The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-10
JOSEPH BRYAN IN nnoSzE.

JOSEPH BRYAN IN nnoNzE.
His face was siiiguisrly mobile and
almost instantly betrayed any strong
emotion that possessed. him
AT times, in intimate personal talk
J "a deux>, when the generous heart
and busy brain were dcvising some
esneficence. that must prove its own
( reward, one might mark. for n feet :
Ing moment, sort of spiritual radi-
ance. that made his face beautiful end
noble beyond the compass of words. &
I'm the midst of the poignant sorrow
OF the present, there Is surely some
Z adumbration OF comfort In the thought
may. in the assured belief--that the
glory of that rapt expression. that
ethereal radiance, which TRANSPORTED
his countenance here only at rare and
Intermittent moments, is no longer
eyanescent in the land beyond tile
stars but CLOVIS with ever steadier
glow. forever and forever, In the sight
supcrnal, now that the mortal has
put on immortality."
That is Captain W, Gordon McCabe's
exquisite picture of the nan whose
figure In bronze, the gift of his friends
ard admirers, Will be unveiled at
Monroe Park this atternoon--Jose ph
Bryan, "the greatest citizen CT the
Commonwealth In his day and genera
Yion.'
The Mccabe Memoir was .pr,pa
et the special request of the Exccu-
tive Committee OF the Virginia His.
toricai Society. and in 1t Is told with
the pen OF the ma ster the story or
the splendid life and achievements Of
this Virginian OF virginians, who lived
for his State, who would make any
sacrifice of blood and treasure for
principle who wrought with open
hands for his community, who was
ambitious only for the Right. whose
heart burned with sympathy for all
the afflicted sons of men whose
sword flashed forth from lis scabbard
in defence of his country. and. having
fought a good fight and finished his
course passed on into the land of
shadows. leaving a good name, which
lis better than precious ointment,,;;
The glorious memory OF knight,y
soul as lasting heritage for his
people.
The story has been told Of his gal
liant service under Mosby. Of his great
achievements in tho practical affairs
of this town and the State and the
South. of his reverence for the things
that are highest and holiest, of his
love for his kind. of his clean living
and high thinking. OF his self cri-
ficing friendship. his superb courage
and consistency, and the story will be
told again to-day and will be re-
peated from sire to son until his work
and his service shall become one OF
the noelest traditions of this old Com
monwealth. greatest not because of its
extent OF territory and the richness
OF its resources. but because OF ita
men.
What was said of Sir Philip sid
ney may we'll be said OF Joseph Bryan:
Heroes stood beside him in clusters.
poets in coss,ella tons; all the illus
bious men Or the age achieved more
tangible results than he, yet none of
them has carved his name upon his
tory more permanently and with
4 more diamond point for he had that
harmony of mind and temper, OF en-
thus!asm and good viii Of eccom-
pl'shment and capacity, which is de-
scr.hed by that most exquisite and
p'ost abused word. gentleman. HIS
guitar hung BY ribbon at his side,
but his sword hung upon leather be-
aes'h IT. His knee bent CALAMITY TO
The Queen, but 1t knelt revercntly also
20 his Maker. And il was the crown
of the gentleman that he was neither
ashamed OF the guitar nor of the
Uword; neither OF the loyalty nor The
PRAYER, For a gentleman is not ar
tdlsr, trsher, a dandy; he IS no, a
scholar only, a soldier, mechanic. a
merchant. he Is the flower of men. in
whom the accomplishment, of the
scholar. the bravery Of the soldier.
the skill Of the mechanic. the sagacity
Of the merchant all have their part
ard appreciation" j. Gil
d. g.