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chahi.es marsh mbad 



Ttie late Protesf 



in Boston, V 

 and tliiiikei', 

 able man 



Mead, Whoso death 

 n was little noticCLl 

 s not merely a scholar 

 but a remarkably lov- 

 1 .sfiholar he wa.s patlenr, 

 irlminatlnB- and thorough, and united ac- 

 curacy with literary iwwcr. Thr.so qualities 

 ntted him eminently tor hi.'J scrvire .is a 

 member of the Company of RpviK^r!-. ol' the 

 Old Testament. It wlil be rpn'.cinli.rcd lhal 

 in the edition of tlie Revised i',iblp iirst pub 



if tl-ie ringlish 

 :-0(!. those of 

 in tbe text 

 n llic Appen- 

 I'oed that for 



in. Much 

 ch contin 

 I'rofessor 

 1 between 

 apart, In- 



llshcd, when the prr 1% i 

 and American nvis'is diiTfre 

 the Englishmop v.,,. 

 and those of thi- A/M' }1 ans in 

 dix. It was also mutually agi'i 

 ten years this should bp tin n: 

 the Revised Bible pubii.-hed. 

 piratlon of this period drew m 

 Vlvlnp American rcyisLr.s pi 

 American Revision for publiea 

 the larger part of tids labor, w 

 ucd throush five ypius. fell up, 

 Mead. The (ouiparlson of vie 

 the five cviKPi-s, who lived fa 

 volved a vast amount of coi- 

 The reconsideration of language, the prep- 

 aration of references and the proof-rcadim; 

 demanded much time and toil. 'J'he rrsull 

 of these labors Is now very generally recog- 

 nized as the best Kn.tclish version of the 

 Bible which we i.o:-.— ss. T.cj us not forget 

 the gratitude due fo those who at great 

 Self-sacrilice and wiliiout a ponny of finan- 

 cial r.'ward gave tjs this blfs.slnfjr. 



Professor Mead was eminoni not merely 

 ae a scholar, but as a (hinker. Thought, 

 rather than the niceties of learning, was hia 

 aelight. In ins professorship of Hebrew at 

 Andover he was faithful, but in his pro- 

 fessorehip of systematic tlieology at Harl- 

 ford he occupied his congenial field. His 

 two volumes. "Supernatural Revelation" 

 and "Irenic Theology." are for clearness 

 and beauty of style, and viRor of thought, 

 among the best rellglou;- yrilin^s ol' recent 

 years. In his Jen d' cr;prii, "Konians Dis- 

 sected, by E. D. McRcalsham." ids alr.i was 

 to satirize, not the legitimate HiRhcr Criti- 

 cism, but hasty and sweeping assertions 

 ■which assume that n<ime. 



Professor Mead was not merely a Chris- I 



tian scholar, but a patriotic citizen. He 

 icept posted upon all important events oc- 

 curring in our country and the world, and 

 was eager that they should make for right- 

 rousnei He wrote often for the newspa- 

 r.ers and whether the reader agreed with 

 1 i ■ 'rnliraents or not, he could not help re- 

 sne. ling the writer. Now it was a protest 

 > ,insl our occupation o£ the Philippines. 

 t^Hin' It was an appeal to our Government, 

 hv'rtp,.iinin- to fortify the Panama Canal, 

 -rv the world a step forward toward 

 universal peace. Again, it was a defence 

 of the great name of Daniel Webster from 

 the charge of drunkenness. 



He loved his country and thought it the 

 best land on earth, but he detested the > n- 

 reired assumption that America leads the 

 world in everything. He saw, on the con- 

 , that the older lands have many les- 

 «*«ns"io teach us, not merely about art and 

 "sc encc but about home lite civil govern- 

 ment, honesty, reverence, coltfentment and 



°°"Twas eminently a man of devotional 

 Spirit a true worshipper of God. No An- 

 dover student of his Ume can forget how 

 his cle ir musical voice used to lead the 

 singing at daily prayers. And as he took 

 part in singing the hymns In the. Yale 

 University chapel, on the Sunday before his 

 death, nis voice retained much of its old 

 quality. 



His wnoie soul demanded ro public wor- 

 ship the union of reverence and intelligence 

 For this reason the responsive readings of 

 Scripture, as they are commonly rendered 

 in our churches, were positively repug- 

 nant to him. To have the glorious, sub- 

 lime wordfi of psaliiiists and prophets rat-, 

 tied off ae though one were summoning a 

 railway porter, seemed to him desecration. 



In the most beautiful sense ot the words, 

 Professor Mead was an everyday man. He 

 wag as rimpie and unpreten lions as a 

 child. He never tried to impress his friends 

 with his own importance. His conversation 

 was varied entertaining', olten humorous, 

 full of valuable facts and thoughts, but not 

 monopoiiKlng. He cared as much, or more, 

 to heiir what his friend liad to say, as to 

 speak himself. 



Whcrevpi be lived--in Jliddlebury, An- 

 dover. H-u-tlord, New Haxpn, or Germany 

 t hP found devoted friends who appreciated 

 his rare worth. His exauiple deepens our 

 faith in thp larger life which awaits the 

 eons and daughters of the Lord. 



Henbx S. Huntington 

 Milton. Mass., March 7. 



