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report on the woody shrubs, etc., was of great and popular value. He had also 

 ready for the press a treatise on edible mushrooms, which would be of much use 

 to the people of this country, should it see the light. 



These were his amusements, and such is an imperfect statement of the results. 

 Yet they never diverted his thoughts or labors from the cure of souls, in which 

 he delighted, or from his Master's cause, for which he lived. Besides the care 

 of his own parish, he served for many years as a member of the Standing Com- 

 mittee of the Diocese of North Carolina. He was sent as a deputy to the 

 General Convention and to the Southern Councils as often as he could be m- 

 duced to accept the trust, and was the clerical trustee from North Carolina of 

 the " University of the South," from its inception through his life, and ren- 

 dered to its interests wise and faithful service. 



To his family and parish, to which he was so dear, and to his diocese and 

 brethren that so highly regarded his noble qualities and eminent usefulness, the 

 departure of such a man is a mosc sad loss. One who had been in intimate 

 relatioivs with him for well nigh half a century may close this scanty sketch by 

 saying that in all that time he has met no man to whom he gave a heartier 

 es*:eem, or a more sincere affection ; no man more true in word and deed, more 

 steadfast in friendship, of a more beautiful simplicity, of a more sterling worth, 

 of a more humble temper of devotion. 



Science did not mislead him into the paths of skepticism ; for 

 him 



" The earth was crammed with heaven. 

 And every common bush afire with God." 



God's wondrous worlis were visible to him in every plant he saw, 

 and all his converse with nature only drew him nearer to that divine 

 life to\7ards which it was his mission to lead his fellow men. 



To our young men we point to his life as an example of the im- 

 mense advantage of patient training, and of the renown it is possible 

 to achieve by quiet, unobtrusive worii, even in the stillness of the 

 forest. Also to our young men, and to all men, we will say, his life 

 was the proof that profound scientific study is not only not incom- 

 patible with profound faith in revealed religion, but is the safest 

 path through which to attain it. - 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



"Enumeration of Plants growing Spontaneously around Wil- 

 mington, North Carolina," with remarks on some new and obscure 

 species, by Moses A. Curtis, A. M., vol. 1, No. 2, Boston Journal of 

 Natural History, Communication Sept. 3d. 1834. Reprint with 



