New-York tribune., 1875-11-29
LESSONS oF A NOBLE LIFE.


her Savior.
LESSONS OF A NOBLE LIFE
The Rer DeWia Ts,,na0s ~ D. at e Central Iesbyerida
Chwch BroOktgn.
At the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday morn
ing the Rev T. d. Talmage u. d., preached to crowded
congregation the death of Henry Wilson. The text
WAS taken from Genesis Kill AZ: And he made him to
ride IN the second chariot" The sermon was substan-
tally follows:
Pharaoh woke up flushed and from two
dreams He had lean cows eat up seven fat
ces and spndlng of devour seven ears
fall Of grSin. No wonder he confounded. Joseph
was called in disentangle the kings phantasm He
did It well that it ordered that when the coaches
were brought parade Ssxt day he should ride in
the second chariot the first being oo>upied by the king
himself In the United States the people the SOW
ereigns and decide who shall occupy the first ard sec
ond cbarots Three years ago. in looking around for
,oe one to interpret dream of national prosperity
thew found their Joseph a humble man. and by vote
of three-fourths of the States Henry Wilson made
yicePresden and chosen to ride in the second chariot
of national honor and authority But suddenly the
gcant halted the second chariot is stopped North,
East, South, and West are bowed IN mourning; Henry
Wilson is dead.
Through my mind there rolls the long funeral cOrtege
that was led in by the plumes OF LncOlns hearse see
the obseques OF Horace Greeley and hear the peas of
the minute guns that marked Summers march TO the
tomb and now the body Of the VicePTesdent has been
farewell have sounded 1t stopped for little lille In
dependence Hall-the birth place OF the nation-and
again in the metropolis OF the country and now III Boston
learning aud eloquence viii their garand on his
DIST and then il Will be laid away in an unpretendng
village of Massachusetts, As his last visit in this section
vss at my own house, and his last public religious
address delivered the spot where now stand, it
has seemed appropriate that nv sermon this morn
ing should be ia memOriG- You ask who was this man
what has he aehievedi Why should he be remembered
Whence did ne come whittier has he comet His whole
IN, was protest against indolent discouragement He
vss born with dssolute father had dollar
OF his until he p he went 10 WORK IN tn0e-
makers shop, aud then on and up until he reached ne
State Legislature then on and up unul he entered the
Senate then and up until ne was seated IN he second
chariot Of national honor. When LOOK az ms record
say, Why should any man be d couragedI Henry
Wilson did begin bis education untl he had reached
al age when most OF our young men finish theirs fou
iquties had their backs broken by the cutch Oi
decIctude NOu not too old 20 succeed lhefe are
discouraged mechanics and merchants and on! now
many discouraeed people, Up and oGt OF tins lneIiS
your eye on God. The plane, the adze,
tle saw the snGG last 1n nave man po"e% Who si
down discouraged commits an outrage on human na-
,uts from difference in their industry. Henry Wilson
was digcnt in business feFveDt in spirit serving the
amid violent temptations. The tendencies OF our poht-
cal life toward dissipation Threefourths OF our pun
lie men die from drunkenness diseases that result
rom H. lES s'sv1 We W. fire Iii n y Yer Henry Wilson
moved r6ons an these fires anscathed The nearest he
eanc TO drinking Was TO say, No, lhahk You
5eSds in nSibihs that injured his own What rebnIe
his record TO those in nigh position Who say theS
cant resist these temptations What grand and blessed
thing il wa mat had IN the second chariot Of the ma
tion an "out-andOut" teetotaler!
Agsu, this unsearred amid all the temptations
So political corruption. lie died a poor man. CfeuIl
M6bhr touched him but glanced off He steeTed clear OF
TIE lobby. The i1ihng railroad schemes always lcl nm
on right side OF the track WIN opportunities 10
make millions by dishonest means ne never lgade cent
Iaan t pass under Crsword's statute Of Liberty
and 60 bis burial amid the aeel2Inaons Oh tbe
people. That man was Henry NlisOn ne OG,u,el tie
second chariot of the nation perhaps II ne had uVed
little longer might have elevated hlm TO me hisl'
Moreover, he was a humble, Oid-iashiODed Christian.
he had repented Of his sins and put his trust
sgo he stood up in Methodist meeting" and said
thai he had found thc Lord and urged others TO DO he
salne He beliey cd ia Father Almighty and III Two
oa M, acted IN his belief NOT leaving MS ministers as
k sometimes the case-by special pleading TO show ina
man was a Christian. MOI Henry Wilson believed ia
spersonal savior Religion is not insipid and ridcu,
Oss thing after all. II it sham. clear head
Henry son would have found 1t out. seldom mas II
Se In he Lord for they from their abOrs and their
works do follow them" lie has not stepped dovn-he
has stepped up. Hank TO the heavenly greeting, VIII
make hee ruler over mnny cities"
wonder If the nation VII learn nov qck @ transit ~ Gsn te
door OF YeePr sidonrs room, where visitors often
die sHddeniy Henry Wilson died at splendid time
Many don't die soon enough lie had nnshed every
would he Completed next Spring. But the book Of his
life Was closed and casped for the Judgment reckoning
No signs of pain visible In his cOuDtenanee Jesus
Of the Resurrection bending over his pillow, ready TO
take the worn-Out patriot up 10 God. sumner, they
say, was more scholarly; stephen A. Douglas was a
better organizer; John j. Crittenden more eloquent
bnt think lite grandly eloquent whose perOra-
ton Is heaven. by the memory OF Henry Wlisol !
charge public men to put aside the wnecup TO re-
fuse the preferred brib and 0 GEEK the Holy Gnost as
defense against temptation Let the nation stand with
uncovered hea0 duuUg the last oOheqUues NAue
tpeak the Iuns Boston Common announce the ar
rival of the august dead Make room for hin ald INC
ClarksOns the wiberiOrces, aud the Howards OF the
race Carry him 10 the sweet rest until the achan9ei
standing with foot the and the other on the
land snail swear by Him who liyeth that time shall be
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