Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-08-06
A Hero Fallen

"A rare man. 1.-The best man |
ever knew, nearly" "no ordinary
man or physician; ellis place will
be hard to iill' 1--WE always depend
Ell upon him 80 ''In homes of every
class from the mansion to the noun
tain cabins, there is sadness and a
sense of heavy loss;' 1--WE could al
ways 60 to him as TO father. THESE
and many other similar expressions
of the hearts and minds of DR.. J H.
Crockett's friends, bear testiomny to
the high esteem in which be was
held.
The writer wants to add only a
few thoughts of testimony. DR..
Crockett was a man in whom convic-
ton and principle ran deep and
strong.
These with the will to maintain
and work them out, were the founda-
ton and formation Of his life and
service.
His physical constitution and
health from youth were frail, and he
was always looking for them to sue
cumb. But he only laid his plans
more carefully, and labored the more
zealOusly. 1t was a principle with
him TO do today's duty and leave TO-
morrow in the hands OF Providen-
tial God. He believed in God, in His
Word, in His Church and His Re
ligion, in man and the highest vir-
tues which God and His religion
have given TO man. He also believed
in the Devil and all the evil which
be has brought upon the human race.
lie placed himself on Gods side,
was faithful member of the Chris
tan church, OF the Evangelical
Lutheran Communion and fought a
sood fight ctr God and Man in his
chosen profession. He was faithful
to God, 10 his church, TO his friends
10 his patients. He was man
human in heart, mind and DISPOSE
ton. AS such he was not free from
criticism, but his nobility oveIcame
this criticism even in the minds of
the most uncharitable.
With his life and aisto ~ before
us, we would call upon his friends,
and especially those of the higher
professions, and of the rising genera
ton TO copy his virtues. BY strict
discipline of BODY and habits, by
rigid regulation of diet and total
abstinence from the common and
danoerouS SfiD1uIantS oDd druOS ba
maintained his physical and mental
powers and kept himself always in
condition for service. Even from his
sick-bed he ministered TO the needs
of suffering ones and when his mind
lost hold of his immediate surround
ings in delirium he was measuring
medicine and giving directions for
relief to others. In his town, in his
profession, among his clsoast friends
are manyw no are much more FORUM
ate physically than he was who are
dissipating their chief str ength and
talents and burning out their lives in
hurtful habits. Why? We ask you
10 pause and answer this question.
Many who read this are not as
faithful as they might be in their
work; many are not eXerting them
selves to relieve and uplift their fell
lows; many are not living today TO:
the good OF their fellows and the
glory of God; many are not holding
Christ and His Atoning Death as the
most precious things in their hearts.
Why?
An incident related at DR.. Croc-
kett's funeral gives us a glympse at
the secret OF his life. In a profession
al visit he removed another book
from on top the family bible, saying
II never like TO see anything on top
of the bible.' That is what we need
to live and practice.
Friend