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Letter to Editor
August 5, 1879
Bristol News
Bristol, Washington County, Virginia
What is this article about?
Excerpt from a private letter by Prof. Edmund Longley, late of Emory and Henry College, expressing poignant farewell upon moving to Science Hill Academy in Shelbyville, Ky. He reflects on his life's work, marriage, family, and sacred ties to the place, requesting burial nearby.
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Prof Edmund Longley.
From a private letter received from Prof. E Longley, late of Emory and Henry College, we infer that he will be associated the coming year with Professors Poynter and Jordan in Science Hill Academy, Shelbyville, Ky.
From his private letter we take the liberty to extract the following:
"My parting pangs spring from association, and nobody is to blame for them. Here I have wrought arduously, with christian purpose, all through the strong days of my life. My impression has touched four or five thousand pupils. Here I met, loved, and married Mary Hammond. Here is the birth-place of my children. Farewell chapel, scene of the marriage and the funeral! I have preached my last sermon there, prayed my last prayer.—Every spot around is sacred, and one the most sacred spot to me on the broad earth. Farewell, O grave! but to thee, I trust, not a last farewell; for bury me, kind friends, close by, when I am dead."
—Holston Methodist.
From a private letter received from Prof. E Longley, late of Emory and Henry College, we infer that he will be associated the coming year with Professors Poynter and Jordan in Science Hill Academy, Shelbyville, Ky.
From his private letter we take the liberty to extract the following:
"My parting pangs spring from association, and nobody is to blame for them. Here I have wrought arduously, with christian purpose, all through the strong days of my life. My impression has touched four or five thousand pupils. Here I met, loved, and married Mary Hammond. Here is the birth-place of my children. Farewell chapel, scene of the marriage and the funeral! I have preached my last sermon there, prayed my last prayer.—Every spot around is sacred, and one the most sacred spot to me on the broad earth. Farewell, O grave! but to thee, I trust, not a last farewell; for bury me, kind friends, close by, when I am dead."
—Holston Methodist.
What sub-type of article is it?
Emotional
Reflective
What themes does it cover?
Education
Religion
What keywords are associated?
Professor Longley
Emory Henry College
Science Hill Academy
Emotional Farewell
Christian Purpose
Marriage Birth Children
Burial Request
What entities or persons were involved?
Prof. E Longley
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Prof. E Longley
Main Argument
prof. longley expresses deep emotional attachment and sorrow in parting from emory and henry college, where he worked, married, and raised children, requesting burial nearby upon death.
Notable Details
Association With Emory And Henry College
Moving To Science Hill Academy In Shelbyville, Ky. With Professors Poynter And Jordan
Married Mary Hammond
Preached Last Sermon And Prayed Last Prayer In Chapel
Sacred Spots Around The College