The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1870-06-22
3sa:a Of Charles D:cx=.s s2o Gilmore Sinrs


= lis buman:,y in ;hc great battle of life.
IIc rcrec truc: !cd ror stvcped. b.. S:0od
erect il {: noble ;nai:Ao2::, 1; IS said of
him that re ''ncver carc>; Tor courtiy hOLors,
nor was ba { sia"isl scribe 10 motley p"~
ecan,S.' How could re ): ard possess th"
great loving heart that i.c G:t.
Like all men Of genius, lie has been Z
Law to himself, which if it has Offended
against the canons Of criticism, las hecn Il
uv O: love ;or the r%cc--l Ia" Of sympathy
with the poor aid sutf2riag-and lar Of
protest agains; OPPRESSION
We lovcd Dickens while he lived, and now
that hc is dead, We revere his memory! rs
Cur mind runs out into past book converse,
we leave all else for the image Of sweet Little
Nell, who fought her brief battle Of life, and
fell upon her d:eamlc,s sleep beneath the
vole,s and The blue bells; and 70 li;;lc Dor
rit:, AID little Emily.
The distinctive feature III Dickens style
that fascinated u>, was his power CT freely
m;nglins humor ard pa,ilos- HIS works
have chcc-cd many hearts, and purified
many homes. and taken The a>Dcrity cat Of
many lives.
He lies buried in classic Westminster.
''Jc.l or bells 0: Rochester. Let your SAL
requiem Eow cut over the green Acntisn
meadows where Hc "'''Ac"' o'eF 'he sd'p 'I
Thames where tie ships lay, tha. lie looked
on from his study window. and over sea, and
s.,,, .hn t.,,,:.,,Ia ,.o~,5.-+,,o rroo, mas
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Of life another week, Tor a e'car record on
the morrow: AID the rccciinr waves Of
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Aics great current nave oceh 'o"'"e" y
al advancing bi!Iow n which other anu
BRIGHTER flashes of Gods great truths are
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AoSt t:3iy are Tic S9oa I'LL" '''c oc""t''"
passing away. And 0! al tic great and
the Gifted. who have recently fallen on that
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Fl'cF' zone more 'o'e's III H. n'''N' n'' 40'e "0'
bic anu commanding in lis cNni'auohS'
have gone 70 cnrich the world o.: uniadinS
beau,v eternal fitness. perfect peace, and
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o'0''o"> '.''" ''''N''' ''' '''0' o''|S>'
ness anu haoplueSS
Mr.. Simms had an Intimate relation wi,!l
-, Chsr,oston roor;rr f,r v,ars and over
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gave P'eaS"''' sa'"'"'lo'' "''0 4 .'""'
cheerful, cnnobhng, cIevatlnS and inspiring
word, 10 old and 10 Young. He loved to
i,,s,.rct 70 crconracc and 10 bujld IN:
an,, in his dea,b the world has lost one Of
;,c greater |iehts
Tio foIIow;n, hoart;r,I and tcnc,,icr no.
tfccs Of the death urlC ourta, OF 51r >;Tun15,
are taken from The Charleston Courier and
News:
Pertains there was not a. suclc heart in
opr city. which did not realize with what
IN annosite beauty. with what q graceful
conciiness. and how dcscrved!v rendered,
was tie offering, rs from the turrcts Of old
s. Nichaci's. Ike pla;n,ivc chimes pcalcd
forth 1;,.;r REQUIEM for the gifted Simins.
For who had been more tiially true to
:;,e ancient .cir-Iooms, ocr which in sacred
ouarJ their souorons chant, has kent watch
.,,,3 vorG5 WHO with tho Ioy;rr TENDER
1,n'.- or so, Gov ,,,',l,,r had will, r,orc nious
"'sS y. so'' ~. t",.,.,I,,ass Jr,.,l
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III lie 'ic. AFG''''cs VI ','"' "'o,"c' ,'"'
orcG past, ana made 10 glow win the Dur
.,;Sh Of his pen, the wealth and SioricS Of
l:cr s.oricd long ago?
Mr.. Simm's whole life has been one Of
,,|,j;r contribution. Uraided. with nothing
i,,,t h;s own orrat cndowmcrts his oyu
=: &c n,jn.o,n3 nd coIcr.-
nc" 'p''"2' ~. w., e.. I;,,
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sell, N iil$ory, Io"iry, imaginative l'ltcTa-
tGre, Criticism, and the bread realm OF
letters, which, while il rcarS for linn 4
monument cuvisb!e and enduring, reflects
;,s Ir.,r, rr,o, ,Lc ,i,v NM, Sia,r Of whose
.~c ~, c,SrroJ rrrorIs br ;yas 1T orrc the cx.
,'n"rIcr - a:d a1orncr Without ANY, Of
!Y' !,,r'a ;,,.,'nr..n+ a;Is rI.;., srr;,,, r.or
a'"I ''t"; r. ~. ,.'r and ,bn,S s,xI;"
w"a''''; !a:l'y eo""'%'o''' anu ''''sc ""A''t'
lies, which, 'ho"@!i adventurous, arc !cs so
potent, w. Sim":> qualified himself thor
oughly for his work, and with his own right
arm. uuScaIcd tho ovaclcS, conserved with
mora ,h,r D,lrhinc hc,jrc-proy;ur and
r,r,,;r. L;s ti,Ir IN tho rrr.t mic Of in
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'e1:Iv'' rs lf"i,r'; .'tSs anu 1c .'I"S':.''
ING "ScSa>c,' I''t S'a'e'l n:!ore ms "r"i,
tiHt nc Wi:H,cG Il" one 10 ctIlc''s.c Us n'S pI,',
bearer "Ho uHl not lo'c MN a!i'! WHo'i nc