The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-12-26

more patiently. more doggedlY. more
lovingly. than this shepherd OF rod's
thecp?
Stood BY His People
DR.. Dunaway was with you. my
brethren. in your every experience
sharing your sorrows, weeping with
you in your griefs. rejoicing with you
in your happiness. cncoura ging you
in your failures helping you in your
temptations. reproving you in your
SIM and cheering YOU in your vic
tories. He has interviewer himself in
to the fabric Of your business. home
aud church life He has prayed for
your babies. baptized your children,
ma ried your young people and bur
led your dead. He was never too
~ AIRY. never too busy, never to alb
sorhnd. never too indifferent to go 10
you when you called. In your reed
M was at your side
For none of the raneomed ever knew
How deep were he waters crossed
Nor how dark was the night whek
the Lord passed thro
Ere he found his sheep that was
lost"
Neither will YOU ever know, ms peo-
pie. until the flashHght of God
throw il on the slide of eternity what
waters he crossed what nights ia
went through, what burdens he bore.
what dangers he faced for his people
whom he loved. and having loved
them, he loved them TO the end
DR.. Dunaway had opportunities 10
leave this church at salary largely
In excess of what he received and
probably with work that was easier,
but he preferred to stay here at a
sy liar 90 nall "a N 81 q
that he has told me that II he had not
had something which had come to
him through other sources. he would
hare had great difficulty In educating
hts children and maintaining mis- home,
but here he planted his life, here he
lahored. here he suffered here he
huiied his dead. and here he sleeps.
You do not know. you cannot know,
what burdens the pastor has 10 bear
Many time he goes back to his home
" n the SORROWS OF his people csusa-
Ing him to the earth. and he thinks
that death would be release, and when
he j. told Of SORROWS that are worse
than death when he witnesses the
ira sede@. the broken homes, the
wrecks that are made by sin among
his people, he verify believes that his
heart must break. suppose he We're
10 tell the things that he hears, the
tragic experiences he goes through
with, the stories that are brought to
hiHt the heart aches and the horrors,
bu, you cannot know. You will never
know and 30 you can not know what
this master pastor had. | could tell
YOU some things but not all. Only he
an God know them all
DIR Dunaway was a Christian gen
tle.nan by nature and by culture and
by grace, always the refined, courte-
OTIS gentleman. He despised little
picayune ways. Reing of big soul
himself he could not understand the
snsiiuess of small people.
II he had remained In the law. Ii is
easy to think OF him as Judge. HIS
mind wa. naturally judicial. discrim-
mating, carefully weighing evidence
before rendering his own Judgment.
He was sineuiarls well-balanced. and
his advice was asked by people OF all
IA hs as well "a by people Of no
faith, for the people believed IN him
as man OF incofruptibie character,
of pure and undefied life, OF lofty
motive, which. together with his large
exT erience and naturally judicial tenn
pera ment made him q safe and help
ful counsellor Once he was called
by DISTINGUISHED citizen of this
town aa Fredericksburg First Cit
izeE and the tribute wss easily true
and emiuentiy deserved.
His relations with our brethren of
4, other conmunions were always cor
dial While a pronounced Baptist he
was first OF sill a Christian and was
toe big 10 be bigos. The ministers
We're without exception his brethren
ana his friends. and some of his clos
est personal relationships were with
men of other faiths. As his warm
friend. Mr.. St George +. Fitzhugh.
recently said in this city. 1T was for
tunate for Fredericksburg that this
man should have come 10 this city at
the time he did. and this was true,
! for this town needed man OF just his
catholicity OF spirit. his ripeness OF
| Judgment. his clarity OF vision. to
help guide the people through the
dark days Immediately succeeding the
war.
! For twelve years was his pastor
hu, while he always treated me as
( lovingly, as tenderiy and as gener-
| ousiy as any pastor would want TO be
treated, forgiving me for my blum
ders, pardonipg my shortcomings. and
| forgetting my failures, yet he knew
| that / never thought OF myself as his
pastor. was his pupil and I was
glad and happy to sit at the feet OF
/ When I came here twelve years ago, ]
| was a young man and he was more
! than ever I was to him. He saved
| among his people for whom he had
given every atom of his strength, low
| ing them with passionate tenderness
and knew his feelings and I solemn
! ly declared that l would make his 10,
a. gentle and as happy rs l knew
how. that ] would treat him as a
/ Young man should treat an old man
and would try and make his closing
years as sweet and joyous as I could
/ and, my brethren. l tried to keep ii. |
do not speak it In my vain sense for
! there isn't member of this church
/ WHO did not know of our intimate re.
! lations. But he was far more to me
; than ever was to him He saved
me from many blunders He helped
| nlt In many difficult moments and bu,
| for his cordial cooperation and sym
pathetic advice and cheering hopeful.
ness ! do not see how l could have
confronted and carried the infinite
and. sometimes. well nigh crushing
| bui dens OF this enormous pastorate
| Pray for mo that God will give me a
! double portion OF his spirit. that
may be preacher faithful to the
| Book and a pastor, walking in the
! Masters steps.
A Great Loss.