Gunnison news-champion., 1921-03-18

sNemplary life and public services had
eHdeared him to the entire commun-
~. who grievc at his tomb. He was
buried in the Masonic and Odd Fell
Iows' cemetery in our city.
The principal address was made by
PRESIDENT Samuel Quigley of the
Normal. a warm personal friend of
the deceased. The text Of DR.. Quig
lcy's address follows:
He gave himself to US, therefore
he is ours; he loved humanity in spite
Of its peHersity and foolishness,
therefore he is beloved: for forty
years, constantly, stopping for moth
ing, ne endured first the hardships
Of pioneer conditions and later the
sNactions Of tremendous practice.
never easy. to minister to the bodies
and souls Of all of US, therefore he is
called the physician. The beloved
physician" II is doubtful il we
shall ever look upon his like again
until by carefully following the pre-
scription which was written plainly in
very act Of his life, every thought of
MS fine mind, and every emotion of
MS great heart, We shall have become
enough like him TO deserve to see him
again.
Perhaps the people thought they
did not understand him and could not
become acquainted with him; but
they did. though at first as through a
glass darkly. His philosophy OF life
WAS not vain nor in vain. By HIS
contacts with all men he called out
the best that was in them. He led
them 10 see with their spiritual eyes
Is far and as distinctly as they were
able. He never caused the waste of
as much as FIVE minutes OF any mans
time. There was u depth Of meaning
IN his most casual remarks. Fortunate
was any man who found the happy
chance Of walking a block or two
with him and of listening to a sen
tence or two. He had filled his mind
with the great thoughts and ideals of
the ages. His will was trained to act
in sensitive response to his pure
ideals. He was ever ready to enfold
the weak in the mantle of charity,
and to enkindle in the weak the last
failing spark OF self-respect.
He saw US, all of US, at our worst,
and he made US forget that we were
weak For in his quiet. simple, yet
inevitable way, he held before us the
hood so that we might press on to-
ward the prize of the high calling.
No man or woman ever conversed
with him without receiving a new
lease upon self-respect and courage
for renewing the struggle of life
Yet he was not super-man. He
had his own struggles against the
blasting effects of life's bitterness
Some men and women were little and
failed him; but he prayed to be kept
free from the canker of bitterness,
revenge. and passion. He eschewed
small talk and gossip: he maintained
that II anyone were interested in an
other, the interest must necessarily
center only in those traits that God
could approve, and in himself he
fought to cultivate only the attitude
Of charity.
His life has been victory of the
spiritual over the material Spiritual
adequacy was his ideal. He had no
other gods. The man who is poor in
character is poor indeed; but the man
who is true to his best self and life's
best ideals has riches that cannot be
molested.
He was sensitive to all the works
Of God. not merely as manifested in
man, but in the frmament and the
mountains and the sunsets-God-
made; and in the gentler aspects Of
nature, no less wonderful-the birds
and trees, the lilies bursting from
their dark bulbs, symbolical Of the
other life that he too viii enter upon
in the dawning of the better day.
he literally lived the Sermon on the
Mount He judged no man. He
worked to keep his mind and spirit
pare. His charities were without num-
Der, yet neither hand was permitted
to know what the other did. He was
never heard to make mention Of his
own greatness. He was the humblestl
Of men. He was sometimes misjudg-
ed, because always so difiident about
the facts of his own worth to the
world Men thought him Z. poor
'-ufzers they could not Hget acqusint-
ed But now they realize thsf these
seeming defects were a tower Of
slrength. The man had set his face
IL . Mint against the dangers Of
eGeefm, conceit, and every form Of ]
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