Erskine College Development Office Main Street Due West South Carolina 29639
Date:
Ca. 1900
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993.
(On front of base:) WILLIAM MOFFATT GRIER/CITIZEN, SOLDIER/EDUCATOR, SER-/VANT OF CHRIST/BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1843-DIED SEPTEMBER 9, 1899/PRESIDENT OF ERSKINE COLLEGE 1871-1899/HIS SERVICE IS MEASURED NOT BY YEARS BUT BY RESULTS/HE STILL LIVES IN HUNDREDS OF USEFUL LIVES TO WHICH HE GAVE INSPIRATION AND GUIDANCE/LIFE'S WORK WELL DONE/LIFE'S COURSE WELL RUN/LIFE'S CROWN WELL WON AND NOW COMES REST. (On rear of base:) TEACHER IN ERSKINE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY/EDITOR ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN/LOST A LEG IN BATTLE, WILLIAMSBURG, MAY 5, 1862/THE RIGHTEOUS SHALL BE IN EVERLASTING REMEMBERANCE unsigned
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Summary:
Standing figure of Dr. William Moffatt Grier wears a long coat, suit, beard and carries a cane in the crook of his proper right arm. His proper right hand is inside his coat, resting on his chest. He holds a book, possibly a Bible, in his proper left hand. The figure stands a columnic base.
