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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), A noble life. (search)
an's heart toward the creator. The tinkle of the widow's mite, as it fell into the treasury, gave the key-note to the sacrificial song of the ages: and after two thousand years, the nameless widow means for us,—All for God. Wheresoever the gospel of faith and love has been and shall be preached, a little deed that a woman did has been and shall be told for a memorial of her; so for faith and devotion the name of Mary of Bethany shall forever stand. Thus stands St. John for love; St. Peter for repentance unto good works; St. Paul for lion-like courage and holy zeal. Aeneas, with old Anchises on his back, stands for filial piety; Curtius for self-sacrifice; Lucretia for purity; Horatius for courage; Cato, noblest Roman of them all, stands for stern integrity. These illustrate that ancient story and tell us why man's memory endures. Here in a newer land and a later age, the name of a great Virginian stands for the qualities that mark a grand character, and by these he w