Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-02-19
Jared warner-In Memoriam.


On the occasion of visit TO the
farm residence of Mr.. Warner in
1874 it was agreed between us that
in case / survived him and re-
within cali | should take
part in the final disposal of his re-,
mains, to express such sentiment in
harmony with hs views touching
the burial of deceased friends as
would be appropriate to the ocee
sion.
This melancholy duty 1 was una.
Tie to perform because / did not re-.
ceive the note from Mr.. Paul in.
forming me of Mr.. Warmers death
ill the evening of the 7tb, some
hours psst the time fixed in the
note for his burial. Ny letter of
coincidence, containing also trib-
ute to the memory of my deceased
friend, sent to Mr.. Paul by the first
mail, which was intended for publ
cation in the HERALD did not arrive
in time to reach Lancaster in season
for publication in the issue contain
ing his obituary notice and | must
now ask of the editor the favor of
hearing in his next issue. 1t is
never too late to pay an honest
tribute to manly virtue and trans.
cendent worth, as 1t is always in
season to reprobate error. These
are the only agencies by which So
ciety can be improved.
My acquaintance with Jared
Warner began at session of the
County Board of Supervisors in
1856; and the friendship then
formed between US was maintained
in uninterrupted enjoyment thereaf-
ter so long as he lived. His strong
and peculiarly marked traits Of
character, which to some were re.
pellant, were to me not only matter
for high respect but affection.
There is really Io room for Pla-
tanic love where there is faint of
mental bondage. His mind was
free
Well studied in all matters per-
tanning to science and sociology, as
well as to all points Of controversy
in the wide domain where material
ism and Observation-Disclosures
and emotionalism have for ages con-
tended for mastery and being as
consequence well grounded in bis
own convictions it is not surprising
that in his younger days especially
he sometimes became impatient OF
sophistry and combated his antag-
onists with the formidable weapons
Of ridicule. Age is. or ought to be,
the great conservatism of social UT.
banity as enlightenment is the re-
lance of social progress.
federation comes step by STEP
with mental elevation and with
equal strides the doubtful must give
way to the demonstrable. The
facts of natures handiwork. always
in correlation to one Sublime truth
are, by this progress, brought mere
in array to silence the sophistical
clamors of the sectaries who seek te
substitute Faith--an intangible con.
ception-for tangible reason.
1t was my deceased friends opin'
ion--that all claims in controversy
having to do with the estate of man
here, or hereafter, which in theil
nature are at war with scientific
truth aud the highest attainment c
reason should be sacrificed to tht
higher authority. g Generations hence
this will be the universally accepted
doctrine.
While my late friend was Otter
subjected to prejudice on account o
his unpopular views 10 certain mat
ters, his integrity of purpose in al
things and his work as eitize,
particularly in the political admins
t6BSHQ of RstGh Gr0ys and IF GEsn
ton.
What, In we'll carried citizen
displays higher type of manhood
than an intelligent avowal of non
belief in popular doctrine, wher
such avowal brings in its'traiD. per
secution or social ostracism Ac
quiescence in the ruling opinion il
easy enough but, he who, from
mere motives of policy consents Il
such bondage of mind, strips him
self of that which, honesty pre-,
served, would be his chief adorn
ment, and bis growing glory as {
man.
Viewed III this light, in what {
heroic attitude must we place the
last thirty years life of Jared War
ner2 Should not his record com
mand the highest respect of all who
knew him, whether with him OF
against him in doctrinal controversy
due to him while living-now tina,
he has passed away from US foreveri
As we gather to the sad solemn.
ties OF burial, we instinctively pass
silently in review the worth of the
friend or neighbor who has gone
but is it not wisdom in US to so con
tract our reflections, and so temper
our judgment, Gs to make this meas.
ure of worth, mainly, upon the prac-
tical virtues, or absence of virtues
possessed by the deceased 10 life ir.
respective of whatever non-practicaI
sentiments he or she may have &C.
tertained while living?
The just citizen, whose chief aim
in life was the public welfare and
not personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT may
Justly pass his memory 10 pos terity
by this epitaph inscribed in simple
lines over his remains:
Consciousness of having done ones
whole duty according to ability and
opportunity through life, banishes
fear and brings repose to such an
one, living, or dying.
G. X. DEAN.
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