. The uplift [serial] . a journey pastall these spots, with time to stop,look up the other interesting things,and talk with those who keep upwith such. REV. EDGAR TUFTS. Our good friend, D, Briars of ^^^ St^^, who has just gone west. 1J» st°Tymountains roads like atabors way up in the fastnesses of the Mery ou ^ rf romance. Rev. Edgar Tufts, who ha, earned the ^ educated scores of young, of^ them ou into unselfishiy and aries, gathered up the sick and tne ;^f^^dreds shut out fromfaithfully as bread east upon the waters I w I .il 16 THE UPLIFT opportunities, has gone to his reward, ha
. The uplift [serial] . a journey pastall these spots, with time to stop,look up the other interesting things,and talk with those who keep upwith such. REV. EDGAR TUFTS. Our good friend, D, Briars of ^^^ St^^, who has just gone west. 1J» st°Tymountains roads like atabors way up in the fastnesses of the Mery ou ^ rf romance. Rev. Edgar Tufts, who ha, earned the ^ educated scores of young, of^ them ou into unselfishiy and aries, gathered up the sick and tne ;^f^^dreds shut out fromfaithfully as bread east upon the waters I w I .il 16 THE UPLIFT opportunities, has gone to his reward, having fallen victim to pneumoniaThe accompanying tributes tell how faithfully he labored, and how he wasproperly oved. His life is an inspiration. I wonder what a monumentalwoik could be accomplished in a short time if every one of the hundredcounties in .North Carolina each had just two unselfish, on-fire with the prop-er spirit men like tins little man-the devil would feel like finding easierfields for operation. °. Faithful un-to death is therecord of the lifeof one of Godsi noblemen, Tufts, ofBanner Elk, who died Sat-urday morningJanuary 6th. Hisfatal illness wasdoubtless contracted through expo-sure to cold and contagion in minis-tering to the people to whom lie de-dicated his life, as pastor and teach-er, friend . and counsellor; His ideaof duty was revealed inhis answer to the question of a fellowstudent as they were leaving theseminary for their respective fieldsof service. His friend, knowing hehad calls to several attractive pla-ces, asked why he had chosen Ban-ner Elk, then considered one of theworst places in North Carolina. Hisanswer was prompt and characteris-tic: ? That is the reason I am goingthere. His choice has been fullyjustified by the changes wroughtthrough his unfaltering devotion - tohis purpose, to make the bad good,and the good better. Without a church building orschool house, he preached whereverhe could gather a little congregation,a
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