The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26
DEATH OF Mr.. D. G. WORTH
Continued from Fifth Page.

us, and left a vacant place In his home
and in our hearts.
We mourn for the loss of a sincere
and truthful friend. This body mourns
the loss Of an able n valuable MEM
Der. This city and this state mourn the
loss of an upright, honorable and pub
lie spirited citizen. The University or
North Carolina, and with 1t the cause
of education throughout the state,
mourn the loss Of a firm friend and gen
erous benefactor. The Church mourns
the loss Of a true and faithful servant,
who worshipped God in the beauty or
holiness and was a shining example OF
q true Christian gentleman.
Sir, It Is honorable in us to turn ASIDE
from our daily toll and leave the busy
mart, and gather here to a a tribute
to the memory Of such a man, to re-
count his virtues and hold them up Tor
the contemplation OF all.
The sleeping and the dead are but
as pictures But gazing long and in
tently and often upon them, we may
pass into the likeness Of the departed,
may emulate his virtues and partake or
his Immortality.
Such. sir, is the tribute I pay to the
man whom I delighted to honor"
Colonel John D. Taylor said:
IT am not a m Of this cham
her. 1t Is by your courtesy / am here
today to pay tribute to the memory or
Mr.. Worth. / nave known him for
nearly half a century. He was my
classmate at college. / a only say
OF him that he was true as a boy as
he was true as a man. His fellow
playmates could trust him as you gen.
tlemen OF this chamber could trust him.
- 49, x~-, f;4-l than n frian6-
ship was formed, which has mellowed
and ,ripened and sweetened with age.
I speak not now, sir, Of his intellect;
of his rare judgment and Of his integ-
rity. They are known of all men. L
speak of him today as my friend. l
loved him because he was my friend.
/ knew him well, and I prefer to think
now OF the soft inc tender and gentle
characteristics, rather than OF those
strong ones that made him a man Of
mark in church and state. While he
was a man OF heroic qualities, strong
and brave, he was a. gentle and ten
der as a woman.
As i sat in the sanctuary today, n
looked upon the windows, I saw the
words describing him SO we'll: Mark
the perfect man; behold the upright,
for the end Of that man is peace"
MI. B. F. Hall said:
I ask the privilege to present a brief
tribute, and / ask it as a privilege,
otherwise I would not say a word in
his meeting, but it will be a pleasant
memory to know I was permitted to
say a few words concerning him whom
I so deeply and sincerely loved. / have
written the words 1 wish to offer:
know we not that there is a prince
and "a great man fallen this day in
Israel
We make no mistake in applying
these words to Davi CASTOR Worth,
whose body has this day been consign-
ed to earth, and whose spirit has re-
turned unto God who gave it. He was
princely and great in the Impulses Of
an honest and noble heart, which found
expression in hatred Of evil, and love
for all that was good, and in manly
effort, to suppress vice n promote
righteousness.
He was able, too, in an nusua de-
gree, to give practical effect to his no.
BILE impulses by his strong integrity,
faithful service, and the wise and lib
eral use Of large means, accumulated
in the course of a successful business
career, marked by diligence, good judg-
ment, and unsullied integrity. These
briefly constitute the prominent char
acteristics of the man as he was known
by his fellows. But we have no earthly
standard by which to measure the
value of a true, noble and upright life.
We may enjoy the public benefac-
lions of such a one, and rejoice in his
private virtues, so far as they are
known, but who can estimate the silent,
yet powerful influence Of truth and
honor exemplified in n whom we
daily meet in business and social in
~tercourse. Only the fuller and clearer
knowledge Of the life upon which he
has now entered, can reveal how much
less OF evil and how much more of
good there Is in the world because of
the lives Of such men.
Han-at least civilized man, with
Christian OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES brought
ACE to face with the solemn realiza-
ton of two worlds as presented in the
death Of a good man under such cir
c~umstances, whatever be his religious
creed, is ready to adopt the wish Of the
unstable prophet. Let me die the
death of the righteous and let my last
end be like his
The lesson for us and our children to
learn from the example before us is
that to die the death of the righteous
we must follow his example and live
his life"
Colonel John D. Taylor said:
There IL handed to me a letter from
another of his classmates, which I
nave been requested to read:
your announcement of the death OF
my friend and classmate, David G.
Worth, though not expected, neverthe-
less came with a shock. We had
known each other for upwards Of for
ty-eight years, n his death brings
up many associations. Forty-eight
years is a long time to know a friend
and yet, in all these years, I have
never heard even a whisper, that could
in the slightest degree affect his stand
ing as a man Of incorruptible charac-
ter, and a Christian gentleman. Sure
ly the example Of such a man to a
community Is a great loss, while to his
church there will be a vacant place not
easily filled. There, to his pastor and
fellow members, his loss amounts al
most I mioht say to a Gala mitx