The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-10

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thu, a chanr. would bring relief Hut
~ little knew the burden. 70 which
re turned. The task was teo heavy Tor
him. and worn out. he fell y victim -
disease September -. itas \ few
months before Judge Walter Clark ha3
written Of him. The full measure %
DR. Reds fam. aad usefulness hAs
~ no means yet been cache lie -
still a young man. and Il one of 1h@t
small class 81 Tncn who grow win t0*
demands made upon them " spared
b. Divine Providence he viii r"n3rT
yet more distinguished service 10 the
church and the people OF his natiNe
state" But he was not tn be spared
When vet but forty-three years 81 age
his work was ended His death secm-
ed 10 US a terrible blow 70 his family.
his college. his church and his state.
but as ne was wont TO quote:
Sometime. when all LIES lessons have
been learned.
And sun and stars forevermore have
The things which our weak judgments
here ave spurned.
The things DER which We grieved
with lashes Wet
VIII fash before US out OF LIES dark
night
AS stars shine most in deepes, ,ints
of blue:
And we hall see how all Gods plans
were right.
And what seemed reproof was love
most true.
Perhaps my very nearness to DR..
Reid may disqualify me 10 Judge, but
many wiser than | have pronounced
him q remarkable man. He was not a
great scholar. He was far too full 81
the practical duties of life for that.
But he had read much and had no
---o Of a TArIynn lion fIa
was no his fathers equal as a preach
er, but he was an able, interesting. n
instructive preacher, always welcome
to our best pulpits. ! shall ever re-
membe one sermon | heard him
preach. It was at the time Of the Sc
verest trial OF his life. when, through
the sin of one dear unto him. he had
suffered much. His theme was the
blessings of affection. The whole ser
mon was impressive and he closed
with a mastery recitation OF George
Herbert's poem, which nds
IF goodness lead him not, yet weari-
ness,
May toss him to my breast"
Nor would I even say that T. REID
was a great writer, He was practical,
rather than profound. But he vas r
great editor. His style was pure, clean,
strong. His judgment of men was ex-
cellent. He was delightfully."- compll-
mentary, but never effusively so. And
he had practical wisdom. Usually
right himself. he was wise enough to
heed the advice of those older tina he.
:. And he was a business nan par ex-
cellence. He deserved the remarka-
bic tribue which l draw from a private
letter from one of Raleigh greatest
business men. Joseph G.. Brown. presi-
dent of the Citizens bank:
Frank Reid was a genius. He was
one of the few prea S1ers have known
who could mingle freely with business
men and participate in the affairs of
their daily life without in any way, i'm
pairing his influence and his popularity
as a preacher. While a resident of
this city as editor Of the Advocate, his
public spirit led him to keep in closest
touch with the commercial and indus
trial as we'll as the religious life of the
community, and yet our people in ev-
cry denomination always heard him
gladly when he officiated in the pulpits
of the city. He a the faculty of
reaching a conclusion as to his own
course of action promptly and wisely,
and of leading others to his way of
thinking. He was easily a leader. In
business he was prudent and careful,
and always trustworthy. His word
was his bond. I have had to do with
many an estate, estates of business
men and professional men. and in no
single instance have l found affairs
SO we'll systematized and so plainly set
forth in every detail as his matters.
and no one of my acquaintance has
so clearly indicated the w!sest course
of dealing with his estate for the
guidance of his family"
Such ability coupled with years Of
toll made him successful in building
up the Advocate. Bue even his success
was to him d source of sorrow; for
~ nxy ~, fhof 10 -
rich and resented it. But while his
income toward the end was much
greater than the meager salaries of
many Of his ministerial brethren it
was far less than a nan of his ability
and industry might we'll have made
man can ever know, though our friend
DR.. 1vey may partially guess, the load
he carried through the years of his
ownership of the Advocate. About him
also and about 1t beat man bitter
storms. These we have not time to-
night to justly consider. It may be
that much of that history ought to be
forgotten, but l can but hope tina
some man wise and discreet may be
chosen to. open to US at no distant ses-
sion The Biography of the Old Raj
eigh." Her youth was checkered, her
maidenhood stormy, her married life
unhappy, her divorce to be bewailed,
but fair skies now shine over her.
|oAS ooCIul thu happy Dt IltI ddN >. 3
1t is, however ealough tonight to say
that DR.. Reid took the paper small
and poorly patronized and turned it
over to his successors triumphant over
all opposition, with a large patron
and the organ of the united Meth
Odism of North Carolina.
His influence was also felt in every
department of the life of the church.
He did valiant service in the effort to
secure the North Carolina territory
from the Virginia Conference. He
was a most efficient friend and trus-
tee to Trinity College. He secured
the funds to furnsh the new buildings
at Durham. He never counted cost
if he might serve her. In 1890 he
was a member of the General Confer-
ence and in 1891 was appointed a del
egate TO the Ecumenical Conference at
Washington. In young he
received the degree of Master Of Arts
from Trinity College and in 1890 was
made Doctor of Divinity by the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
But best Of all, Frank Reid was a
great n Christian man. | knew
sweet home life: a truer, tenderer
and husband l never saw.
his dealings with the workmen