Excerpt from The Howler, 1916, Vol. 14 During these four years of storm and stress he maintained an ardent and enthusiastic devotion to the Greek language, as a result of the in uence of the scholarly and inspiring teaching of his old master at Furman, Professor P. C. Edwards. On his return from the war he at once took charge of a preparatory school, which he conducted with such success that he was elected a member of the Faculty of Wake Forest College in January, 1866, and has thus attained theunique record of having completed a half-century of continuous service as a col lege professor. Dr. Royall was ordained as a minister of the gospel in 1869, and for thirty seven years served as pastor of country and village churches. In all of these churches the memory of his gentle in uence and untiring devotion is cherished as a perpetual benediction. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Judson Col lege in 1886, and that of Doctor of Laws by Furman University in 1907. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."