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bishop returned to us from time to
time, with cheerful benedictions.
Towards the last, in extreme
old age, he breathed nothing but love
and benignity, presenting us a pic-
ture truly venerable and apostolic.
His last word in his last letter to his
friend Dr. Phillips, written only a
week or two before his death, was:
"Pray for the unity of the church."

The Bishop was of Quaker ancestry,
and something of the simplicity and
loving kindness that marked his char-
acter may be ascribed tothis descent.
In early life, his churchmanship was
of the old-fashioned type - "high and
dry." He was a zealous worker for
the church and was never quite so
happy as when he had begun, or was
assisting to consecrate a new church
edifice. The pretty little Episcopal
church edifice in Chapel Hill owes its
existence to his labors. Every birck
in it is a memorial of him. The
chancel had been draped in black
since his death, which occured Feb-
ruary 13.

But few particulars of his last hours
have reached his friends here. His life
had been greatly prolonged and his
health to the age of 89 was wonderful.
He enjoyed life to the last, and said he
prayed he might not be having all his
good things in this life. To a man of
89 years death cannot be said to come
unexpectedly, but our good friend
seems to have died suddenly. He had
waked to a new day, alwasy a subject
for gratitude to him, and had just re-
peated, "Glory to God - for all the
blessings of the light." "Keep me, O
Keep me, King of Kings, Beneath thine
own Almightly Wings," when death
touched him softly and his matin song
was finished in Heaven.

I was very much pleased to learn
from President Battle yesterday that
Mr. P. C. Cameron has signified his
intention to place a tablet to the
memory of his old friend and his
father's life-long friend in University
Memorial Hall. Bishop green be-
longed to the class of 1818. The ven-
erable Dr. Morrison, first president of
Davidson College, was a classmate,
and is, I think, now sole survivor.
From 1820 to 1850 Bishop Green was
associated more or less intimately
with all the men then prominent in
North Carolina: Bishop Ravenscroft,
Bishop Ives, Judge Cameron, Judge
Badger, Judge Henderson, Judge
Nash, Judge Battle, Gov. Swain, Sen-
ator Mangum, Gov. Graham, Hon.
Hugh Waddell.

These good and great men have all
passed away. They were an honor to
the state in their life. People were
proud to know them, and loved to
talk of them. When they die we
should recall them from time to time
- tell our children what they were,
how they lived and why they were