The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-05

vas cautious with1u, tifrf4.t. lie
Wlthou. rashness, courteous -
nuescensl pious without n~s, (
Ant no public man ever ha, 1<r
pa support and q moro euthu.".
fcu< wing. The Tenn Legion nr -
and the Old guard of Nan5,s~, "sS"7
f0ttCV ed their leaders With man,
feet assurance Of thrilling o~ag~
ola tho friends Of this suDerl
tain. N"1'
Courage that could dare and 4,
Steadfost faith and honesty.
Were the only craft he knew
And his sole diplomacy.
Mr.. Davis was a devout hole.
the fundamental verities of orr l-h-'
tlan faith, and sought u maxi -h.~.
the inspiring rule OF his daily rs. ~
Was acquainted with the Sarirf.,r.,
from childhood, and knew the n+.Na
and power of prayer. His ~unshake,
faith gave him sublime courage fo~
duty; a serene fortitude in c4lar7..y
softened the rigors OF he cruel prison
and mad radient the evening Skis.
Of life's long, stormy day. His ;rtf-
mate friend, the eloquent Senator Ben
jaEnin II. Hill, of Georgia, paid tht4
high tribute to the beauty and con-
sistency Of his Christian character.
Il knew Jefferson Davis as I know few
men. have been near him in his publ.
SiC L HaNS SeVI hllu by HIS DTIEHfp fro.
side. have witnessed his humble Chris
tian devctiOns, and | challenge the jpdr-
nlent of history when l say no peap7e
were ever led through the fiery struggle
for liberty by a nobler. truer patrfot
while the carnage Of war and the trials
OF public life never revealed a purer and
more beautiful Christian character"
When after their capture his friend
the Hon. John H. Reagan, the POST,
master General of the Confedcr7nv.
yUoC 20 a. f~o~ Ly~n -
a northern prison, While he remained
at Fortress Monroe, Mr.. Davis said
My old friend frequently read the
t~Wenty-sixth Psalm. IT has often given
me the surest consolation While en-
during in agony and chains his I'M
prisonnent at Fortress Monroe-a
cruelty that will ever be a blot uDon
u country's fair name-he wrote
cheeTfully to his anxious and de-
voted wife: 'Tarry thou the Lord's IL
sure; be strong, AM he viii comfort
thy heart Every DAY twice OF often
er, | repeat the prayer Of St IhIysos-
tom" Again, from his dungeon. he
wrote to a friend: '~SeparateI from my
friends of this world, my heavenly
Father has drawn nearer to me-
And when his two pitiless years II
imprisonment were ended, brckon in
health, but unbroken in spirit. and
when the short court proceedings we're
concluded in Richmond, which re-
stored him TO liberty and the bosom
OF his family, and a party 0f friends
had Joined Mrs. DaVis at the hotel, the
venerable Chief of the Lost Cause
turned to his pastor and said. MI.
Minnegerode, you ave been with me
in my sufferings, and comfOTted and
me with our prayers;
is 1t not right thai we now once more
knee together and return
After his release, in shattered health
poverty-his fortune having gone
with the cause be served and for
he suffered-but rich in tie AZ
f~ectionate devotion Of the people. who
We'd with each other in doing HIM
honor, he returned to his beloved
Mississippi and here spent the rem
of his heroic years. out Of ire
and tempest and baptism of blood, ne
anne with an unfaltering puTposs ana
~unclouded sky. There Il some
thing strangely beautiful in ~" oid
age of a great and good man, No sun
sweeping through the opening gates OF
morning has ever the Tad1ehc
glory of it's calm setting. Beautl4i
and b%uoyant as is the s~pringtHme u
fades before the color and spIeno'I
Of the autumn. And so, there Is 1
sweet serenity and chastened bti4y
q bout the OF a cn6eltul, '-
life that far exceeds the bright
ness and bloom Of its fair young morn
The last days Of Jefferson DAVIS
peaceful and beautiful my
we're spent in dignifed retlremeHl -
cultivatfng the sweet com paHfoh9
Of books, enjoying the association 30
friends, and writing a mastery *
of the great principles "i +'t
9rnment that had been the crceu
ais political faith and the grou'I
lis peoples hopes. This was ms I13'
will and testament to those ."4a
glorifed a cause by the sl"YI9
manhood of their lives, the pa1'-''
Of suffering, and the "''
of cath"
Though never an Indifferent ou7e
yer of Dassing events. he Wisely f'1t
10 part in public affairs and rHr..,
,ver appeared on public occa
occasionally one Of the n"~-
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