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December 8, 1909.
Contr
in#.
John Richa
Thou art weighed in the t
I know not the appointed
When I shall hear deat
It may be in the morning.
It may be in the gilded
But, O my God! keep me
Nor write that fatal word
TE
This heart of mine is pro
In paths the many treac
Help me to walk within t
That leads to thee, no ]
There is no value to earti
If at the end there is aga
te
O sinless One, who tore ?
And came out victor o'e
Help me to bear my crosi
The crown. Turn my d
Let not that awful word <
Send me from out thy co
te:
The call shall sound from
Some day, and every or
And the recording angel 1
Then let thy pardoning
Else I be banished from t
And this one word be wrl
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THREE OL]
By Rev. Gee
Recently has come the
of three friends whom I
""brethren beloved in the L
Lupton, Thomas S. McPhc
In most things they were
men of note, of decided abi
kingdom, and who did, eac
own sphere, a great work
fellowmen, leaving their
hearts and lives of hundrec
blessed. And these all "ha
hy the will of God fell on s
The news of the oassine
pecially of the first two, ca
how has affected and'toucl
and more than usual in su
for days after, I found
of whose death I had ju
pearanee, look, manner, tc
after incident in which he
days of "Auld Lang Syne."
among my best friends, I
an nonor. bo thanktul tor
add a few words of loving i
ren and their work for Go
My first acquaintance v
in 1867, when I went from
THE PRESBYTE1
ibuted
rd Moreland.
jalances and found wanting.
hour or day
h's angel call;
cold and gray;
banquet hall;
from sin and shame,
[ against my name?
KEL.
ne to stray
I?so smooth and wide,
he narrow wav
matter what betide,
l's pomp or fame
ilnst my name?
KEL.
earth's load of sin
t Gethsemane,
3 that I may win
efeat, O God, to victory.
}f death and flame
urts in fear and shame?
KEL.
i pole to pole
le shall bow the knee,
weigh each soul,
blood atone for me,
;hy face in shame
itten 'gainst my name?
KEL.
D FRIENDS.
>. L. Leyburn.
announcement of the deat
had known long and wel
,ord." They were Jonah V
'eters and James M. Chane;
very different, but were a
lity, devoted to God and H
h in his own way and in h
for the Master and for the
impress for good upon th
Is who rise up and call tnei
ving served their generatic
leep."
away of these brethren, e
me unexnertedlv and ?nmi
r r "
bed me more than I can te
ch cases. In every instanc
myself thinking of hii
st heard, recalling his a|
>ne of voice, and incider
was the chief actor, in tli
' To have counted these me
esteem both a privilege an
the gift of them, I wish t
remembrance of these bretl
a.
nth Rev. J. W. Lupton wj
the Seminary to take charg
4
?IAN OF THE SOUTH.
of the Loudon Street Chun
3 a son of that church, was tl
g married, and had acted as
3* ing the illness and after t
tor, Dr. A. H. H. Boyd,
would have been called as
"a prophet is not without
try," he positively declined
sidered. So he received me
months he remained, gave
all encouragement and hel]
ister in his first charge thi:
thenceforth he became anc
after he was called to Lee
installation and well reme
"the charge to the pastor"
Pollock, that somewhat e<
and large-hearted man of (
During the eight years o
I saw him frequently, fo
day's drive distant, he had
his "kith and kin" were in
erybody knew him and all
was almost impossible to
town or country, he was w
to render a reason, and g
Sunday. Yet I heard hii
with plesure and profit.
Chester, he went to Clarks
est and best work was dor
met. But those early days
I can never forget, and I
as one of the first and bes
try. In his last years he "
turning first to Leesburggan
his ministry?, and
^ ending his days near .when
U honored by all. After a lif<
j old age, he was gathered t<
y. his fathers. Truly "the m<
,11 And what shall be said
is McPheeters? For he was
is describe him; one had to
ir nun, 10 nave any irue cone
te acter, his speech, his work
m personal reminiscences.
?n The news of his death
of any, for he was the youi
s- of years or more,I think,
e- heard nothing of his ill he;
11 for years of usefulness ye
:e soon after moving to Lex
m that year or the next when
> half of the Y. M. C. A., o
con's Convention" held al
think. From that time or
n only at meetings of Syno<
d cons' conventions, but also
o nected with Synod's Evai
i- years as chairman and four
ing the whole time Mr. M
is the same committee, rarelj
f* regular, interested, and va
5
:h, Winchester, Va. He was
tien an ordained minister and
<< ir i.1 _i j
suppiy iur mc ciiurcn uurhc
death of the former pasHad
he agreed, I think he
pastor, but largely because
honor save in his own counto
allow his name to be conmost
kindly, and for the few
: me his hearty support and
p possible. As a young mins
won my heart at once, and
I was a friend indeed. Soon
;sburg; I was present at his
mber it, one part especially,
by the venerable Dr. A. D.
:centric but noble-minded
jod.
f mv ministrv in Winchester
r Leesburg was a pleasant
property near town and all
our congregation, where evcalled
him "Jonah." But it
get him to preach either in
ary and hard to catch, ready
enerally going home before
m occasionally, and always
About the time I left Winiville,
Tenn., where his largle,
and thereafter we seldom
of friendship and fellowship
have always esteemed him
t friends of my early miniscompleted
the circle" by re?there
ending where he bethen
to Winchester?there
e he was born, esteemed and
? - '
e of usefulness and in a good
d his people and buried with
emory of the just is blessed."
1 of the next, Mr. Thos. S.
a rare man and no pen can
know him, to see and hear
:eption of the man, his charSo
I shall give only a few
was the most unexpected
igest of the three by a score
not an old man, and I had
alth, but supposed him good
t to come. I first met him
ington, Mo., in 1878, either
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KV vuntv iv x^v/viugkv;ii 111 uv"
r perhaps at our first "Dea:
Mexico, Mo., in 1880, I
1 I saw him repeatedly, not
i and the Elders' and Dea1
for fifteen years I was conngelistic
Committee, eleven
as superintendent, and durcPheeters
was a member of
r absent and one of the most
iluable members; he visited