Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-10-01

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nottwithstanding all,the various and conflicting
eternal alliance for every. human soul in Christ
Win Jesus Christ: that he never would mislead;
and wakinep. in his pathway, would not
60 astray. and that whatever might
Rs i, the solution Of ten thousand
Who loved Jesus and walked after the Footsteps Of
Jesus and realized in spirit and life the pure morals
ana asa 1; The sxes: piety that he tonight was
slss , @isht prove unworthy and
ReF far dn and he seized a upon
his hand to the minister in pledge Of acceptance Of
the guidance of Christ for his life and turned his
back on the sins of the world forever.
The boy became man, and that pure honesty
and integrity, that fearless spirit to inquire and
that brave surrender of all the charms Of sin to
from that boyhood throughout his life and crowned
from ali hearts 20 over 81 til. vast land
the conditions Of virtuous life, between the log
cabin in Cuyahoga and the White House, and in
that wonderful. rich and varied experience.
hi SUI has touched IRON everg 9sn nea It
in all this land in some point or other, and he
became the representative of all hearts and lives in
this land, and not only the preacher but the inter-
prefer of all virtues. for he knew their wants
and he knew their condition and he es-
tablished legitimately. ties Of brotherhood
with every man with whom he came in
contact I think that this lying at the basis
OF his character, this rock on which his whole life
industry that marked his whole career, made him
at once the honest and the capable man who
invited.sin every act Of his life. and received the
THE LOVE, THE uNBouNDED CONFIDENCE
Of all who learned to love him. There is vet one
other thing that ought to mention here. There
pEsss of the PHYSICAL and
in bis being There was such an equitable distri3
forces that his nature looked out every way
sSd found sseas equal as St55E'nn +
his industry and ambition really an encyclopedia:
There was scarce any single word that
you could touch to which he would not respond in
swept it skillfuy long ago, and there no topic
you could bring before. him., there was no
object you could present to him. that you did not
somewhere gathered. for his eyes were always
open and his heart was always open
equally saa his ner essd IN was busy %
mute and the vast. the high and the low in all classes
up that immense store and the immense variety
oy n ss fe his and whole
But. my friends the soemnity Of this hour forbids
any further investigation in that line,
any further detail of every remarkable
life, for those details you are familiar with,or if not
they VIII come before you through various chan-
that rest on US now. in solemn burial service, to
caught your to attention soa and 10 s' Tsah sssHe
ought to become wiser and purer and better mon;
and want to say. therefore, first Of all. that there
comes voice from the dead to
nation md n
the people but to those in places of trust to our
legislators and our governors and our military men
al cassss and ereeds in the uon
and in States as well as to those who dwell in the
humblest life. Qualified with the dignites and
desire to point YOU can can Be- expressed in few
his whole public life without surrendering for
character or his love for the spiritual Coming into
the exciting conflicts OF political life with nature
capable as AMY Of feeling tine force
to unho!y ambition with unlawful prizes within his
reach, with every inducement to surren-
der all his religious faith and be
Of the world, from first to last he has manfully
adhered to his religious convictions and found
more hi, praise ss,n and al gathers the to hm
inspirations of the hope of everlasting life: am
very well aware Of feeling among political men.
Justly shared in all over the land by those who en-.
afford to be a politician and q christian: that he
must necessarily forego duty to God and be
absorbed in different measures of policy, as it is
necessary to enable him to achieve the desired
suit
Now, my friends, I call your attention to this
grand life as teaching lesson altogether inval-
liable. Just at this point want you to look
at that man. want you to think Of him in his
early manhood. He was so openly devoted to Christ
and you are within a few miles Of the
spot where great congregations gathered
Sne manhood was week s after week ans
words that fell from his lips, with adj
mraS wonder "a and It
for, the OHIO state senate. t was
tSa Deon ss to fun in ks Christian fa It and
efforts to lead christian life that this was rendered
him: and without any resort to any
State and began bis legislative career.
When the country, called to arms
when the Union in and bis great heart
d desse ,a and ambitions to render
1saarsa r. surrender Ct f.. the dignity noble.
the honors that fell on him thick and fast, and
the successes that followed each other rapidly
as to make him the wonder of the world.
ouainted with military life. and could only win
his way, by the -. honesty Of his pur-
with which he seized upon every opportunity to
accomplish the work before him. Follow him
from that time. He left the service Of the
field the people of his district sent him to congress,
their hearts gathering about him without any eff
forts his part and they kept
stay and they would have kept him there yet if he
had said He remained there until by the
voice of the people of the State, when there
were other bright and strong and grand names
men who were entitled to recognition and reward.
and worthy every way to bear sena torial
honors, yet there were such current of admiration
from all parts of the State that the