New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-27

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The withereth the flower fadeth but rhe word of
our God shall stand forever.
rms is time for mourning that has parallel in the
history OF the world Death is constantly occurring
every day and every hour, and almost every minute
some HE expires, and somewhere there are broken
hearts and desolae homes. But we have learned
10 accept the unavoidable, and we pause
moment ana drop tear, and away again to the
ctenents an ambitions of life, forget ALL
uhes life is called for that punges a large commun
Ill mourning, and sometimes whole nations mourn the
loss OF good king, wise statesman, or an eminent
sage or great philosopher or phianthropst, a
martyr who has laid his the altar of truth and
won for himself enviable immortality among the sons
of men.
But there a mourning in all the world like
uh'o TINS mourning. am not speaking extrav aganty
Tor told that is the result of calculations carefully
made from such data in possession that
certainly not less than three hundred millions
OF the human race share in the sadness and the
lions and sorrow and mourning that belong this
caslon here to-day. 1t is a chill shadow of a fearful
'aity mat mas extended itself into every home in all
ths lan and INTO every heart and that has projected
itse over vast seas and oceans into distant lands and
awakened the and profoundest sympathy with
us in the hearts oi other nations.
ask Why this is 1t is doubtless atthutabc in part to
the wondrous trumphs of science and art within tie
present century, by means OF which time
nt ana space have been far conquered that
atcd from each other are brought into close com
mnnicaton then also the various ties of and
Known in former "W'P ap E srL G9uld not nave negn
partly due TO the fact that this Nat"n of ours hns crown
TO such wondrpus might and power before the whole
this great power lead To these oicrinrs of condo
Yet a p viii m %t 1o aa Sns'ny @nd Sfrt this
lous and Worldwide sympathy of which we are
ness for have been and there are other rt men
a lodging a. that hcmost enthusiastic heart
that there have been more oinrnf c,rat"rs There have
y al
mighty parties and political forces There il no one de-
may NOT point TO ntcrs who ntinincJ h,,hcr and o,
dre b@T @ 1t in msht % nor be considered
haps rare the history Of nations that any onc man
departments, and who as an cdaca, or aud lawyer and
ruler done So wcl so Thoroughly wcf in ali depart
brought ont such successful results ns to i'm
every path OF life i'm when he has w IlI and in de-
LINZ VIM W. p'c M @ nutf a'S @ wien he nae oceulrq YET
acer aud seek after the secret Of dis SYM
MSS ana "t ms moral nature and IN that sinccri
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An ANECDolE OF HIS YOUTH.
Imay state here what perhaps is not generally known
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mons night after night he went one day io tbc ,n,.t
and Sald TO MN; sir have b"cn listening TO your
, =, IL, ,', ~ ~ '''t hlg' lh t'n 'iv persuaded
the highest Interest Of every man of resrtnbtv and
especially OF every young man, to accept that rcIl ION
and seek go he man Bul really. don't know whether
tn4 thing true or not cant say that disbelieyc It.
II were sure that 1t true would most gladly give
my heart and my ife' So after long talk the
istcr preached that night on the text What Truth
and proceeded 10 show that Notwithstanding an the
various aud conllcng theories and opinions In ethical
science and Notwithstanding all the various and con
netlnS opinions Ia the world there assured
that every soul was safe with Jesus Christ; that lie
his hand and heart and waikiki In iiis pahnV woniG i
not astay, and that whatever might be The solution
OF all things the man who loved Jesus Christ
and walked after the footsteps ~ Icsus and realized m
safe" il safety there the universe OF Cod snfc
whatcNcr else were safe; safe, whatever else might
Held seized upon it after due reelection and camc for
ward and his hand 10 the ainster in pledge Of his
turned his back upon the sins of the forever Thc
boy is father TO the nud that pure honesty and in
brave surrender OF all the charms OF ain TO con
vctions Of duty and right with him from
4 mat hOYhoUd throughout his life and crowned
him with the honors that were 80 chcerfully
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vrtuous life between the log cabin In Cuyahopo and t
White House, and In that wonderfully rich and varied
experience moving up higher higher he has touched
every heart in all this some point or other and
he became the representative Of all hearts and lives In
this land only the teacher representative of
all virtues for he knew their wauts and he knew their
condition. and he established lecitmotolv bc tic. M
brotherhood with every man with whom he cnne IN can
tact take it that ths VOW living nj the b,sis ~ his
character, the rock which his whole rested
marked his whole carer nd d h SItng m inustr % th