The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-05-26

Ine elOrI OF lne representative o!
my church on that occasion. ]
asked him as We walked togethe,
from the church how the sermon i'm,
pressed him. | shall never forget the
thoughtful expression that came into
his face. He was silent a moment
and then remarked: IF had known
that such rare treat was in store
for young ministers and those look.
ing forward to the ministry, would
have required the students of the
college to attend the service Then
pausing for moment, he added
He is certainly a man not only oi
polish, but of profound scholarship
my ideal of what a minister of the
gospel ought to be-" The next day the
the scholarly president spoke to my
class, in the class room, of the ad.
mirable discourse and commended its
teaching to our earnest consideration.
| have mentioned the incident to
show the estimate of q great man,
sparing in praise and naturally diff,
dent, of truly noble man of God
They are together now in the better
land.
Henry NJ. Mood was the apostle OF
temperance to South Carolina. Nc
man that the State has ever pro.
duced, not even the gifted O'Neall
was his peer in this great work. Hi:
work along this line abides. He
plead for temperance on scriptural
grounds, and was the eyangel Of
blessedness TO many cursed home
He reasoned of righteousness, tenn
perance and judgment to come
like the great apostle to the Gentiles
and generations to come will share
the fruit of his labors. AS he stood
before audiences and plead for the
cause so near his heart, men recog
nized in him an object lesson setting
forth the virtues of temperance, the
devotees beheld in him a sympathet
ic friend upon whom they could de
pend for help, for he was not a de-
bauchee rescued from the horrors Of
drunkard's life, but the physica
product of the great principles o1
temperance put into practice from
infancy to mature manhood; the
spiritual product of manhood conse
Grated to God, with heart like the
Masters, quick to respond to every
wall of suffering. 4 man of Goo
whose mission was not to discus:
politics or retail anecdotes, but tc
teach the virtues Of temperance.
owe him much in every way, and fee,
personally bereaved in his death
He instilled principles into my heart
and life that have helped me tc
nobler views of life. He has reaped
his merited reward.
Henry N. Mood was an educator
In the year 1858 he established Dav
export Female College, n. c., anC
was it's president for four years. Tt
Columbia Female College he gave
four years of his ministerial life in
the capacity of president of the in
stitution-from 1862 to 1865. In thai
stormy and trying period in the his
tory of our State, and of the South
hundreds of parents throughout the
State congratulated themselves thai
in the midst of their trials, they were
permitted to place their daughter!
under the care and instruction O.
this Christian gentleman. The inhu
ence of his work in that institution
will be felt for many generations
HE being dead yet speakethn in tht
refined atmosphere of many homes
For two years he was principal Of
Spring Street Normal School. This
makes up the record of his life as ar
actual educator.
He planted the Methodist church
at Beaufort and also at Graniteville
To the blessed ministry of Christ he
gave fifty-seven years of an earnest
consecrated life, and during thai
long period there was not the remot
est suspicion of evil, officially o,
otherwise, cherished in any hear
against him. Was not his life, there
fore, glorious success? He was, in
deed, more than conQueror through
the grace of God.
On the second of May, this month
while sorrow filed the hearts of rela
tives and friends, when the an
nouncement of his decease was made
there was Joy in heaven. The re
union there with souls, with whom
he had been SO intimately connected
in this life, must, indeed, have. beer
Joyful eNSuI. LID SOuSSCi dtSS
father and mother, his brother
James. the beloved physician
William W. Mood, so closely identi
fed with this charge and whose
death we all lament; the peerless
educator, Asbury Mood; the devoted
minister, John a. Mood, and Bishop
Asbury and "his gentle Amelia
greeted his soul as it swept through
the gates. The peerless Wightman
whose mother was dandled upon the
knee of Wesley, was there. The
great founder of Methodism himself
doubtless drew near, and an innum
erable throng greeted the triumph:
ant victor. God crowned him, and
heavens arches rang with the harps
of angels as they sang of the glories
of redeeming grace. He is not dead,
but liveth forever. Amen.-J. W
Daniel in Southern Christian Advo
cate.