The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1878-05-16
BY REV. R. H. RIVERS, D. D.

BY REV. r. II. RIVERS, d. D..
1t was in the early part of last
summer that l was called on to
preach the funeral sermon of Bro.
Dan'l Anderson. 1t was at Trinity.
A large congregation was present.
Among them was one who had once
been pupil and at the time of his
death was the pastor of the old pa
triarch. This was the Rev. Fielding
F. Pagan. He listened with deep
interest to the funeral discourse and
at my request concluded the ser
vices. His remarks were both
touching and tender. They exhib-
tied the depth of his love and the
fervor of his gratitude to his veneer
able teacher. They presented his
domestic and school life. They
showed in a striking and beautiful
manner the loving gratitude of a
good pupil to an excellent teacher.
Then he had been a member of Bro.
Anderson's family. He had been
treated as one of his sons. He had
received from him the loving care
of a father as well as the kind and
wise instruction of a teacher. He
loved him as he loved but few men.
He had looked to him for instruc-
ton and counsel as a son looks to
his father. To fielding Fagan Bro.
Danl q. Anderson was next to his
father. 1t was this occasion that
gave me an insight into the charac
ter of the subject of this sketch. 1t
showed me his warm true heart. 1t
touched the deepest chords of my
nature, because / had been q teach
er, and had often so longed to re-
ceive such affection from my pupils
as this young man gave to his be-
loved deceased teacher. 1t is often
that one solitary incident may show
the whole character of the man.
Nothing in the whole life of st.
Paul showed his whole character
more than the shipwreck when he
took command of the vessel and
saved the passengers and crew from
being drowned In the sea. So this
incident showed to me the loving
son, the sympathizing father, the
tender husband, the generous friend
and the noble man of God. He had
heart-a warm, genial, generous
heart. 1t was this that made him a
power among the young. 1t was
this that enabled him to build up
the Church, and to present gospel
truth with such tender pathos. An
only son he had concentrated upon
him self the deep love of his father
who had done all in his power to
bring him up for God and the
Church. A true follower of the
humble Nazarine he had the conn
dence OF all that knew his Genial
generous nature. The imItator OF
the sweet spirited John, he won the
affections of the young who looked
to him as an elder brother. He
died at his post. His last sermon
was direct means of happy con
version to our holy religion. He
was true itinerant. He had the
self-denial, the energy, the courage
to give up all for religion, all fol
Christ. He is not dead but sleep
eth. He lives in the memory o.
the good, in the history of the
Church, in the hearts of the young
and the respect of all. can say t.
my friend, his venerable father, a
whose request this imperfect sketcl
is written, Go thy way, thy son liv
eth. You will meet again, no
amid the trials and storms of al
itlnerant career, but amid scenes o
fadeless beauty, undisturbed peac
and boundless joy.
Safe in the home of his God tn
son awaits the coming of his father
Sorrow not as those who have n
hope. May 9th, 1878.