The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-09-25
M'|VER HELPED NE
"He Really Taught Me
To Live
Says Popular Baptist prcachcr-Ihc
Young Mn Had Gone IL Hear
Him Speak Wondering
Whether lie Should
Press Forward.

Press Forward.
Ey Rev. M.LILtIsD y. JENINt\S.
Or. Charles McIycr dead, can i,
be possible thai his great-orained,
great-hearted, o~pen-handed. -vupa-
thetic man Is gone from u.s. Gone so
suddenly. and at a time when ne was
50 much needed No man among
Us could BE- missed more. The girls
struggling for aE education. who al
ways Il iii him al Interested, and
sympathetic friend. will miss him.
The BOYS, ambitious to make some
thing OF their lives thai will count Tor
God and the worlds good, who never
sought his kindly advice, and helping
hand in vain. viii miss him. Every
man who has ever cOnc in contact
with his great INC inspiring Der
sonality viii miss him.
While our hearts go out to the
stricken home, and the great school
which his efforts founded, and his
untiring abors established until il
is now the pride of every loyal North
CarOlinian. it is. moreover. a sorrow
in which all have cur personal part.
tor Dr. McIEer was minister to every
man."
Yes, Mr.. Editor, as one who. in the
younger days, when the way seemed
dark and discOaraging. found in him
Il - psrAii ''f - ~ : FR''N'i"
respond to the request to d my
word Of tribute to his honored. and
blessed
1t was fourteen years ago. He was
conducting an institute at AsheVille,
\. c. | was there as ii young student,
wondering if | should give VI the
fight. or press on. l attended every
one of his lectures. 1t WAS a blessed
ministry to me. | have felt the
power Of his life from th2t day till
this. inspiring me to make the most
of every opportunity, and to live, not
for selfish ambition. but for the lit
tie | might be able to add towards
making the world brighter, and bet
ter for others.
| shall never forget his gentle
spirit, his wholesome optimism. his
thoroughly Christian enthusiasm, his
marked desire TO tx in the minds OF
the young men and women who sat
under him., high ideals Of life, the
keen interest he showed in the indi-
Nidual. helping him on the road to
higher aspirations, and especially
shall [ ne~.r forget how he took me
by the hand as kindly as a father,
and spoke to me words of encourage
ment which burned into my youthful
soul, gave me Il new CouceTtiOn Of
life, and filled me with resolutions,
which. not only strengthened me then.
but nave had their share III helping
me iii many q trying hour since.
DT. MCIVeT never knew how much
il meant to mo then, nor how much
it has meant to me ever since. he
never knew that he really taught mo
what it meant 70 live. But this is
My one incident. There are hun
dTcdS of others WhO might tell the
same story. He mad but one purpose,
and to that purpoSc the great and
good man conSccrated his life-that
of inspiring the youth Of the lane to
lofty thinking and noble living. Ills
has been the guiding spirit that hes
led many a young man and woman
away from q meaningless Efe, To d
life of usefulness and happiness.
one of his faVorite quotations 4
Il fear work upon marble Il Will
perish: if we cngraVe upon brass time
they vii! crumbIe to dust if We
work upon tn" tablets of human
hearts. they Will brighten to all
]cternity."
This Charles Duncan Newer did,
honor to his name.
No. he is not dead. 1t can not be.
Such ~ he can never die. He took
heaven at a bound. and now lives in
that new life. which. while here ne
lived in the faith OF it. he 50 beaJti-
fully eXCmDlified. Md though he
walks no more among us, though no
longer we heal his voice pleading for
the better education of the youth of
our land. he lives. Charles Duncan
McIver liVas--iyes in the hearts Of
the students he taught; lives in the
hearts Of the friends he cherished,
lives in the hearts Of his fellow la
hOfers for q better citizenTN for our
noble State-Nes. lives in the hearts
of all North Carolinians.
He has built his own monument,
and one which time shall not be able
to destroy. We are the poorer for
his untimely going. but We are
much the richer for his having lived.
How a~nnropriate the words of Psalms
z1:4-"He asked life of Thee. Thou
caves it him. even length of DAYS for
ever and ever"
TO Cure a Felon"
sam Kendall. of PhillipSburg. |
kan. Just cover it over with Buck
ems ArniCa Salve and the Salve will
h rest" Quickest Cure for Burns.
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