, 1876-01-12
TIE REV. EDWARD c. PORTER.

To fAt Editor q 1he Ch|edao 1Tsbuaf:
CHtuAoo. Jan. 11.-The tlaath Of this Christian
schonr and gentleman sadly rcoalla many pleas-
ant memories OF his life, andI am unwilling tho
event shall pass without seeking to lay flower
upon hla carly gEayo. Thero aso othors WHO will
do justice to tllat aHectuess Of temper. those
warn. affections, tho kind and genial 1ns.,ncss,
aud his pu1e aud beautiful life, which made him
go univsrsally loved. His professions! brethsen
will tell how ably aud successfully he discharged
his dulles ~ Christian toncher; how generous
wore Lila charitics, aoI how tondes hts sympa-
tEIos. and how he aided alI who came Within h!s
influence 10 live bcttcs aud happier livsa. wish
to speak OF him for Il moment as q travelling
compsuson: "a auch he devo'opsd qualitss and
requirements raro ~ they weso ndmLrabia-
IN tho spring Of 1879. i mot him In London,
and wo spent aeyeral dlya togoshor whiting tho
historic places 10 aud about tAht city. Engsll
history. antiquity. and biography wore o. fauIl-
lar to him us TO q cultivated Eaglishmau. anu
his richly. stored memory waB hBser At fault In
recalling Incidents aud facts, sud quotations
illustrating tho localities wa vialtsd. lIs wss ~
good as IN encyclopedias, mud always threw q
era.nro whicu atoso. Isemoaibor vol our visit
to Westminster Abboy. He seemed equally It
homo among ths toabn OF the Kings and the
statentIcn, tho great soldiers and osatorb OF this
historic tomplo Of Rngland'a glory but It MAS tn
at tho iust.ious io Eng.ah lltorsture tlAt ha WAS
tho most eloquent. Prom the Abbey We went to
tho Parliament House and Westminster Hall,
and shall never forget his quoting from tho
brilliant esssy OF Warren Iihstinga Macaulay'a
magnificent description Of ths old ball
mct h!m again amid the picturesque bolnty
Of tho English lakes, md found hin equally fa-
tn!Iay with the I4ako poate, Wordsworth, Bonthoy,
Wilson, Rud Coloridgo. and Aa whg lltnaolf
10 much OF poet as fully to realRe, and enjoy,
aud describe tho exceodlng loyeti1ess Of this
ecenory. We met again In 8wttzeFlAna on tho
hllores of thu La!1e Of donava, and together
VIC Waited eosne Of tho most wild and Interest,"
ing portions Of switzerland. / Eacall kho touch.
lug sunday service At Ghanaouulx, tn tho 1l.tta
English church, undor tho shadow Of Mont
Blanc, aud an evening Ae tho Inn, Where, after
day'B climbing, ho Esclted ColofidKe.H sublime
hymn 10 this "AlonAsch OF hountalos."
We met aaoin In Florence. in llome, tn Paris.
curionlty-h nor book .atall Sor old books On
the Quat Vosuiro In Paris, which We did not visit
together. may, think, without inlocsoy, ra-
call al lncideIt which illustrates tho manly ion
derness and Chrstlan kindness Of Aia heart.
Two yeaFs ago now. on my Arrival lu Florence
from Rome. poiteF had }ust closed tho eyes IN
oqtsh Of an interesting young American lady,
Who waa taksn Ill an10ng atrsugers, and who, r.
though without having any special claim upon
llu,. ho would not leave, but he aud Ills wife
cAsod for and attondc4 With Ill brothor'y sud 4
sisters kiudncsA thua soothing aud Frightening
4 de1th'bod Which but for him would have boon
ina1pteaslb,y sad.
Huch MAS Edward @. Porter, now gone in h!s
carly manhood. before Ills rAre virtues, his rlpe
scholarship, his Gpe talents, had time 10 become