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

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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

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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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phase to be seated, and then I listed ray eye upon b knot hole in the pin libamd floor, and I talked ntoul Our Blessed l rd, aibd about tlie r eFpoiwitnliliefl- of a man in Ihik petition. I looked up and avr tears, in the General x eye . Then I took eourafie and urged him n be confirmed. Al Ui»t he tame to inc. and toot ekjiil my hands in his. and said : L 1 have been wailing Tor twenty yen™ to ha e someone say ihi to me, and I thank you from my heart. Certainly I shall lie eo rimed. if you will give me Ihe ne«-s«Lcy it ml met ion. And so, a few weeks Afterward, General Bragg was confirmed hy Bishop Elliott, in tlte presence of his array, and made hi Insi communion. These an characteristic iDCkteatsof a really wonderful career, And jt-i ltim- simple and uu reserved he was tons, at Sewn- luc ! How well he knew t C students ind hridualty . and how free they fcl t in tlieir Liilereou.r e with hint ! I Uw be jested wilb Ibem.-and leased or scolded (beta, in his warm ■ hearted aitd demonstrative way — always wady to hear the lak of tin or sorrow. to comfort the mourner, and help tlte weak! It seems, impossible that HleM hou]d 1 Sewaitec without hiiu,atid even now we hardly realize that he wife! not return, that it i all aver, that he i« pmc fnnn this, earlhLy Life forever. Vel the spin! he helped lo ereatc shall live On, His Influence can nut die. !! ' - ivnrk shall remain. His name and memory shall be sacred and lieloved. while one stone stands upon another, and white one general i n: of students- succeeds another in the Unlvemly of the South.