Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-11-11

Mr.. King said he would not attempt
any tribnie To the memory of DR.. Spald-
ing. for all that he might say had been
better said in letter which he would
read to the Society from Mr.. j. Edwin
Coad, gentleman who had been an in
innate friend of D. Spalding's youth
and the cnmrade of bis old age. When
DIR. Spalding died it had been suggested
TO Mr.. COad that he attend the meeting
Of the Society that paid tribute to his
memory and the following letter was an
answer to the invitation:
+. v. KIgG-DEAR SIR IL regret so
much my inability to accept your kind
invitation to be present at the meeting
of your Society and hear the encomiums
that will and should be expressed upon
our deceased friend, DIR. A. ]. Spalding.
and mingling my grief with yours, for
! TO weep with them that weep doth ease
some DEAL" as all who have lost dear
friends have learned. He was the last
of my very intimate and congenial
friends Of the long ago, and his exit
from this world gives me feeling of is
ISOLATION that no words can adequately
describe. The skill of man has invent
ed means Of transmitting thought and
words and voice to coming generations,
! and, If he had attained To the knowl-
edge of exhibiting the feelings of the hui
man heart, am persuaded that none
would be found TO contain more genu-
inc grief than my own at this moment
In youth. when one is called To mourn
the loss of dear friend, he Is consOled
by the thought that he has many others,
but in old age it is very different. and
while the compensatiCns of merciful
God are great and numerous, none of
them can fiji the vacuum caused by the
death of loved one, the boon compan-
ion of many years. In our very early
manhood, the one we now lament, was
not my friend, because as he told me in
after years, he had not diagnosed me
! properly, but when he had become satisfi-
ed OF his mistake we became, as il were,
soldered together by the warmth of an
ardent friendship. which time. differ
ence of opinion and death itself could
not sever. While unobtrusive in his
manner, he was possessed of great per-
sonai magnetism, was strong in his be-
lief upon any subject ON " hich he formed
an opinion, almost unerring in his judg
ment, revered and practiced honesty in
all things, was broad in his sympathies.
thoroughly unselfisb. and
.'Ne'er knew Joy hut friendship might d.ide
| Or gave his ''otnradc- grief but when he died"
Take him all in all, have never, in NV
extended life, had the acquaintance of
u man possessed of a better rounded mp
and enyiable character THAI that of the
late DIR. A J. Spalding He was an un-
compromising Catholic. but the gener-
Gus and appreciative of every creed loved
him, and a most touching and eloquent
manifestation of il was furnished by the
tolling of the bell ON the Episcopal
Church near by. simultaneously with
that of the Catholic, rs the remains were
being carried to the grave. which struck
me as proof of the triumph of the
brotherhood of man over dogmatic be-
lief, and an earnest appeal to the Mos.
High for mercy to the soul of a man be-
loved of all. Dur friend was great
sufferer. but he was rot without blame
in his career through life. and faith
teaches that pain must inevitably follow
sin, yet
rs not .. short ..a Esin WELL borne that brings
That ease, know full well, you all think
and wish with me, will be his for all
eternity.
Truly his and your friend,
i ]. EDWIN CoAD.
Mr.. Dan'l G. Hammett paid feeling
and glowing tribute to Dr. Spalding's
memory, saving among other things that
the resolutions and the letter well ex-
pressed his feelings At the loss the So
ciety. the community and the medical
profession has sustained in the death of
DR.. Spalding. He reviewed the doctors
life and service as citizen, judge Of the
Orphans Court and physicisn and spoke
glowingly Of his charity rs man, his
ability and fairness q judge and his
eminsnce In bis profession. At the con-
clusion of Mr. Hanmest's remarks on
motion Of Mr. Jos. q. Key the resolu-
tions were adopted BY . rising vote and
as further mark Of respect the Sociofy
adjourned.