The Fremont County record., 1881-10-01

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the wall OF sorrow Sver breaks, th
deathless spirit Of d i departed com
rade and brother 4 = with God.
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glory metbinks 1 \ . voice, "mor
tails, fastening 10 Z tomb, and ono
the companions a ny pilgrimage
take warning and void my errors
cultivate the. virtr1 have recon
mended; cbooso 4 Savior 1 hav,
chosen lit3 dfefnp stedly fol
immortalityss And buld you rescu,
anything from 1an tissolution, lay
u up I'm God. = are some traits
i lU&ish a11Ye en q in the charac
that should be instructive. and will
the hope of mutual profit turn your
thoughts upon them briefly.
A character which secures sucl
! universal love and respect is not diff
ficult to portray, since greatness ii
simple, artless and lies open to every
eye.
President Garfield possessed, in 9
remarkable degree, those excellencies
which are supposed to repel each 9th
cr. but which in truth constitute the
basis of real greatness. In illustra-
ton of this fact you will observe
That, while singnlarly alive to the
domestic affections, he exhibited q
rare spirit Of devotion to the public
good. Those who saw him in the
bosom of his family can never forget
the deep sympathies and exuberant
joyousness of his spirits. His home
was pervaded by his love, as by the
flooding light of heaven. The aged
mother, who had long outlived the
companion of her youth, clung to him
with fond devotion, that was re-
Quilted by no ordinary filial attach
ment. Indeed, he may be cited as a
proof of the good effects of the more
unrestrained aud tender Intercourse
between parents and children, which
distinguishes the present from the
past age. His wife and children were
not only the companions of his leis-
urc moments, but were cheerfully
conceded such other time as a just
claim and a natural necessity de-
mands of the head of family.
Yet, conjoined to these strong do:
mestic affections was a love of his
country and his race equally rare.
His heart beat in unison With the
sEHst hsast .eEsEbAgz MS own T1oo
by the living fiber of brotherhood,
but his sympathies leaped the bound
of country, and race, and color, snd
placed him in helpful attitude beside
the oppressed and afflicted of every
race. His mild countenance would
fame with displeasurc whenever he
witnessed the invasion of the rights
OF another. In him the love of free
dom glowed as q central, incxtingu-
ishable fire. His was not the school
boys passion for liberty, caught from
the blood-staiucd pages of Greece
and Rome, but q freedom resting on
the broadcst intelligence, and draw
ing its inspiration from, clear and pro-
found views of the nature and destiny
and inalienable rights of man. Hence.
to lift man up, to make him frc. and
intelligent. to restore him to the dig
nifty of self-directiug manhood, and
the blessed hope of the Christian
seemed the chief motives of his life.
This enthusiasm for the good of his
brother man, and this devotion to the
psblic veal, hurried him in early
manhood to the school room, the pull
pit and the legislature of his state,
Again We see him hurrying at his
country's call to the tented field, to
take his post ON the dangerous ram
part or lead his command into the
deadly breach. From the scenes OF
war he answers the summons to the
halls of Congress, that there by voice
and pen he may aid his fellow in
SSSutAuS shOso AA&ute WHNu "~A>
ljeopordized by the bristling bayone,
and the cleaning sword. But amid
all his public duties his domestic af
fections were conspic1ous, and vii
be treasured as a priceless mcmcnte
by his compeers in the counsels ofth'
nation.
As another example of seemingl,
homogeneous virtues, he was . hero
man of lion heart, gathering
strength and animation from danger
and bound the more firmly to dnt.
| as perils and privations attended it
at the same time he was . child il
his simplicity. gentlencss and unos
| tcntation. Was he less soldicrl,
| In his bearing, none were moro brav'
| In battls. Tho records ofhis militar.
career arc before you, read and re
member, the true hero 10 not dis
tinguishsd by boinbast and discount
| cay.
| Hc exhibited another union Of quail
itiss not easily reconciled. Rpssssss,
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