The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1877-11-14

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cal education" i" Sure enough the Docto
came with bag and baggage and MS schoo
was crowded. He became independent il
his circumstances. During his residence Il
the place its religious society became truy
pleasant. He was never absent from meet
ings assembled for special prayer. AS TIT
church was large, he seldom Ofhciated. bu
was always ready to speak where less com
pass of voice was sufficient to reach the au'
dienoe. In summer he preached about Six
miles from the town in what is called the
Lewinsville neighbOrhOod, and probably the
neat church in LewinsVille was the result ct
his efforts aided by several other ministers.
In reaching his appointments he rode through
some of the most beautiful scenery in Viz
ginis. On the Virginia side were mills sit
usted among glossy trees, whose wheels In
deed were sull on the Sabbath, but glisten.
ing on days less sscred-triangular islets Ill
the placid Potomac-the green tow path OF
the eanal-the chain bridge-felds of mOssy
rOek-the swift whirling of the falls in the
midst of undulsting hills. How often has
the 0ctOgensrian dropped his bride reins to
survey such enchanting objects, but now my
eye is dim with age. Don't complain, for
there is superior scenery beyond the frma
nent.
During his residence in Georgetown he
received an urgent invitation to preside over
an Academy founded in 1888, at Sunbury
in Georgia. II lay forty miles to the south
of Savannah. But this be declined. His
school in Georgetown was profitable, the oli-
mate pleasant, the society elegant, the
churches prOspering, and there was nothing
60 cause so distant q removal. Not long
after he informed me of the resignation OF
DR.. Green. This was done apparently with
40 expectation of becoming his successor,
and in fact the choice fell on DR.. John II.
Rice which be declined to accept. No man
was ever more welded TO Virginia and the
Seminary which he was so anxious to found
in Prince Edwand. The trustees then united
on Dr. Carnahan, and in 1928 he removed
20 Princeton. DR.. Green had served the
College for decade of years, but his sue
cessOr held the place for three decades. He
vas not regarded by the students as pos
sessed of what we call brilliant talents. He
vas rather inclined to the useful and admin
lstrative. HIS studies were regular and sys-
tematic. HIS mind was occupied with the
things which he was called on to teach. If
students were reading LOnginus, be was sure
TO master the Secretary of Zenobia, the
Queen of the Palm-tree city. So with all
other branches of learning. he was any
way you ean TX it no deyourer of books
He once applied to me for the AutObiOgra |
phy of Watson, Bishop of Landau, but he
nad probably heard that the Bishop was
good deal devoted to Chemistry. He re-
turned it in few days. He never lost his
self balancing by demonstration bordering
on enthusiasm. A non general reader may
gain in the accuracy Of his knowledge, and
the depth of his requirements over few
things, but he loses the lights of which history
furnishes to the mind-the exempl,fcation |
of piety which the pencil of Biography has
sketched-and those embellishments which
the imagination has thrown over the whole
Of this material world. He gets no sight
into the medieval world. We do not say
chat Dr.. Carnahsn was destitute of infOrma-
ton, but it was information acquired more
from reflection, travel, sight and converse
ton, than from books. He did not trouble
the press. We never read any thing from
mis- pen except an address before the Ameri-
can Bible Society. We wish he had pub
lished his funeral sermon over Aaron Burr,
10 which he warned his pupils against duel
ling.