The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-12-08
DISTRICT OF IsDIl
TENDER TRIBUTE

AND MEMORY THE DF.An
VICE-PREsIDENT.
The Herald OF yesterday contained the fol-
lowing tender tribute on the death of Vice
President Wilson: Tney say of Henry
Wilson that he told his attendants that on
the morning of his attack he apprehended
death before be could reach the Capitol.
"But even then,' said he, 'I felt no fear or
anxiety. felt tia: should not pass out OF
the universe, nor beyond the reack OF Gods
love and care" A reliance on divine wis
dom like this is so beautiful, and seems
so nearly like what God would
be written in every heart as
the belief of one who Stood on the utmost
shore Of time about 10 DRIFT out on the great
ocean of eternity. II implies trust higher
than faith and better than hope. These are
not the words OF a self-satistied man. one
who believed in his future preservation be-
cause he believed in himself, but the ex-
preston of one whose trust in God was part
of his mind, Unborn and not TO be shaken:
whose beliefin him was not the growth of
reason and time, but the natural basis ofa
BROAD AND LIBERAL INTELLBCT,
unbound by set limits and unwarped by
narrow preduices. How men meet death
is subject that will ever possess the Deep
est interest for human kind. Not
all the preaching since Adam
can make the great mystery
other than q mystery. that each soul must
solve alone in the silence which covers. the
river thst is just beyond the boundary OF
LIE; but when one stands at the brink and
calmly tells that he goes over fearlessly,
something like new hope inspires those
who have neither the faith of
the believing. There are all
ways of meeting death, and undsunted
courage is often exhibited by those who are
alien 20 faith or trust The fesrlessness of
Caesar, the boast OF millions, was that ind
OF courage which faces the inevitable, un-
fiinchingly recognizing neither doubt nor
hope. To such soul it would indeed seem
most strange that men should fear,
Seeing that death, necessary end,
Will come when ii will come"
Were it known to that certainty that finite
things are known, that death ies down the
final curtain on all tbers is Cf mortals,
every soul. no doubt, could calmly meet
dsrkly y-painled mystery thai over
shadows it, which appalls. 1t is the he-
lief of many that the different religions
taught have crested this mystery, and
weakened the trust that all human beings
we're originally endowed with. The aborigi-
mes of every country furnish something like
that the power that set this world in motion
would take care of all in its own good way.
Few persons of such perfect reliance in God
could be found who, standing in the pres
encs OF the terrible Azrsel, could say as did
Mr. Wilson, 'I felt that should not pass
out of the universe, nor beyond the reach of
Gods love and care" When it is remem-
bered that this is the uttersnce of man to
whom
LIFE WAS FULL OF HONOR AND PROMISE,
and all the prizes worth striving for. its
grand sign.6 6csnce and beautiful reliance
viii be understood snd felt. Had he been
morbid cynic. worn out by the disappoint-
ments OF life, and wearied with its unsatis-
Tying gifts, be would have welcomed death
wltS the rash eagerness of his kind, not as
the certainty ofs9mething OF better, but some
Thing else. As il was there was nothing of
the bobssful spirit of the pious egotist who
Is willing to leave this world, because his
agotism assures him he will be
specially favored in the next. but q trustful
repose in the goodness of a God who would
care for his creltures iD whatever part OF
his universe he called them to. Let us be
thankful for the beautiful faith in death as
we'll SIS the blameless life OF our dead vice
president.