The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-03

scenes OF affflctlon utterly prostrated Dy
the weight Of SORROW and sufaring he had
transferred from Others shoulders to
bis own.
Day after tomorrow all that remains
of the aged and beloved pastor will be
conveyed to the peaceful shades of
Greenwood, and among the many eler-
gymen who will participate in the serv-
ices / may mention Rev. DR.. X. s. Storrs,
Rev. DR.. Taylor of the Broadway New
York; Tabernacle, Rev. DR.. Theo. l.
Cuyler, Rev. DR.. Henry M. Scudder,
and Rev. DR.. A. s. Hunt, the latter of
the NJ. f. Missionary Society.
Speaking of cancer eminds me of the
fact that within year an Ex-Mayor of
this city has died of this disease. But
that the disease can be cured and is in
few instances cured have no doubt, for
only the other day / met a gentleman
who had been simultaneously attacked
by cancer in two places-in the back
and in the breast.
He told me that he placed himself un-
der the care of New Jersey specialist,
who by means of medicines eutwardly
applied, cured him, though not until, in
the case of the cancer on the breast, the
flesh had been featen away to the
bone, SO that the skin which afterward
formed adheres to the breast bone, max
ing him feel when he moves his arms as
though he had on a tight garment. So
extensive a cure is remarkable enough, |
believe. to warrant publication.
At the risk of giving my letter a
mournful aspect | must refer to another
case of poor health, the sufferer being the
distinguished story-writer { was going
to say novelist, but checked myself, fear
ing that juxtaposition with the succeed
ing word might make it seem out OF
place) and preacher, Rev. DIR. Edward
Eggleston.
Few men are better known, especially
in the West, than the author of "The
Hoosier Schoolmaster," "The Circuit
Rider" and half dozen other pure and
beautiful tales that have lifted this sim
ple-hearted man in to the first rank of
American literature. 1t will be five
years next January since he came to this
city and took charge of the Lee Associa-
tion Congregational Church under the
title of "The Church of the Christian
Endeavor," and during this time he has
worked as none but man actuated by a
lofty purpose can work, until he has sue
ceeded in founding a great church, a
church combining all the energies of
the people, allowing nothing to 60
to waste, and affording in its
manifold interest scope for the
exercise of all the faculties of the
human mind within Christian bounds.
But in performing this great work, and
at the same time carrying on his literary
pursuits, the indefatigable pastor has
sacrificed his health, until, to quote the
language of the Christian Union (Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher's paper), he has
been Ordered to abandon all work for
the present, and to sail for Europe for Il
three-months' vacation, as the only
remedy for nervous and brain trouble,
induced by overwork." A man who wa
born in Indiana, preached in Minnesota,
and been an editor and correspondent in
Chicago, hardly needs anything from my
pen to introduce him to Western readers.
The love that they bear him finds an
echo in our hearts here in the East, and
we trust to see him soon restored t.
health and at his familiar post of use
fulness. CRAs.