In Memoriam: James Lyons Chesnut, D.D.

JAMES LYONS CHESNUT, D. D. 31 From Rev. W. R. McChesney, D. D., Pres– ident of Cedarville College : "Dr. James L. Chesnut and I were close friends for twenty-four years, from the very day we met. I never knew a man who was so genial, pure and true as a friend. "Dr. Chesn:ut was a man of big heart,. without guile, a magnetic and interesting speaker, a faithful ambassador of Christ, a loyal churchman, and a godly man. I miss his counsel and encouragement. The Church and mankind have lost a man who was their devoted and genuine friend." From J. G. .Carson, D. D., LL. D., Pro– fessor Emeritus, Xenia Theological Semi– nary, Xenia, Ohio. An Appreciation. It affords me pleasure to pay a small trib– ute of appreciation to the m.emory of my friend and brother, Dr. James Chesnut. Though our acquaintance was brief and our intercourse somewhat interrupted, yet espe– cially toward the last it was quite intimate and confidential. From the first that which specially im– pressed me was the simplicity and sincerity of his character and conversation; so that one was constrained to say of him as the Lord said of Nathaniel, "Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile." Though pos– sessed of great abilities as a preacher and theologian, yet there seemed to be no con– sciousness of it on his part; but "in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom,