The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-02
IN MEMORIAM.


iinto the reward which we are su rel
gawaited him. If there is any excusableI
sprlde 1t is pride in the accomplishments
) of those we love and honor. We areI
proud of j. Fred Meyers. Proud oil
I ibis work, proud of his unselfish devo.
) ton, proud Of his life of self.sacrifice(
to what he believed to be the true and
right. There never breathed a mani
who thought so little Of his PERSONAL
interests. He was poor business
man. If he had aught to sell his first
! thought was how cheaply he could af-
= ford to sell it, if he had aught to buy
his first thought was how much ought
\ the seller to receive. It was always the
eother man who occupied his first atten-
: ton. These are not shrewd business
principles, but no man entertaining
them can live very far from that golden|
rule of doing unto others as you would
that they should do unto you.
The people and their interests were
his church and his religion, and he
preached to them through the columns
) of the REVIEW with as much earnest.
ness and conscientious desire to lead
Alright as ever preacher did from out
his chosen pulpit. We wish that bel
kmight have heard all the kindly things
that have been said of him. We wish
that he might have listened to the
many from every walk Of life who have
testified to the help his words have
been to them. The seeds of his
thought fell many times upon good
Rground and many Preside in Crawford
county has been made brighter and
happier and more loving and charitable
by his wisdom.
The circumstances of his early life
were such as to endow him with the
broadcast sympathles for all who suffer-
ed. and he neglected no opportunity to
fulfill his duty to his fellowman. Few
men are possessed of wider range of
Fl information, specific, detailed informa-
Htion than was Mr.. Meyers and he al
Always felt that no information was too
valuable to be withheld from his read
ers, no research too laborious to be un-
dertaken it it would be of benefit to
those who read his columns.
The vicissitudes of life brought him
into contact with many of the brightest
minds of the past third of a century
He was something of hero worship
per, but he gave his admiration not to
the title or the Office held, but to the rea
intrinsic worth of the man, and in this
way his affections were given not alone
to those whom the world called great
but to anyone who acted we'll his part
There are many men in Crawford coun
Ity whose names were household words
= with him and of whose energy ant
Ethrift and honesty he never tired o.
~ telling. He was just as sincere in hi.
dislikes. He could forgive almost any
thing except dishonesty and hypocrisy
and among the greatest griefs of his
life, one perhaps that fastened his end
was the discovery of the dishonesty o1
purpose and theshypocrisy of a trusted
friend.
We feel that the loss is entirely oul
own. During the hours of his long i'll
ness he still wrote for his people, his
mind active in spite of pain, his vision
rarefied into an almost supernatural
power sending forth prophetic
&glances into the future. We have
often regretted that he did not live to
hear the glorious news of Dewey's vic
tory and the succeeding rriumphs OF
American arms. But we know that be
felt his life work done, that from some.
where from out the great unknown
Esome voice had whispered to him ''well
|2done, thou good and faithful servant,
&and that it was with great relief and
kgratitude. he felt the hand of death
crest tenderly upon his brow. And
thus we mourn not for him, but for our
selves and for all those who had learned
4 to lean upon his loving counsel Many
&years must pass before his memory
&dims among those who knew him best,
Iand long after even his name shall be
= forgotten in the place he loved so we'll
the influence of his good words shall
live OH, although unknown, to those
4whose fathers fathers were made better
Sby his having lived and worked among
Ethem.
4 We know our readers will forgive ns
4 for protruding our private grief at this
,time, for it is not alone a private grief
%but one which is shared by all who
knew hln. We have invited some of
sthose who knew him well in different
Aphases OF his life to contribute to this|
gmemorial of his death and we thank
sthem for the willing readiness With
(which they have responded.
u From MIR. j. p. DollIver.
j Twenty years ago at the house oil
Governor Carpenter first met j. Fred
i Meyers. lie was a member of church.
conference then in session at Fort