The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-09-23

nIfrrnu.sn session % the New Mexico
Methodist conference last week. was
% the memorable services OF the
conferrnce. There unn a large at
tendance and a deserving tribute was
paid 10 this pioneer o. the state. The
address Of lilshop Francis J.. Mocon-
nell u Denver. was a deserving tF.h-
NE and for the benefit OF those who
we're nos able 10 hcnr H. the Evening
Herald " printing Il IN fuiL II fol-
lows;
that n would not he particularly 1T
ting for me 10 attempt 20 describe IN
detail the personal characteristics Of
Or. Hafwood. I knew him only In
the later years Of his life. II waa m
the fall Of 1919 that I nrst met him
and BY that time he had passed 70 far
into the evening OF his life h a !
cuuld see only the glow Of the sunset
and know Of the brightness Of the fun
n shan before / inlsh. speak
something ~ my appreciation OF DR..
nafweod as = man, but ! wish partic-
uiarls this afternoon to call your at
tcnfion " some services that he rem
dered this commonwealth and our
church, ~ a very large way.
rnfcc OF GoIknctsA
I'm he hrsf place, I think OF Dr..
HARDWOOD o. coming into this COM
munlfy 20 ~ q force Of uodliness
against fhe lawiessness that once pre-
eafied. You are famiiier. no doubt.
With the facts ~ hia life.
II understand that he came from
the STATE o. Delaware. That he moved
from there 70 the state Of Wisconsin,
That he waaia charlain In the Civil
war ana that after the Civil war he
and his DEVOTED wife came out TO this
rouutfy 20 carry on h work OF the
Kingdom which had already been be-
gun and u extena that work In some
slnes that had not been undertaken
hafure.
AOne ~ Tho members o. the Colo
RADIO conference, or the Rocky Noun
tain conference az u was then called,
had begun work In this region among
the American people, but Il WAS left
10 DR.. HARDWOOD to begin The WORK
among the native people. Now when
he came here the land was not what
A II now. I am SUR that no citizen 81
New Mexico viii at all resent my sRy-
ing tina nftr years ago this was a
lawless land. ali this country from the
Montana line clear down 10 y Mex
lean line. There was no railroad In
1853. The railroad 10 the north, the
Union Pacific railroad. had been fin
lshod but there was no railroad for a
good many years in those parts. The
rnilroad on which Dr. Harwood trav-
eled into this country stopped at Las
AnImas. in what was then the terri
tory OF Colorado, and Il was neces-
asry for him to make a journey OF
almost a week IN length. perhaps ten
msrc ncfosc Ranroacss.
ut vas not until isse. aomething
like that, possibly 1873. That the raft
road following the old Santa Fe r
came down as far o. the place where
We now are. Perhaps II had not
reached quite that far az that time
II was not until some years later that
tho rails were laid completely across
M continent. That was al the close
Of the Civil war Il had been finished
only i've years.
There had been a great deal OF
dlnlcuity In this part Of the country
over civil war issues. This country
was a meeting place for the north and
south % the lawless characters living
lawleas lives out here, Ind Or. Har.
wood c3me into this part Of the coun-
Try with no armor except the armoI
OF HIS own personal character.
have heard him tail OF the risks No
ran trnveling as he did through an
paris % this country. among chnrac
iefa who held human life very cheap
~, and this must be said CONCERNING
The character OF DR.. HNrwoOd-hs
was a Kind man he was not quarrel
some by nature; he was not n man d
great physical strength-however. III
WAS always a mar Of great endurance
hut there was something about tn
character Of the man that made +.
pcssfble for him TO move through ~
This country and not only not be mo
Tested. ia 10 win the respect OF tnos'
elements In this part Of the countri
that we're distinctly hwieas.
Now when we think Of the con
onest Of lawiessness and that kind %
thing We are apt to pick out som
man OF valor and strength, physicr
strength. some sheriff, or n VIII
went out and broke ~ bands OF ma
rauders hut alongside the work o
those man In making this country
ihw-abiding country. you have u
plnce the work Of This quiet man D
God. who went travelling through thi
country preaching the gospel an
trying TO live a spirit OF kindlines
Miard with IcsppIc.
"Dr. HARDWOOD had a rule Of gettin
along which IL very effective. ! hay
been IN petitions OF great delicacy !
dealing with people and ! have fouii
II always Works n is a very simpl
ruie-slmply mind your own buainesi
which was the preaching OF tho 10
pel. lie did not allow himself % b
drawn into arEumentative disputel
lie did not allow himself TO take sidr
a. Il was very oasy 10 do IN those daFl
and In that way he moved Throughout
this state before the coming Of tina
railroad. before the days % what "
call our modern civilized NE. u b
the life he lived and his preaching q
the gospel. sirove 20 accomplt-
something for the upiift OF this en-
tire community.
NOV In h next place / want :
Any that we always think OF Or. Hat
wood quite apart from the fact IN
he trained leaders who could spea
Inc spanish language. We think q
him as n conciliat0ry influence be
tween ihe American and he spanis
types Ia this country You mere knot
how delicate hat situation had beef
yen VINO are Mexican ny blood an
who are American by blood We 100
hack now and W feel that the wa
from 1876 10 fsf8 wis not par'leulal
Ia 10 our credit. have new r.
that the leaders % this me were I
he condemned NJ unsparingiy as som
have c0ndomned them, but mon lih
General Grant. for example, and oths
men % his time, nave put tnemAeiyt
on record ~ Grant has done IN \
prrronni memoirs. a. saying while p
1919 O.. she uuIH q a 1IH his nnf