New-York tribune., 1875-11-27

ruin wLIch coinfotted aud roassuIed those humble
ths dying statesman of the American Republic For
thousand years OF earthly obongp ana progress IA IN
situations In custom in snnos have not CHANGED the
heart OF man have not changed the eternal truth Of God
| 1t the sagacous instinct. the moral genius OF
sei to he the Son Of the Efcrual by his disregard
| OF time All his doctrines SIGNIFY one ana t.o @
GiH She instinct Fl immortay STRIVING Within him land
| the verge where he looks off upon eternity when no
| has sight of that immortal sea which brought him
btber' he leaves al his earthly Peculiarity oil that
which has dslng gnished him from the rest 0 bis fs O.
the elevation 10 which the men OF hs geDiaton nave
lifted him. the isolation Of honor to which he has been
eOisecrated. the oVellness 0f the great ana pecos
only pOo again. with tie same friities. The same
nSetles the afTcction the yearnngs anu tender
nes-; with the same need Oi DVihs oo9io.i i an '"'
humblest and most unknown oI his ielow-m9rtAls 49,,
II cannot be said Of Henry Wilson. that ne ded ana
made no sign that living IN tho nineteenth century,
which dates from the birth OF tGe Lord Jesus Cni
living when the power of his lie ale dea n eeu } 10
by every nation on the iace OF o",tn ~. nae s
institutions has gone into laws has inade even grabny
and oppres 'ion enduiabe has eolhea TUE bs.
with somotbiug 0f grnteness anu i".uS htI SianJ
lifted the nations into Kind or universal DFutnsboo',
50 That the cbie rulers OF the earth nave become niSbe
fthers and nnfsiux mothers in His kingdom and mo
prediction Of TIE prophet that msn sn eai war n no
MOI he said Henry Wilson that living at such p9G
ue drd lIde a pagan sneked v 4a creed yni"Orn. ne
died though life aud immortality had never poen
m s only Few days sinteass that we ale separa-
tel from il as N by centuries that the first few verses
llth Chapter of JOAN were read at hiJ BEDSIDE
When the reading reached The tulrd veise And II go
"rce~e yon rIno ms self~Re interrupted with kindly
eye. eneek sglow, Wnat clearer revelation, sau nei
euud there hereafter, OI Heaven as place oi
~ % r,,iz tboI,. whom we nave known in tins world
Ana low could being the Lord jesus utter sueh
words unless they true IL Il InpO,spis 10 Dt1eNc
bi,n an in,po.tor IL is eaualY Impossible believe
at he wo, a raise in expectations never to be real
zrd'. or do not undertake % gave tbe tAaot
Language of tins remark nor c,n give yOu oOncep
or of the beauty ant thrilling power OF wha lac said
WHEN ioiIowed the faces Of all OF were batled in
lear
uOu came into lay hands the volume Hspt hhdeI ms
pil ow and ana marked at Intervals dag AM nisht
when he knew not at what his Lord would come,
,,nd saw tnese Penciod stanAas
The ey 9 that shuts IN dylng hour
WI pen next IN bis- ,...
The welesHur VII. In the heavenly woTs1
Ere Tie fares ell IL hushed il ths.
We pass r. M the clasp of noun frilnds
AV9 %s sS' ea 81 eirt6 r. ae @ aa Ss most SIss Us ''
And when I turned TO the close OF the volume, and
found pasted upon fly leaves 9hoio;raph5 q' 'S ss,q
understood the personal application of hi v or - -
Nj Wilson nj hrs hoped Ia live, expected 20 I've lie
tod ne the dy ii hs rst aiacA, There i, ilns
nt he referred TO lis History Of the RISE and Fail of
the Great Keua0n" treatise which o. tsed l. enough
the hle werS Of any sihse man Ii9 re nave PFC,
moniiun that lis expectations 20 be disappointed
Was il FOR this reason tat tle day Oere ~ deaih ne
was clos"'ed Tor hours with Literary friend Ana u'd
he arise ut midnight open that liiLlr volume ana reId
But after all these du - have done,
Mot J. ar2ia q msii, men l.5y s 5oos alone,
Through Jesus BIO nj aleno
Thinking that perhaps uc already heard the tootfn OF
his coming Lord, Thinking Ct his own words, watch ye
therefore ye known not when the master Of tue
cUineti at even, or at Inldzht OI at enc cck-
Growing, or M tho morning, lest COniihs 5dthJ Le uu
you STEPPING 81.
Having long ago settled all questions relating 10 that
eternity 10 Nulcu accCpt'uS anew tbt
les uouy the u.dlblo witness respecting IT, tender,
1reyug grateful toward WONDERING at the way IN
yhch God mad led MIN. his spirit HsDd-d slth KIND of
celestial SumheI-Ieepiug N-u aH ID N. upon ths very
scene OF his grUatCat serywe -.u -rcau'sI tfi-
ulhs min >t,lCd 10 by tie oictu uonate and
Gilihiu servants Of The nation herself, as
though his sciness could be of 40 private nerprCla
n lis pathway 20 tAc tomb literally and hsuratyely
-iruhlfd with hJWcrs the very atDOSpicfr OF the
nulc nation fsobbny with messages Of sOiicitnde aBd
logc tis prcss giviag united testimony 40 TINS worth
thu. d. IeEIi Wilson Ot Missd huseLiS NIcePfCoidcnt
~ the United States.
IN te ms ouy reyerenty to bear ths sacred dust back
To the keeping Of the old Commonwealth OF MIo,a-
clt.seits the soil which has ulrraiy during the
lr,t century Oi national Ire gathered 10
itself the dust OF the ED aud later Adams, Tn aust O
Webster an Everett 5umLer-namer that VIII never
aie INTO ,Ioh company. and worthy ~ H. Henry Wilson
shall enter uICAalc1e,i AZ VIA his 10 seo tat winch
tue great statesman Ot Mansfield dreaded 80 niieh 70
with his DYING ono portion Ui tllS Uon h
Al IA, guDs But 1t was bs also to parto PATE
IN the trnn ~ that evil winch hnd 60 taxed ahd
defeated tc ingenuity ani 5taicsnansDp vi most unds
before him. his also to assist III Oi'hs-
mg order ot tIc caaOs or civl war, Ia
their b.rthrisht nation new born.
,nd though passing through sach trouDi sonie e
s was Dos also % die IN eaCe, vita not one feeling
Ul recruitment toward t.e living or tne dead others
may De ttt to dc.,lm.n, Vhr.h r .uch a man VAC q
rrt man! ami how great he W. IL s enough ior uS to
ink tie God of ouI FATHERS ,hd. he stu rs az sdeb
.neu. and Ia believe tiaG long they Continue the
rcYupi.c VIII bo saie
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