The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-01-15
Marion Gassaway.

Please permit ma through the columns
Of the INTELL1eEHoER to ssy few things
about this nUble III. He possessed tao
many enviable traits Of character for them
to be passed over In silence. desire to
hold them up for the imitation OF those
who earnestly desire to accomplish some-
thing In life.
Many q heart was made sad at the An .
nouncement OF his death, and many, I
doubt not, uncDnscionsiy asked the ques
ton, "Why bath Gnd done thi.?' He
had Just gone our from FnrmaD Uulverity
and the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary with fhished education. baving
taken with high honors, the A M. degree
In the former school and the Th. M IL the
latter. For but little more than two year
he had been engaged In mission work tr'
Mex leo, work that BIZ had heen looking
forward to for several years with the NOS
Joy full anticipations he had just mastered
the language BIZ as 70 use it effectively In
preaching. he had fought the hardest a.
life's battles. had won and was ready TO
reap the fruits Of victory, bad just grasped
plishing great things for God, when J.
Gods voice was heard saying, Come up
higher"
But let me mention some points in biz
character that, in my estimation made
him great; hoping that these poiuts may
commend themselves to young men nov
growing up and that they may strive T.
wasess them. He WAS my friend Ikoe~
him Intimately and loved birn AS II BIZ had
been brother In the fl -sb as we'll ss iD
the spirit We were in the same classes IT.
school and often studied tngsther, and
would now bring from nv heart this testi
mony: "A nobler man I never knew I"
Religion to him was not theory but q
wonderful living reality
/. He was industrious. BE knew Of no
easy way to get along in the world and
was not always bunting FIR one The idea
that the world owed man support with
out his working for II never entered hin
mind. A genius, tn him was man with
natural DO yer and 1t diligently cultivated
hest fla labnret! a. II be bad to 20 it all aud
trusted God aA II God was doing It all
he waa enthusiastic and earnest The
6r~t lime I mat him vas 1T Beltor ON our
way to schml and was impressed With
the zeal and earnestness OF bis nature.
His enthusiasm commanded attention AMI
contributed in no small degree to bis sue
cess. When be undert ok thing be
forced You to believe he thought 1t was
very important, and hence enlisted your
sympathy and interest.
g. he was con. cientious. This not only
made him undertake work but led him Tn
do the work we'll. He was accustomed to
tell humorouslY how be determined at one
time 10 learn just as little Of Hebrew as
possible. but he soon changed bia mind
and decided to learn just as much as pos
sible Engagements were oonscientiouslv
filled lassnns were conscientiously studied
The conscience that he put into his work
ensured him SUCCESS, and made him truly
noble.
He was full of life Inever saw him
with long, .sd face. Always readv with
joke or humorous anecdote. and vet
'hese were of the purest type. Nothing
coarse or vulgar ever escapsd his lips l
most highly commend this to young man
So often have been di.Ruated and made
ashamed to zee man who wanted to tell
eomsthing funny and yet must select bis
hearers What Marion Gasssway told
any body could hear
he was manly. true, noble. In every
sense am proud to numbar him among
nv friends r H BURRlss.
Ne,osoms, Pd., Jan. 9, 1896