The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1902-05-17

With this week Mississippi Is again
honored by the arrival within her cap
tails hospitable borders of n OF the
greatest religious bodies of the world
the General Assembly of the Prespy-
xrian Church, made up Of delegates
rom the Presbyteries all over the
South. Once before this great n
learned body met in Mississippi, n
Vicksburg was its honored hostess.
On Thursday morning, the 18th inst.'
the first service will be held In the
First Church, jackson, and the COM
missioners-about three hundred-to-
gether with the missionaries, of1cers
of the church, boards, etc., will be
the welcome guests of Jackson's hos
pitable homes for ten days. Every
thing is being lone for the proper re-
ception and entertainment of these
distinguished men-the very flower OF
the church in the South, and so In
these United States-and their assem-
bly in Jackson will be the source OF
mutual pleasure and benefit. 1t will
be a great shadow on the meeting OF
1902 that DR.. B. NJ. Palmer, the dearly
beloved of SO many thousand hearts,
will be absent because of the cruel &C
cident to his now fast-failing body,
at his home in New Orleans, last week,
when his leg was broken in two places
and other severe injuries were sus-
tanned. This gifted preacher and
sanity man, who through his long life
has walked so close within the foot
steps of the Master he loves and
serves, has long been the central figure
at these great meetings Of the South
ern Presbyterians, and his absence
will be severely felt. His splendid
head, with it's "crown of glory" will
be missed in the varied scene OF the
assembly; his kindly greeting will not,
as has been the custom, add sunshine
10 the day for his friends, nor will the
vast audience sit enthralled by the
music of the beautiful voice, the puri-
ty of diction and the solemnity of the
message that he delivered with such
~eloquence and such love from his
Master. But absent though he will be
in body, his influence will linger like
a benediction over the men who have
labored SO long and SO lovingly be
side him in this high court of the
church. and it will bless and brighter
their labors and uplift their heart!
Just to take time for thought Of DR.
Palmer.
The State of Mississippi, and tn
medical profession in particular, los
a bright and shining light when, a
his home in Oxford, On May 4, the lif'
of DR.. Thomas Dudley Isom went GU
and he entered into "the rest that re
mains for the people of God" Thi
space is too restricted for a fittinl
recital of the many splendid element
and noble attributes that combined t.
make of this great man one of ma
lures nobleman, and a perfect typ
of the chivalrous, cultured Southerl
gentleman. He was a soldier, too
not alone for the four years of battl
when the eyes of the world were upo
him, but during the more than fou
score years of his life did he fight tn
enemies within and without, seen an
: unseen, and in these he came off vic
tor. Few men live to such great ag
with their mental abilities %unimpairet
: but such was the blessing given t
this beloved physician. and those {
his household and friends. Up to tb
very last his great learning was
source Of delight to all about hin
4 and even unto the end the beautifl
faith that had upheld him throug
life's stern vicissitudes-a faith g
strong as a martyrs and as simple
a child's-illumined his soul and mad
3 glorious its entry into that reall
d where the pure in heart see God. 7
his children and grandchildren til
people of the State extend their syn
pathy. The State University and a
the schools of Oxford (colored as we
as white) closed in respect to b
memory.
n II we should chronicle week b
week the signs of advancement
Y. Brookhaven, we would have to civ
that town a special department
mississippi Matters" 1t has bee
, growing steadily for four or five yea
now, and the best part of it is tn;
1t is being made into a city by hon
men and largely by home capital.
Is true-and pity it's tits true"-tl
q. town failed to vote for a bond issl
for sewerage last week; but we al
confident there must have been son
very good reason for this seemiI
backward step OF the part of a tow
=, so well along on the road of progress
We notice from recent p~ostoffice r
ports that there was an increase
y S14,172 In the business handled at Il
Brookhaven postofiice during the pa
year. If this rate of increase CO.
tinues through this year that town w
4, be a second-class Office and the pos
r master will find his salary raised
j. : $1,000. All of which we hope and e
pect to be able to chronicle.
The trustees of the Deaf and Dun
II fnetitutp have dapfdad IN hriJd n,