The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-09-06

there were some names apart from
other names and that wrote in large
letters there was the name OF WHEY
M. Rogers whom he had known as
young man at Wake Forest, and whose
lovely personality had won him. He
told of his first coming to college, or
the beauty and kindness of his ma
ture, of his high type of character,
and OF his genuinenesS. 1t was upon
this last that DR.. Royal dilated, and
in doing so he called the attention OF
the young men present to the fact that
his words were not formal words,
but from the heart" He declared that
it was his belief that Mr. Rogers was
child of God.
Il cannot think of him as dead" he
said, but only sleeping. He needed
the rest for he had labored and suf-
fered and God gave him rest" In
conclusion DR.. Royal read portions of
the beautiful tribute paid Mr.. Rogers
by MIR. Josephus Daniels in the article
in this paper written from New York,
and said that no better or more beau
tiful words could be said of any man.
The choir next sang and then DR.. X.
II. Vann~ spoke. He told of the trials
which came when death came, ana
then of the happier surroundings to
one who was privileged to die at home.
a man, and of his beautiful character,
his sunny disposition. He told of his
faith, and how that he was Il devoted
follower of Christ, that he always saw
the best things. 81 think" said he,
that Wiley Rogers saw things from
Gods point of view, and that Is the
best point. 1t is worth while to have
known a man like Wiley Rogers. 1t
is worth while to have been the Wo-
she has lost him. He had no enemies.
but he was not a weak character. He
was true and noble and genuine in ali
things"
Then the Wake Forest College facul-
ty quartette sang a beautiful selection,
I'm That Beautiful Land" the quar-
tette being composed of Profs Darius
Eatman, w. l.. Poteat, C. e. Brewer
and j. l.. Lake. Their voices harmon
lied beautifully in the tender words of
the selection.
The final words were spoken by Dr.
Tyree who explained that DIR. Tay-
lor's III health was the reason for his
absence as he had desired TO take
part in the services and TO pay his
tribute to the life of Mr.. Rogers
Then, IS the solemn music sounded
the casllet was borne from the church
to the hearse, and the fune al cortege
passed to Wake Forest Cemetery, the
body being taken through the grounds
of Wake Forest College, among
whose walks Wiley Rogers had pass
ed as a boy and as man. the walks
through which he had gone with his
young wife. and later along which he
had led his toddling children. And
there followed him concourse. of
men and women, neighbors and
friends. who knew him well and loved
him for his MANY virtues.
At the cemetery after the intefment
the benediction was pronounced by
DR.. Tyree, and the lovely floral re-
membranes placed on the mound
that marked the last resting place.
Then it was that natures tears fell
with those of kindred and friends,
for the sky of the beautiful day had
clouded, and as the last words were
being. said the rain fell. 1t was then
that the bereaved ones left, and until
the Resurrection morn there will rest
on the hillside at Wake Forest all that
is mortal of a man whose many vir-
tues and noble qualities have endeared
him TO all with whom he came in
contact.