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"But 1 must speak of him yet again as a man of God. He felt that his duty was but
half done when he had served his fellow-men; he must serve his Lord and Master too, and he
responded to the claims of religion as he responded to all other duties, in no half-hearted service,
but in a sincere and manly way. The Bible was the book for him, and there he found the spirit
that made him one of God's noblest creatures.
•' He loved the house of God; he loved the fellowship of good people; he loved his Saviour;
and he loved to think and talk about that glory which through faith he was allowed to inherit.
•'As a citizen, he lives in the hearts of his friends—honored in life, and lamented in death.
"As a legislator and ruler, his people's praise is his monument. As a patriot and soldier,
his fame will stand immortal on the page of history. As a Christian he ' rests from his labors
and his works do follow him.'"
"in MEMORIAM general B. G. HUMPHREYS.
"Port Gibson, December 28th, 1SS2.
"At a called meeting of the Claiborne county branch of the Southern Historical Society, held
at the Court-house in Port Gibson, on this date, the following memorial was unanimously adopted:
" MEMORIAL.
"I. When a noble citizen dies, it becomes the community in which he lived to stop for
awhile the hum of business and pursuit of pleasure, to consider the lesson taught by his life-work,
and to hear testimony to his virtues. The late Benjamin G. Humphreys was such a citizen. As
a son, he was obedient and affectionate; as a brother, social and kind; as a husband and father,
loving and considerate; as a friend, steadfast and true; as legislator and ruler, wise in counsel,
prudent in action; as a soldier, brave and zealous; in all the relations of life pure and without
reproach; in all things setting an example worthy of universal imitation.
" n. As brothers-in-arms with him, in a cause dearer to his loyal soul than life itself, we
mourn him as in a special sense 'our dead,' and tender his bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy
in the great sorrow which, by the will of God, has come upon them and us.
"HI. We know that he has left us for a higher sphere, yet the aroma of his life work
remains and the memory of his many virtues will, in the future as in the past, incite our ardent
emulation and keep alive in us the hope of meeting him in that land—
" Where loyal hearts and true
Stand ever in the light;
Ail rapture through and through,
In God's most holy sight.
"Resolved, That this memorial be spread upon the minutes of the Society, and copies of
it be sent to his family, and to the Southern Reveille and the Port Gibson News; and that it be
published in the records of the Southern Historical Society.
We also give extracts from the following letters from old friends:
NnwELL Logan,
A. J. Lewis,
Job Routh,
W. Person,
J.
Amos Burnet,
Committee. " *
"Vazoo City, I\Iiss., I\Iay 18, 1SS3.
"Dr. F. Humphreys:
"Dear Sir. —You have requested me to furnish you any inlormalion I have relating to the
liislory of my lamented friend. General Benjamin G. Humphreys.
• Southern Hhtorknl Society /".i/.vj April-May, iScj , p =40