The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-05-19


many srnlEeEt servants os Co. h4ssh Rf
tone and abroad. has come sery close
T. US, and taken away from the ps
| eytery OF Wilmington oae WHO from
IT'S oFgt7-zsttcn has bceu cordial.
rec1snizsd By / Is brs;hrcn 50 is rncs,
eminent menter. Il gas aitinr tia
bis last lAocuu. and almost bis last
bgas.a, we're spns in its srY.ca. Ia
oar last wcsk's i.sae 10 our editorial
rep1rt % Wilmington PrSshytcry. We
spoke As follows:
Rev. DR.. d. +. Msrsble was present.
Though for very many years bis health
has been intrm the mental irss have
b 'rped bright and. strong, al i wonderful
has been the work accomplished by him
10. the Aastsr. Ever since {. orsaaix,
ton Of thssP. esbytery be has served -
asen. o!eincatior, . post for which lis
peculiar insight into human character
and bis admirable power OF estima ting
meuta! capacity aud ability, togetheT
g.tl be dispc sition TO help forw ard
youths struggling tn ft themselves for
ministerial work, have pre-eminently
qualified him. TIE time has come when
from physical infrmity be feels unable
longer 10 bear tue strain of the service
be has performed in the past, AID 50 re
luctaI tly he asked Presbytcry to relieve
| him OF the b1Eieu, ani reluctantly the
Presbytery acceded to his REQ nest. Ia
| biting term. that PresbyteTy expressed
t3eir sense OF DR.. Marbles past ser
vices aud the reluctance with WHICH they
dispensed with them.
The Presby;ery adj ,urned as We have
| I'm ErtA ,rhf NJ
| Marable preached, but the effort over.
came him and for awhile after be lay IN
an unconscious state. He was on partial
recovery carried forward to the home
OF Dr.. Graham at Wallace and at last
accounts was Somewhat improved in
condition. the we have learned sined
penuieg above reports of Presbytery.
Ii 'e:hren erywhere will hope that the
| conValescence may proceed to restor
atom
| THIS hope was not realized A late
as We inesday night he rose from his
bed and sat up by the fire couversiug
freely and interestingly with his friends.
But after retiring for the nigh. he grad.
ualiy sank, passing 6 ntly away in the
unconsciousness of sleep about O'Clock
thursday morning. He had told his
brethren that it was bis last attendance
at Presbytery, but We think neither he
nor they had any idea that the end was
so near. His mind was az clear aud bis
thought as vigorous as at any tine in
his life. His sermon Friday night, while
mlnlfestin& great bodily weakness was
c1arac' er;zed. We are tod, 10y all of his
o Igiaalisy and Intellectual power. OF
MS spiritual VII u and strength it could
ee said in spi'e of his ply steal feeble
neSs, HIS eye was rot dimmed nor his
ma. ural force atated"
The remains Of the honored dead were
taken 10 Clinton Thursday evening, and
on Friday, from the very church in
which hs was received into the ministry
of the Presbyterian Church, and to
which the greater Part of the labors of
his life we're given, he was borne 10 his
last resting place His chair and the
pulpit were draped in black, the loving
hands CT friends from his different
charges had brought beautiful flowers
whl'e the whole community, end num-
bers from all the churches within reach
We're present to pay the trlbnte of their
love and reverence. The service was
conducted by DIR Hoge, assisted by Rev
Mossrs. Shaw, Mcintyre and Stanford.
The sermon was from l { or. ID !: II.
The materials have not yet been re-
ceived for complete sketch OF DR.. Mar
able's life. He was born in Virginia
near the North Carolina line, and was in
sixty first year of his age. ae was re-
ceived into the Presbytery of Fayette-
vile in about 1892 or 90 AS he once
expressed ii at Synod, he twas born a
Presbyterian, but had the misfortune to
be born away from home" We believe
it was origiI ally upon questions Of order
and not Of baptism that he became dis
satis fed with bis ecclesiastical relations.
But having satisfied himself Of the scrip
turalness both of our order and baptism,
he entered the Pres byterian minis ry,
and supported the distinctive principles
of our Church with great independence
OF thought and acuteness of reasoning.
DR.. Marable was a man of no ordina-
J ry powers. Ee was endowed with an
!, imperial intellect that thought out its
own conclusions and mastered for ITSELF
the problems of life and history. His
powers of analysis would place him by
the SIDE Of the foremos. minds OF the
world. His power of expression was
equal 10 his power Of analysis. Never
did be use any word bui just the right
word. His thought always came out
, clear as the light. There was elm actic
and cumulative force in his method, b.
which each statement frightened the eft
feet of that which preceded. he knew
Just where to aim and be never missed
. lis sim. All this, however, might bt
i: said of the mere iosician; but DIR. Mar
l able added to his anay 1cal and logic;,
: pc yers a loftiness of conception tha
CAGE from lofty soul, and that lent 4;
1 glow and fire to all that he said HI
J. was not only a man of great intellect
. bat man of great heart, and the heal
!; warmed the s,rmons that the intellec
J, crea ed He thought great thought
y abont God ana eternity, about sin ant
!. ret,lbution, about grace and redemption
}. but these great thoughts were not th
8 speculations of the mind, nor the imag
t inings OF fancy, but the teachings of til
II Holy Spirit to soul that was truly hnr
J. bic because its thoughts aud aspiration
wee turned upwards to that which Va
Q greater than itself. He received II
IS things of Ged with the faith of Ii; i
l. child. And while his intellect cut thro
II the shallow Sophistries that were urget
= against Divine truth and revelation, ys
e when it came to that which was aUov
n the grasp of human comprehension, b
|. simply wondered asd adored.
? Had it pleased God to endow him will
d a body of strength and sigor proper
d tiopel 10 his mental ard moral gifts
there is no telling what position in tn
e Ctui CT he might nos have taken. Bu
b all h.s lifo was spent IN physical weak
J ness. One of his lGtgs was dwarfe'
= from his birth. For twenty five or thIr
e ty years he has been lying man. Ha
e be listened to the calls from fields Q
o wide il f1ence that freqneptly came t
S him; his car. er would have teen one Z
: conspicuous hri'liancy-eor brief time
} Instead, be hu. banded bis strength, b
Il | mi .;sterin., tn snall hncks aud aYni.l;n