, 1877-04-22

tues as no other one can be. As rule, We
never know each other entirely. We sedu-
lously guard ou1selvesfrom too near approach
to each other. We show only part Of our
selves. In society we bring forward q sem.
blance Of ourselves intended to create favor
in our homes, through relationship OF
years, we develop all sides of our nature, sad
become thoroughly known to each other ;
and in no relationship is this SO true as IN
that Of husband and wife. Hence, if any one
were competent to tell the friends Of this
1amented lady who and what she Was, it was
her husband. There was nothing inappro-
pirate in the matter Of his address. It was
dignided, manly, eloquent, and discriminative.
delivered with all the sad and fearful earnest
ness Of profound grief. There would have
come no protest from the silent lips Of the
deceased lady, for she shared her husbands
sorrows.
Comment therefore will not be made so
much upon what was done cs upon what
was not done. It is the absence of religious
ceremony that distinguishes this funeral
from others, Tt is the absence Of prayer,
of recognition of a Supreme Being, of refer
ence to the unseen world We are not
thoroughly acquainted with Gen. Stiles
views, or what opinion he holds as to the
future world. The most that We know is
that he is to greater or less extent material-
istic in his doctrines, and that his investiga-
tons tend towards the same conclusions that
wer3 reached by JEFFERSON and FRANKLIN
in this country, by HUME and G1BBoS in En-
gland: and by numerous others. There are,
without doubt, multitude of men who
share in this materialism, at the head Of
whom appear such men as SPENCER, TN
DALI, HUXLEY, DARWIN, and MILL, as leaders
Of thought. Men seem to be born doubters.
There is apparently something in the con-
tlicts with Fate, in the grapple with the
forces OF Nature, in the hard pressure OF cir
cumstances, in the defiant nature of the in
tellect, as well as in the strength Of physical
courage, that impels them into the cloudy
regions Of doubt. The absolute result in
every such case is to strip death of its terrors~
Those times when death-beds were charac-
terized by so much Of mental and spiritual
agony seem to have almost entirely passed
AWAY. There is also tendency to make the
last services over the dead Of less distress
ing character, less narrowing to the feelings
of the survivors, less gloomy, hopeless, and
agonizing, aud to regard the supreme law of
Nature the one great philosophical fact of the
lcstiny Of all animated things, if not in
ess solemn in more hopeful manner: This
much is we'll It is rare that woman ever
;hares in this doubt. Her nature is emo
ionnl, religious, full Of hope, aboun1ing in
aith and good works. Her faith is
|1ways clear and stealfast. While man
3 trying to reason his way into
! better world, hampered by q multitude
# doubts, sue sees all its ineGable glories
md knows its existence. The MARTs
watched for the resurrection of CuR1sr,
lever doubling He would reappear, and car
led the message to the Disciples from the |
nigel that rolled away the stone; but |
ruoMAs would not believe until lie had |
hrust his hands into His side. If men wer7 |
eft to themselves, uninduenced by woman,
NTH no memory of the counsels Of the wife |
r the teachings Of the mother, the vast ma-
ority would lapse into doubt. IF faith and |
ood works are sufficient unto the Kingdom !
+ Heaven, then that blessed place will be |
eoplel with. women. If doubt sends one |
0 perdition, then there is 1ittle hope for |
IAN there, for in all ages these threads ]
doubt have tangled the whole web
+ mans life, and must in NIL ages
, come. So long as man cannot see
y faith beyond the veil, lie will try to tear
away by reason, and thus forever be in
nrest. Whatever may be the views Of Gen
TILES, which we're the views Of his 1amented
'ife, let Us not question too curiously the
lanner of their parting, but, revering the
lemory Of a good woman mud respecting
le grief Of him who is left alone, and rec
gnizing him as an earnest, sincere man in
is beliefs, bury our dead under the consola-
ons Of the Christian faith, if so be, and &C
ord to him the same sincerity iu parting
ith his loved ones as seems to him best. If
lese obsequies shall in any way tend to dis
el the gloominess and almost hopeless grief
lat characterize so many fpnerals,-if we
'uld sprinkle but q few roses and pansies
nong the camellias, and let glcam Of sun
line lllumine the bier,-it would be well for
Ie living, and could not affect those who
e gone
THE TICHBORNE MYSTERY.
Tho I1cHBonNE mystery is by no means
cared up as yet. ARTHUR ORION, the
aimant, is in jail, and has seven more years