The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-07-13


mental 10 lie irerp.ion and growth
guarding every naproiectsd CORNER, ready
sud snnious 70 dsvslep aad encourage
every nsv ventuis. was the pastor oi the
church he in vAoss memory your ser'
vice Vas held this sflsrnoon. Rev. Asa Z.
| CLARK. aided spd apheld espscisliy BY ths
stslwsrt form sniccuussous energy os Tie
venerable man sho has iourpsyed here
IRON sfsr 10 order to pay his loving
tribute. And many . middle aged msn OF
woman Of to-day owes bis or her lifes
prospects to their un'eihsh endesvor'
Aud msny lins since claimed by death
carried TO their grave. blessings which We
believe, in The case Of the one Who bs'
gone, they nov tender lace 10 face.
Is il any wonder that with such earnest,
uuselssh workers. Burr Seminary looked
up over Across the gorge 10 moaniains 70
the East for her ci ih support' Is y any
,ona.r ,h.t When Stste supt. Adams
wrots to Prof Bornham (he ofrevered
memory asking him whore he should
hold the rst Tescher sIns.itute ever held
in Southern Vermont. he SHOULD receive
the reply, 90 TO Peru, ihera 10 no other
town like IT," Adj did not they two, MT
CLARK and Mr.. Burnbam. makes spien'
did educational tesul Mr.. CLARK. with
watcbful eye, ready to pick out this or
that young man. stir up in bis mind the
desire for sonnet hing higher and nobier, -
even take him into bis study, spend with
ont any rem munerstion. hour after hour,
COD tinu,d through weeks and months,
in recitation 10 order 10 ht him. then pass
him over 10 Mr. BuFnhsm, knowing
we'll that nothing but the "up higher"
would he allowed 10 center his attention, /,
and that Middlebnry or Willismstown
would be the next stopping place.
At least four persons from this little
burg, aside from the many Others who
we're high school or seminary graduates,
owe their collegiate educstiop directly TO
is int uence.1 They ere biselUw Burton,
now ply ysician in New York, Daniel M.
Priest, also phy.icisn 10 New York.
Myron s. Dudley. ow . minister OF the
Gospel in Nantucket. and your old &C.
quaintsncs, the Hon, d. X. Simonds OF
Manchester. who has, 20 donbt spoken for
himself, 7tf 0..siJg,A 9tlHI
/ cannot allow this occasion TO pass
without directing psr.ieulsr attention to
the interest which MIR. Clerk took in
every little child 10 the community. NoLe
we're beneath bis notice, ragged. dirty or
bare footed. Often he would 60 let ont OF
bis way to speak TO one. In riding BY .
house, il one was 10 the dooriysrd. the
horse must stop. With bound (be was
never known to use wagon step, 30 eri
ergetic was his nature) be was soon on
the ground. my little man how do You
do to.dsyp l am glad 10 notice you ere
SO steady at soho OIL Shsn't see you in
the sunday sohooif" May cynical par
ent who disbelieved or made light OF his
doctrine was won over and made his
friend by the interest which he took in bis
little child. Mr.. CLARK WAS the fren OF
every little boy and every little boy WAS
the friend OF Mr.. CLARK.
And then in the matter OF bis personal
interest in. and visitation OF, the common
schools, hs WAS considered as part OF
the school system; and no matter whether
or not he was the appointed Superinten
dent, that interest, ever and unmistskedly
manifested itself. The term would have
been considered incomplete without him.
The pupils OF tho town ss much expected
TO pass undtr his review ss they expected
the roll call In the morning; and this with
no sternness or il.naturs or chow OF self
eonct H. bat with such manifestation OF
kindness and GOODWILL IS drew ont not
ouly the budding faculties Of the mind
INIT also the tender sfectioDs Of the
heart.
And who that participated IN those
school SC pes can ever fuget the grand
lsst.dsy OF the term. when after the weeks
general review the CLASSES were to pass
under the inspection OF the elders and
parents of the community? Had the
clear, ringing interrogstions OF Mr.. CLARK
been missing then, the exercises would
have fallen apart like the chain with
severed middle link.
Grand, although 10 many respects hum'
BILE, WAS bis ret ord. AL the more grand
becs use It Was humtls. The extent OF bis
inf ience no oae Gao measure. The pebble
dropped 10 the centie OF the ocean affects
the whole surface even &c the shore. Per-
sousl intercourse with him was elevsting
and inspiring. Hi, daily walk and COM
yersstion were ss much d sermon as bis
printed discourse. AN OF the interests OF
society. nentsI. mcrd, spiritual, and even
financial. we're dear 10 him. 10 many
respects. be was whole nan.
All, rich or poor, yourg or old. we're
the objects OF bis care. Yet Of the many
passages OF the Bible with Which his mind
vas 30 Iichly stored. snoug the most
treasured wss that sutersnce OF our
Saviour, .Sufer little children TO
come uuto me and forbid hem not, for OF
such is the kingdom OF haven"
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Rsmtniscsres.