University of the South - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Sewanee, TN)

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Id private conversation his graceful and graci ™ mnuniT and lib ready n-it uuabled Itim to stand up for bis opint with singular OLilt-iglilncss and fearlcssnestv and yet generally without giving ijersonal offense. Wlicu a friend in New York twitted Itim with building a church at Eewanecfliid fining it St. Paul ' -on the Vountaln, and asked why there should be such a combination, the Bishop readily- replied : Because St- Paul piLsu-huJ on Man Hill, (It m a favorite theory at ibat lime, baaed on tin- statement nf »iik ' Cher . kve Indians, i:i:u ' ■ Sewjmee ' ' meant L - Mother ' s. Mountain ) Just before- like battle- of Franklin, Tcnn., in 1864. a ftmwuw Confederate Gener al, ririiowned not only foi his pcrsoiHil bravery but also for his remarkable profanity, had ridnlen up with hi stuff u a place where a piece of artillery was stalled in the mini, and in great rage had begun tn i-uw irn- nuil,--- .-mil llie drier™ in hi% uumided vocabulary. The members of the staff sat eh tbeir horses in dumb silence. The- bit -cik-iI alumst thick with ualhs. Just then Dr. Quintard rode up to the group of officers, listened for a single moment, ami then, spurring his Iwrne straight against tlte General ' s in his extraordinary and impulsive way. Hvizcd the General ' s cent wiib his Luft baitd and shaking; his rjg i fuTvJinj. ! in lis- i:kv with ivji-miht said; Si ■ | ■ sli 5t | . ill | Respect thai Cod into whose prrseuec you may go before ibb day ix «ver. The General for half a second lftofced at hi™ with anianed anger, and then very gently removed the Chtplivin ' s tunnl farm his rmi mid iid : IkfCtor, I Ij ?h ymir pardon, and turning to his staff. Gentlemen. I nptilug fur my hasty tenijKr acid my paSfliuiiate words ' jfl fc -t jM After the war, when J5r, (jnhit-ird made his first visi latum tu S ' ashville, as- Risltopof Tcnncs- Jj V see. thai General presented himself for eniiSrinatuni, and after the service lie went into the vestry - m J r :H)in nnd said, Hbthup, I have- tried hard xinpe that day al Franklin to Overcome tny evil hnbit a S and, by {i n5 s Iii-Ljj, I ljelicve that I am siu.veediiijj- [T l , Almost inn HULL ' mJ 1 ' j arc the struies t»1d . bun when be was Chaplain in the army, all illus- trating the etMiraftc and the poxiliveiiess uf his- eininmhs, the kindness of his heart. The writer I B «nii;ridrtt a railway eonduetui say i rift to hint one day: You. know, I belong to Bishop (jutn- ■ikted vici-c« iicii.i.wt taT - H f»wd my ley and perhaps my I iff at Chk-katitaiiga. ' How was that ' 1 Well h yoy ' • ,m ™ see, I was badly wounded in the riftht left, aim had been taken to a loft bouse near by. When the surgeons came they said at once tli.it c hi.- I1.7: must lm amputated, and I begged tbem not to- do it. But it was of no use. They got tbeir saws ready, and jnsi as tbey were alM°?u.t to begin, in came Dr. Quintard, and [ appealed tobim. lie examined the wound and said to the .lurgeons.: ' What are you going to do ? And they replied. ' We ' lie got to amputate

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[t is hi; tltt olgect of this article X biit ' i bi(ij;r:ip]ij- of thus Bishop, bul to tell, if possible, in a simple way. what TiuimiiTF «f man lie was, l f nr ids lifr, it mjiy sjufEee kn s ay that he was bom December n, 18,14, consecrated rSiahop 0.i..Im. ' t rt, 1S 5, reojieited tlte rniv rsily SeptL-ndK ' T tS, iMA. and died February 15, 189S, He was Bishop of TeatKtfee fur lhirty lliTce ;v:ir- livi-d :Lt ScwaiLtj finr nLMrly thirty yearn, being its first Vicc-Chanccllor. Hi- wiii, :l [iT -;nhLT n:.f prmarLahJe c]nt|m-ru-L ' . ;l siatwart Churchman, 3 j;ciitlcninn of ttic finest type ; ;i Igvcr nif jlI] j jhwI things in nrt, lilL-ralucc. ' and isdence ; a man of culture Jinn refined rnslv ; .1 U y;tl friend,, gvncn ' niil 4h? ji fault and boundless ill IlLh hospitality, Ills nature was hri ht, JGyOus. and impulsive, and a pu did IbDt dLtikilkLstl thu exceeding tenderness of bin kM and ny rji|Kit]iy f.nr yqiLnn dll ' ti hiihI his hSl-I ! Itc in iheir society. He Lived the larger life ben,-, .inn) |Ki ed an uj its hill IVel! Lichn. in his. lipe fge, before his eye was dim or his natural force lotted. HIckmm) 3tv ilm drad wba die in ilk: I bril : even so saith the Spirit, for they rest from tidr flabpiiTK, mud iheir worts du follow Item. Ilixlmp (Juiiii.Tru ' s ehaiJL-ter wad, iiutkird by three, special junlilits, which stand out enn- spicnously in any |H»rtr.iii we may draw uf him. He bad great conviction and great courage and a great hear). Few tticii linve belie vird inure druply than he did, and still fewer have had his courage M declare und defend psnvicLiomt. This made him a powerful factor in any movement. nn.l -nr him the wonderful so«e«s in his Appeals for Sewanec in the early days: for in Ibis work he was enthu it Ik . pendsiem ami sritnjJy invincible, fbe file of the newspapers in most of the ffoultii-rn tities. during the years between 1808 and iSjs are fillud with notices of tlte Bishop ' s visit on liehalf of the University cuf tlw South, with praises of his eloquence, bis uiLuijfy, his personal magnetism, not without reference tn his high £-liun-hmiLiishi|i ' ' and iht f;it-l that people of -ill shades of opinion thronged the churches to hear him xjn-ak. No one wl™ knew the Bishop) in those days can forget bis quiet and it rvons figure, his, brij;ht cye f liis slrong face inipiix(nw,-d in the jrt-blacfe beard, his voice — lite no other rate Wtvra Imard — as musieaL as the lute and resonant ut silver bugle; his trenumdous 1 ■nii ' iiiliiBlii r hilt ringing words, his | a. tainnale richness atid force of expression. When be wvni to England Lti Ufoj the newspapers tlKTe were captivated In- biM jtowor in tli pulpit, One of the Liverpool dailies said thai ilu; Hiiihon of Tennessee speak » KnglislL better than an RngLWunui, and preaches with the fire and eJe mesx of I Ct tiLiiti(. lh C4MHXRATED k + 1.1

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And lir did. He nursed me lher far two weeks, ami 1 li- the kg. ' ' NanseJLst ' ; ' said Mil- Chaplain, ' 111 take care of him smw llin t, li-y is :is ;j(k ' m! in. llie Othtf. 1 After the lxitLK- l L-raiiLlin Df. Quintard went over tlie field and ftnmd the bodies of six onV-T w1m:n he knew hired negro mrm t« mlK six flaiii wooden coffins, helped hini m put Litem into a -wagon,, and then drove with them liimtvelf alxjiit sisiiecii miles to AshwowU where In? interred them with the service of the Chun-h. There was .in isu,-i U-cit which tli Bishop used lo tell EW the eifcoouragement of his younger clergy. He said: V«m know, there was out man in the nnny that I cotdd never get at, and that was the Cwnroaiider-in-Chief. General Bragg. He h™! the reimlation of being so Me™, and so shar|h in hi- -.iiv.l-.iii. thai nnny men were afraid to go near him. ITet I often tlioughl of hint Ln eoitBectiou with ■ i ■ ■■ wrt. ] LV nevercame to the Communion, nnd I :n? ' er iLe rdof his being a member of lay rL4igiousdenoininali«n. Si , when the army waseamped fit Jvhel- byville, and ttalbop Kllirvit h:id kivl-ei me notice of a vifcitnlmn. I deter- mined to have a talk with General Jira g. It was late in Ibe JifLer- noon when I started tor hi headquarters. 1 found two K-njs and a -Liiti ;,t tli HiutL-r ii=ir- I asked for GetieraL Bragg, and the sentiy Maid : ■ Vou can not see him, He is very busy, and has given positive orders not. to be disturbed), except for a matter of life and death. ' Thai cooled itiv enthusiasm,, fend I returned lo my own quarter , ami all tire night Um% bLamed ■ :- Af for my timidity, Tiie Kit day I started «Jt .-ij dn. I Lbutid the same sentry, and received the same repjy. This tiinc r however, I wjj. rebuked to see the General, im blatter wliat happened, I aid.: It b a matter of lifv and death. The sentry withdrew, and in a few minutes relumed and said : ■ Yon can see the GoUTfJ, but I advise, you in lie brief. He is not in a good brunor. ' Thin chilled mc hut I went in. I found the General dictating to two secretaries. He met me and said : ' Well. Dr. QuiiLttrd, what can 1 do f«r yuu. 1 am quite busy, ' 1 .stain meted out that I wanted lo see him hy himself. He snid that was impossible, hut 1 persisted. Finally, he dixmiw d the secretaries, and said: ' Your inisiness must be of grave importance, sir. I -.v. very jnueh frightened, hut I asked the General ■J ■=H AI-LJUH if I ME. 0 [ [R ( ' F THE H-31IH TlLlF IT, JOfeh OF JEHU- LOMK , l«li