Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1857-03-24
BOOKS. PAMPHLETS. CARDS;
Eloquent Tribute Is 81. kane- e

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During discourse preached on Sonaar s;ssn,,,,5.,
es hsy. Gas. WADsvoRTH, fSorn the text :. Jesrs
Wspt John XI, 90, The preacher Paid The foilovin.g
beautiful tribute to the memory of the illustriops
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es' death is an eviTa anda bitter fshihei Who
ooes not know it9 who has not fsitttY and 10.
nlsn', perhaps more keenly lhGn Is our wont. vve
KNOW 1t and feel It, We are thiszholy hour. c,,v
oi monrners. Before another Sabbath comes viii,
Us blessed light We shall have gone forth TO pay
.unsral henors 10 one whom we an loved as, a man
anu hoaered as citizen; in whose living deeds va
all gsoried, aud whose early death we deplore With
lamentations and tearss 4 am not thinking here 10
utter his enlogyi the occasion does NOT permit /.
the man does not need 1t; but II were fstre,sIn,
OF Gods great voice in his providence not 10 re,s
here and now brief and humble tribute 10 Tho hon.
ored dead, :. -
Or. hanes career vas matter of natioaSf rride
and his death matter of national iathen,atsou H,s
was Character nsularly grand Is its sebays1,
elements, and matchlessy beautiful in the bafsnop
OF their combinations The powers Of a natnra1jy
Keen and comprehensive mind had been strength.
ened by earnest culture and developed in the wiesI
range of practical and scientific attainmehts--ans
these IN all their fpllpess cousecrate 10 The otes
aims OF henedcent usefulness.
his sH;etect was at once strong and beautihnt-I
Seenty analytical with the seyercst philosophyA
exqnisttely imaginative with the .lof,iest bos,fx
Inc combinations of his moral Character were SIT,
more remarkable and wonderful. To the trnes. ana
tendeFest sensibilty were added the most iron viii
ana the most indomitable decision; and with
uAonuess bravery that equaled the glorious cbixar
OF the old ideal and fabulous heroism was blended
calm practical judgment-a marvellous and mn
Jes"c patencs-a beautiful simplicity and rnodestv
all rarely equa led in human biography. Mean
"hie snt"sing all that character as with beavenIl
nght' aud blending all its rare qualities as with
Dl'ine solvent into one emalgam-there was n liv
II g and controlling purity which made the who'll
man living sacrifice 10 his fellows, and laid dow
al Tue sPoii' and trophies of his triumphs at hf
Mas'ets ieet. Qualities seldom combined, aud "a
ueeu seemingly an'agOnistical, were found in h
meat' ana iie each In fullest power and all In ovt
hest harmony. lie thought like a philosopber-l, \,
wrote like poet-he acted like bero---be Cal, M
a chi!d-he lived like a manSshe pravaa M
christian.
He was at once the giant oak that battles with ~
storm, and the gentle vine that beauties It's
trunk with-i's green leaves and purple clusters ar
makes sweet alike zephyr and storm with its exon
site aroma. *
And as such he has died in the earle prime M
promise OF manhOOd-iu The morning twilight
his Frightening fame-just as his powers were 4
posing for oftier tolls and his beuevOlence udlir
for broader enterprises-just as We were beginnir
fondly to appreciate the wonders of Che past, al
exul'tngly to prophecy the spendors of bis futus;
Just then he died aud we mourn for him we WED
for him, and why should we not7i Science weep
Humanity weepsl The world weepsl And Il We
unnatural, 1t were ungrateful, itwere 10 rove on
selves cold, sto'id, unsentien dead to all genero
impulses, false to our lofier instincts, If we we
not forth TO this burial in fearful sorrow. For
Divine Man of Nazareth was a pattern In all that
alike lofty and lovely in magnificent manhood, al
over a tomb no genller in its beauty, NO lOflier
its glory, Jesus wept, Jesus wept'