The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-12
MR.. NORRYCE f.
is LAID TO REST
Beautiful Services Conducted AZ
Home BY Pastor and a. Grave I.
'' -" By she Eiks s


OF Claridge w. Norryce were held on
Tuesday ,morning at his late resi-
dence on Eaat Hampton street, being
conducted !by'Rev: W: HI Frazer. d. d,
pastor OF the deceased who had> haGif.
for many years q member OF thetPreS-.
byterian church. The services were
simple and comforting, the music be.
Ing by Mrs. MuldrOw, Mrs. ]. =. Town
send and MIR. Sam Orr TriDble.
At the grave the services w.-e con-
Quoted by Anderson lodge No. 1896
Benevolent end Protective Order Of
Elkg. The ritual, short and ,bnauti-
full. was presented by Dr.. Clyde r.
Ross assisted by Kurtz r. Smith, T.
p. Dickson and T. S. Maxwc;i. The
body was slowly lowered into its lust
resting place while the choir sang
very tenderly the "Good Night" song,
and the last resting place OF this
bright young man. fnvoriln among all
the people Of Anderson. was covered
over with beautiful flora! ;.membran-
ces. The words OF consolation which
were spoken by DR.. *'ruZcr were
very. comforting to the b1re;iveti lam
iiy and friends.
"'Onc whose eympathies are not
easily excited" remarked recently that
he has no sympathy for any one ex-
cept the mother who is bending over
u helpless sick babe. While that is a
very pathetic sight. one which, will ex-
cite the sympathy even of those whose
hearts are not responsive to the daily
wall OF sorrow. yet we believe that the
falling OF u young man or woman In
the very presence of life's oportuni-
a s.nt n Nc cnA Il -
touches the heart with equally as
strong demand fos sympathy. We
stand this morning in the presence
OF the broken column of youth. which
had just been erected into it's post!
tion and which stood Mt the threshGld
OF lifes great temple. Before the
eyes of him whose memory we honor;
swept grand vision of a lise careers
He had just entered partly upon It's
beginning. He had been receiving the
inspiration Of his first successes and
these were pushing him ON towards
greater achievements. His career WAS
cut short juet as he was entering nm
on 1t.
Yet. we do not measure a flan by
the deeds that he did. nor by the lau-
,rels that he wins out on iife's battle.
fields That were an unjust way OF
estimating. We measure him by the
ambitions that he had. by the idea1si
by which he was regulated, by the;
great life vision that broke upon iits'
Yssta- We ask what purposes had.
be formed for the life career which,
|, seemed before him !? Ho; i. had hs,:
planned to use his life In the, services
OF God and mnh? The answer to lnss,x
questions gives, lis the tyus f1asiS for,
the estimation, OF any oLa... Our BRO
ther had chpseD one or the. most liuj :.
portant and one OF the most opportiing'
callings that life affords, He sae. ats
his desk and gathered up the 'impreH- Z
si0ns oi life which came through oh;
jecttvc sources. and from the visions'
which were given him and poured
these out from his soul through the
printed pages to influence and bless:
the lives OF his fellow men. He had
an ambition to serve men through,
the medium Of the newspaper and We
are today living lives that have been
influenced to some extent through:
the form of thought and the visions OF,
his soul. We Judge him by what he
wanted to do and by what his vision
would have led him to do In the po..
sitfon which he occupied. -
We come together not simply. to-
mourn with the wife who has lost
a husband, the child who has loat n
father, the brothers and sisters who
have lost brother. and the father,
who has lost ooh, but we come tol
mournl as fellow-citigens who hnYa
lost q valuable member OF sociefTss
One who .craved the IopportinftyJfitESft;; tESt; Ef;
Fserysce In the capacity of O nioiilder' 81,
thought and Of sentiment, religi6tfSs
soctal and POLITICAL. One who, wffeE
be was retrained :in' the plan ofi Gald
frop the activities of HIS career, Arssss
cepted It without a tnurmpr o. ~
[grst; one who quletiy and SpatientfE
awaited Gods time andl bowed * Ia
Coos purpose. On yesterday mQrns..
Ing 3 o'clock while we were gait sr:S
ed around, his bedside the Angel came
spirit leave its earthly tenement and
wing It's flight into the presence of
God who Is the artiter OF the destf-1
tinies, OF; all and who gave him &, his
eternal cettings among the things He
had created. His life has been lived 4
his earthly career has been run and
we can only, sc = as Wd commit his boz
dy to the ground and commend his:
spirit tof God 80
Servant OF God, ,T:wsif done, a,t ~ {.
Rest from, tk4t loved employ.
The battle fought the victory won. 5,
Enter thy :ssaster'a joys' I a. &,
!: s. NOT m SIGHT Is &. M.
Is No report was retS la Last night
LRy;s The IntslliEenoer IRON It's sSosTeb-
poH at In E1lnn hlA aAilent the plans
!oE .tne .Ht!lsfa ehSa EinEsTaent g and COM
mnatSs e ssYg tsoS g.s yspelIi m sstab blisled