Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-10-17
In Memory of Thos. Il. Glandy.

The death of THOMAS H. GLENDY causes re fec
ton, (not only upon the brevi;y OF life) but upon
the loss which community suffers, when men
such as he was, are taken from them knew Him
to be a man of most estimable character know
had many admirable traits In my Judgment, Mr..
Glendy possessed the attributes If d perfect gen
tleman. He was well educated, intelligent, we'll
Informed, friendly, hosptabe, and wlthal modest,
engaging and of becoming manners Tho3e who
were intimate with him became his friends and no
one properly constituted could be his enemy Not
withstanding the gentleness Of his manners, there
was becoming spirit OF independence in the
maintenance OF his opinions; for reflection formed
his convictions and they guided him in his duty.
How ill we can afford to spare such character
from our midst are forced to contemplate in
this sad case. How keen is the pdng of separation.
What an appalling gap will be leftin many circle.
We know that the old must die and the young
may; it Is natural and we LOOK for IL to see tie
aged upon whose tottering forms, the frost of
many winters have fallen to grow faint and die,
but to just in the prime of life. in the vgor
OF his manhood and in the full tide of his useful
ness cut down almost as suddenly as from a clap
of thunder in a coudleSs sky, is to my mind over
whelr1ing, and the reflection of it chokes my very
utterance. One shrinks from particular reference
to the home. The befeft father and Sorrowing
brothers and sisters, how they will miss him in
their social gatherings; but he in his image still
and on the tablets of memory and in the light OF
noon and dewY eve; and though dead he yet
He mortal like ourselves, and being so had
his faults, his weaknesses, but venture to say
that no man ever struggled harder than he to cor
rect amend them.
1 remember well during the month of June while
Sitting on the front porch OF his dive ling, he re-
marked to me solemnly but earnestly and with a
feeling of tenderness, with tears in his which
l can never forget. tha5 many changes aud sorrows
had come over his once happy household, and no
one save Ged alone, knew the agony, the pain it
caused him. A kind and devoted mother he said
had been laid to rest, and where sh9 was there
would he like to be- That declaration speaks in
language far more beautiful and touching than all
the obituaries that can be written upon him
monument erected to his memory. OH how
pregnant with lessons of warning to us who sur
vived, is this sad occasion. Life at best is but
short. II by reason of health and strength
should reach the Sere, the yellow leaf, it would
still be but thread, a span, SO soon it is gone.
Let then profit by this sad dSpenSation of
Providence which speaks to us so forciby to-day
from all our surroundings. but appeals
strongly from the grave of Thomas HI Glendy, in
the quiet graveyard at Deerfeld Church, almost
within sight of the house of his birth and his
childhood.
In this brief testimonial of the worth Of my de-
parted friend, have said nothing but whatI be-
leYe to just and true, the honest expression Of my
heart, and feel confident that those who knew
Mr.. Glendy well, Will confirm my estimate Of his
character. He was indeed my friend, and in that
WORD said, is all that l can say of any man. and
there are none who mourn him to day more than L.
During my soiourn here in this section, Mr.. Glen
bid me welcome to the profuse hospitality of his
home in the comfy Of Bath, where many pleasant
recoliections and "reminiscences will have a green
and lasting impression on my memOrys waste,
and [ follnW him with my prayers and beSeech for
him mercy and pardon from just and righteous
God THOMAS j. SMITH
Oct 1884.