St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-01-24
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Personal RECOLLECTIONS
REV. &. f. MONTGOMERY

In of this good man, whom
I knew intimately, venture TO add
a few words to the sketch of his life
which appeared some weeks ago:
We were classmates i'll college n
roommates for three years. We first
met at Middlebury at the opening OF
the fall term in 1856 We soon came
to know each other well, and a close,
lifelong friendship ensued- He was
three years my senior, ana IL IS q
pleasure to me to acknowledge my
frequent Indebtedness while III college
to his superior Judgment and expert
ence. He was a faithful friend; one
whom | could both love and look up
to. H.s one aim was to be a mis-
siOnarv One of the first things he
told me about himself was tina he
wasconsecrated to the foreign work
From this purposehe never wavered-
He made no flourish of it, but 1t en-
tered into and cOlOred all that ne
did. His religious life was one OF
OVERLOOKING cheerfulness and good
will toward everybody There was
no cpotism or sanctImOnY about It.
He was not overfoward to speak or
pray in meeting, yet never deci1neu
to do what he was sked TO 40
Ready for anything seemed TO DC
true of him. He had good physique
and enjoyed perfect health. IN
the Jokes and plays of college lite he
rock = hearty. sometimes a leading
part. As a student he was neither
ambitious nor critical, but always
diIigcnt and perscvering. He seemed
to be desirous of making his culture
as broad as possible He studied
to know things cOmprehens1vely
rather than exhaustively. He made
larger use of the college library than
most students did, and he read many
books besides those which belonged
to the line of regular study. His hab-
its in his oOm were very systematic.
He was always busy about some
thing. He wrote a great many let
tiers. and | think most of them had
for their object the leading of souls
to Christ. Laterinl life ne wrote less,
that part of his work being taken up
by his gifted wife. He loved music
and sang well. Our common way OF
closing the evenings work was by
singing. accompanied by the organ.
Ills OIIS
HYMNS and chants. One of these was
The Missionary's Call beginning,
MY soul is not at rest, which re-
member to have heard him sing many
times. Another was the little poem
of BOwring Prom the reccsSes OF a
lOwlv spirit" And | shall Y for
get the PRAYERS which | heard him OF
fer during those days when we were
so constantly together.
He taught school three successive
winters at Buskirk's Bridge, n Y.
1t was one of the parochial schools
of the Reformed church, and he was
lust the right man to fill the place
and earn the esteem of his patrons.
The last winter of our college course
he taught at Berlin, Conn, and there
he met the Young lady who after
wards became Mrs. Montgomery.
Their first meeting was II of those
special prOvidenceS, of which he tound
so many in his experience Both hao
privately dedicated themselves to the
foreign missionary work, and the
discovery of this fact very early IL
their acquaintance with each othe
was what drew them together
After we parted at graduation
saw my friend but few times, ant
then only briefly. For further study
he went West and | wen East, anC
our WAYS seldom met, save for hur
ried interviews. But | knew HI:
heart and followed him lovingly al
along his twenty-five years of WORK
III Turkey. His influence still lives
and will live, in this country as wei
as on the other side of the water
Other souls besides the hundreds II
Marash and Adana and the region:
around those cities have been brought
to Christ through him. His wOrl
was done modestly aud gently, bur
twas powerful work. No ministe'
or missionary ever laborcd more de
vOtedlv for the welfare of lost men
He blew no trumpet, he made M
great stir, but he worked till he died
He was faithful unto death. And
know he must be one of those who
will shine as the starS forever anC
ever-TE. p. w. in Vermont ChrOn
icle.