A GOOD AND NOBLE MAN GONE
Geo. W. Boswell Answers Call
To "Come Up Higher"
Geo. W. Boswell, a Confederate Veteran 82 years old, died of apoplexy at his home in Stille, July 13th.
He was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery the following day under impressive ritual of the Oddfellows, Rev. Mike Smith, the man who long ago baptized him delivering the funeral oration.
He had several times served as a public officer-notably as school director and after that as postmaster at Stille till failing health compelled him to resign.
But it was in his private life that the resplendent virtues of this truly noble man shone forth most gloriously. He was ever the poor man's friend, the orphan's protector and provider, the champion of the oppressed and the generous minister to the needy. He never preached. He talked but little. But his life was a greater sermon that has ever been put into words. That life impressed men with the reality of religion more powerfully than any mortal speech can do. It was easy to believe in God, seeing how near Boswell lived to Him. Who could doubt the existence of angels after noting how near this mortal man came of being celestial? And watching him from day to day, it was borne to the minds of those about him that there must certainly be a future life, since such as he deserves to live forever.
Geo. W. Boswell Answers Call
To "Come Up Higher"
Geo. W. Boswell, a Confederate Veteran 82 years old, died of apoplexy at his home in Stille, July 13th.
He was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery the following day under impressive ritual of the Oddfellows, Rev. Mike Smith, the man who long ago baptized him delivering the funeral oration.
He had several times served as a public officer-notably as school director and after that as postmaster at Stille till failing health compelled him to resign.
But it was in his private life that the resplendent virtues of this truly noble man shone forth most gloriously. He was ever the poor man's friend, the orphan's protector and provider, the champion of the oppressed and the generous minister to the needy. He never preached. He talked but little. But his life was a greater sermon that has ever been put into words. That life impressed men with the reality of religion more powerfully than any mortal speech can do. It was easy to believe in God, seeing how near Boswell lived to Him. Who could doubt the existence of angels after noting how near this mortal man came of being celestial? And watching him from day to day, it was borne to the minds of those about him that there must certainly be a future life, since such as he deserves to live forever.
A GOOD AND NOBLE MAN GONE
Geo. W. Boswell Answers Call
To "Come Up Higher"
Geo. W. Boswell, a Confederate Veteran 82 years old, died of apoplexy at his home in Stille, July 13th.
He was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery the following day under impressive ritual of the Oddfellows, Rev. Mike Smith, the man who long ago baptized him delivering the funeral oration.
He had several times served as a public officer-notably as school director and after that as postmaster at Stille till failing health compelled him to resign.
But it was in his private life that the resplendent virtues of this truly noble man shone forth most gloriously. He was ever the poor man's friend, the orphan's protector and provider, the champion of the oppressed and the generous minister to the needy. He never preached. He talked but little. But his life was a greater sermon that has ever been put into words. That life impressed men with the reality of religion more powerfully than any mortal speech can do. It was easy to believe in God, seeing how near Boswell lived to Him. Who could doubt the existence of angels after noting how near this mortal man came of being celestial? And watching him from day to day, it was borne to the minds of those about him that there must certainly be a future life, since such as he deserves to live forever.
Geo. W. Boswell Answers Call
To "Come Up Higher"
Geo. W. Boswell, a Confederate Veteran 82 years old, died of apoplexy at his home in Stille, July 13th.
He was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery the following day under impressive ritual of the Oddfellows, Rev. Mike Smith, the man who long ago baptized him delivering the funeral oration.
He had several times served as a public officer-notably as school director and after that as postmaster at Stille till failing health compelled him to resign.
But it was in his private life that the resplendent virtues of this truly noble man shone forth most gloriously. He was ever the poor man's friend, the orphan's protector and provider, the champion of the oppressed and the generous minister to the needy. He never preached. He talked but little. But his life was a greater sermon that has ever been put into words. That life impressed men with the reality of religion more powerfully than any mortal speech can do. It was easy to believe in God, seeing how near Boswell lived to Him. Who could doubt the existence of angels after noting how near this mortal man came of being celestial? And watching him from day to day, it was borne to the minds of those about him that there must certainly be a future life, since such as he deserves to live forever.
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