed me again and again as a



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