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became pastor of the church, coming
to us from Warren, Ark., iu the full
vigor ot active manhood.
In his pastorate of five and one-half
years, nearly a hundred new members
were added to our number and we
all regretted very much when the call
came to him to go elsewhere.
Air. Law son left us in February of this
year aud from that time until the present,
while we have been without a pastor,
Dr. Davies has proved himself
scarcely less a pastor to our shepherdless
llock than if be had been in reality.
He has aided us by his counsels and ha3
given us the benefit of his wide experience
in church matters. But above all,
he has continually led us to feel the
spiritual nature of the church, and has
brought us to a higher realization of our
dependence upon God for guidance and
direction. In this trying period, when
our faith was often tested, it was largely
Dr. Davies who encouraged us to feel
that our afflictions would only be sanctified
to us if we bore them in the right
spirit. Nor am I unmindful that much
credit is due to our members for overcoming
our difficulties with so great un
aniraity.
When Dr. Davies gave up the pastorate
of this church he still felt that there
was work for him to do in% the Master's
Vineyard. Assisted by his excellent
and energetic wife, he undertook to
carry the gospel to some parts of our
town, not ordinarily reached through the
channels of the churches. By perscnai
visitation and earnest endeavors, he and
his co-workers gathered around them a
.* little Sunday school, which meets on
Sunday afternoons. When the ground
was cleared for the present structure, the
Session gave to Dr. Davies for his work
at the mission the old church building
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rauu vac i*~rro. mi. X'. UUlCb generously
gave the lot and the Mission
was erected where it now stands, on
South College avenue. Here for more
than five years Dr. Davies has prosecuted
his labor of love,?it is indeed a
labor of love?for he receives not one
cent of salary. Besides the Sunday
school, he preaches regularly on Sunday
evening and holds his prayer meeting
on Thursday evenings. This work,
like his earlier, has not all been smooth
sailing, but with characteristic patience
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?ji. xjtivies uas laoorea on, loomng only
for that welcome plaudit, "Well done,
thou good and faithful servant."
This is only another evidence of the
self-sacrificing spirit which characterizes
this man whom we delight to honor tonight.
When apparently he had earned
a well deserved rest, he undertakes in
his old age a work more full of difficulties
than that of his earlier years. Thirtyfour
years is a long period to live in a
ixiuiiuuuu.y, il sees many material
changes, and there have been many in
our town, and amid these changing
scenes, it is good to behold a life which
stands firm, its artchor stoutly fastened
to the Ark of God. In so long a period,
a character becomes known, and well
for the man of whom it can be said
truthfully, as we say of Dr. Davies, that
we are come tonight, not to flatter a
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proud man with fulsome compliments,
but to render fitting homage to a head
grown gray, to a heart become purer,
and to a spirit ennobled in the service
of the Master.
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Obituaries
MRS. MAGGIE KAYSER DEISHER.
Mrs. Maggie Kayser Deisher, daughter
of James and Mary Kayser, was born in
Botetourt county, Virginia, April 1, 1849,
and died at her home at Daggers Springs,
in the same county, December 16, 1908.
On November 12, 1878. she was married
to James A. Deisher. This union proved
to be a happy one. Their lives seemed
to more and more harmoniously and happily
blend and unite as the years went
by. She was a most loyal and devoted
wife and mother, a faithful friend, a
kind and considerate neighbor. Those
who knew her best loved her most.
In her girlhood she dedicated her heart
and life to the Savior and joined the
Presbyterian Church, and was a consistent
member and an earnest and zealous
worker in her church and Master's vineyard
until called from her labors. Always
deeply interested and active in the
cause of ner Redeemer, she was indeed
one of the living stones in the spiritual
house. She was largely instrumental In
the building of the chapel (Beulah) near
her home at Daggers, and was the living
and moviner snlrit nf th*> inferos* thoro
was the head and, to a large extent, the
body of the active little Missionary Society
at that place.
Hers was a most considerate, gentle,
loving and lovable nature. She never
wounded others, directly or indirectly, by
harsh or unkind word or deed. That
greatest of all Christian graces, love,seemed
to be especially developed in her,
and was constantly manifested in many
beautiful ways. It was said by one who
knew her well, "She had by nature one
of the gentlest and loveliest dispositions
J ever knew, and tnis natural disposition
had been softened and sweetened by
grace into a most beautiful character.
I can truly say that I never heard her
say a cross or unkind word of a living
soul." Her gentle, quiet, peaceful, loving
nature and presence shed abroad an influence
which was indeed a blessing to
all who came in touch with her life. She
is, and will be, most sadly missed in the
home and community and church.
We laid her body to rest in the quiet
Galatia churchyard there to await the
morn when the trump shall sound and all
who are in their graves shall hear the
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voice of the Son of God and shall come
forth
Her husoand, a son, Joseph Bell, two
daughters, Daisy D. and Olivia A., two
sisters and other relatives, besides a multitude
of devoted friends, are left to
cherish her memory and mourn their loss.
May the God of all comfnrt
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to their sad and bereaved hearts.
N. A. Parker.
MR. SHADRAC DES JARDIWS.
At his home near Lake Charles, La., Mr.
Shadrac Des Jardiws, after a long illness,
"fell on sleep" in the early morning of
February 3, 1909. A native of Canada, he
was amone the first loH ? v.? nt'"
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neque from the Church of Rome. Several
years ago he came with a colony of his
people to settle on the rice lands of Calcasieu
Parish, and when the First French
Presbyterian church was organized in the
parish he was made one of the ruling elders.
He leaves a widow and twelve children
to mourn their loss. May they know
the comfort and keeping of their father's
God.
J. Y. Allison.
Harrington.?At Harrington, N. C., on
January 16, 1909, David O. Harrington, in
the fifty-sixth year of his age. He had
long been a sufferer.
Armentrout.?At the Memorial hospital,
Richmond, Va,, on' Sunday, January
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of Mr. M. A. Armentrout. of Richlands,
"W. Va. Interment on Monday afternoon,
January 25, at Old Stone Church.
Lewlsburg, Va. /