Graham guardian., 1905-10-13
a Friends Thbats

The most just, the sweetest
eulogy that may be spoken over
grave of a man newly dead is that
which comus from the heart of his
friend. Some of the most thought
inspiring notes in our literature
have thus been rung from the grief
of mourners recently bereaved, the
freshness of their sorrow and the
fullness of their knowledge of the
dead man stripping their words of
the cold restraint of convention,
giving to the world an estimate
winnowed of perfunctory phrases
and an appreciation rich in that
tenderness which comes with per
feet comprehension and sympathy.
DR.. P. D. Pollock, the late pres
ident of Mercer, possessed the
qualities that drew from friends
tributes of this sincere and spon-
taueous nature. The one pro-
nounced by Prof. R Mosley and
published in the current issue of
The Religious Forum is a notable
case in point. Reading it, one feels
how ineffaceably DR.. Pollock I'M
pressed his earnest and loveable
personality on all with whom he
came in contact and also, intui-
lively, that the author is speaking
from a full heart and an under
standing appreciation Quoting
Holmes significant lines on En-
erson--
A soaring nature ballested with sense,
wisd ON without wrinkles or pretense,
Prof. Mosely in the following
terse paragraphs eloquently epito-
mizes the many phases and the
"perfect balance" Of this man so
universally mourned:
l am told that this man who so
loved the true, the beautiful and
the good in literature, and especi-
ally in life, could make a good
trade. But l never knew him as
a buyer and seller! l only knew
him as one who knew how to give
and receive, and who found it
more blessed to give than to re.
ceive. To me he either gave or
loaned, and never sold. When be
loaned, it was with that implied
understanding that BaYard Taylor
bad with Sidney Lanier: II had
rather you would not pay it back
until we ge to heaven, where gold
is plentiful" His love for his
family, for his friends, and for his
life work, seemed to have been
more perfectly balanced than that
of any other man l have ever
known.
Touching on DR.. Pollock's self
abnegating fidelity to Mercer and
the worth of his religious con-
victions, Professor Mosley says
with equal directness:
OF DR.. Pollock's love for his
work, of his special devotion to the
Mercer boys, faculty, trustees,
patrons and friends, Of his price,
less and immeasurable contribu-
tion to the body and soul of this
college | need not speak. Others
have spoken of this. While others
also have spoken of bis religious
life, should like to say that he
had more religion and few theories
about religion than almost any
other college man | have ever
known His faith in God and man
was childhke, yet robust and for
ever growing.
The address of Professor Mosley
contains loving wealth of similar
expressions, such for instance as
ale was so thoughtful, he seemed
as one much older than his years
Ia wise old man who had become
as u little child"
1t is worth a great deal to have
so lived and died as to draw from
the buised hearts Of friends such
full and feeling testimony, In its
presence we recognize with new
force the worth Of this mans SER
dices and with new sadness the
vublic and private calamity of his
peath.