It was unusually difficult for the people of the Diocese to realize that Bishop Cheshire would no longer be with them. He had possessed such a lovable and dynamic personality, had so largely molded the character of the Diocese, and had been its Bishop for so long that his people found it hard to associate the idea of death with him. He had baptized, confirmed, or married many of them, had entered sympathetically into the pleasures and problems of their secular as well as their spiritual lives, and thus endeared himself to them to an extent far beyond the capacity of most men. In the words of the Presiding Bishop, James DeWolf Perry: "It is impossible to foresee a time when his influence will not be felt, his penetrating mind will not be esteemed or when his name will cease to be held in grateful and loving remembrance."
THE CHAPEL OF THE CROSS, CHAPEL HILL
From a drawing by Mary de B. Graves
Notes
CHAPTER I. YOUTH AND MANHOOD
[1] Joseph Blount Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life for My Children," Carolina Churchman, March, 1934. Hereafter, this work is cited simply as "Some Account of My Life."
[2] This manuscript was written on February 12, 1866. It is owned by Mr. J. B. Cheshire, Jr., of Raleigh.
[3] Cheshire, "Some Account of My Life," Carolina Churchman, May, 1934.
[4] Ibid., December, 1934.