New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-26
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY SEPTEMBER

spot of burial human hands raise it vain
ment had made the sepulchral dome, and set
the silent stars to watch the restngplace of His
The lesson be learned is that not only for
for God and the right here below God pity you your
only hope for remembrance when gone is to be
your name There is better way to End an everlast
ing memorial than in the tomb The words and deeds
anu laws OF Moses hOat his name to-day eufcnarged WITH
an immortality of greatness that viii never die Wealthy
men raise monuments where they TO be buried before
they die, but the best memorial is built by manhood
not by money 1t does not depend length OF time
what makes President Garaeids life work so brief is
that ne lived so we'll His murderer has not lived out
ha his days yet all think he has encountered this earth
too long with his worthless Garfield met all the
stand respiendent throughout his career the faith
M public press has been adjoining its with words
apples Of gold in pictures Of silver and which viii go
down In the political literature of the country TO inspire
me y0ung men OF future ages. What he haze done for
liberal education alone would place his name high among
In concluding DR.. Pedde spoke of President Garelds
loyalty 10 home and to God. He pictured him walking
nl0n, and said that he could call the distance
st dawn mourning n widow It would be to say to
hero than to walk by the side of corrupt coward false
that he had written in history of the that he
LIVED and died Christian and when some future histo
down as the largest legacy he left to the world.
LAMENTED AS A MAN, NOT A POLITICIAN.
tertaa).
The Rev. DR.. Vincent preached yesterday
morning in the Church of the Covenant, at Pars-ave
and Thirty ffthst from Psalm Ky, 5: "By terrible
things in righteousness wilt thou answer u.s. God of
our savation who art the confidence Of all the ends of
the EARTH and of them that afar of upon the sea-
The pulpit was heavily wound with black, and there
signs of mourning upon the organ DR. Vincent
said:
An intelligent pagan reading those words would be
strangely bewildered How can terror and salvation
how from the same Godf 1t is question
that not paganism philosophy nor science
can answer, and its solution be found no
where but in the Word of God No announce
ment is needed of the event which suggests these
thoughts. The blow has fallen upon the Nation Our
PRESIDENT Is dead, and we only say "Thy will be
done" God is addressed by the Psalmst as nearer of
prayer One of the startling features the cala
ty that overshadows the land to-day is its relation
prayer. President Garfield into office with more
universal prayer attending him than any President
ever did Ii was known that he difficulties and cor
rpton to contend against, and the cry Nation
arose like incense to the Throne OF Grace invoking the
blessing OF the Lord upon him. Few who prayed so \
looked to sec an assassins bullet for
Some Of heard the SGD news of the crime far away
yg M pleasure and All business, like the monotonous
tidal wave OF unceasnx prayer has been aseenSi MAJ
Heaven for the life OF the President To-day We have
the 9nswer-the terrible answer. There is Something
Wduy unpresSiye III this tremendous denial OF Ma
say We can only say that the God who does All
Things well has refused answer because
better that Gods viii should have been done
than that Nations prayer should be answered Go
back to the of GCthsemanc, where saviour
prayed: Let this cup pas from me, IL 1t be possible
yet not my will, but thine be done" II we have
Thought that our prayers be answered The
bending OF Gods viii 80 ours, deserve answer
but II We have prayed always with the thought upper
most, Thy viii be DONE" then prayers are truly
answered
The Nation cried for the freedom OF the slaves from
hcif bondage IDo prayer was answered but by
bc thuBs, OF which the dying thunders still fl air
Iiut the answer has come, and the rec ?
Gods Righteousness, with all terrors, leads to
"a
incndous purpose of salvation Of the Nation will accept
the lesson This aiction may assign the
disciplinary providcnces.
Every good man ia meant to be a warning insp
ration to HIS fellows. such gilt of God was late
President one lesson scaled 10y his death the lesson
o character, and IL is the impressive in this In
stance because he the direct outgrOwth our
tional life. 1t s nota politician but man, that We Ia
lnent 1t ls nccdtul sometimes that should
for the people Let pray that this lesson sorrow
may be lost