The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-05-29
IN Observation-Disclosures BRY-

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cit matters little at what hour Of the day
The righteous fall asleep. Death cannot
come
To him untimely who is fit to die;
The less of this cold world, the more of
heaven;
The briefer life, the earlier Immortality"
There are lives like violets; they adorn
in modest grace the daily pathway, and
they leave behind them the fragrance Of
their sweet influence.
In the great cathedral of humanity.
some are foundation stones; others may
be likened unto the serried marbles that
form the massive pillar. or springing
arch, the fiuted anchitrave, or eleaving
spire. But it is given to others to smile
with placid and saint-lke face, from
some quiet niche or retiring cloister that
they adorn.
OF such, serene and gentle and pure
III life, was the noble youth,
whose sudden translation to the Heaven
y life has left his friends bereaved be-
You'd expression in this ship-wreck of
their earthly hopes. and yet sorrowing
not as those without hope.
Frederick Outlaw Henderson Bryan
was the son of John H. and Margaret Ill.
Bryan, and was born in Camperias, in
the State Of Sac Pario. Brazil, Noyem-
Der 18th, 1879. In 1892, when about
twelve years of age, he came to the
United States, and made his home with
his beloved aunt, Mrs. Alden L. Bryan,
of this city. He spent about four years
as student with Messrs. Morson and
benson, and subsequently entered the
North Carolina College of Agriculture,
fitting himself, it was fondly hoped. for
a long life of usefulness. There he be-
came Il cherished member of the Sigma
Nh fraternity. AS pupil and friend,
he endeared himself to teachers and
classmates; modest and courteous al
ways, faithful to principle anxious to
be true and right in all things he ex-
hibited the characteristics of the illus
trious ancestry from which he sprang.
Always and everywhere, he was the
Christian and the gentleman.
Retiring in his unobtrusive way, while
a friend to all. he was the intimate of
few. The sweetness Of his disposition.
and the sunny smile of the heart at peace
with itself and the world brought their
own tender grace wherever he went, in
the devious ways of life The mysterious
blow that sweeps as with sickle the
fond hopes of his friends clustering
about his youthful career, must be soft
ened to those who suffer, when they re-
member that SO much Of manly tender
ness and Of stainless purity was blooms
ing for fairer fields than those Of earth.
In the early dawn Of the 9Th May. 1898,
as he saw his Redeemer, and stretched
forth his arms in faith, his doye-like
spirit assembled to home mot anade
with hands, eternal in the Heavens"
1t was said of him not long before,
MS he came from the holy table in the
church OF his faith. that his features
shone with the beauty that belongs not 20
earthly things. Happy the thought to
those who loved him, and who keep his
memory among their treasures, that it is
given 10 such an one 10 lift his face
among those who enjoy the fullness of
communion with their Master forever,
ct the right hand OF the eternal.
20 soothe us, haunt us. night and day.
We gentle spirits, far away,
With whom we shared the cup of grace,
Then parted We TO Christ's embrace,
We to the lonesome world again.