C. Conference, M. E. Chuich,
South, about 1857 or 1858. To
the late lamented Dr. Craven,
the real founder of the Cotlege,
he rjaid this tribute : "The eye
dims, the heart swells, the
tongue falters as that name of
blessed memory calls for utter
ance, and I fain would avoid it
lest I might not pronounce with
becoming reverence. But could
there have been an Iliad with
out a Homer ? Could there have
been a temple without a Solo
mon? Could there have been
flowers without sunshine? Could
there have been love without a
heart? Could there be a universe
without a God? Then there
could have been no Trinity Col
lege without a Braxton Craven
But he nends no feeble words of
praise from me. His works do
follow him; and the power of
his intellect, the glory of his
life, and the grandeur of his
achievements will live in their
impress upon the future as long
as learning shall have a friend,
-truth an admirer, or ambition a
devotee. Brethren, we loved
him because we knew he loved
us, and our tongues will cleave
to the roofs our mouths syid our
right hands will forget their
cunning ere we shall cease to
cherish that nam of all names
dearest to us as .Trinitarians.
