New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-07


In the power Of faith, s'sileh
Every form OF WRONG"
Had be understood the gravity OF his dagger, he
" ould doubtless have accepted the cut y however
dssonant 10 his habits of greater care for himself
But II was hard for the strong heart LOGGED IN The
powerful frnme to bell We that its beatings were
already numbered, or that " Was neediul yet 10
check abors whose full harvest DAILY filled his bosom
How often this same nisake is made by the choicest
spirits Of the world aud how InexoIble Is the law
which stops the hand zoo ready for its holy work,
we need not pause To repeat. The Life Beyond
must explain IL all. At beet man only finds bis
place and fits himself 10 fll II, either IN the com
ysny o.. tie prophetic or the humber ranks OF ptap
thropy when he has gained almost the summit OF
mortal lie and hll beyond murr he decivity and de-
cay. 1t lie l'ls marvel. then Il those whose hearts
are truesi 10 their sbors work while II II called
the day." even with selt-wasieful energy, dreadng
the inevitable approach OF age If not yet OF death
OF the day when our windows shall be daIkened,
and TIE grasshopper burden" even before the final
el0siug OF that night when 30 man can work.
Theodore PaTker's fourteen years 81 spoeileship
were over. On Sunday Lorning, Jan. y, 1859 he
wrote TO his congregation, shall not speak to you
to-day; for this morning, little after four o'clock,
had a slight attack OF blce ding IN the lung- or
throat hops you will no. forget the contribution
10 the poor. dont know when shall again look
upon Your welcome faces, which Lave so often
choered my spirit when my fesh was weak" lie
nersr saw them 10. least from his pulpit again
COMPELLED 20 seek q warmer climate, be sailed With
bis wife and friends for Santa Cruz, where he spent
the Winters and tLen paced through England on
his Way to Switzerland, where be s0jOurned "a while
with bis friend Professor Decor OF Neuichhle; and
then Iassed OF 20 Rome 10 the cold weather drew
near. Friends gathered round hm, dear and con-
GENIAL friends, whom be lad known and loved Of
home; and for while be seemed 10 DO well. But,
az the Spring drew n,ar II became evteh, tina! The
,ands OF lie were running OUT. lie sank rapidly
AID hopelessly. His horror OF tho Oppression and
s.-ri'-a. 81 tho Papal GoVsrDmsnt ~As 90 great.
thai ho could not endure to die Ia h0ne. and made
his friends among whom wasa Physician, Or Ap-
pleton devoted altOs either 10 Lls oArel carry him
away 10 pszs bis last hours Ia free county AZ be
paced out Of the Roman territory and saw The lIAl
Ian trioolor waving by the roadside, tie dying man
raissd himself fo.bly In bic carriage Gnd liied h,
La, to the emblem Of Liberty. By tie time b, bad
reached Florence tho fatigue Of the journey bad left
him but u little residue 81 days TO live, lie knew
II. lie had wished TO lie spared and ieli, ., he bad
said years before ia Lis sorTnon "Of tie Immortal
III, - "Ii IL relish 70 wish for DEATH when Ihefe 10
40 much need Of us here" But, when the time came,
10 was calm a, a child. The writer, who, alihoash
aided by bis WORDS and honofed ~ "a, irend,aIp
for nnny Year,, had him VII that hour,
found BIN on his bel Of DEATH conscious 81 The in.v
liable future bu, looking at II ne peacefully No II
had been summons 10 BIS home across tie ocean:
- You know 1 all 10. afraid 20 de-" lie saii, and
here emile the mosi beautiful We ever ssw on q
human oounlongnoe, broke over his faco-" ron
know am 10, afraid 10 disi but would fain Lave
lived n little longer 10 finish my work. cd gave
ne large powers, and have but half usea them.'
Haif Gsed them And be ,aid this on bis deal -bsd,
whittier lie had been brought IN the prime II mar.
hood by orer use of tLsm-by the utter saonhos Of
his health and siresgth In the cause Of Truth and
Right lie fingered u few day., gently falling
asleep, Is IL seemed and dreaming, after the went
of the dying that he was going on journey going
home after bis long wandering'i aud only wakening
at intervals to give few parting giits ~ friends
(amou9 othep, the bronze inLstand from which
thsso sgee are wrtten) and TO comfort bis wife,
and fay tendefee words Of thanks for the lito offer
Jugs u fowtrs, or aught beside We brought him.
Now and then he would rouse himself, and speak
bis old brave thoughts answering as If TO familiar
and welcome voice, ~ We named sacred things.
Once for example when he asked the day OF the
week and We said " IL in Sunday, blessed days 10
il not dear friend I" "iesl" he shid with sudden
energy: "when one mas got over the superstition OF
it, most blersed day. Gradually, and without
pain, The end came Oh; and Oh the 10Th OF May,
1860, 10 passed away from earth In perfect peace.
We cannot regard such al end otherwise than
with solemn tLankfulne,s, that God allows such
men ~ live and work aud die among us. 10 show US
W hat man may do and be in this life, and TO raise
our thoughts To what mu,t be the lifo 10 come for
souls which have made earth itself = holy place.
IIr most gifted countrywoman reached Florsnce too
lae TO pay 10 her great fellow-abol,tiol lst last
tribute OF the respect and regard which ouiTrppcd
all limits Of creed. At her request, the writer gave
her all the details Of bis last hours, and repeated
doubt.ess with fsitbless tearsl the words above
quoted, concerning his unfinished lsborsj adding,
- TO think TINT life Is over, that work Is stoppcdf
-" Ard do you think, said she, raising her eyes
with iia,h Of rebuk" do you think, did he think,
hat Theodore Parker has no work 10 do Tor God
1OD 2"
II must DO co. lie who recalled his sokler In the
IA the hat mi Inya a con uanf fnr
bin high; yet must mira him here, and sorely
s country misses him IN Der hour vi trial. He was
a great and good man, the greatest and best, per-
haps, which America has produced. lilo was great
IN many ways-in original geniut, IA learning, In
tloqusnce, and In II courage aud honesty which no
danger could daunt or check. In time 10 come, his
country will glory in his name and the world will
acknowledge all his gifts and powers. Iistruo great
ness, however, will IN future ngrs rest on tbis-tha
God revealed himself to tis faithful soul In his moot
adorable aspect; that he preached with und ying
faith, aud lived out IN Lis cossecraled llle the lesson
he had thus been taught; that ho worthy 10 be
tie propta Of the greatest Of all truths, tho Agso
LUTE GoODsKss OF GoD, the central truth Of tie
universe.
When it was all OYER, and the great soul had gone
home to God, we saw bm lying, as IL were, asleep,
a pale flush sill on Lis faco and his head THAT no.
BILE hsnd resting under the crown Ut the rich pink
and white roses OF Tuscany. 1hs strong man, dead
in the flower Of manhood, seemed only sumbering
Oh warm summer day. Never was the "raptur.
Of reposo' more legible upon tbs face Of death. IL
seemed ~ il God had snid "Well done. good and
faithful servant! Well hast thou spent tby talents
ten times tent few days later, We followed him.
10 hear 10 hs had desired, the Beati'udes OF the
Gospels read for his sole funeral service, his
grave, Ia the beautiful Campo Ssnto Of Florence. II
seemed we'll that he should sleep in such spot,
der sky as cloudless as bis faith, and where tho
Expresses OF Italy, like Natures spires stand point
ING from bright world cs below TO, 10 yss
yrand old city, we perceived that the tricolor ban
asn vsrs hung from every window for victory
" festival and sAs people were passing IN 'arsng'