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mingled in its sorrows, and its joys, and are beginning to accustom themselves to 

 the absence of that old famib'ar face, which we as strangers look for to-day in 

 vain. We who take up the current of Hereford life, not from yesterday, but from 

 last year, as it were but yesterday, are the more keenly reminded of all that is 

 missing, and can therefore claim your indulgence for reverting to so painful a 

 theme. Friends have always been permitted to make their voices heard in 

 testimony to the worth of departed friends. Marc Antony was allowed to say 

 of the dead Caesar : ' He was my friend, faithful and just to me ' ; and we but 

 quote his words : ' You all did love him once, not without a cause. ' And now, 

 although not dreaming that a word from me is necessary, yet this is the first and 

 only opportunity that we have had, who are the non-resident members of the 

 Woolhope Club, to give expression to the feelings which stir within us, and we 

 embrace it for that reason. It would be presumption on my part to assume that I 

 knew more of him, or of his sterling worth, than you, amongst whom the greater 

 part of his life was spent. In this city he needs no advocate, for his deeds speak 

 louder than my words. But there are some reflections which it might not be 

 inappropriate to suggest, and which would probably be more congenial than mere 

 personal allusions. 



" I have often felt that, especially in towns and cities of limited size, there 

 are two classes of the community, two professions, which above all others enlist 

 the sympathy and ensure the respect of the rest. These are the ministers of 

 religion, who go from house to house to comfort those who mourn, and carry con- 

 solation to the broken-hearted, to speak peace to the troubled, and thus minister 

 to the happiness of mankind. In big cities so much of the self-sacrifice of these 

 men is concealed and smothered from the world, and is only known to the 

 recipients of their ministrations, and the Master who supports them in their 

 labour of love. The other class are those whose study and practice is to diminish 

 bodily suffering, and bring relief to corporeal pain. The latter class had a noble 

 representative in the friend we mourn. To how many of his fellow-townsmen and 

 women, especially amongst the poorest, was he only known as a genial doctor, 

 whose cheerful voice cheered them, and whose practical skill relieved them in the 

 hour of agony ! The silent tears which glistened in the eyes of many an aged 

 pilgrim on the road towards Breinton on that memorable noon, spoke an eloquent 

 tribute to the worth of him who was passing slowly to his rest. 



"There is one trait of individual character which pertains to no profession, 

 and no rank of life, which may to some extent be constitutional, but which, 

 nevertheless, under good direction, works wonders in a life — and that is, mental 

 and bodily activity. Some men will contrive within the limits of a natural life to 

 perform as much real work as three ordinary commonplace men will accomplish, 

 especially when done with method and for a purpose. It matters not that they 

 have an exacting profession, or a thriving business ; there is still plenty of leisure, 

 or rather opportunity, for work in other) directions. Need we go further for an 

 example than to the editor of the Herefordshire Pomona — who could find exercise 

 for his natural activity in that, and in magisterial duties, endless committees, 

 fungus hunting, listening to the notes of Hereford birds, gathering wild flowers. 



