Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-08

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They are all gone into the world VI light,
Aud alone sit lingering here
Their very memory is fair and bright,
Aud my soul sad thoughts doth clear.
II see them walking in air Of glory.
Whose light doth trample on my days
My days which are at best but dull and hoary,
Mere RIinlhcrlDgs ana decays.
A year or two after Wesley's death,
Fletcher went again TO Europe. He had
often crossed the ocean, and was always
well at sea. During his alb
sencc he was very cheerful and pleasant-
ly occupied, but fell ill in Paris before
his return. lie came home in the sum-
mer of 1874, and resumed his active in
sy,t In l,nc nrt
of 1875 he was again i'll, and after the
death of his only remaining brother, the
stout old Colonel" John, he took no
farther part i'll the business, and was ut
the office but two or three times. For
two years he lived quietly and happily
ut home, during the winter half of the
year in town, and for the summer half at
his pleasant rural place upon the Hudson,
near Irvington. There he drove daily
among the secluded bowery roads, or
along the great highway that Overhangs
the river and catches its far. cleaning dis
tances across the smooth lawns and be-
meath the rich foliage of beautiful estates.
1t was strangely lettering life for his
sincwy and active nature; but without
visible sadness or repining, he doubtless
felt that his work was done, and that it
remained only to glide gently to the end.
The end came amid the splendor of the
early summer whose delights he had
been gladly anticipating; but death did
not surprise him from the serenity of his
self-possession. When he knew that
death was ut hand, although the enjoy
ment of life was still strong and high,
he acquiesced calmly, speaking in the
words and after the manner of the fer
vent religious faith of his parents, in
which he had been trained, and to which
he had always faithfully adhered. With
the old familiar tranquility he gave final
and said farewell one by one
to those who were dearest to him, and to
the friends who loved him as they can
love few other men. Tenacious of life,
the frame Of the strong man was reluc.
tant to yield, but gradually and peace
fully he fell asleep.
$50 our world Is made
or life and death commingled: and the signs
Outweigh the smiles in equal balance laid.
What compensation? None, save that the
All.wise
So schools us to love things that cannot
fade"