The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-11-17


, that department. Of the public service, which si
J the speed and security OF transmitting In. q
rmation aids TO Auuihifate space and time In p
hortly after this service, associated with the q
Iveator OF the Electric Telegraph, he gave l,
lecsss to what, for lack Of public oonadenee, Q
ons, lost 10 the world; and the msturest v
esrs Of his msnhood and old age secured to 4
Istsnt nations Ill a. Ia the sane hoG.eh S
nd speak hourly TO each other ~ In the same 4
,miiy. In this the erownins period OF his 8
,ropie 5snencsnee and Of his Christian devo. I
90, begins. Meanwhile Mr.. Kendall was .
vice msrried-nrst 10 ISIS and again ia lsa5- !
,ur daughters, ono by the first and three by G
le second matfisge, Surviving.
Perhaps In the providence Of God that turn !
Z special thought that now manifested itself .
is moral integrity was put, and BY the bright. |
ess OF Its untatnlshed purity which was thus I
tought out. Ia the political reaction which =
raj suits at law were brought Against Mr..
Kendall by disappointed mail contractors,
whose monopolies he had 40 siernly resisted
10 rescuing the Government from the pressure
u debt they were Imposing upon ~. Decllning
to take any advantage Of his ofncisl p:ivilege,
Mr.. Kendall met these suits alone and At his
own cost, aud thus gave an example OF pstti-
otic selEsserinee witch some OF mis- country.
men can never forget.
About twenty-five years Anee,hi 10 ~, nm' OF.
stsnt atteadsnec At the 4 street Baptist
church Al that time an unusually large num- |
neat political partisans under former adminis- |
trstons, and Of opposite principles, were gath.
cred In thstcongtcgstion. SO marked was this
divergence OF politic, ii le N ings and so strong
the sntagonlsms thu. met, that many OK.
| pressed the fear that the religious hsrhoay
would be thereby disturbed. while some
| overcome former antlpstaies, But there was
| Illustrated all the more striktngiy Paups Pc
Guitar Idea Of the religion Of Oh-is that 1t
| M a
| even national "trIH Of Partition" aud more
| than this that II Actuaiiy IN. ies OF the ficdtn
one nsp mani more perfect than either alone
could be. Nothing so gives breadth and com.
prehension to thought A. to meet counter and
complimentary truth held by another mind
| and nothing so schools the opiulonAte vie ~
and dormAtio spirit natural 10 successful lead
ers as 10 meet oceasiousily the same spirit Ia
others. II is the rounding off OF the angles OF
marty views and the te mpering Of conte ndI n
! Impulses BY the meeting Of opposites, which
! gives to the character OF our state.men in
liz, and 10 other social RELATIONS such as /,
! seldom nurtured In other men. NJ. Webster
and Calhoun used to speak Of thi, q. the re
suit OF their long Intercourse; aud Paul con.
: st,ntly aliudes 10 IL AZ the i'm mcdjate. IN,
marked, and triumphant result OF Uhrisiiar
grace.
and attachment in the Church, though n,
; member OF his family had by public profession
united with the Church, that the recall ofth,
from isSO to 1857, was due moe 20 his pei
Influence apd peeuuiary aid than to any otael
cause. Shortly after that recall, and Will,
one twelfth OF the PASTORS salary was raid by
him, q deep religious interest prevailed in hi
family, which, during the prog 'ess OF = fea
| years, resulted In the union OF almost ever,
| member OF the circle to the Christian Chures
he himself and = young daughter being LEFT
| alone without Its pale.
Meanwhile, however, his own religious COP
yietions were clearer and deeper than man,
around him supposed. II meant something
| that peculiarly sacrifice to sustain On .istirt
| worship, that constant attendance and IN n
| nxed and eArne.t Iistsning 10 the exnosition
| OF Christisu truth; and. more Than Ali. ina
| onIet and n,.fsc,.i sntIsI.e,,nn ,uhsn ~ ~
| and child, dsuahters and sons in.i,w. ons
| after another. publicly profes,sj their clris
| tlau faith and eonsecfation fnerc was more
| Al work vithia nan anpe.Fei 10 any obs,Iypfl
and sometimes II revealed Itself In a m,rLel
m.nner liz oft.n SCALA snysest Iim nina,
a. 10 The nstuse Of the NV me neion"E.thsT
Son and Holy Spirit-ss to the Divine sore
reignty m .nifest 10 calling some 70 be Ont.
tbe suSrsstioni oomins Sreansativ ram III.
own lips, that m ysteries a. great eslstsi If
mans own phyIieal and spi9itu,l exi.trpe,
once the question and TeDiy as ths same
| minds act. Many obIecti ans 10 4. practice
OF protested Chflstls1s wer, stated, anil
| sometimes with warmth but the coDseu uc at
importance that sincere mel b, 10 the Church
VA. ,iiovei' ii va. moi. however. mi hi
:ne'e1uens, union 10 ne Uaarsh tats EAr,. ~
| Siscinies ws. ,eaiI,ea " "
deeper fact, too, was revealed. Twic.
nFt n h . q nl u nfn.
ing into IN. C,ureh' M Kenasli prfy sU.l
, a ss,sa 10 sis n..toS th,tin HI ga, n,s,te'
: NE, when the los, Of. ehil e'Lca him t,
haa mel Win IeIipioa. eh ,SHs, sms ,hs IN IN
eon,,stencies Of CSureh members a." .aI N, M
sglsct "a n nn,rf ~ oneIs ~ MN !,
T. ps;gious mu 49, oeI9ac u,
@n.,ss.s ~ Of GSo,!q' the iourasi q Ia
sSs ny,n. n,t,in nu me ~ ~, o.
= la S,,io,D,n. ra"nJ ~ ~ ., 'no mrs Is
thinker 10 ali the freouent Discussion, on
religious subjects, sought as a fayorite thumc
when In private co yersatlon win his nTsinr
the most sensitive conscleutl IN ,n~s. sre NED
to control every statement OF 4 I,in.uiiy OF
objection, aud 4 regard for thu c5nyIetioSs o
. others who had surmounted these obstacle
, was a perfect charm In his constant de
| meanor,
The death of his late wife, In MAY, lsdj
usheTed IL new era Ia his religious lifc
Prior to this he had taken great interest IL
the formation OF a new tnow the Galway
church, constituted by the dismissal OF por
uon oil the memJers o! the street ehu'eh
soon a!tef ms vile; death ne conceived S n,
which ne hsd set apart ior her IS hil eNpecte
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l. n,o..inH 81. srstitnt. 70. th.Iy., hni
c. terest Re aeelsped his nnyno.e 10 ,,,s sIs !
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Q. relsting The progreas ~ h.. TelI sInm. c.m,
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