OCR Text |
Show 124 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. eight hundred miles to the southwest, on the farthest borders of New Mexico, to the out-posts of the Wind river valley, five hundred miles to the northward, enduring hardships, encountering dangers, suffering deprivations, preaching the gospel, establishing schools and performing the various sacred duties of his high office. Never was there a more faithful or devoted worker. In the midst of his great labors, seven years from the time he arrived in Colorado, the Master called him home. The greatness of his success is best told by a brief review of the results. Parishes were organized and churches were built at Golden, Nevada, Georgetown, Pueblo, Canon, Colorado Springs, Idaho, Littleton and Baldwinsville, at Cheyenne and Laramie in Wyoming Territory, and at one or two points in New Mexico. Wolfe Hall, a school for young ladies in Denver, was opened in 1867. Jarvis Hall, a school for boys, was opened near Golden in 1869. A school of mines was added to it in 1871. A divinity school, Matthew's Hall, in 1872. He was a pioneer in the highest sense of the word, and possessed the qualifications which fitted him for the tasks thereby imposed. As an able, learned and eloquent divine he had few equals. He expounded the Christian truth in a manner which went at once to the heart and convinced the understanding. In his social intercourse he was cordial and friendly, and his conversation was always entertaining and instructive. To his excellencies of mind and manner were added those of an exact and far-seeing business man. There are many in Colorado to-day who sacredly cherish his memory and continue to "rise up and call him blessed." At the Memorial and Communion Service of the House |