New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-02-07
TIE PARTIAL AND THE PERFECT
VISION.

EXTRACTS FROM A SERMON PREACHED on TlfB
OCCASION OF TIE DEATH OF CARLOS d.
STUART, All HUNTINGTON, l.. l., JAN. n.
1862, BY TIE REV, II. P. CRoZIfR.
1Exr"F For We see through glass dsrkly, but then
face 10 e.'-l Cor, xii ".
When our vision of life Is lindered by our sorrow
ard 'ears it is privilege and our duty to assert
ho greatness Of the soul compared with tie senses
ami with faith which gloFihes the issnes Of death,
take the hand OF the gentle and Triumphant Christ,
and be led by Him to those mansions ia the Fathers
hoGse, where death aud sorrow can never 20.
Alter referring 10 the greis at the center of hui
man lIie-the gIeis OF the heart te proceeded 10
say that there are wider gref ii not 81 deep, where
life expands into national and wo1 l-wi0e relations
There is the grief of patient waiting for a whols
nation spoiled under the heel Of tyranny. There il
tie g1ef &C the fearful sacrifice which nations are
conpeed 10 make when patience has spent itself
and given place 20 resistance. The issues of war
and reyO ution invoked and accepted 70 gam for
nlnkinds welfare what submission, aud patience,
and Importantly, and years and generatlqns OF
w;itjng have never gained from euthroned Wrong
He then referred at length TO the hopes aud fewar1s
the mysteries and the revelations Of Immortality,
showing how faith in that great doctrine brought
souls into harmony, AID made he distance between
The living and the departed spirit but name lie
then concluded with the following special reference
TO the death OF Mr. stuart:
Ny friends, our departed brother and friend was
10 stranger to the IA th have briefly Commended To
you. Yet while HE inrerest was, first in the little
chapel near by consecrated to tbeSe truths OF God,
while his own faith to anchorage and root in tho
fa herhoOd of God, the brotherhood of maa, and the
nj innate heaven rs tie sublime Issue OF Providence,
be was nc SectaIiaD, 40 bigot. With mind regaily
endOwe and heart noble BY nature, cstholicily
and charity a large past % bis religion. For
the honest belief OF men be cherished abiding
reverence for his varied culture and pboaophc in
81 gbt taught him TO the spirit OF goodness In
t.iHgs evil" Christianity with BIN wa, no steeo-
tsTed church method, technical statement OF saw
clauses no Sunday dress, but dlvile ife given
TO Che glory of Goo because spent IN the service OF
nan. lie was one OF those gifted souls born uto
the world moi only to beauty and acorn IT, strewiIS
the rugged path Of humanity with song, nd with
lowers Sut also armed with herosn 10 90 Wall mt SER
vice for she Right. ! have been bis minister for
uearly three years, and shood be unfaithiui to my
dliy and uu.aithiu, 10 bis memory II failed to
SAY that al this while he has been constant spur
and inspiration to the broadest, aud fullest, ana
freest tea ueut Of every subject from the bgbeSt
II ori.i and spiritual STANDPOINT, without even ior
once addressing motives Of policy AID cunning q
qutk piGe1 success. Such treatment was ! Lar
nopy with the great currents OF hi- lie. W bile rs
soul was filed with the spirit OF beauty, and BIS mod
was at home in the ideal world Of poetry MS ieet
were tc4ding the snes o.: our prosaic lie, BIS heart
ceyis.ng Ii eral tliDgs, AID lis hands dlpensmg
charity bounded only by his KNOWLEDGE OF want and
his means of relief That charity, ike the dew and
Tie RAIN, was without any estect Of persons. his
commemorative 5ath made rim tue nstg al ally AID
fr.eid o. the slave; and when the present criis
was fore hadowei ard is anticipatiye consequences
sesn in the utter prosraion u b sines au. sne Go,
JreciatIon o. vanes. 40 man more eaf1iiy "eioiaeo
The sacrifices, with the hope anG the prayer nal our
very suluIug might DC the source OF Vuf nNlOnsi
delicerance from tue Sin ard Crime OF slavery.
lis own experience Of the worth OF culture made
him quick and sympathetic iIiend AZ education,
and in Founding the school which l. The p'de OF our
town. and aiciny in the determination OF
course OF studies Tor directing the inferior
orces Of the school TO tie highest Leu..i aaa pract
cl results his Efforts constant, and ~ cVunseis
wise and efficient. Tie most eloquent tribute tia'
he historian Motley aye to he ne Uofy 81 lliam
Of Orange 10 where he lays, " when nc Led TIE III
lie children cried ~ the street, More eloquent
than anv tribute o. nine TO our pared Trend was
tie sile1t aud fearful tribute Of tie children at me
ho when The acP y !il9g YOU S ys ' !i S o
81, l,.t words to me. Writing late as the ltp OF
December he said: d" Ii l. far more than
trivial question WHEELER you VII see ne
alive agaia IN Huntington. al our
lives are in the hands OF Coz. feel THIS lrsh more
aud more every day. | shall not w.ange VIII my
heavenly Father, " hatever be l'is VIII. lie shall
say stay / shall only renew my ,eyer-np-5oing
song of praise for His many mercies. II Be calls me,
| shall submit hope % tie credit Of NY Cnrsiian
faith" That faith held lin ~; aId hghted rms
death" 10 the bosom of his God the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ OF whom the whole family in
heaven and on earth Is named.
What word ii comfort can / say TO this inner
circle of friends and he heart beeayeG "i rs COM
ramon! Am | not a mouruer 10 : Gladly would
SIT wlth YOU and listen to word OF cODsol.;Iou Iom
some stouter heart. ] eau ray with German
teacher "The life Of friendship a beautiful series
of chords, the ground tone Of which dies when the
friend leaves the world Ii If true, long. unbroEen
echo OF 1t sounds within, AID the Inls,e oohuLues,
but the accompanying harmony IN him for wnicl l
was the ground tone has died ont with him."
| believe that harmony will vibiaie egain IN tue
heavenly sphere, to the touch Of The 81 i,aal bsnd,
and that even now the echo may be hea'd again,
and hereafter the harmony shall swell 10 unesd-
ing chorus Of praise. l know bow yolr full hearts
tLrob TO The syncope OF death. But Listen and
from the glorylighted hills beyond the DARK valley
YOU may hear The song OF trust:
Dear God, there is no day 90 dark
However pine
But looking up with iai b 10 Thee
VIII make Il shine
II Heaven be hidden from sight,
lis our du!! tyes