, 1877-11-18

perry and nonsense. II I were to sum up lis
business qualities in 4 word, should say tidcl-
ity, integrity, honesty, purity Of purpose in nil
financial affairs, aud tho warm personal
11ee TINT he put pn11h1 into dae an aae1
the line, OF his services, dependent upon the
! glance Of his eye and the acquaintance with
men, and it shows q remarkable knowledge OF
human nature. He comes to this business cen
trc your friend, your neighbor. lie is not meas
! ured simply by the bank and the business. He
had literary taste Of no low order lie loved
| books. Hc loved exquisite poetry He
rcvelcd in such associations. He loved
good men. The range OF his acquant-
| great men OF the land everywhere, and they
| were guests at this house. Tic was man not
unacquainted with religion. He was constant
attendant at church. | say constant, not that
| unt At sol,c church. lie nau breadth Of Oh
! scryatiun or this subject that did not lead him
! to close connection with any Church, but he was
instructed in Christian things. These blessed
! words that have been read by Dr.. Sullivan we're
| And this was q pec,'liarity Of it. He was n
reticcnt man. He took counsel llterally,-you
might almost make it. 4 sweeping as
scrtion,-of no man, He had no per-
| soual advisers. He WAS self-poiscd,-too much
| so, which Was one OF the causes OF his break
ing. None held his inncr confidence. II this
WAS so iu business, it was SO in religion: and
| this is simply the point / make: That it be-
comes neither you nor me to enter into the
! mysteries Of his souls life. We arc neither
delegated Of God nor Of man, nor have VIC the
scrutiny to Judge souls.
dare hardly to come into the closer circle OF
his family life. lie was man who loved his
home. lie was 4 home mana domestic man.
HIS chief pleasure was hcrc. He loved his chill
dren. Oh! 10 have seen him fondlc thc,n, and
romp with them, and carry them, and nurse
them in their sickness, US | have seen him;
aud then to bring them up and have them,
even tn the little baby tllat could hardly lisp,
understand that only last Sabbath he had them
bv his side aud they sang for him the "Sweet
BIZ and BY" Here was tue sanctuary that he
loved, aud in Which llc lived.
1t is astonishing, my friends, that we are to-
day to take away one whose mind tncn came to
consult; who touched every spring ol business
aud Of commerce III this great centre by his au-
vice one way or another; that thai mind So self
poised, So sure, should be the Que To break.
Yet such it is.
| shall not speak Of her, the chief sufferer by
this unsueakaDle calamity, save only to say, III
her own words. Us she told ulc yesterday: MIR.
Bartlett, my heart Is broSen! My heart is bro
kcn!" Every one is familiar with his social
qualities; with his genial, kindly temper aud
method To tins bercayed family you may
bring your synlpathies and your tears. They
are worthy ot then. The community readily
adjusts itself to anything; but the family, oh!
co1neth How he will BIZ 1nourned at the table
here, at the helm down the street, BY
this man and that man, and the other,
whom We do not know; By many poor that /
know l,c llas relieved, not ostentatiously, but
with the quiet method iu which lie was accus-
toned to act! Here and there they are m
mourning to-day throughout this great city
He belongs, my friends, to the series Of events
and the ciass vi men that have made this city
famous. Take 4 generous pride III his memory.
t.eA
this Western formative era. A child Of the
period, Ac fell L martyr to this eager, over
driven agc. He belongs to you,-a representa-
tive Of Chieagos greatness, enterprise, and sue
cess. Keep lustrc over his worthy qualities.
recr, and with Charity's white hand
shield his faults. Stop slanucr's tongue,
which, from MALICE OR sensation, listorts and
cxaggeratcs his blemishes, and blight the gos-
sin, husy with imaginary troubles. The stars
shall pace their rounds, the sun shall rise and !
wcster. This great writAing giant Of city
shall stretch itself and put forth its power, !
many generations OF men come and go, aud the |
lake oft bring banc aud blessing, before you lay |
spccts tue peer Of William Findlay Coolbaugh. |
In the gray mists OF approaching day, symbol /
OF his bctugged brain: within sound Of the |
splashing waves Of the restless lake, enblematic I
of the wild emotions which heaved him beyond !
within the sweep OF tic headlight /
Of the painting locomotive, representative OF the |
very commerce which he had helped to create. |!
and luingling its roar with tho surge and the
winds, with his waning brain rceing in luuacy |
OH the steps Of the unfinished monument OF his !
great friend, he elects the flesh and stands i'm
mortal in the custody Of that Christ whose
[cct were washed by Masdalcn's tears, who,
lying on the cross By sin and for sinners, cried
out, "Fathcr, forgive them, for they know not
what they dor; ana whose judgment is tem-
pered with mercy and whose namr is Lore.
Tie Q,lartettc sang ssJesus Savior Of NV |
Soui,' and the exercises were concluded with
prayer aud bcncdietlon by the Key. Edward
Sullivan. Another opportunity was given to
sazc on the features OF the departed, Of which
nauy ayailed themselves. L large number OF
l1oirncrs took carriages and followed the body
i.r:,t.cia1ad ,xi,nrc il saIlly i1af errcl