Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-22

20 clear an arrangement as he might otherwise
without douht often gives lucid explanation Of
mysterious texts. His system Is high Cslvinlsfn.
which he breaches with rrrst ,ngrnulty; his
mans in Virginia. This he is thought sometimes
10 throw out rather layishly upon his opponent.
IL is doubtful whether any preacher in Virginia
has NOR honorable course than NJ
Moore honorable 70 his God. honorable 20 him
tells that the crown Of glory will not await him
much longer.
That was published in 1910. and Mr.
Moore died at Moorefeld in 1915 at the
age OF seventy years.
Moorfield is the property OF F,
II Cline. whose wife was Florence
Moore, a daughter of William F. Moore
of Vienna. Va, who was a nephew OF
jeremiah Moore
So many interesting things concerning
this old Baptist preacher and his homs
crowd upon the Rambler that he is loath
10 leave the subject and shoulder his
camera to pass along the roads bat
there is one thing he must not forget
TO tell. Mooretield went out of the pos
session Of the descendants OF the Rev
jeremiah Moore in the SOS and into the
possession of A distinguished man. He
was James Hunter OF BanT. Scotland
He was one OF the prominent educators
in Scotland. and IN an edition of Burns
the Rambler finds this in the publishers
preface
Mr. Hunter. We NAV say empassant. wa. ..-
lected by for the responsible position OF edit.
Ing tho works OF BURNS from our knowledge ~
his general scholarship. his long experience
perial Dictionary and more especially because 81
his enthusiastic love for Burns Ills thorough
knowledg" Of his author and last hlt least
bHcausr OF Tie place " hts nativify-Ayrshire
.lke that % Mr.. Grhbie. co-editor and pub
Isher'.nnde him au fat in the language. man
ners and customs OF the land OF Rurns
Mr.. Hunter was Instrumental in es-
tahlishing in Scotland the School Book
Association. which enabled Scottish
boys to obtain school books cheap. and
he was also instrumental in the crea-
ton OF the Scottish schoolmasters'
widows fund. for the relief of tho
widows of Scottish schoolmasters Mr.
Hunter was rector of Boutwell, Acad-
envy, Scotland. and at the time OF his
selection was the youngest rector OF
any academy in Scotland His wife was
Grace Craig of Boutwell,. Scotland.
When Mr. Hunter and his family de-
termlned on settling in the new world
the eldest son was sent to America and
after considerable searching concluded
that Nirginia's beauty appealed to him
most Mr. Hunter bought the Moore
field property from Jeremiah Moore
the civil war owner of the place and a
grandson of the Rev jeremiah Moore
Mr.. Hunter died at Moorefield in the
90s. and his widow passed away In
Washington about three years ago. II
was Mrs. Hunter who sold Moorefeld
back into the Moore family. For a long
anu uitii Tue OF MS death.
Mr.. Hunter worked on the translation
and rewriting Of the works of the Ger
man historian Flaathe The Hunter
family brought from Scotland an old
Highland servant. who served in the
family from childhood to old age She
was nurse to ten children. and when
she died and was buried on October 10,
1915. the remains were borne to the
grave by six of the children of two
generations whom she had nursed
Seven grandchildren Of James Hunter
of Moorefield entered the British serv-
Ice in this war. Each was civilian
but obtained commissioned rank One
OF these boys went back to Scotland
from Sumatra, one from India and an
other from Argentina