Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-06-26

like an aspen leaf, when one man was
worth an army. Those qualities
, which he possessed above all others
were hope and indomStable courage.
/ remember and ever shall feel CRATE
ful to this man, who pressed to the
front rank. and who let his voice ring
1ut clearly and without moments
aesitation, with the most unceasing
energy to the end of the contest that
gave hope and courage and life to this
great people. If this was trimming,
1 oh that there had been more trim
mers. And that was the service that
should enshrine a mans memory in
a country's history, and make his
name dear 70 the people. l thanked
| him for it. / still thank him, and l
am glad TO make mention of and bear
this testimony to his fidelity in those
| great days when to be faithful re-
! quired greatness Of soul. My friends,
it seems impossible that we are speak
| ing of one who so little time ago
walked with Us. 1t seems impossible
| that we shall never see again that
| cheerful face and take the cordial
grasp-that we shall walk with him
no more, and hear his counsel no
more; that he is gone, he has
fallen in the very prime Of life.
The next ten years ought
70 have been worth more to us than
the last twenty years We're. He had
taxed the resources of this life unduly, !
and has been east down prematuTely
because he had not lived within the |
due bounds of moderation in the use
of himself. For obedience to God re- !
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inOrdinate actiVeness, even in the |
best spheres of life. He cannot repair |
the error; but If may be that we shall |
give some heed to it in this place of |
instruction. Ny voice can do him no |
good, or | would pour it out. Though |
l cannot do him any more good by |
praise or by criticism, yet / hope there |
NAV be some benefit to us in that sol /
emn sense. For myself, and for you, !
and for all of us, is herein a lesson. |
What are those things which engaged |
his daYS and hours? What are the |
cares, the frets. and petty ambition,
the singing annOyances, the small !
strifeS, the friction Of life, the wear |
and tear of life? What are those |
things as we stand here and look back |
upon them, measured by this hour /
that should measure the worth OF all 4
things? What are those things that |
are past? How vain, how useless! |
What best may we do that, judged by |
this hour, we shall stand by his MEM |
OFv, who lived not for. himself, but SO /
associated himself with the welfare Of |
mankind, and especially with the |
community 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 i'm selfishness. The 1
things that shall make our |
names memorable are those things /
which we do upon others, and for /
others. Not those who have lived for I
themselves, but those who have lived /
for others, for their country, and for /
their age. You and /, too, ere long. /
shall come to this hour. You are |
strong; the blood beats now healthily |
in your veins; but in short time, /
YOU, too, shall be in the coffin, and 4
YOU shall be followed by your friends /
to the tomb. Could we, If you We're /
called to-day, speak well of your his /
tory? Have you earned the right TO- /
be spoken of gratefully in this solemn |
hour, and have your name handed /
down 10 others? Are you livingabove /
the world while in it? Christianity I
purely and nObly? Are You living I
in the fear Of God and in the hope OF .
immortality? For, really, it is no un- .
meaning service of respect that you
Day to-day. You came hers 10 wear /
& nObler naR!iness and take on the /
nTQWs and higher fidelity and retain |
the sense of the urgency and impOr- [
tance of life. You come here once /
more to rebuke your passions ana (
seek the truth as it is in Jesus Christ, !
and check the uprising of pride and /
selfiShness, and take upon you the |
purposes and VOWS of fidelity OF God |
and man. Blessed are they who, |
when passing away, heed not !
The circumstances, the adven- /
titiOus circumstances of place. |
Blessed are they whose mOurners are I
those who are the recipients of their /.
continuous kindness, they who have |
made their memories dear to the !
hearts which they have enriched and |
blessed And now, tomorrow and !
next week his name will be familiar, |
and many of Us will cherish il so long
as we livt1 but this great laundering
city is likc the ocean, as when one
lalls overheard he gives one Outcry
and the flying water disturhs the sea,
but the huge wave passes over, the
wrinkles are smoothed, and the sea is |
no fuller than before. The great null
titude will forget him and pass on.
You who are 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 might grant to us all
such sense of the weakness here and
responsibility there, that we may 50
improve life that when we lay il
down we shall take it up again beyond
the grave, in a land where death is no
more-in a land where there is inn
mortality and blessedneSs.