The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-02-05
A SHAFT To DIR. HARRIS.
THE GREAT TEhCBER'S STUDENTS
AND FRIENDS HONOR HfM.
Rev. Dr.. X. n. Pitt Presented the Monu-
insut aud Rev. Or. ohm william jones'
Received 1.-THE Inscriptions.


cation Of the modest but beautiful gran
&c monument erected In his memory by
che volunteer contributions Of his friends
snd former stud nts.
Tho monument S. Of Virginia granite
and in design and workmanship reflects
the highest credit on the taste Of the
committee aad the skin OF Mr. w. II.
Goodnd. o. the lockwood Marble and
Granite Works. who d.d the work. 1t
was greatly admired b. oil who saw
q and was pronounced & beautiful and
Attlng memory OF ,he grcat teacher.
THE INSCRIPTION.
The Inscriptions we've prepared by the
graceful pen OF Professor Charles j.
Winston ard were as follows.
On The north iacs-"An eminent schol-
ar a great teacher, q true friend, a oe-
voted husband and father, faithful
Christian. Love. Light Life, un the
Creek ,on the south face" Professor OF
Greek in Richmond toNeg ls1o-lsa'-
Foreign Mission Board 5. j.. c.. l>se-lss5.
Professor Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary. l,,5-ls9l.'
on the cast face--"Honry Herbert liar-
us. born December a., 1861. died, Feb
ruary 4. 1871"
On the west face-"This shaft bears
witness TO the auecion of trends aud
pupils in this and other lands
Rev. Dr. T.. :. Wllingham presided,
and announced tho brief and simple e2-
Crclses Rev. D. calvin Stewart offered
fervcnt and appropriate prayer and tho
monument was presented 10 me Family
by REV. Dr. r. 81. PITT the chairman OF
The commutee. Who had charge of the
whole matter.
DR. PITTS SPEECH.
Or. PITT said:
I'm tho absence Of Dr. Hatcher. it be-
comes my duty 90 say a simple word in
transferring This shaft. From Dr. George
cooper came the first susg stiOn which
has grown into this granite. Four Of Us,
Drs. cooper. Willingham, Hatcher and ].
were in the Foreign Mission rooms drawn
thither by the news of Professor Harris
death. We were talking Of him when the
suggestion was made that bis friends
ought 10 claim the privilege OF marking
his grave. The suggestion met with in-
slant response. and then and there the
fund was begun.
The family's consent was obtained,
and the rest Is q matter of detail INTO
which ] need NOT enter here. No large
gifts We're desired. and no gift Of any
sort was solicited. Opportunity was sim-
plv given. and they came from every
quarter. From China, Japan Mexico.
Brazil. from almost every state IN the
Union. from Old pupils from army com
rados. from colleagues I'm the college and
the seminary, from. missionaries, from
friends
Some donors said a portrait ought TO
hang in the college library. and such "a
portrait "a most faithful likeness, does
hang there. provided out OF this fund
And row onr labor Of love is completed
az we hand over this completed shaft"
10 ig as simple and modest as he him
self was I'm his tastes ana habits. IL is
Of granite. which fifty typacs his own
solid character IL seemed proper that
-he stone which marked his grave should
ne taken from the everlasting mis- or ms
native state. to Whicn me- gave MS Ia
horious lie and in whose defence he went
ioIih to Nail'hl p"'He' ANA "o i' IL vi Ire
6inia granite.
FITTING PLACE.
lt b. f.t That bis BODY should rest mere
within sight ana sound OF the iuehihs
river which Doc loved so Well-ncre. where
when al DIS s,iiI one may near 'ne pens
~ the college 10 M'hoA his 'o"s nie ''"'
such nisn eisuhcuo". .,.. ,.,-,.. ...,..
STANDING hF DIS grave 'Il9 DliE"' .n
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bravery ne .ou@Ht nus '"'.le anu "yM p'
tienty he bore his puideh oil pHysll"'
weakness. ana now aIlef "p7.HoS ilo'n
Nhhina' "t came "' 80,
buried here; remembering 100 no."
"heertully h- went loltn 90 H,0v' -"
J am reminded ci ihose p"thet' 4ii'e'
which are found on stevenson grave III
lar Samoa, only me WORDS nave a "rpp0i
significance here.
Under Che wide and Starry sky
Dig the grave ana lct me Doe.
Glad ala ! live and gladly die'
And ] laid mc down with a Will.
This be the verse. you grave, Tor me,
Here ho Dies where hC longe TO ne,
Home rs the sailor. home from the sea,
And the hunter home from ihe hli.
The inscriptions on this shaft written
1v Professor Winston. the longtime coli
league and friend OF Professor Harris.
have I'm them NOT one exlravagant word
o~ ono az fhn faces YOU win find tnree
80 .,.-a- , sughf suggestion Of his
.tt. 3, tr.t beautiful language.
hove orfar heard him
i".7o . t--,..o.,rde an Johns FIRST
10y, rioht life Into The love
- W. r,anee. into the light
'',i.,'. and s,,nDrnal. into the life which
,.,-,..i t,irt he has flllv enter
KNOWS "' ,..,.h h.itinr stem lin
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