The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-02-10


prove Of blessing tn all present, when, .
the ssd moan Of the snlliae bell and tn
solenn roll OF tine nuA-d drum. ih
corseee repaired to the Flint Congregations
Church. the cssk~s being plsced in ,h'
chancrl. The sscss.i elI6ce - cso~,i-,
to i,s full capacity.
| At the caUlCH.
The services commenced With The fcll..w
ing appropriate hymn:
When ends iif.', TRANSIENT dream.
4 When d.A'h's cold. sa'i-a stream
| Shall DER me rs,i.
I bie~t Saviour. then Ia love.
Fear ami di.trus' remove.
\ IN! bear me sale shove.
ran-om~o soul.
Then, after appropriate readings from,
the Word Of God, prayer sas offered By
the pastor Of the church, the Rev. Nr.
Van Wagner, vbo s>ked Jehovah
to turn the hesr,s oil all present
to 81 esrne.i desire for bei,sr thing iha,
all msy be trues, more seslous and faithful
in their cork that Journalistic, especially,
may put their tslenis tn the very besi use
for the good Of their fellov.men.
Then oil p'e.ent heartily united in that
grand sppeal for divine aid:
Rock cG ages. eIef: s.r me-.
Lst me hide myself IN theei
! THE FUNERAL DISCOURSE
The tsleoied pastor. the Rev. Mr.. Van
Wagner. then preached the funeral dis
cSurse from the text:
For ~e must needs die. r-''her does God re-
| spe-s any man.
We stand, remarked the preacher, in the
preseace Of desth-hetore the !iieles body
Of one. vhc. 10. life. .rouskt in psr,icu-
lar Geld 81 iabor-Ihsi Of the jHnrnsii-t.
Hence. it will Be fitting At ibi. hour tn re-
mark on the mission ol the journalists.
lsl.-Tke di,kculIies attending the pro-
ies,ion. All thing considered, il Is o1e OF
the mot difficult icr succe~~. More men
Of good ability and earnest work have failed
in this profession, and generally from M
fsult If their "wn. than in any other voc,-
tion in life. wr~cks Of journaii-.s are cat
tered ali over The !and-snd the cau-e, ~ .
rule, 10 that their lahoss have ~, i.ep
properly appreciated by the public.
2d.-The demands Of the profession are
great. The journalist require. ability. !
courage, inlcmiisble perseverance,. This
feet should be appreciated. Take this
brother, Who just fallen, What s,rux- |
xles he enccuniered-his wss q life If fail !
ures and .uccesAes.
3i.-How laboriou. j. the profession. l
II II the most lsboEiors avocssion known |
to mankind. Remember how the printer !
and editor lah.nr. By day and by night. tn
give ~ the newspaper. And hos exciting
is his life-one constant strain or the /
nervous system, 4 CONSTANT wearing On the
vital Organization. He should receive
more sympathy.
Aih.-The trials II the profession Jour-
nalis,s are very often open to criticism and
censure. They are not perfect men. There
are three when they make mistakes anil
They are not infsilible. No
other profession receives such abuse
But, with all their fsul'., they
are . generous, noble set OF men. They /
have the good Of society a, heart. and their
lives are sp<nt in the god Of mankind.
They off receive too much censure. !; is
not TO Be- expected the editor can please all
clss-es; there j. too much diversi,y Of
opinion among the people. This censure
]. very often very unjust. Our dear brother
msde his blunders and aisiskes, but in his
vriiinss there wss very much that vas
noble, that did hrs fei!ovs good. And, yet.
how much cen-ure, hoe much sbuse did he |
receive in life. The public should be more |
tender. larger hearted. more generous to the |
journalist.
5,h.-The profession receives very su,sll !
Take the world over M
profession. save il be the ministry, is move /.
poorly paid for the vsst smount cf hard
york done.
6ih.-The importance Of the profession. /
The church If Chsiss. the religion Of Jesus. !
n proclaimed through pulpit and pre.s. II
the grand civiIis-r. Take the churches
from SedsIia and immortality would run !
riot. Just as es.~niial tn good society 10 !
the daily newspaper. Il their publication
should ceaae .pciety would retrogrsd~ !
-snd the tendency would be
ever downward. Il j. high time we rsccg-
mise what tL~ pres i- doinS-hos it IL
blessing the land. improving !, day By day.
The press is xrea, moral uplif,er. The
pres Of Sed.iia is blessing to the ci,y-ii
il uplifting the town. By j, our home. are
made sveeter, bot the public fails to rec
oenise ihi. deb, OF gratitude. Each printer,
a. veil as each newspaper writer, should
properly appreciate the dignity and worth
Of his profess,os.
A to the deceased brother. II il not
the 6liinG place to sEesk Of his faults. He
had his faults and his vesknssee-ve all
have them. He made nisiakes-~e all
make them. Let u speak Of his good quail
lies. When ct hrs heat. be vss warm hearted,
generous. is'enied-s man whom ore liked
TO meet and 10 hold eonserss,icn With.
Around the hcnr circle Of the deceased
ihe'e are clustered many PIs.AAoi m~m-
ories.
Under better circumstances THE man
would have Won reputation throughout the
land. He vss gifted With grcs, tslen,s
and he cultivated them. In many respects
be wss q moot brilliant m.". and he po.e.-
ed large possibilities. He Wrote m,ny
beautiful p"e@s snd some u his fugitive
pieces have gone spprovingly oil over the
nation. He vas sineularly gifted.
He 10 dead; be hes gone to the eternal
world. His right hand has Loot its cunning
The pen Of this ready writer has teen laid