the poems of this and other authors! He was a member of the Cosmos Club, a charter member of the University Club and for some time on its board of governors; he belonged to the Oldest Inhabitants Association; and for so many years was a member of and a contributor to the work of this Society which is meeting in his honor tonight. All of those associated with these organizations, as well as his neighbors in Center Lovell, Maine, where for so long he spent his summers, and which he loved with all his heart, will remember him with heartfelt affection. Particularly do the members of the Barnard family, speaking in a broad sense, feel his loss. Always a student of genealogy, his attention was naturally attracted to the investigation of his ancestry and the compilation of facts regarding the various branches of that family, an activity which found its expression in the authorship by his pen of the genealogical work entitled "The Eleven Branches of the House of William Barnard". I have said nothing about his religious life. Any account of Judge Barnard's work would be miserably incomplete without this. Enough has been said to show that his life must have been religious. Way back during the period of his days in the army when young men were not usually wont to participate in religious devotions, his diary shows that it was his habit to avail himself of every opportunity to hear the chaplains in camp and to attend church services and even Sunday School when it was possible to do so. Books left by him are full of the written accounts of sermons which he had heard delivered and his comments upon them. In 1887, shortly after his removal to Washington City, he became a member of the Church of the New Jerusalem. From that time on his connection with this church was no hollow formal thing. With him to unite with such an organization meant to work in it. He was always in his place on Sabbath morning. He was at times secretary of the Washington Church and for several years its treasurer, and in 1902 he was chosen as president and continued to hold this office until his death. But his usefulness was broader than this. His ability was recognized by the General Convention of the Church which made him its vice-president and for twenty-one years he held that office. When on February 28, 1923, death knocked at the door of Job Barnard he was found ready and waiting. What is left of the earthly was interred in the National Cemetery at Arlington. But he did not die. No man dies whose life will always be an inspirational memory with those left behind. In his immediate family there remain to "carry on" three sons, Ralph P., Clarence, and Charles Arthur, and an adopted daughter, Mrs. John R. Swanton. His widow, too, the "Flora" of his youthful verses, was left. I feel enriched by having had the privilege of examining the scrap books containing the clippings which he selected and preserved during a series of many years. This I say because these clippings are so truly indicative of the sympathies and aspirations of the man. In closing this sketch of his life I can do no better than to quote those lines of Clarence Urmy which evidently appealed to Judge Barnard, because they are found occupying a conspicuous place in this collection. Do they not accurately portray his real life ambition? "I shall not pass this way again But far beyond earth's When and Where Where on both sides good seeds I sowed. Proceedings of Columbia Historical Society 329 I shall not pass this way again, May wisdom guide my tongue and pen I shall not pass this way again, n deposit with Washington Loan & Trust Co., January 1, 1923 0% of membership dues transferred during year terest on account April and Oct. 1st eal Estate note Securities .................$ 457.56 212.89 8.07 $ 678.52 503.84 $ 174.58 00 Second Converted 44% Liberty Loan Bonds 00 Real Estate note of the Ascension Parish 00 Real Estate note of Dyar VICTOR B. DEYBER, Treasurer. |