The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-08-28

DIR. Finney graduated in medicine at the I'M
iversity of Pennsylvania. He administered to
the sick half century in Hartford county,
His death is to human hearts as the setting sun
to the earth.
He was in medicine while his father was in
the ministry. He was great physician. dill
igent student of medicines all his life, having
wonderful intuition and profound Judgment,
careful, safe-be felt his responsibility. The
pra ctice of medicine was TO him not trade
but the means of doing good. He broadened
his calling. His presence in the sick room was
moral sunshine, a higher medicine of the
mind The sick were helped by his grace and
mauliness. He bore in his feelings the pain of
his patients The man in him was greater than
the doctor. He was u Christian friend to his
patients. He sat by the bed of Il sick friend,
who he knew. would soon die, and informed
him of his condition by saying he thought the
finest and most comforting verse in the Bible
was, He gveth His beloved sleep" His sick
friend looked at him and then closed his eyes.
He understood the doctor.
He was an ideal gentleman modest self
forgetful, refined, tender and brave, Christian
chiValry found in him its true representative.
His Justice was as Il robe and diadem."
DR.. Finney so abandoned himself to the
needs of others that he seemed to have no per-
sOnal needs. He had great sorrows, but he
kept them to himself and sometimes broke be
meath their weight. He did not allow his own
SORROWS to consume his sympathy for others.
He lived frugally. He was wise observer of
men and affairs, measured men by their moral
worth He took the greatest interest in the
welfare Of his country. He revered the Bible.
Its great teachings, its history and Psalms, its
| Proverbs and Gospels, its Prophesies and Epis-
ties, its cody men and women, above all Je-
sus Christ and His Cross won his heart, formed
his daily life, gave him his ideals, informed his
Judgment, were reflected i'll his conversation
and conduct. He could not talk half an hour
without speaking of the Bible, for out of the
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| was Christian Seer.
He was II member of the Presbyterian
Church, but he respected all denominations,
saw good in its various types of character
| He was the friend of the ministers of the gos-
pel whether Presbyterian. Methodist or Ro-
| mish priests, and was loved by them. He said
Presbyterianlsm was the element that would
| save the world.
| He keenly appreciated kindness. He gave a
friend Bible with the brief mark, Prov. % i.
| He was the beloved physician. Men mourn
| for themselves because he is dead. His life
| was gentle and the elements so mixed in him
| that nature might stand ND ana say to all the
| world, this was Il man.
| He always rode horseback. a diguitied and
skillful rider. His many noble characteristics
| made him an unique, picturesque man.
| DR. Finney was Il part of the homes of the
| people, delightful conversatiOnalist, fond OF
| music and wit, his mind stored with anecdotes
| from his wide reading and large experience, d
| wise counsellor. helper, faithful friend, II ia.
miliar aud striking person i'll the worshippinp
| assembly, IL part of mems religious life. Il part
of the SaDDatn morning, his greeting anu sInllt
| mt church. something to carry home with one
TO brighten and purify his soul and exat hi:
life The hearts of men grew toward him as
| vines upon trees for support.
| He was buried at sunset. The sun typiteS
his life. He ran his race Il strong man, bright
cheerful, brave to the last. He loved little
children. He was the wise friend of the young
He was past three score and ten years and YET
he never grew old. Sunset meant new day
He who looked with such skill and sympathy
on the sick and dying now sees the King in hi:
beauty.
There is virtue in his memory. His grave il
eloquent; the dead man revived and stood VI
on his feet when his dead body touched tn,
bones of Elisha In the sepulohre. The grave
| Of Dr. Finney ia fitted to revive whatever 4
p0blest In men, We become more manly