The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-11-02

cred up the kingdom to God. even the Father;
| when he shall have put down all rule and all au-
| th0rity and power. a
For he must reign till he hath put all enemies
| under his feet
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
| Now this say, brethren, that flesh and blood
| cannot inherit the Kingdom OF God; neither doth
corruption inherit interruption.
Behold show you mystery: we shall not all
| sleep, but we shall all be changed
In moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trump; Qor the trumpet shall sound and the
dead shall be raised incorruptible, and We shail be
changed.
For this corruptible must put on interruption,
and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible shall have put on incor-
ruptcn, and this mortal shall have put on immor-
talty then shall be brought to pass the saying that
ia written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
o death, where is thy sting! grave, where is
thy victory? r#
The sting of death is sin, and the strength OF sin
ia the law. ... .
But thanks be to God which giyeth US the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ
Address OF REV MR. ALDEN.
On an occasion like the present, multitude of
words were worse than idle. Standing before that
majestic form, il becomes ordinary men to keep
silence "He being dead, yet speaketh" In the
words he applied to Washing ton, in the last great
public discourse he ever delivered, "the whole at
mosphere ia redolent of his name; hills and forests,
All the good, whether learned or unlearned, high
low, rich poor, feel this day that there is
| treasure common to them all-and that ia the fame
and character OF Webster. They recount his deeds,
ponder his principles and teachings, and re-
solve to be more and more guided by them in fu
ture. Americans by birth are proud of his charac-
ter, and exiles from foreign shores eager to
participate in admiration Of him; and it is true
| that he is this day-here, everywhere-more an OBJ
ject Of love and regard than on any day since his
birth. 4
And while the world, too prone to worship mere
intellect laments that the orator and statesman ia
no more, we enter upon more sacred ground, and
dwell upon the example and counsels Of Chris
tian. as a husband, father, and friend. l trust it
will be no rude wounding of the spirit, no intru-
sion upon the privacy Of domesic ile to allude to
few circumstances in the last scenes of the NOR
tai existence of the great man who ia gone, fitted
to administer Christian consolation, and to guide
to better acquaintance with that religion which
IL adapted both TO temper our grief and establish
our hope.
Those who were present upon the morning of
that Sabbath upon which this head of family con-
Quoted the worship OF his household, will never
forget, as he read from our Lords Sermon on the
Mount, the emphasis which he alone was capable
Of giving to that passage which speaks of the d.
vine nature of forgiveness. They saw beaming
from that eye, now closed in death, the spirit of
Him who first uttered that godlike sentiment.
And he who by the direction OF the dying man,
upon a subsequent morning Of the day Of rest,
read in their connection these words: "Lord, be-
leve help thou mine unbelief;" and then the clos
ing chapter OF Saviour's last words to his dis
ciples, being particularly requested to dwell upon
this clause of the verse: ''Holy Father, keep
through thine own name those whom thou hast
held a sublime illustration of the indwelling and
abiding power of Christian faith. .......
And II these tender membranes only cause
our tears to flow more freely, it may not be i'm.
proper for US to present the example OF the father
when his great heart was rent by the loss of
daughter whom he moot dearly loved. Those pre-
sent on that occasion we'll remember, when the
struggle Of mortal agony was over, retiring from
the presence of God, and joining with the afflicted
father as he poured forth his soul, pleading for
grace and strength from on high.
AS upon the morning of his death we conversed
his mind had been engaged in preparation for an
exchange of worlds, one who knew him well re-
marked, " His whole life has been that prepare
ton" The people of this rural neighborhood,
life, among whom he diuI, and with whom he is
to rest, have been accustomed to regard him with
mingled veneration and love. Those who knew him
best can the most truly appreciate the lessons both
from his lips and example, teaching the sustaining
power of the gospel. ..... ...
His last words, al STILL LIVE" we may inter-
pref in higher sense than that in which they are
usually regarded. He has taught US how to attain
the life of faith and the life to come.
Vividly impressed upon the memory of the
speaker is the instruction received as to the
fitting way of presenting divine truth from the "a
cred desk. Would that its force might be felt by
those who are called to minister in divine things
Said MIR. Webster, when attend upon the preach
ing of the gospel, wish to have it made per-
sonal matter, A PERSONAL MATTER, A PERSONAL
NATTER" 1t is to present him az enforcing
these divine lessons of wisdom and consolation
that we have recalled to your minds these pre-.
cious recollcctons. '.-'..E ...'. .. .........
And we need utter apology. Indeed, we
should be in letting the present oppor
with Olt in he nj
of the life of the foremost man OF all this world; Tor
his most intimate friends are well aware that he
had it in mind to prepare q work upon the internal
evidences of Christianity, a testimony of his
heartfelt conviction of the "divine reality of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. But finding himself ra-
pidIy approaching those august scenes of immor:
taty into which he had often looked he dictated
long as "the rock shall guard bis rest and the
ocean sound bis dirge," the world shall read upon
his monument not only
Gone of the few, the immortal names,
Which were not born to die" 49,.
but also that Daniel Webster lived and died in the
Christian faith. The deincation which he gave OF
one of his early and noble compeers could never
have been written except from an experimental
acquaintance with that which he holds up as the
chief excellence Of his friend. This description
shall apply to himself, trusting it will be as well
understood as admired. ...
Political eminence and professional fame fade
away and die with all things earthly. Nothing of
character really permanent Dut Virtue anu per-
sonal worth. These remain. Whatever of excel
lence is wrought into the soul itself belongs to
both worlds. Real goodness does not attach itself
merely to this life; it points to another world.
Political or professional reputation cannot last
forever; but conscience void of offence before
God and man s an inheritance for eternity. Re-
gion, therefore, ia a necessary and indispensable
element in any great human character. There is
no living without it, Religion is the tie that con-
meets man with his Creator, and holds him to His
throne II that tie be all surrendered, all broken,
he floats away, worthless atom in the universe,
is proper attractions all gone, its destiny thwarted
and its whole future nothing but darkness. desola
ton and death A man with no sense of religious
duty is he whom the scriptures describe, in such
terse but terrific language, as living without God
in the world. Such man is out of his proper be-
ing out Of the circle OF all his duties, out Of the
circle of all his happiness, and away, far away,
from the purposes Of his creation. s
A mind like Mr.. Wcbster's, active, thoughtful,
penetrating, sedate, could not but mediate deeply
on the condition Of man below, and feel it's re-
sponsibiities. He could not look on this mighty
system,
"This universal frame, thus wondrous fair"
without feeling that it was created and upheld by
an intelligence to which all other intelgences
must be responsible. am bound to say that in