The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-04-11
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brought the wise discipline that was 6rm.
kindly and certain to advance the inter
ests of the university. Another touch Of
the human side Of his life once felt, when
one Of the students once sad to me, Eve
we're bit unruly wher be first came. but
now we love him We thought him harsh
at tirst. but now we have learned that he
can laugh. A boys way Of putting Ii,
but q way that meant great deal.
IN becoming president Of Norwich Uni
versitY he was still the officer as In days
of old still the Instructor, as at the Ann
apolis Academy, and still the priest, as he
had been in his active ministry. / still
seem to see bim as in Dewey hall, another
monument Of his industry and wisdom,
when he was leading the devotion of his
young men and pointing them G0dward
His trne life will never be written. We
can record the incidents we know, and
others may record the facts they know, but
there is much that will never be known
until that day when we shall all be- judged
according to the deeds in che flesh, and
the heart Of all shall be open,
There ii greatness Of soul about such
d man as this. which we Of smaller calibre
end hard To appreciate. Said one of my
boys 10 me, aWhy, Mr.. Brown was a great
man, but did not know 1t when Tie was
here. lie had a great life And there
were others who did not recognize that q
great life had lovingly stopped down 80 the
capacity Of their lives to Oil them with the
glory Of an enlarged humanity.
He etfaeed himself and pointed to the
glory of the perfect and divine humanity
Of Jesus Christ, his Master. We draw an
inspiration, and renewed purpose comes
to us because 81 such life as was his
e makes the humber things easier to do
1t reveals to us greatness of simplicity
For In the best sense of the word, he was
very simple. Although mourned for BY
men of learning and of note, he Is today
also m0urned for By the unlearned and the
humble, have s0metlmes been surprised
to fiad that his gentle dgaity created no
barrier that kept such folk from him.
There was no such thing ats c0ndaseensl0n
Ia his manner and he endeared himself to-
those who had narrow horizons and little
interests ais well ss to the great, | heard
but few Of his sermons, but | never heard
swelling words nor high sounding phrases
But quietly, f0Tcefully, ia telling,
terse English, he gave his message and
spoke ffam She abundance III his heart
one forgot bis personality and th0ughtof
the Christ, He never advertised himself
nor expected spiritual results to come To
the church from the b@Dming methods of
the faktf Earnest, thoughtful, loving,
faithful Cody. Ion and 1 are better be-
cause be lived among as.
Y0u and / cannot add to his greatness,
cannot H we would make him different
than what be was. We can bat add our
tribute to the many that have been offered
this past week And | add my little not
do me good ard You good For we miss
the whole lesson Of his life Ii we are to
suppose that we are merely extolling tie
goodness Of that life He was sweetly
human ard ! doubt not made mistakes
But he taught us to use The mistakes Of
life ais stepping stones to q higher life.
We tell the story Of bis life each 30 the
other that we may learn the better bow To
live. You who lived here with him came
Ii many ways into union with his life. II
he were here today he would beg us to
enter more fully Into union with tbs life
OF Christ even as he constantly striyed to
do.
He was about the house almost to the
last OF his life And before he finally was
placed upon his bed to die. feeling that
death was upon him, knelt down and
looking mp to heaven, said Lord, Jesus.
receive my spirit And the Blessed Lord
has taken that soul Into His keeping. oh,
what an Easter morning was that for him,
when his enfranehlsed spiritieft its earth
" tabernacle and penetrated the vail
Some of you, as I, wept as We heard Of
that mans death. but not in sorrow for
him. It was because We had loved and
lost
Well could he have said, For me TO die
Il gain God is not God Of the dead
but Of the living and he IS q living soul,
now Ia the Church Expeetant awaiting the
final moment when we too shall be Joined
with him, on that last day when the
Father shall say Well done good and
faithful servant, enter thou into the Joy Of
thy Lord
We shall remember him especially at
the time OF tue holy communion, when
with angels and aroh-angels, aud with al
the company Of heaven, we repeat the
Thrice Holy.
Praise God for such an example as his;
for such testimaaY, for such llfe
Grant him, q Lord, eternal rest, and may
light perpetual shine upon him.