The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1892-04-01

conscientious and faithful ID caring
for his own. He also observed with
keen interest the affairs of the
county. and through the hoop holes
of his delightful retreat, he looked
out with undated interest upon
the affairs of the nation and the
march of civilization in the world.
In liis intercourse with his fellows,
his courtesy was as sincere and
cordial as 1t was PLAIN and artless.
His hospitality was that of the
christian and the true Sou hern
gentleman. He cultivated no grace
at the expense of MS sincerity. nor
simulated pleasure that he dad
not feel. He had nc special defer
ence for rank or wealth or station,
but was as kindly to the lowly,
the poor, his old servants who re-
mem Der him with affection, MS to
his equals who sought his counsel.
Possibly the ruling passion of ms
life was literature. His books were
his friends. his intimate companions.
With means and leisure to indulge
his taste, he transferred to his well
trained mind the rich spoils of time
which knowledge had stored upon
her ample scroll, and in his CONVEX
sation, one could not but be struck
with the wide range of his reading,
his discriminating taste and the
accuracy of his Information. He
exceIled in the art of eplsloIary
correspondence and his letters were
models of chaste, terse English,
weighty with counsel, often adorn-.
ed with the graces of rhetoric,
sparkling with flashes of wit and]
tender with pathos and true kindli-
ness of heart. dis temperament
was highly poetic, and he frequent
ly wrote verses which glow with
true poetic fire. On his deathbed,
with eyes too dim to see the lines
and with trembling hand. he wrote
the remarkable poem which recently
appeared in these columns, entitled
"Never Again"
Mr.. Wood has been for many
years a devOut christian. He united
with the Bolivar Presbyterian church
under the pastorate OF Rev. now DR..
George Summey, May End, 1875.
Ever loyal to the church of bis
fathers, he never allowed that 10y
atty to merge into bigotry or intoler-
ance. His faith in Christ was firm
and reverent, mistaken by doubt
or fear. Trusting in no merit of
his own, but sustained and soothed
by an unfaltering truet in his Saviour,
he died calmly. peacefully,
"As one who wraps the drapery of his
couch about him."
And lies down to pleasant dreams.
Could we but draw aside the veil
and trespass upon the sanctity of
his home life and view him as "the |
saint, the husband and the father"
we would then see him as he really
was. His home was to him the one
spot of supreme felicity on earth,
typical of that higher home and
more numerous family above to
which he has been summoned. His |
heart was entirely consecrated to
his family. To him affection was
not merely name and lOvs-but the
passion of an hour, but he wore |
the image of his wife and children
like beautiful flowers next his heart. |
That home which he loved so dearly |
is darkened now, but the hight of |
precious usnaIlon is not wanting.
For lin, the stormy vny4ge of life |
is over, anu his own beautiful |
WORDS, h has now reached that
blissful
.faraway shore
Where death can ne'er find him again."
A iaggard In the race for wealth,
he has gained a richer inheritance,
incorruphbie, indebted; and dying,
he has LETT the partner of mis- life |
and home lowered with the fragrance
Of an exemplary life, and his chill
iren rich In the patrimony of a
stainless name.
PASTOR.