Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-12-08
Death of Calvin Wba;.

" Willing,
The following Is the nb,ta,.
marks made at the funeral Of N, y
WHirrSe and if You wish IA Wv
place in your paper, you are a, IL ~
Solomon, referring to O5oJ
ing, says,-"The righteous mcn l %,'
in has DEATH Dr.. Young, spe,gi'
such a man. sayS'7-''Thc chambe, !
a good man meets his fate IS No.,
beyond the ordinary walks Of !,
life. quite in the verge Of heaven !
here ''whaf nothing less than aD,.
exceed, man, on earth, devo,.s
skies" w
Doubtless this is sight Of great i,
ty. 1t is not fully understood !,
worldly selfish state. II beyond III
and the grave, there be a world 81
intelligent beings, it mast b anD,,,,.'
there.
This earth is full of beaute, |,
grass, springing in its season, tb.u
ing flower, the focks and herd, ,.,''
over their pasturage, on the f,,. :
hill or by the streamlet If tsa tn'
And SO of the myriads of LIVING ~,
Each, in its way, in the heavens. .,s
and sea, see them, leach as it needs, a.
their meat from Cod" But all tbs,,.
short-lived beauties, soon die ,,d ',
their identity forever. Nsn, onlu
wives ''the wreck Of matter, and II, i
of worlds. And not as an anipo, ao,l
it, but as man. Then, asa rials..,
man, he survives for God. His riql,n,
ness Is d life. 1t is his aim to re,,.,
his speech by it; to transact bis ba5,..
by it; to frame his opinions bya..
shape his intercourse with society ha
OF him it may be said, that "whatSa,
things are true. honest, just pure, lr5
aud of good report, he minds a,s
things" Phil. AS.
Thus is his MORAL SENSE ccNt,w,
REFINING all these moralities helm, ;,
terred- to 1t, just as FUR out,ard srp
arc rendered more acute and accurkh
practice. As Righteousness is the bail
his character, so it is the staple of hsR
Is he poor? fIe is just as righteous All
he was rich. Young? Righteousness |
his aim, as if he was old. Noted? b
norant2 1t is all one. His rigtems
ness predominates, not the incidents 4
his life. These, whatever thew nav b
he takes up as he goes along and hH
them down again at the demand Of time
But his righteous manhood survives bt
his God. Is he a tradesman? Righe
BUSINESS regulates his shop. A merchant
1t presides at his salesond in bis counting
room. A husbandman? Artisan Z Man.
utacturer Laborer? MiwAer2 Php
stefan? Lawyer? Statesman What.
ecer his employment, Righteousness exat
them all, in his hands.
Is he brought on the bed of DEATH
Eren there he has hope. 1t is easy
have hope in health; in youthful proqe
ity and generally, when the evil days
far away. But in the might of life o
still more, in busy manhood, when yet fiR
of projects, and plans unfinished, jE
then to be thrown on bed Of death, and
be told that we must die, and leave all
Jelo,o to see around our dying couch,
those whom we love more than ourselves,
sharpeniny our anguish by then tender
veepiny; / say to be up borne, in @
dread hour, by an u'acarerlng hope
this is a triumph of goodness to be enVra'
Yet even then, the righteous man hi
hope. We, instinctively, asYibe 'tlR'
for the skies" 20 such a man. Nor i u
noe only, nurtured under the light Of 'f
New Testament, who do So The Whole
race does It in some form Or other AI'e
God in such life and death. Nay Y
feel God to he in it. The heart Of Nsl
man corresponds to God, works tr Va
and for man, as well,
Can you wonder that we say, on '0l's
at such life, and on such dying De'-
'Lct me die the death Of the rgusaa
and let my last end be like his N ~
friends and neighbors, it can Dc 50 !" ~
you must scork for it. More than nN
or a "seek." You must stree y"
life must be under the guidance anu"
troll Of conscience, enlightened by gov,
1t must be "hid with Christ IN V'l
But, most assuredly, as we sou, We ' !
reap Sowing to the flesh, we'll Of y y
flesh, reap corruption but, SOWING v.
spirit, we'll of the spirit reap ili' ~