River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-11-14
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renee county, New York, Sept. 14th,
. l834 and was, consequently, in his
#fortieth year
3 There are times and seasons when
5the heart is sad and we shrink from
sthat responsibility which is required to
5raise the soul to a proper appreciation
%of duty. Such hours will come in the
Wife and history of every rational hu.
Eman being. And these sad hours are
Nsometimes precipitated by some unex-
&pected intel geuce--some misfortune,
Nor some bereavement. Then it is that,
with great difficulty we can refrain from
Sinking under feelings of sorrow, deep
IsaHection or strong passion Then it is
Ethat the will must assert its supremacy.
srise above feeling, aud come to deal ear
*nestly, yet kindly, with the stern reali
gties of life. But never in our expert
Fence have we been SO unexpectedly
drought to task which we never ex
spocted to perform. Nightly may the
shadows fall-suns may set and moons
Jinay wane-grim autumn may follow
ssmiling snmmer-Noyember's surly
sblast may remind US that winter-even
Sthe winter Of our life, is rapidly APP
5proaching-even at our doors, bat moth
Sing has 50 suddenly awakened us as the
slntelligence that came over the wires
swith lightning speed, telling US that
sLUTE A. TAYLOR teGs no more 1t in
seyen thus, and how shall we write his
obituary?
4 1t IS nearly twenty years since we
first made his acquaintance, during
(which time we have been deeply inter-
ested in his career. He started thc|
I JoURNAL in this village in May, 1857
BAND little did we then dream that the
1wriier hereof would be his successor,
for ont of his successors in the publica,
etion Of the same. Still less could we
sby any possibility, have been made to
believe ~. i would ever become our
aduty to write his obituary.
4 The pre-eminene among men, which
secures personal respect, IS seldom, if
Fever secured by the excellence of a
5siu@le faculty oc the mind, or By the
1ercise Of single virtue 1t is those
My sho have possessed broad compre- !
ahension, accompanied with energy and
Virtue, tAat have made their mark inI
/ the world, or become eminent in any one
particular
Lutte TAYLOR was man Of genius
sand more than this, he possessed hesrt|
as expansive in comparison, as his
genius. To the blaze Of kindly imagi
suation, or under the calm monitous of
reason, he rose triumphantly above theI
barrow limits and restrictions that would
] hain him to the sphere Of ordinary
minds. That he may have been &C.
scentrier few will deny; but the eecen-
stric intuitions Of genius are always par-
! Toned with alacrity The recollection
Of his virtues will ever interpose to Of.
fer an excuse for any seeming incon
:slstencies Of his life.
Many-full many are the gems that
are floating around in the literary world
which were the bright sciutillations Of
\ his genius. Yea, and they are destin.
I FED 10 still brighter shine as the ever
varying current Of human events shall.
occasionally, or frequently bring them
to the surface.
Then, too, his poetical pieces, thoughs
1 not numerous, blend with al,ernates
|, happiness Of description, tue frolic
spirit Of hi, mother wit, or melt the
heart to the tender sentiments Of beauty,
'bebevolene, or Christian hope.
But we forbear. II is not our pur
pose to write an eulogy, nor yet an cpl
Itaph. LUrE TAYLOR will long livei
in the memory, and in the hearts of hisE
Friends. His stay on earth was brief
get few have lived for better purpose
lie has not lived 10 vain. To litera-!
Iturc he las given a lustre which time
I will not Iim--to poesy he has lent a!
charm witch will awaken a lively emo
ton in The hearts Of poets yet unborn j
Death marked his victim at an early|
hour, andhe is gone to that bourne
whence o traveller returns
In cary life he had a Christians hope
= Chr.tian's faith No fruet fhatl