Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-06-28

cannot do him any good by praise or by
criticism, yet / hope that there may be
some benefit to us in this solemn scene.
For myself, for you, for all of us, is herein
lesson. What are those things which
engaged his days and hours2 What are
the cares, the frets, the petty ambitions,
the singing annoyances, the small
strifes, the friction, the sweat and tear OF
life2 What are those things, as we stand
here and look back upon them, measured
by this hour, that should measure the
worth of all things2 What are those
things that are passed 2 How vain, how
useless What best may We do that,
judged by this hour, we shall stand by
his memory who lived not for himself,
but associated himself with the welfare
of mankind, especially with the commu-
nifty in which he was placed, that
the work he leaves behind him
shall be his memorial? For no man
is great enough TO be remembered in sell
fshness. The things which shall make
our names memorable are those things
which we do upon others and for others,
Not those who have lived for themselves,
but those who have lived for others, for
their country, for their age. You and |,
too, ere long. shall come to this hour.
You are strong, the bloed now flows
healthily in your veins, but in a short
time you, too, shall be in the coffin, and
you shall be followed by your friends to
the tomb. Could we, if you were called
hence to-day, speak we'll of your his
tory2 Have you earned the right to be
spoken of gratefully in this solemn hour,
and have your name handed down to
others2 Are you living above the world
while in it, christianity, purely and mo-
bly,? Are you living with fear of God
and with hope of Immortality? For
surely it is no unmeaning service OF
respect that you pay to-day. You
come here to wear a nobler manliness,
to take on the vows of higher fidelity
and to retain a sense of the urgency and
importance of life. You come here to
rebuke your passions, to seek the truth
as it is in Jesus Christ, to check the up
rising of pride and sel6shness, and to
take upon you the purpose and vows OF
fidelity to God and man. Blessed are
they who when passing away need not
the adventitious circumstance of place
Blessed are they whose mourners are
those who have been the recipients of
their continued kindness, they who have
made their memories dear to hearts which
they have enriched and blessed
And now, tomorrow, and next week,
his name will be familiar, and many of US
will cherish it as long as we live. But
this great laundering city is like the
ocean, and as when one falls overheard
and gives one outcry, and the flying water
is disturbed, but the huge waves pass
over, the wrinkles are smoothed out, and
the sea is no fuller than before, so the
great multitude will forget him and pass
on. You who are 80 important to-day
may be insignificant tomorrow. You
who are taking hold Of the very springs
Of life will drop them from your fingers.
Oh, that God may grant to Us all such
a sense of our weakness here and respon-
sibillty there, that we may so improve
life that, when we lay it down, we shall
take it up again beyond the grave, in a
land where death is no more, and where
there is Immortality and bessedness.