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TOUCHSTONE which gave him the well-deserved title of “the grand old man” of the institution and which furnish us with lessons to be learned and practiced and never to be forgotten. For God. for home, for native land”—how applicable to him is this quotation! I)r. Lyte has said of him: “All through his life, and I knew him well, in his daily tasks, in the performance of his school duties, in his everyday relations with those about him. as in his religious life, in church and in his Bible class, the one question that seemed to be asked by him was. Is it right? If the answer was an affirmative one. he knew his duty, and he did it. His work is ended, and when all human records of it have sunk into oblivion the imperishable record carved into the immortal lives of his students will 'till be bright.
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»4 TOUCHSTONE death, with the exception of nine months' service in the Union Army as a captain of a company in the I22d Regiment, I . V. He served in various departments and taught Mathematics. Astronomy, a full college course in Latin and Greek, German and English Grammar. Etymology and the Bible. Dr. Byerly was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church, of Lancaster. He became a member of the Long Run Presbyterian Church, near his early home, about i860; into this church he had been received by baptism in childhood. He was quite regular in church attendance and walked to and from church in Lancaster nearly every Sabbath before there was any mode of conveyance on that day. He took turns with Professors Wickersham, Brooks and Hull in Sabbath lectures at the Normal. Dr. Ityerly was an exemplary Christian and. as such, exerted ; wholesome and helpful influence u]x n those with whom he came in touch. He wrote many lectures and addresses, which he delivered, and also the memoirs of John V. Montgomery and of Ja r.es P. Wickersham. His wife was Annie Eliza Hershey. Tlu ir union was blessed with eight children, of whom four survive: May M.; Dr. Paul R., a dentist in Lancaster; Robert C. a student in theology at Princeton, and Ethel, teaching at Manhattan. Kan. Dr. P.yerly died January 7. 1911, having reached the age of 77 years. 6 months and 1 day. To persons who have never been connected with this school Dr. P.yerly will possibly be known only as an instructor in Latin, but to those of us who have come under his influence, who have sat under his instruction. who have been in his classes, both during the week and on Sunday morning in Bible class, and who have met with him in our Sunday evening prayer meeting and other services of a religious nature he will be more than an instructor. The time may j ossiblv come when we shall have forgotten all the Latin we ever learned here, but there are lessons which have l een taught and lived bv our departed teacher which will never be forgotten—his two precepts. “Honor bright and thorough work ; his patience with the slow pupil: his devotion to his work; his active interest in our religious services: his loyalty to the cause of Christ—these are qualities
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