The Message of a Strenuous Life : In Memoriam, the Very Rev. George Monro Grant, D.D., LL. D., C. M. G (Classic Reprint) (9780243520077)

Excerpt from The Message of a Strenuous Life: In Memoriam, the Very Rev. George Monro Grant, D.D., LL. D., C. M. G A rare thing, a sight impressive and inspiring, was seen in the city of Kingston the other day. The whole city was out of doors. The merchants left their trade, the professional men their offices, the clerks their place of service; men came from the great factories and shops of industry, teachers and scholars came from the schools, and the claims of the home and the social circle were for a time forgotten. The whole city was out of doors, lining the streets as if to receive some royal Visitor. But it was no gala day. Over the University and all the public buildings, flags were flying half-mast, the voices of business and pleasure were hushed, and, without distinction of class or creed, men and women and little children stood subdued and reverent as in some sacred presence. What meant those vast and silent crowds? And why were men of note and distinction in Church and State gathered there from far and near? Principal Grant was dead, and on that day his mortal dust was borne away to its last resting place out on the sunlit hill. What wonder that the city mourned, for he was gone whose citizenship was its proudest boast. What wonder that strong men felt the grief that lies too deep for tears, for he was gone whose strength they needed most of all. Who was this man? What manner of life was his? Why were men linked to him by bands stronger than steel? Whatmessage has this strenuous life for you and me? These are questions we well may ask in this place, for this church and congregation was a special care to him; here he delighted to preach, and, for a score of years, he was your guide, your counsellor, your friend. Next to Queen's University, St. Andrew's Church had a place in his thoughtful love, because of the helpful and holy past. We say we knew him well. The members of St. Andrew's Church have good reason to think they knew him as he was known perhaps to no other congregation in Canada. But who that knows anything of the public men of our time did not know him? Almost any of us could pass judgment upon him and write an estimate of his life and work. In East and West it has been done by scores, and might have been done by hundreds more. He was so frank, so outspoken, so unguarded in his self expression that we think we would be dull indeed if we did not know him. And yet when we stand before the awful fact that Principal Grant is gone we feel that there was something in him more than we had seen, a deeper note we had not heard, a some thing elusive, undefined, but strong, which half-revealed and half-concealed the soul within. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

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• Format Paperback | 22 pages
• Dimensions 152 x 229 x 1mm | 45g
• Publication date 11 Jan 2019
• Publisher Forgotten Books
• Language English
• Illustrations note Illustrations, black and white
• ISBN10 0243520077
• ISBN13 9780243520077

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