Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-01-09
The LATE DR.. STAFFORD.
"A Man of Head and Heartfelt Won
defOuS GiftS--dnd all Devoted
TO God and Humanity.

ally partial to the late DR.. Stafford, for
we were classmates at College, but that
our admiration of him was but a just
tribute to his worth is evidenced from
the following-a few of ny-pu
lished estimates of him who now lies
dead and awaiting burial tomorrow at
the church he served and loved SO well
in Washington:
Washington Post.
Washington mourns the death of DR..
d. J.. Stafford, pastor of ST. Patrick's
Roman Catholic Church. He was a ma
tive of this city, and spent most Of his
life here. In the prime of life and with
a vigorous frame, he appeared to be
destined to live to a green old age and
to accomplish immense good in the
constantly widening sphere of his ac-
tfvities. DIR. Staford's broad sympa-
thies, his n~ever-failing good cheer, and
his conspicuous ability as a preacher
and orator won him the admiration
and love of thousands. He possessed
to a remarkable degree the faculty of
softening the regrettable asperities due
to differences of religious belief, and
his friends among ~non-Catholics were
legion. The energy which DR.. Stat
ford threw into his pastoral and plat
form duties was remarkable, but his
vitality was so great that no one i'm
agined that his life was to be shorten
ed. His health began to fail last spring,
and in June his illness became serious.
Since that time he failed steadily final
" to succumb after a desperate surgi-
cal operation.
The memor of this gifted and pious
man will remain a comfort to those
who knew him and an assurance that
goodness and holiness are not mere
words. The poor and lowly remember
him, and their prayers in his behalf
will not be unheeded in the place
where he has gone.
Charlotte Observer.
By the death of Rev. DR.. Dennis j.
Stafford, pastor of ST. Patrick's Cath
Ollie church, Washington, a justly en-
inent preacher and lecturer is ia
away. Father Stafford was no ordinary
man. With many other remarkable
qualities there were united in him a
fine presence and the special gifts of
the orator born. In public life he could
hardly have failed of marked distinc-
ton; his tanner had a weight and an
impressiveness which would have be-
come the Senate extremely well. No
less in the intellectual than in the
purely religious life of the national
capital he filed a great place, and his
occasional lectures upon Shakespear-
a and kindred themes will never be
forgotten by any nearer. From these
lectures, which would have brought no
lack of fame and fortune had he gone
owe the country with them, large
sums were raised for religious and
charitable purposes. It is a public
misfortune hat such a man as this
should have died at the early age of
forty-seven.
Baltimore Sun.
The untimely death of Rev. D.. J.
Stafford, D. D., a priest Of the Catholic
Church and pastor of St. Patrick's in
Washington, will cause general and
sincere regret. More than this, it will
cause grief in many homes. Few men
have enjoyed to a greater degree the
love of their people and few have been
gifted more literally by nature with
those qualities which command affec-
ton, respect and admiration. His in
fuence and his friendships were not
confined to his own church, but ex-
tended wherever he was known. He
was an orator and a scholar. AS a lee
turer he had few superiors. He made
q study of Shakespear and delivered
lectures on some of the Sh~akespearean
plays which were most instructive and
altogether delightful. President Nc
Kinley once said of him that he did not
know which to admire most, the mans
head or his heart. His intellectually
and his magnetism, his splendid power
of expression, his boundless sympathy
all drew men to him. In his parish
work he was most successful. In Balti-
more, where his pastoral work extend
eg over a period of three years, he had
hosts of friends. They will join in the
lamentation over his death, which
came in the high noon of his usefulness
and of his intellectual vigor. The death
of DR.. Stafford is a loss to his commun-
ity and to other communities which no
one can estimate.
Rabbi Simon's Tribute.
A tribute to the life and work of DE-.
Stafford was paid by Rabbi Simon, of
the Eight Street Temple, at the close Of
the exercises in that synagogue last
night. "The Jews of his city and this