The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-12-03
THE LIFE OF WEBSTER.
a SERMON.
rBfAdnED-AT TIE MELoDEoM. IN n6sroA
by Rev. Theodore Parker,
ON SUNDAY MORNING, OCT 81. ssse.
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ON SUNDAY MORNING, OCT 81. sssso.
Ifepar,sd foriTas Boston csmmsssssiAl
When Bossuet, who was hlmsef the
eagle Of sloquence, preached the funeral
discourse on Henrieiis Maria, daughter
Of Henry tho Fourth Of France, and wife
of Charles the First Of England, he had
TASK far easicf Than mine to-day She
was, indeed, the daughter Of liking sssas-
Esinated inhis own capital, and the widow
Of king iudicially put 10 death in front
Of his own palace Hernlarried life was
bounded by tile murder other foyal sire.
and tho execution Of her kingly spouse;
and che died neglected, fsrfrom killhand,
kin = But for ils, great mao, who in his
youth was called, propheiically, the Fa.
|aher oiIfhe Chuich; the sorrows ofslierl
birth and her estate, made il easy for him
10 gatherup The audience in his'armss
ID molsten iheitfaces will, I,sheirown tears,
io show them The nothingness Of mortal
glory, ahd the beaufyof eierhal'life.. He
led his hearers 10 his conclusion, thai day,
as The mother lays the sobbihg child 10
her bosom, ,osllI it's ssgri,fga To-day il
is no,sso with me. NOf all my pnhlc
trials. this Is my most trying day. Give
me year Svnpathiea, my friends; remen-
Ebsr the difficulty Of my posilion-ils del
IIicacy, too. "a
I am 10 speak Of one of The mos, com
Ispicuous men thar New England ever
bore; conspicuous--n NOT by accident, but
i, 5y tho nature oi his mind: one Of her
ables, intelscis. Tam u speak Of a great
man, in i great Office; Of great powor;
4 one Of the landmarks Of politics, now
J, laid low! He seems SO great that some
men thought he VAS himself one Of the
institutions of America. i am toaspeak
4 while his departure is yet but Of ycster.
day; while the sombre Aags still fiat in
i cur streets. l am no party man; you
: know am not. No party il responsible
! for me, nor Ilotil. You win NOT ask me
to say wha, only suits the public ear
There ara hundred to do that to-day
| do not follow opinion because popular
, | can not praise man because he had
grent gifts; great station and oppcrIuni.
! ties: lean not censure man for trivial
: wrongs. You will not ask me to'fllttel
> because others fatter; 10 condemn be.
cause the rules Of condemnation are 50
!, deep and SO easy 10 travel in. II is un
just 10 be upgenerous either in praise o.
blame. Only the truth is' beautiful in
speech, and II is not reyerental 10 treal
d great man like a spoiled child. "a
Givsme your sympathissy Rlhis ! an
sure of-AI shall be as tender nmy judg
meIaat as wUman's love ; 1 win Try be
! as iair as the Justice Of d man. ! shall
/, tax your tims beyond my usua' wont-sio
. l cannot crush Olympus into nut. b.
not alarmed. II tax your time The
more, I willgtre your patience The less
Such day as this will never come agait
10 you or me. There isno Daniel Web
ster leftltodie. End nature. will not soor
give us smother such as he. l will takt
cara by my speech, that you sit sasy.or
your bench The theme will tske care
] that yot, remember wha; Isay. 7aa &
A gtcat man @is the blossom of tht
I world 1.-The individual and the prophetic
flower. parent OF seeds, thatwill be men
J. This is the greatest work Of God; ia
J transcsnding earth and moon, and sun
z and all the material magni6cenee Of III,
universe. II 10 a little lower than hi
angels, and, like the alos-.ree, il bloom
but once an in age. Sc, should we value
love and cherish il the more. Americ'
: : has not many great men living now
scarce one. There have been few in he
history. Fertile in mulntudes, she j
stingy in great men--her works mainl
! achieved BY large bodies Of but conmo'
- men, Al this days, the world has no
! many natural masters. There is deart
! of great. men. England il no better Of
: ihan we her child. Sir Robert Peel ha
/. for year been dead. Wellington's SOU
:, has gone home, and left his body awaitin
! burial. In France, Germany. Italy, an
OuSslH, I6W S!oHt uieh -oPPo"'' - ~
Revolution Of l648, which found ever
9 thing else, failed, because il found No
/ them. A sad Hungarian wseps over III
f hidden crown Of Marta Theresa, and
3 sadder coun,ensnce drops tear for II
Is nation Of Dante, aud the soil Of Virgi
& and Cesar, Lucretiur and Cicero Tlles
two are The greatest men Of Europe now
There are great chemists. great geolo
o gis;s, great philolegians but Of grea
Is mon Chrisiendom has not many. From
e politics grsa, men recede; aud in al
! Europe, no kingly intellect throbs nov
;. beneath d royal crown, Esen Nichola
! of Russia, il only iaiI, moi great Z.
Yet We love 10 hon ! great men. In
deed, we must do 50, Soon as we reall!
9 see real great man, bis magnetisn
i draws us, whether we will or no. d.
II any Of you remember when for the frs
time I'm adult years, you stood beside th'
ocean, OF some great mountain of New
Hampshire, Or Virginia, OF Pennsylvania
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