Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-10-17
From the Working Christian.

Than thy mothers grave!
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From the Working Christian.
Is f. q SDra Vhsmas7 7LAekke. "a,
\ Ro9tse R4th Sday q HeptssmAer,,
flS72s; a large assembly s@as gathered
atFellowship Church, Edgefeld Coun-
t},iat ths funeral )of DR.. Thomas
Lake. In tie death of DR.. Lake, a
wide circle of friends, and the COM
munity in. the midst Of which he had
spent a lopg and useful life, have eY1
ana dsgpfy Sfeat l. HsAbea6agsg 10
that dasaeslmsrSwho are Justly ap-
preciated only upon near approach
and continued acquaintance. His,
native modesty and .repugnancei tq
every thing like pretentiousness, caus-
ed him to stand back from positions
which he would have filed and adorn-
ed hence, he was less knowH 59 the
denomination in the State, than he
ought TO have. been, as one of our
most valuable brethren. In the COM
munity where his. lot was cast, the
solid worth of his character carried
him, Notwithstanding his Ander.ssas
mate Of himself. ipt9 positions which
clearly betokened the general conf
dence in the soundness of his judg-
In ment, in the kindliness of his nature,
and in the purity of his ebagaeter Jas
a man thoroughly conscientious and
just.
In a practice of medicine continu-
ed through long course of years, he
gained the reputation of a skillful
physician his AGRICULTURAL .egRsrks
ence placed him among our most sue
cessful farmers; his general economy
and prudence enabled him to under
go the crash which the war brought
upon our people without the prostra-.
tion in which so many have sunk
down yet, perhaps, in his case, and
that of many other old men, the new
cares and anxieties incident to our
changed condition, and the perpetua-
ted sense Of wrong inflicted by an
unjust war, followed by consequences
which have made the name of liberty
mockery to Southern white men,
shortened n life that might have been
continued for years. He had COM
pleted his sixty-ifth year in March
last. |
Although in general society DR..
Lakowas reticent, yetin intercourse
witL intimate friends he was freely
communicative; then it was that the
real cast OF his mind became appa-
rent. He was inquisitive about causes,
often in li~ own way classifying facts,
and whether the conversation related
TO diseases and their remedies, or to
NOR, general physical laws, or the
phenomena of mind, OF the beauties
of composition, his companion could
rot bu; be struck with the originality
and independence ofhis mind. Along
with this WAS blended a racy hurnor,
which those who saw him only in
public did not suspect. remember
a conversation in which lie cited, as
an illustration of his constitutional
indifference to appearance in dress
an incident which once occurred with
him on iaunt to Augusta. He had
fallen in ON the road with newly,
Aedged medical graduate whose status
was sufficiently advertised by his
bright, professional saddle-bass. Con
versation sprang up between them
which naturally enough took medi
cal direction. The young doctor hav
ing advanced some opinions which
the elder deemed questionable, pb-
lection was made, and this was an
swered by assertions, and when the
force of these was denied, "Sir," said
the young Esculapian, Il am ply,
sician p +" And what did you say to
him, DIR ?rs WHY, 1 just went for
what he took me to be, and let him
enjoy his ignorance" -.
To those who knew him In che
most intimate intercourse, TO whom
he could unbosom himself it was a
great treat to witness the zest with
Which he would descant upon the
true and the beautiful. Fine thoughts,
and noble Observation-Disclosures
expressed by our. English classical
poets, would be cited by himt not
untrequently. with an apology, Isug-
gested by his characteristic modesty,
for making a quotation. The honor
of the Saviour name lay very near
his heart; he felt deeply the incon-
sistencies of professors of religion,
and he honored those that feared the
Lord.
He served the Edge6eld Associa-
tion for many years rs Ns clerk, and
was one of a noble band Of brethren
who formed tho Abbeville Associa-
tion-the youngest, and, in proportion
to its numbers, the most efficient of
our Associational bodies. The COM
mittee on the organization of this
Association performed their olabors in
b;e bosnitable mansion, and his pen