The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1862-10-07

fcaul q opening tomb
10 10 Us us ufe The present honr-
10 morn d'aih may come.
The voice OF this impressive scene
May every heart Oley!
Nor he the faithful warning vain
Which calls 10 watch pray
q let US to that sasionrhy,
Whose arm alone can cave
Then shall our b pos ascend o high,
And triumph DER The gave
The hymn, which was led by the choir,
was sung with the most solemn effect by |
the audience, after which the Rev. Mr.. |
Talbot preached the
FUNERAL DISCOURSE.
How into insignilicance shinks this |
human grandeur, this earthly greatness,
when il stands in the presence of Death |
How far from the deceptive glory of rank |
and station does IL remove the enchant-
ment. With what strange and unde-
fined emotion do we steal silently and |
awed TO gaze upon it's face How fear
full the hush of its presence, how cold
the atmosphere that surrounds it A few
short hours ago and he whose manly
form lies there, shrOuded for sepulchre
stood in all the pride and power Of
healthful manhood. Now, calm aud
peaceful as an infant at rest, he lies in
the embodied arms of death. That clarion
voice shall ring no more above the
thunder and confusion of bAttle-that
noble form ne'er again shall tower amid
the smoke and dust Of war, nor lead
where glory waves il on and daring
heroes follow That lofty brow is up-
lifted for the last time--that lion-like
! heart is still, and the star of his ambi-
ton and glory is gone out forever Sol
| diers let us pause one moment, by this
! honored dust, and though your hearts be
there in his coffin, let us think of his God
/ and from this fearful lesson learn sub
mission 20 his will Strange is the Pro-
violence of God The hero Of many a
fearful field comes thus at last to die
On the battle-l field the whizZing shell
threatened him in vain The ball of the
uuerring rifle was false 10 its mission
when he was the soldiers target. A
power omnipotent guarded his life and
turned from his pathway the message of
death. Ii was not given him TO die as
the soldier would ever die, not in the hour
Of victory, nor in the dreadful despera-
ton of disaster and defeat nor vet 10
mngle his blood with the fountain of
other breasts, but alone, yet in blood, in
the very presence Of his chosen friends,
he wraps the mantle of his greatness
around him, and there he lies Ali it
was hard for Nelson thus TO die-strange
that he should pass the chances Of so
many dangers, strange that the storms
which have tossed his vessel, like a fea-
Their, upon the waves of the ocean, should
have builettcd him in yain-that the
tempest of battle should have sWept
harmless upon him, and that he should
die as he did. How does il point TO the
timely eXhOrtatiOn: "Be We also ready,
for in such an hour as We think not the
Son of man cometh." A great man has
fallen this day in Israel Far, very far,
from the paths Of peaceful righteousness
his impetuOus spirit bore him. But back
again, ere the daylight deepened into
night though in the shade Of twilight,
the repentant hero came-eame heart
broken, cOntrite, submissive as a child
TO that fold and faith from which he had
strayed. LET me, that you may be moved by
his example, tell you how he died. When
/ was called to attend him, at his request
| found him rapidly passing away. lat
once spoke TO him and found him con
scious that he was dying, and found
that the instruction must be brief
asked him of his belief in Christ, our
Savior. eXhOrted him TO forgive every
human being against whom he had ma
lice, and he did. | repeated the ApOs.
ties creed, aud asked him if be would bC
baptized in that faith. lie replied: Bap.
tie me in that faith quick now for
am going! He turned his face full upon
me. | "sprinkled the drOops of the
bright new birth upon the brow
where clustering human hOnOrs gathered
and breathed feryent prayer 10 Goo
that his spirit would seal TO his soul the
beautiful sign and give the warrior for.
giveness, rest! Conscious TO the last, hi,
, repentance was as deep and fervent, his
: contriti0n as overwhelming, as | eyel
= saw, and his last and audible words wer,
{ prayer for the forgiveness of his sins
/ did baptiLe him into the faith of Goo
aud his Son Jesus Christ, aud into th,
, Holy Church received the dying con
= iessor. Back again, at last, and in tina
Holy Church, whose breast is brOaC
enough for eighteen centuries to lay thei
hoary heads upon, humble rs a child h
I found a place TO die Now, amid tn
0 pomp aud circumstance Of glorious war
b from her peaceful bosom he will be car
o ried forth and be laid to his rest as on
of the millions Of her children VIII,
await the coming King, Here there is n
n more difference 10 his greatness As
70 child of the Church worn out and wear
4 with the struggle of life, sunk at last I
9 rest, with her solemn rites we will civ
10 him to the earth, for "our Mother Ia
5 Church hath never a child 10 be honore
Il above the rest She singelh the same ia
g the mightiest king and the yeriest bah
e ON her breast.
Is viii enter into no analysis Of hi
y character. His deeds are part of Il
1t history of his country. When / say tina
h he spoke five languages of the earth, ] d
but intimate his proficiency ia 9th,
b anches OF learning. A sailor by ed,
m cation, the sternness which he manifesto
was OF habit-it was not innate-au
" beneath that rough exterior there beat
heart as tender 90 a Womau's, Go a.