The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-06-03

beloved wife. ON February 6, lS0S. -
suler "a word OF unnceded praise of
this rarely gifted woman from one
who had learned TO greatly prize her
friendship.
The recollections of her wherever
she went are all gracious. She filled
all positions with the wise tact of an
intelligent mind and the loving grace
of Il Christly heart. She was con-
slant inspiration to her husband
She was supremely loyal to the obli-
cations of motherhood. She was
calm, patient an sisterly in the con-
gregations where the eyes of all her sex
looked to her for counsel and love.
la the wider intercourse of social life
and in the larger responsibilities of
Presbyterian organizations, she was
ever true, wise and helpful, and for
more than forty years she walked
with our brother the pathway of a
blended life with heart that never
faltered, and with gentle footsteps that
never grew weary.
While Mr.. West was at Welsh Run.
a call to the Presidency of Mctzgar
College, Carlisle, was pressed upon
him, which he accepted and continued
to fill the Office for the succeeding two
years. His heart was however in the
pastoral work and as two calls were
urged upon him to return to it, he ac-
ccpted one of them, that of his present
charge, the united churches of Nc
Connellsburg and Green Hill. enter
ing upon this last pastorate on April
|, 1900, and was installed on June 3,
1900. Though he had crossed more
than half score OF years AGO the rec
ognized Dead line" of Ministerial
efficiency, he is still very much alive,
moving about in his wide Held of la
Dor, in summer and winter, in storm
and calm, very like Il young man. He
is welcome in the pulpit and in the
homes OF the people and revered and
loved by all classes of the community.
| think no one among us all can more
completely use the language of the an
cient patriarch, and as he looks upon
the years through which the Unseen
Hand has led him and speak of the
days
"When God watched over me,
When his lamp shined upon my
head.
And by his light / walked through
the darkness
As was in the ripeness Of my days
When the friendship of God was
upon my tent,
When the Almighty was vet with
me,
When | went forth to the gate Of
the city,
When prepared my seat in the
street,
The young men saw me and hid
themselves
And the aged rose up and stood:
When the ear heard me. then it
blessed me,
And WHOM the eye saw me, it gave
witness to me -
The labOrs of our beloved brother
have not been confined solely to the
aXacting tolls Of faithful pastorate.
During his residence in Harrisburg he
devoted no small care and time to the
preparation of tho first volume of The
Centennial History Of the Presbytcry
of Carlisle, and was FOR a year Chap
lain Of the State Senate. lie was one
of the Charter members of the Wilson
College for Women at its organization
in 1868, and after thirty-fve years of
loving service, through dark days and
bright is still IA member OF the Board
of Trustees, For nine years he was
the President Of the Board, resigning
it to accept the Presidency of Metzgar
College. Since the year 1876, he has
been the courteous and model Stated
Clerk of the Presbytery of Carlisle,
position of large and honorable re-
sponsibilty. His brethren have fre-
quently sent him to represent the
Churches of the Presbytery in the
counsels Of the synod of Pennsylvania
and in the general assembly of the
whole church.
This bare record of a very busy life
would be incomplete did | not refer to
the blessed home that had its birth on
the fifteenth of November, 1853. Into
1t were born four sons and three
daughters. Into it came sunshine and
clouds, welcomes and partings, laugh
ter and tears. Into it came discipline
and smiles of the Heavenly Father.
Three of the sons we're taken away in
their early manhood, but with the
peace Of God in their hearts "'They
had washed their robes in the blood
of the Lamb, " and had right to en-
ter through the Gates into the City;
and into that city where are neither
tears nor night they have hailed the
coming OF their loving mother who
first taught them to utter the name of
Jesus in childhood's veneration and
trust
The remaining son, Robert H., is Il
Professor in the Syrian Protestant
College, Beyrout, Syria. One daugh-
ter. widely known and prpntlv he-