New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-09

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the words Of the brilliant Gladstone taught US nov
IL ia as having discarded all considerations ei esso'
creed condition. nationality, IN bis Worauu~"o P h
IT, as having deliberately stripped himself
in his lifetime of the property he had 30 aDorons az
Ing wealth, he had ever done In P ann
for and accumulation Literally tromg o Un;
higher higher to The Ees b AND sa s ri ne
earnings he had at last left for himself it is having
furnished this ney and LIVING and magnetic esaP Ss
stimulate the OF their felowmen as long as human
wants and human wealth shall ceexst upon tns
like that of Washington among patriots, or mat OF
Shakespeare or Milton among poets.
HISTORICAL PnILASTHRoPIsTs. .r
1 do not altogether forget those M@cenases OF Old
whom philosophers and poets have so delighted 10 eA'o'
do not forget the passing tribute OF the great Roman
orator OF the pubcans OF his own PERIOD as nav
ing displayed Incredible benigny in amassng vast
fortune not as the prey OF ayarce but as the insr
ment of dong good" do not forget the founders OF the
Royal Exchange in London, and OF the noble h0spta IN
Edinburgh the prncely merchant Of Queen Elizabets
day or the Jingling Geordie Of Engands first King
James do not forget how strikingly Edmund burke
Of his own contemporaries His fortune IS among 'io
argest-a fortune which Wholly o. as ~
sinks under the bcnevolence of its dispenser This pr
ders his whole being the estate Of the public in which
he has not reserved peeuun for himself. Of profit
MontSyon Of France. Whose noble benefactOns are
nuay distributed by the Imperial Academy and whose
on meas Of their kindred bench
cence recall, too, the refrain OF an ode to late n,
nincen English duke the erection OF his statue at
Belvoir Castle which might well have been sung again,
when Storys statue of our friend was recently unvaied
'1' ''-'' q O., ny brethren. what GLORY
Nor do fail to remember the long roll Of benefaetors,
dead and living of whom our own age and our o Wh
England-may so Justly boast But one imagines that
either Caius GURUS Sir Thomas Gresham or george
Monthyon, or Franklin or any of the later and larger
Of our own time or nd can eyer we b
Think me not unmindful, my friends, that, for thc
viii snce as well as untold mons-a cup of cold water,
as well treasure house Of silver and gold Think me
for the welfare OF mankind, which have been accom-
pshea by purely moral or TegSPs
and example, by the exercise OF great gifts OF In
ellect eoquence. by simple se-devotion and self
AIRY means by IN the of Christ by
formers Of prisons and organizers OF hospitals by Sisters
ns by by nj 'ns and
Nightingale, and such John Howard and William
like our own John Eliot the early apostle to the Indians,
or like that santed Vincent de Paul. whose memory has
centuries But philanthropy OF this Sort need not say,
stands somewhat different plane, and cannot fairly
HIS ABILITY TO DO GOOD.
10 is enough to say of our lamented friend have
seen and known him Of late, that in HIM were uned-as
rarely IL ever beorehe largest desire and the largest
ability to do good that his will was, at least common
surae with his wealth. and that nothing but the limited
extent of the most considerable earthly estate
vented his ENJOYING the very enepast OF celestial bliss
i. equal to the viii tbe b human soul
Requires Heaven"
And now, my friends, what wonder Is II that all that
with such convoy and with such accompanying honors
as well might have beltted mighty conqueror
some princey heroi Was lie not indeed, coiquerori
Was he not indeed herOl OH 1t is not the battle
are achieved and victories won There are battles TO be
fought there lifelong warfare to be waged by each
one breasts, and against our own selfish
natures And what conflict is harder than that which
forget, remember without shudder, the emphatic
testimony TO the character OF that conflict which
borne by blessed Savor-whO knew what
better than any knows 1t for himselfwhen said,
How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the
sell all that he had and distribute TO the poor and
then come aud follow hint"
HIS INDoMITABLE WILL
IL would be doing grievous injustice TO lamented
friend were we to deny conceal that there ee
ments IN his character which made his warfare In
this respect lie stranger to the love
accumulation. He no stranger to the passion for
gaining and saving and boarding There were in his ma
and even OF parsimony; and sometimes they would
sprout and spring up 10 spite OF himself Nothing less
strong than his WILL nothing less nd0nitabe than
his own courage could have enabled him. by the of
to strive f Sgsn,t eqs uS 6
QUESTION. IN thousand little ways you might perceive;
against, how much within him be had overcome and van
qushed All the glorious and signal was the ylcto
vi All the more deserved and appropriate these
trappngs Of triumph with which his remains have been
restored us You rob him Of his richest laurel
nn or disguise any of those innate tendencies any OF
acquired habits any q those 6esStting temptations
6y Recount you PLEASE pnr or msTce
ever witnessed-h they have ever witnessed any-or
which malice has ever whispered or limited at.and NAL
and you only added TO his titles TO be received and
remembered hero aud a conquerOr.
AS such cOnquerer, then you have received him from
that majestic turreted ron.clad which the gracious
monarch of motherand has dePued as her own mes
Queror you have canoped his funeralcar with the flag
u his ccuntryaye. with the flags Of both his countries
be pledge Of mutual forbesrance and afectonate re.
gard As such you mark r the Gay and the
shot be- the ciods Of his native soil heaped
We do not forget however amid all this pomp.
how eminently he was man OF peace OF how earnestly
spirit Of peace. national and International. may not
attempt to here to-day into any consideration OF
abroad. American English; but may say, IN single
word that think history Will be searched In vain Tor
| which have been more In harmony with that angelic
entered ON its funeral voyage across the Atlantic he
whole Christian world was uniting to ring back again to
the skies from winch IL neaIu-dny merely
man acts which WHILE have said they have walked
fresh and feryent echo or Glory God In the
highest have done more TO promote Peace on earth
and goodwil toward men,"
HIS TOMB AND HIS TROPHIES.
Here, then, my friends, in this home Of his infancy,
where, 10 years ago, he attended the common village
school, and served his first apprenticeship humble
shopboy here where IL years ago. his first large public
donation made, accompanied by that memorable
sentiment "Education-a debt due from present 10
future generations" here, where the monuments and
MEMORIALS Of his affection and his muDicence surround
every side. and where he had chosen to deposit
that unique enameled portrait OF the Queen,
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