Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-03
F |DEL|TY WAS CHIEF
TRAIT OF DR.. ENGLISH
"The Most Faithful Man Ever
Knew" Said Colleague, Quoted
by DR.. Moore.
MEMORIAL SERVICE Is HELD
Life and Early Career Reviewed With
Services at Union Seminary-Could
Get at Heart Of Passage Of Scrip
ture-Never Impatient.

The one great quality which stood
out above everything else In the life
Of the late Rev. Thomas Reese English,
| for whom memorial services were held
last night in the chapel of the Union
Theological Seminary. was fidelity, ac-
cording to Rev. W. W. Moore, D. d..
president Of the seminary. who made
the memorial address.
DO you get the true Lesson OF this
man OF God?" DR.. Moore asked. do
you recognize the one great quality
which stands out above everything
else? 1t was fidelity. Ono of his col
said In a public address. 4 think Of Dr.
English as the most faithful man I
ever knew No niger encomium Is
possible" said DR.. Moore.
The student body and professors of
the seminary. tho pastors. officers and
people OF Westminster Presbyterian
Church, OF which DR.. English was for
ten years pastor; representatives of
Ashland Presbyterian Church, Of which
he was pastor at the time OF his dealt
and the Presbyterian congregation of
Ginter Park met together last night to
pay their tribute to the memory OF DR..
English. DR.. Moore was assisted in
v.
ron II. Rice. d. D., who led In prayer,
and Thomas King Currie. president Of
the student body. who read resolutions
adopted by the students Of the semi
nary eulogistic Of DR.. English.
COULD GET AT HEART OF
-. PASSAGE SCRIPTURE
After reviewing the early life and
work Of DR.. English. DR.. Moore came
to his connection with the seminary,
| which extended over a period OF TWEEN
ty-two years. first MS professor OF Eng
lish Bible and pastoral theology and
then as professor OF literature and tho
Interpretation OF the New Testament
DR.. Moore described him as "a thor
ough teacher with n remarkable gift
Tor getting Mt the very heart OF n
passage OF Scripture"
conscientious. careful and thorough
as no had been In his first chair" said
DR.. Moore. Tho came to the maximum
or his power In tho department Of
Greek eNegesis
AS a preacher. he was substantial,
instructive, edifying. always thor
direct"
The relations OF DR.. English to tho
students and his work in the criticism
or the sermons OF young ministers were
discussed. His criticisms OF sermons
were comprehensive. keen. discriminate
If sermons were criticized Mt all, they
ought to be criticized thoroughly. But
II his comments sometimes gave tenn
porary discomfort, they were always
valuable.
PREACHING TO HIM MAIN
BUSINESS IN LIFE
He was frst and last a preacher.
preaching was to him the main bust
ness In life. Ever since coming to the
seminary he has preached in addition to
his work as professor
"A very notable virtue in Dr. Eng
lish's character" said DR.. Moore, was
his patience. He excelled in that rare
In many trying situations. but do not
remember to have seen him evince any
irritation or TO have ever heard him
speak any impatient or passionate
word. While always firm In his convic-
lions, he was always calm In their ex-
preston.
DEATH WITHOUT PAIN
OR SADNESS OF FAREWELL,
Mr.. Sturgeon said that the one word
which best described the Apostle Paul
was ready 1 have often thought the
same about DR.. English. And It held
good to the last moment of his earthly
life On tho morning of March 25 he
rose at his usual hour, dressed with
MS customary care, went to his study
for his invariable morning communion
with God, sat down in his chair by the
window, took his Bible in his hand,
Then Gods finger touched him, and he
slept-without pain. without wasting,
without sadness of farewell--an en-
thusiast, indeed, more like transla-
ton than dissolution. Remembering
the manner Of his life, all Of us felt at
once that just one statement of Scrip
ture described both, Enoch walked
with God and he was not for God took
him Ready, perfectly ready. in life
and In death"
The point was brought out in the
course OF the address that DR.. Eng
fish was emphatically n man of his
hands.
He could do more things with tools"
declared DR.. Moore, than any man
with n liberal education I have ever
known. He made all manner of useful
articles with n strength and finish that
few professional workmen could ex-
cell" To the country training Of DR..
English was attributed much Of his
resourcefulness. self-hclpfulness and