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which he rlled with credit That is repu-
Yo'' -. ,.-,. LII. fr..,,fs may we'll be content.

.os,s which he hec with creo''' i""' 10 ''P'
,,non with which his friends may wen be content
I'll. death Of the Rev. Dr. Dale is loss to BIZ
,,inrham and to the religious world In the wofid
- Xonconfornity he was shining light ana he
,,t,;s,or If tho GOSPEL who thought it no in
,roeo,ent upon his pastoral duties To toll for the
o,eriol and municipal welfare o. his flock. ana ol
his fcllow-citizcrs 1--WE have lost a great ci'i-
zen" said Mr. Chamberlain Ii is me euioeF.
rhn resolution which nc proposed to the meeting
~ which the Mavor Of Birmingham presided
Guns I'D in a brief and energetic form the opinion
- ,hosa who knew Dr. Dale best. i testlfes to
,;s prolonged arduous and effective labors In the
emotion OF municipal progress ana in the
seveloprnent OF elementary and advanced educa-
,,n And it places permanently on record the af-
.e,,ionate feelings OF admiration and gratitude
entertained for him by all classes.
Americans owe him tribute. o. at least an
acknowledgement Of his long good Will to us
have somewhere an interesting letter from DR..
D,le on that point. but to rescue at this moment
~, o. The masses Of papers in process Of being
overhauled FOR removal is no; possible. But. 50
far o. recoect. something had been said about
him in America which pleased him and he wrote
o. say *. and 10 affirm once more his friendship
for that country and its people. | imagine that
COW Of the citizens of Birmingham have ever been
other than friendly TO America. II is the town
,hich sat at the feet Of John Bright. ana took
f,,m his lips the lessons OF political wisdom
which he taught with Incompatible eloQuence.
mean literally Incompatible. For neither in the
oualtv Of his eloquence in his invaluable
friendship 10 America had Bright any rival, or at
least any equal. And suppose that birmingham
has always been the most American town in Great
Britain Dr. Dale was American in that sense
A strong friend and a strong man is gone; Min
,s,er who belonged to the church militant; who
lived his life s;renuously and honorably: with
something in him Of that high Puritan element
Of which we are wont TO think the best type is to
be found not in England, but in New-England
The nroverbial i'll luck of the English in matters
of art appears once more in the death Of Sir
George Scharf. He perhaps the one man In
England who could have brought the National
Portrait Gallery to that state of something Ike
Perfection if not completion which ii was on the
min, of reaching He dies while the finishing
touches are yet to be put to his lfe's work. Fin
,shed il no doub, will be, but all know what 1t
&c 10 trust our own work to arothers hands. What
nainter would see a brother painter use the brush
on his canvas? What author confide to r.val
the revision Of his writings or II he could help IT,
even his proofs? All that could be known about
English historical portraiture Sir George Schan
knew He knew the literature Of Ii. and he was
such Judge of art Of styles of all that relates
10 the authenticity Of a picture as few English
men indeed can pretend to be.
Nor was there Of pretence in him the least trace.
He wore his knowledge with that modesiy when
IS so often not always. the accompaniment OF
knowledge Meet him in country house whose
walls were hung with the stored riches of past
generations; portraits which he must often nave
coveted FOR that National collection which VIII
never contain them til Collectivism shall have
carried into act its dream Of plunderng the indi-
yidual for the benefit Of the many. He would
wander about The rooms. commenting on picture
after picture which he had never seen before as
" he had known them all his life: and so. in one
sense he had He knew they there knew
the subject and the painter. identified each unerr-
inglv gave you the true and full account Of them.
and discoursed so simply so lovingly, so learnediy
about them that he charmed all who heard hlH
At dinner he would continue his talk If asked. not
otherwise for he was never man 10 fling his at
tainments at the company whether they cared or
not He used as little possible of the technicai
jargon Of the dilettante or of the slang when
artists rightly enough talk TO each other. lie
liked 10 be understood. His quiet manner ana
quiet voice might pass without notice. But II
There came a question or a criticism. he spoke
with an authority which soon disposed Of the
.cep,c. He has left it is said. copious materials
for the history Of the Portrait Gallery Win when
his name will always be associated and which
will ALWAYS be one OF the gories Of England.