The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-07

DR.. Edwin A. Alderman, the Old North
State would gently remind the Old
| Dominion that North Carolina is also
| first at Charlottesville
| The Standard is edited by an able
| thoroughly equipper Virginian, who,
| in referring to the criticisms ana
| scepticism of some folks relative to
North Cardinals claims as to what her
| gallant sons did in the frightful war,
/ has this:
| North Carolina will be slower to
| forgive her own sons whose conduct
| gave color to the theory that North
| Carolina did not believe in the truth
! of the inscription or in her right to
| engrave it on a monument to her dead
| heroes.
A valuable biography is Prof. Ed
| ward Dowden's Life of Mon
| taigne,' one of the most famous OF
French men of letters, and who is still
| read no little after three hundred
years or more by men of culture. 1t
/ is refreshing to any one who loves the
| best to read his essays.
| Among the books that sell we'll is
| the "Recollections and Letters OF
| General Robert r. Lee" by his son,
| Captain Robert r. Lee. 1t is in its
| sixth edition. All the youth of our
| land should read the life of the very
! greatest military genius OF this CONT
nent, and take him all and in all, the
/ greatest man thus far born in
America. So l believe.
| | would have written earlier il pos
| sible, what l would write now (April
| 26th). My last article was written
| before, and mailed on 22nd. l should
| do violence to my own feelings if l
were to fail to record my own est
I ,aff he hi nd
] Bishop Alfred a. Watson, of the Epis-
/ copal Diocese of Eastern North Caro-
| lima. His departure from earth at
| tracted wide attention in the great
| State in which he had lived and la
| bored for sixty wears, and it evoked
general regret because OF mis- age, his
! dignity his distinguished qualities,
his usefulness, his high Christian
! character. He had reached the very
| advanced age of eghty-siX years and
| eight monthS-years rich in service
and most fruitful in good deeds. His
| life was SO active, so well spent so
noble. that it could not but reveal to
| him "the first days of immortality.
| His life was indeed frosty but kind
| ~" and he wore the habliments of
| old age with the serenity of wisdom,
| and each day was "mellowed,' TO
quote Thackeray, ''by the stea
quote Thackcray "by the steal
ing hours of time For the
last five and half years
have lived close to him, our
| lots adjoining each other While l
| had a casual acquaintance with him
| for several years ii was only when l
| became near neighbor, and was
! brought into close and most friendly
contact with him that | learned him
as he was-a most noble gentleman
of high ideals, a Christian of an exalt-
el6 m
and veneration for him grew as the
years went by. until they reached an
altitude beyond anything ] had Known
save in but very few instances. lie
was n. scholar, a h,diltPd thcOI0g1an, Il
writer of excellent and refined English,
to judge this gift by an elegant speci-
men from his pen / read many years
ago which was i'm print He was very
Industrious a patient worker, most
devout, cOnsccrated servant of Jeho-
yah, never failing to perform his duty
his guiding star-as he saw it. He
was a man of real will poWer-of
force and infexibility of character,
and firm always in behalf of his con-
VictionS. He made no compromise
with sin, however yelled and inslluat-
ing, and with wrong doing however
blatant and defiant With him right
was right, and wrong was wrong. Be
tween them he never faltered or pal
tered for a moment, but stood bravery
by the Right always and under all
circumstances. He was full of human
sympathy, had a tender, true heart,
was accessible, agreeable. frank, open
as the day, a very true man every men
of him / have known him more
than once to go into the shop of
working man, as he was on his way
to take the cars, to say goodbye to
him. taking him by the hand, and
I, III
too. to a poor man not of his own
communion. From youth to an un-
common old age he was devoted to his
principles, to his church, to his people,
to the good of society, to the uplifting
of the great human family. Religion
was to him an imposing, dominating
necessity and principle. His life was
one of conservation and he did not
live for himself, but for Christ and
His service. He had love and friend
ship and fellowship and sympathy,
and was not the austere and exclusive
soul that some people thought him to
be. He did not seek popularity and
favor save in the life of religious ac-
tfvities, and complete devotion to con-
viction to principle to the service Of
God and the Church He bore his
honors meekly. ] have no doubt, that
when the end came it was peace and
with Heaven just ahead. In no way
did he ever forget his high calling or
sacrifice in private the fair reputation
he had before the public. He was of
exalted manhood, with a very noble
character as | see him, but yet gentle,
benevolent and generous. His friend
ships were enduring, his liberality in
giving was pronounced, he gave to the
poor and his many good deeds are
writ in remembrance" When in his
mental vigor he was very interesting
in conversation, full Of pleasant. in
forming talk, and belonged to the
courageous men of purpose great"
He is gone now. but he had Christ
with him to the close. l once, sitting
by his side while dining together held
conversation with him in which
Bishop Jeremy Taylor's unique scrip
tural and eloquent work, entitled
"Holy Living and Dying" written
more than two hundred and fifty
years ago in England, was considered
ventured to say to him: Bishop,
the older | grow, and the nearer |
approach the grave the more l am
convinced that without holy living
there will be no holy dying" To my