JOHN 137 



a soldier at attention, as the procession 

 passed through the front gateway and 

 down the village street. Of all the tributes 

 to Dr. Upham, this one of John's seemed 

 to me to be the most beautiful. The next 

 day I asked him why he would not go 

 into the chapel. Very slowly and timidly 

 he said: "I did not want to see Dr. Up- 

 ham look like that, I want always to re- 

 member him as I used to see him going 

 about." 



In closing this character-sketch I wish 

 to pass beyond my own estimate, and to 

 quote the words of a man who for many 

 years was close to John in daily associa- 

 tion, a man of large charity and yet never 

 inclined to weaken either a Christian doc- 

 trine or a Christian demand. After John's 

 death, this man said: "This morning I 

 have been thinking of John. He did not 

 know much about the Lord, but I believe 

 that he did live up to his light." 



