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December 15, 1909.
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He held the lam
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And yet so high,
That picture fal
That, gazing up,
The hand that he
He held the pitc
To Hps of little <
Then raised it t<
And bade him dr
They drank?the
The hand that h
He blew the trun
That trembling i
And then, with 1
To raze the wal
The trumpet con
The hand that 1
But when the Ci
Thou good and ti
Lay down the j
Lay down the ti
These weary hai
Clasped in those
REV. JAMES
By Rev. W
The announcement
dead brought sorrow t
sible tear to manv an i
He was not only good
able. His going is a p
will his contemporarie
many of us who are
It is not my purpc
his life and character,
who knew him the ful
life. But I do want t
that are in my heart a:
me and as an illustrati
i. Dr. Wharey wa<
terested me in preachi
that ever gripped me.
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omciai sense oi the wo
when I was a boy. ]
came from Virginia t
Church, near Concord,
eight, but to my childh
My parents attended '
miles from Rocky Rn
quently to conduct tl
connection with the co
the first time I ever s
struck me. He was s
But when I had heai
once the awe was all g
enjoyed it and as if
preached as if he really
about his sermons that
were not made up of
There was a great des
THE PRESBYTE
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HRIST'S SAKE,
p of truth that day
s could miss the way;
to bring in sight
Ir?the world's great Light?
the lamp between
sld it scarce was seen.
her, stooping low
rnes below;
> the weary saint,
ink when sick and faint.
i pitcher thus between,
eld it scarce was seen.
apet soft and clear,
sinners need not fear;
ouder note and bold
Is of Satan's bold.'
alng thus between,
leld it scarce was seen.
aptain says, "Well done,
ilthful servant?Come!
titcher and the lamp;
umpet?leave the camp,"
ids will then be seen,
pierced ones and naught between.
3 M. WHAREY, D. D.
alter L. Lingle, D. D.
lact waaIT fliof T\f TXfUn
mwi. m vvn ttiat 1VI . II liai VV?
0 many a heart and the irrepre
eye. He was a man to be love
1 but Ire was winsome and lov
iersonal loss to many. Not on.
:s in the ministry miss him, bi
younger will miss him more.
)se to write a full estimate <
I will leave that to some 01
1 threescore and ten years of h
o put down two or three thinj
5 a testimony of what he did f<
on of what he did for many.
; the first minister who ever ii
ng. His sermons were the fir
He was never my pastor in tl
rd, but I heard him preach oftc
! was a child of eight when 1
o take charge of Rocky Riv<
N. C. He was a man of thirty
ood mind he seemed much olde
rhyatira, which is some twent
^er. He came to Thyatira fn
le meetings that were held i
mmunion services. I rememb<
aw him and with what awe \
o large and so serious lookinj
d him laugh once and preac
;one. He laughed as if he reall
he really enjoyed life, and h
meant it. There was somethin
caught me and held me. The
platitudes and abstraction
il of the concrete in them. Hi
?
RIAN OF THE SOUTH.
B8 illustrations caught my yout
8 were taken from his experien
B a hnv Hpliorhfc m 1 *
ww ? ?^ j viv??giivo 111 a well 311
*** simply stories, they always il
through with the story we s
was trying to show us. Th<
of the man also left a deep
was not a weeping preacher, 1
in his eyes, and they were nc
energy of his great body ar
great soul went into his pre
inently a preacher for childrt
his preaching especially for
something in all his sermons
home with them. The child
in those days were always gla
tVlilf" Fir <
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with the communion.
2. He was a true friend
again out of my own heart's
his home for an hour on my v
after that I felt that he was
remember just what it was
somehow I had felt the thro
heart. The next year I decide
try. I was received under t
his church in Mooresville.
committee whose business ii
didates. I wish that every st
chairman. He took the dee;
as and gave us wholesome advi
s~ needed it. In this he was ah
so tender that nobody ever g<
e" candidates always felt free t
Here is a letter he wrote mc
L,t among the treasures that I [
end of my seminary course,
me. I did not know which t<
ie turned to him for advice. t
,s How full of wisdom and syn
?s way towards which he leane<
other elements in the decisior
to do with it and did much t
n- I have been in the ministry h
st and advice have been of const
ie did for me he did for many c
3. He wanted to die in 1
,e sorrow to him when he felt i
charge at Mooresville in 19c
had the physical ability to dc
r- of pastoral work that he th
y there. I have a letter from
e" day, 1905, which shows how
n until the last moment, until
;r and call him home. I do not
ie his confidence when I quote a
? ter. It shows the heart of tl
1 - - -
n spirit of Christ: "I assure yc
y desire to give upthe work or
ie love for the work. I have the
g that I followed the promptin
y victions of duty, and therefor
s. will approve ... I do not wisl
is Lord may open to me yet s
5
hful car. Many of them
ces in the Civil war. How
>ry. But they were not
lustrated. Before he was
aw the spiritual truth he
; tremendous earnestness
impression upon us. He
but there were often tears
>t artificial tears. All the
id all the emotion of his
aching. He was preem;n.
Yet I never heard of
children. There was
that children could take
ren at old Thyatira back
d when it was announced
the meeting in connection
of young men. I speak
experience. I stopped at
^ay to enter college. Ever
my friend. I do not
u? ?:J ? J J ' .
iiiai lie SdlU ur U1U, OUI
b of a great sympathetic
ed to study for the minishe
care of Presbytery at
He was chairman of the
t was to look after canich
committee had such a
pest interest in the boys
ice when he felt that we
ways perfectly frank, but
Dt his feelings hurt. The
o go to him for counsel.
: back in 1876?I keep it
>rize. I was nearing the
Three ways lay before
D choose. Instinctively I
le gives it in this letter,
lpathy it is. I chose the
d. Of course there were
i, but his letter had much
:o clarify the way. Since
is interest and sympathy
ant help to me. What he
>thers.
larness. It was a great
impelled to lay down his
>5 because he no longer
> the tremendous amount
ought ought to be done
him dated on Christmas
anxious he was to work
the Master should come
feel that I am betraying
t paragraph from the lethe
man. It breathes the
>u that it was not from a
from any failing in my
: satisfaction of believinc
o
gs of conscientious cone
I feel sure the Master
i to be idle, and trust the
ome doors of usefulness