In Memoriam Henry Harrison Cumings, Charlotte J. Cumings (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from In Memoriam Henry Harrison Cumings, Charlotte J. CumingsTo be joyous in my work, moderate in my pleasures, chary in my confidences, faithful in my friendships, to be en ergetic but not excitable, enthusiastic but not fanatical, loyal to the truth as I see it, but ever open - minded to the newer light, to abhor gush as I would profanity, and to hate cant as I would a lie, to be careful in my promises, punctual in my engagements, candid with myself and frank with others, to discourage shams and rejoice in all that is beautiful and true' to do my work and live my life so that neither shall require defense or apology, to honor no one simply because rich or famous, and despise no one because humble or poor, to be gentle and considerate toward the weak, respectful and yet self-respecting toward the great, courteous to all, obsequious to none, to seek wisdom from great books and inspiration from good men, to invigorate my mind with noble thoughts as I do my body with sunshine and fresh air, to prize all sweet human friendships and seek to make at least one home happy to have charity for the erring, sympathy for the sorrowing, cheer for the despondent, to be indifferent to none, helpful to some, friendly with all, to leave the world a little better off because of me, and to leave it, when I must, bravely and cheer fully, with faith in God and good will to all my fellowmen this shall be my endeavor during the coming year.Henry Harrison Cumings was born in Monmouth, Illi nois, December I, 1840. We do not find that any of his an cestors bore the name Henry Harrison, but we recall that William Henry Harrison had just been elected President of the United States on the Whig ticket after the most exciting presidential campaign in all our history. The politics of the family may therefore be considered as settled. The religious teachings may also be judged from the fact that the next two sons which came to bless the family were named Charles Elliott and Francis Asbury. Rev. Charles Elliott, D. D. Had recentlv been elected to the editorship of the Western Chris tian Advocate, and Rev. Francis Asbury was the first and greatest apostle of Methodism on the American continent.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.