Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1898-06-02

dutuoFS, anu especially from the BlDle
and Shakespeare. What was remark
able about his quotations was that they
never seemed to be pedantic or strain
| ed, but seemed to be as completely in
harmony with what he said as If they
were original with him.
He had neither the faculty nor am
bition for mere money making, but he
was imbued with that higher ambition
to be serviceabie to his fellowmep.
He was an altruist in the highest and
best sense sense of that word. His
struggles in life were not primarily for
his own existence, but for the existence
and good of others. While his wife
and children were the special objects
of his care and .solicitude and home
was, in peculiar sense, his kingdom.
where he loved so much to be, yet he
cherished broad philanthropy that
embraced all the members of society,
and by his secular and religious teach
ing and by his pure example he help
ed, in large degree, to mould the
minds and characters of thousands of
men and women, who have shaped and
controlled the destinies of Missouri for
sixty years and many of whom still
live exerting their influence, for the
uplifting of society. And, while his
morality was of the strictest sort, he
! was, in no sense, fanatic on any SUBJ
ject but was broad-minded and liberal
in his intercourse with the people. To
perform bis duty to his God, his fami-
ly and society was ever his constant
aim through life and his voice was al
ways for the right as it was given him
to see the right. Above all, he was a
patient man. He bore the dispensation
OF Providence with a remarkable calm
ness and fortitude, though, no doubt,
sometimes he was sorely tried.
He was intensely religious, having
joined the church about 1882 and his
life ever after having been of the true
christian type. An incident occurred
in his youth that admirably illustrates
the religious phase of his life. In
1926, when but eight years old, he
gathered berries, took them three
miles to market aud with the proceeds
of the sale bought a pocket bible, which
he kept and highly praised to the day
of his death. Father Bergman, now
living at Caledonia, in whose service
in the Arcadia High School Mr.. Trum-
bull spent several years, says "that
his memory deserves to be perpetuated
as among the best men with whom |
have been associated during a pro-
tractedd life of public service. He
was true in all the relations of man to
his fellow man. He was of the Bible
type christian. And by the help of
Gods grace | hope to enjoy with him
an eternity of love and prase to Him,
whom we served together on earth.
And probably not a few who were the
recipients of his instruction here, will
tell him how much they were benefited
by his teaching and example, Only q
short time before his death Mr.. Trum-
bull wrote: II have long since passed
the allotted age Of man down the
decline OF a life-that seems to have
achieved no little good, patiently wait
ing" ali the day of my appointed
time till the change come" in the calm
assurance of home beyond the chang
ing scenes of time-where again /
shall meet all have so deeply and
truly loved where
"Sickness and sorrow, sin and death
Are felt and feared no more!"
And his last words were: Though
| walk through the valley of the shad-
ow of death, will fear no evil, for
thou art with me, thy rod and thy
staff they comfort me-"
And thus. at the age of so, in Los
Cal, four thousand miles
from where he was born, on the 18th
day of April, 1898, passed away this
good man in the calm assurance of a
blessed Immortality and "of life we'll
spent and duty well performed
Over forty years ago the editor of
the REGISTER was one of Mr.. Trum-
bulls pupils at the Arcadia Seminary,
and he feelingly pays this last tribute
to the patriarch whom to know was to
loYe and honor.