The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-08-14

IN NENOItIAN NJ.
THE LATE DIR. WILLIAM W, WAXING.

The subject of this memoir was born at
Bald Eagle" the ancestral home of his
family on the peaceful banks of the Pa
tuxent. Nav 12th, 1915 His father, the
late Col John Henry Warng, was a man
conspicuous in his day for his integrity,
his socability and his generous and refined
instincts. He was one OF Il COtorlc OF
Southern Maryland gentlemen whose cul-
turc and hospitality gave dignity and dis
tinction to this portion of our State. Col.
Warning took the deepest interest in his
children. He was not only Il parent, but
IA friend and companion to his boys. They
grew up in this happy Christian home I'M
til the war cry severed our distracted
country. Then las brave as the bravcst
the two older, one of whom was the de-
ceased being only in his 18th year, donncd
the Gray, and with the tears and the bless
ings of the loved ones at home cast their
fortunes with the Confedcracy. The eld-
est never returned But after the sad
havoc and desolation of that fea full strug-
gle had ceased and the scattered members
of the family were reunited at the hearth
stone, the young soldier. the fond son,
loving and beloved brother, started out to
prepare himself for his life work in Il no.
BILE profession, and was graduated with
uOuoI IIoIl Tic MIL Niduu ulNtISitN hdis u
.ird, 1869. He was selected bv his class
mates to make the a dress on the occasion
of the presentation to il retiring member
of the Faculty, DR.. James II. Butler, of "A
s.token of their admiration for his talent
and the esteem and affection they would
always retain for him. DR.. Warnings de-
votion to his Alma Mater was intense.
The lessons, the influences, the associations
of the university seemed to linger with
MIN in fondest memory. In the address
above referred to, he said to his class
mates: No matter where our lots in life
may be cast, no matter where duty. neces-
sitv or pleasure may call us, as our minds
revert to the familiar grounds, the familiar
halls, and the familiar and dearly loved
faces of the old University of Maryland,
one face ever radiant with smiles, one
form where every god did seem to set his
seal to give the world assurance of man ,
moving like master spirit among us, in
stilling kind words of encouragement and
advice-will live fresh in our memories.
Those who knew best the impulses OF
his heart, and those who enjoyed his min
istrations as family physician, can APP
preciate how richly and abundantly the
teachings of his learned preceptors ripen-
ed into fruit, that protited and blessed the
communities in which his fortune was cast.
In 1871 DR.. Warning married Miss Ida j
Brooke, sister of the late Henry Brooke
and of Mr.. A. T. Brooke. She and six
children-four daughters and two sons
survive him.. His was happy and de-
voted family. His affection for the mem
bers of his household knew no bounds.
His heart was open to all their desires, and
to gratifv their wishes was his keenest
Tr,,1v If no S.,i1 that in his
home Love, the earnest of heaven, the
fair lilv which bloomed from IA smile and
a tear of the Divinity reigned. His
children were ever glad to be near him,
and he was never too busy to greet and
caress them.
Great as is the loss to the community of
his services as IA physician, great as is the
loss to his friends of his bright companion
ship, great as is the loss in his charitable
minstratiOnS at the bedside of the sick
and unfortunate, to his devoted famil Y the
loss is still greater. None, but those who
have suffered like atfiictIon, can fathom
the depth of their sorrow.
DR.. Warning was generous and liberal.
No one ever appealed to him in vain for a
public charity ora private need. He gave
freely his medical services to those who
were too poor to pay him, and even from
his pocket contributed to their comfort.
The immense throng which attended his
funeral gave sincere and loving tcstimo-
nv of the esteem in which he was held.
He was public spirited citizen. Many
will remember the useful and able efforts
he made some years ago to correct certain
abuses that prevailed in the tobacco trade.
His vigorous addresses and active meas
ures at that time stimulated his associates.
ar d, no doubt, redounded to the good of
tobacco planters. His services as School
Commissioner for many years where char
acteriZed by vigOr of administration,
that showed an appreciation OF the bene-
fits of the public school system, and a de-
termination that the best possible returns
should be eXacted for the States liberal
ity.
His courage to do what he believed was
right, his fearlessness in asserting his
opinions. his detestation of everything
that was cowardly or contemplate, gave
him marked individuality. and elected
the admiration of his friends. He was a
member of the Masonic Brotherhood, and
felt the influence of the mystic tie which
is constantly welding invisible, but po-
tent, bands of love, and drawing heart to
heart that each may feel that he is a broth
er to all the rest.
Our friend has gone. Those who fol-
lowed his remains to Mt. Carmel Cemetery
will never forget the sad scenes of that
day. The time of bud and blossom will
come again, and the SHOWS white mantle
will fall upon his grave, but he will never
be forgotten. While loving hands are
planting the beautiful flowers of earth
around the tomb, faith will look up
through tear dimmed eyes to the Father in
Heaven who has said to those who grieve
Let not your heart be troubled"
In the sorrow and darkness of the tomb
if there can he any comfort, it is in the
conception of death so beautifully ex-
pressed by Father Ryan:
.'Out OF the shadows of sadness.
Into the sunshine IF gladnes>,
Into the light OF the blest
Out OF land very dreary,
out of the world very weary
Into the rapture OF rest
..Out of land in whose bowers
Perish and fade al the flowers
Out of the land of decay,
Into the Eden where flirest
of howeret-. and sweetest and rarest
Never Sha' wther away