The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-02

red "Agamemnon, King oil MEM
will again stand in this chamber |
. Of the bcwildered and staggering |
eautful rod, !" rich with the blossoms |
Of patriotic love and hope, the life OF
manning to give animation, grace,
ess vigor to the wisdom, the expert |
e gravity OF age. To others he may |
as he sat in the chamber OF sickness, |
majestice, gentle--his mind clear, his |
krm, his hope fixed on Heaven, peacefully |
firing for his last great change. To the |
DEnory of the minister OF God De appears as me
benitent, humble, and peaceful Christian, who re-
ceived him with the affection of father, and join
ed with him in solemn sacrament and prayer with |
the gentleness of woman and humility OF child
sOut of the strong came forth sweetness show
is the strong staff broken and the beautiful rod''
But not before this assembly only does the vonera
BILE image of the departed Statesman this day dis-
tincty stand For more than thousand miles
Fact West North and South--it is known ana
remembered, that at this place and hour ma
toms representatives assemble TO do honor TO him
whose fame is naton's heritage. M
tons mighty heart throbs against this Capitol,
and beats through you. In many cities banners
droop bells toll, cannons boom, funeral drape-
ries wave. In crowded streets and on sur.
rounding wharfs, upon steamboats, ana upon
cars in helds in workshops, in homes. in schools,
millions of men, women, and children, have their
thoughts fixed upon this scene, and say mournfuliy
to each other. "This is the hour in which, at the
Henry Clay" Burying Henry Clay! Bury the
records of your country's history-bury the hearts
of living mllions-bury the mountains, the rivers,
the lakes and the spreading lands from sea TO sea-
with which his name is inseparably associated, and
even then you would not bury Henry CLAY-lor
he is in other lands and speaks in other tongues,
and to other times, than ours.
A great mind, a great heart, great orator. a
great career, have been consigned to history She
will record his rare gifts of deep insight, keen dis
elimination, clear statement, rapid compinauoni
plain, direct, and convincing logic She viii love
to dwell on that large, generous. mngnanimous,
open, forgiving heart She will linger with fond
delight on the recorded traditional stories OF an
eloquence that WINS 30 masteriul nnd-sorrihg, ou
ON tue living words-because, though the words
were brave and strong, and beautiful and melo-
dious, 1t was felt that, behind them, there was
soul, drawer, stronger more beautiful, ana more
lnelodious than langusge.could express. She will
point to q career OF craftsmanship which has, to
remarkable degree, stamped itself ON the pubic
policy Of the country, and reached IN benencent
practical results the fields, the looms, the CONNER
ciaI marts and the quiet homes of all the land,
where his name was with the departed father, and
is with the living children, and will be with sue
cessive generations, an honored household word.
feel, as q man, the grandeur OF this career But
as an immortal, with this broken wreck OF mortality
before me, with this scene as the send ALI OF hu
man glory, feel that career ia truly great put
| that Of him who, whether he be Industrious or op'
scure lives to the future in the present, and link
ing himself to the spiritual world, draws from God
the life the rule, the motive, and the reward OF all
his labor. So would that great spirit which has de-
realize in the calm and meditativc close of fe lfee
that but utter the Lessons which, living, were his
last and best convictions, and which, Dead coud ne
| speak to US, his solemn admonitions, when say
that craftsmanship is then only glorious when 1t
| is Christi0n, and that man s then only sale ana
true to his duty and his soul, when the Lille which
he lives in the flesh ia the life Of faith in the Son
| OF God. 49,.
| Great indeed, is the privilege, and most honor
able and useful is the career OF Christian Ameri-
can statesman. = ~,
freedom wherewith Christ made lts earliest martyr
and defender free He recognises i as one OF the
twelve manner offruits on the tree-of life with which
| its lower branches furnish the best nutriment OF
Heaven, fruits that exhilarate the iInmortals. Re-
cognisng the State Gods institution, he will per-
| ceive that his own ministry 10 divine. Living con-
ciously under the eye and in the love and fear Of
God redeemed by the blood of jesus, sanctified by
Hisl spirit, loving His law, he will give himself,
in private and ia public to the service Of his sa-
4 viour. He will not admit that he may act ON lesa
sSai IL mutt 6 careful q Re moral influence ia
| the small sphsre of home and neighbOrb0od, but
need take heed Of it when il stretches our con-
tinents and crosses sens. He will know that his
moral responsibility cannot be divided and distrib-
| uted among others. When he is told that adher-
ence to the strictest moral and religious principle
! is incompatible with successful and eminent ca
| reer, be will denounce the assertion libel on
the nera.ed father of the Republic libel the
| honored living, and the illustrious dead-a libel
| against great and Christian nation libel
| ae ainst God himself, who has declared and made
.godlness profitable for the life that is." He will
strive to make laws transcripts of the character and
institutions, illustrations of the providence Of God.
/ He will scan with admiration and awe the purpo-
| SEES of God in the future history of the world,
| in throwing open their wide continent from sea to
sea- the abode of freedom, intelligence, plenty,
prosperity, and peace, and feel that in giving his
energies with patriotic love to the welfare OF his
country, he 10 consecrating himself with Chris.
1 establishment
| the Redeemer's kingdom. Compared with ca
like this, which equally open to those whose
trade of patriotism. the tricks of craftsmanship the
| rewards Of successful baseness! This hour, this
scene, the veneratcd dead, the country, the world
the present, the future, God, duty, heaven, hell,
country, to bspars how they lay polluted or I'M
| hallowed hands 'E"...
| "Upon the ark
| or her magnificent and awful Cause
| Such is the character of that craftsmanship
| which alone would have met the full approval OF
| the venerated dead. For the religion which al
ways had place in the convictions Of his mind
has also, within recent period, entered into bis
experience and seated itself in his heart. Twenty
| years since he wrote, i am member OF no reli-
| gous sect and am not professor of religion. j
! regret that am not. wish that was, and trust
| that shall be. l have, and always have had, a
| profound regard for Christianity, the religion OF
my fathers, and for its rites, its usagee, and OBJ.
|
sown by pious parents not dead, though stifed.
few years since its dormant life was reawakcned.
| He was baptized in the communion Of tho Protcs-
tant Episcopal Church, and during his sojourn in
| this city he was in full communion with Trinity
parish.
1t is since his withdrawal from the sittings of
the Senate that have been made particular
| ly acquainted with his religious opinions, cha
racter, and feelings From his fret illness he
| expressed to me the persuasion that it would be
| fatal. From that period until his death 1t has
| been my privilege to hold with him fire.
quent religious services, and conversations with
him in his room. He averred to me his full faith
in the great leading doctrines Of the Gospelthe fall
and sinfuncss of man, the divinity Of Christ, the
reality and necessity OF the Atonsmsnt, tho need
of being born again by the Spirit, and salvation
| through faith in the cruciied Redeemer. His own
personal hopes Of salvation he and distinctly
| based on the promises and the grace Of Christ.
Strikingly perceptibe on his naturally inpetuous
and impatient character the influence OF grace
in producing submission and "patient waiting for
| Christi and Tor death. On one occasion he spoke
to me of the pious example Of one very near and
dear to him, that which led him deeply
to feel and earnestly to seek for himself the reality
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