The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-15
And thus he bore without abuse
The grand old name Of gentleman.


death hath this also says Lord Ba-
con i'm 81 noble passage. chat 10 openeth
the gate 10 good fame.
But thi- noble gentleman needed NOT
the touch Of death TO give him that. for
even I'm his lifetime men said OF him, as
was said of William Napier that he
seemed raised up from amonS the me-
diacval dead and set in our midst 10 give
proof that the spirit Of micnty cone
stancv and valor had not departed from
our times
As England's greatest living singer
sang Of his master. so may We 'oId
boys" say Of ours.
Not for mans reverence had 20 th"u
need 10 wear
The holy flower OF gray, tlme-honoi n
hair.
In Inc contemplation Of noble life
such as his. fun of years with honor,
love. obedience troops of friends selfish
sorrow scarce darcs TO raise IT'S vail
To those Of US who were his pupils ana
owned the guidance of that master hand
I'm the DAYS of his splendid young man
hood-nay, 20 all OF you here Tonight
who knew him i'm mis- gracious and lusiy
old age. the memory Of such man is
at once an inspiration and bcnedicton.
READ TOGETHER.
Little did ] dream in those careless
davs OF boyhoOd when he 6raciousN
made me more a companion than pu-
pil and we spent hour upon hour I'm read
inr together his fGvorte Horace. that
should one day breathe over him the
tender lament of the Roman poet for his
loved and lost Quinulius:
Outs desiderio sit pudor aut modus
Tam carl capitisi
And vet how immeasurable the differ
ence between the hopeless sorrow OF the
courtly Roman bard for his friend upon
whose like Reverence and untainted
Honor and naked Truth shall never look
again" and our own grief. dominated
toy the note OF triumphant faith,
How significant the contrast between
the "perpetuus sopor,' Of the poet; tine
endless sleep" with its blankness OF
nothiueness ard despair, that enwraps
ouintilius. stricken in his prime. and that
Messed sleep. frausht with life eternal
accorded this dear comrade when he
yielded up
His pure soul unto his captain, Christ
Under whose colors he had fought 30
long
That briefest and sublimest biography
ever penned was his in truth. And
Enoch walked with God and was not
for God took him.
OF the beauty OF his domestic life
shrink from speaking II this place and IN
this presence.
Bur l trust that ! may without impro-
prlety recall TO those nearest and dear
est to him. and to you, his old comrades,
as well. those noble and inspiring words
with which the greatest historian OF the
Roman world closes his mastery biog-
raphy OF the great Agricola;
Let us honor him, not so much with
transitory praises as with our reverence.
and. if our powers permit us. with our
emulation. That viii be true respect.
that the true affection Of his nearest
kin"
This. too. would enjoin on children
and wife-to honor the memory of that
father. that husband. by bordering In
their hearts all his words and acts by
cherishing the features and lineamenis
of his character rather than those OF his
person.
II is not that / would forbid the like
nesses which are wrought In marble or
IN bronze but as the faces OF men. so
all similitudes Of the face are weak and
perishable things, while the fashion OF
the soul Is everlasting. such as may be
expressed not In some foreign substance,
or by the help or art put III our HNeS.
Whatever we loved, whatever We ad.
mired I'm him. survives. and will survive
in the hearts of men. in the succession
OF years. in the fame that waits on noble
deeds
He Is not dead but sieepeth Well we
know
The form that Hes to-day beneath the
sod
Shall rise what time the golden bugles
blow,