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beautiful and symmetrical life
and character. But, my friends.
the solemnity of this hour forbids
any further investigation IL that
line. 1t is my duty in the presence
of the dead, and in view of all the
sOlemnities that rest upon US now
IN the solemn burial service, TO call
your attention to the great lesson
taught to. you, and by which we.
ought to become wiser and purer
and better men; and want to say,
therefore, firstof all, there comes a
voice from the dead to this entire
nation, and not only to the people
but to those in places of trust, to our
legislators and our governors and
our military men, and our leaders of
parties, and all classes and creeds in
the Union and in states, as well as
to those who dwell in the lumblest
walks of life, qualified with the dig
mites and privileges of citizenship.
The greatleSson to which | desire
to point you, can be expressed in few
words: James A. Garfield went
through his whole public life with
out surrendering for a single mo-
ment his Christian integrity, his
moral character or his love for the
spiritual. Coming into the exciting
conflicts of political life with ma
ture capable as any of feeling the
force of any temptation, with temp
tationS to unhOly ambition, with IN
lawful prizes within his reach, with
every inducement to surrender his
religious faith and be known merely
as a successful man of tie world,
from first to last he has manfully
adhered to his religious conviction,
and found more praise and gathers
to him in his death all the pure in
SEPARATIONS of the hope of everlasting
life. am very well aware of the
feeling among political men, justly
shared in all over the land by those
who engage in political life, that a
man cannot afford to be a
politician and Christian; that
he must necessarily fOregO his
duty to God, and be absorbed in the
different measures of policy that
may be necessary to enable him to
achieve a desired result. Now, as my
friends, [ call your attention to this
grand life as teaching lesson alto
gether invaluable. 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
committed to Christ and the princi-
pies Of the Christian religion that
lac was frequently found among the
people, allowing large liberty, Occu-
plying a pulpit, and you are within a
few miles of the spot where great
congregations gathered when he
was as yet boy, just emerging into
manhood, and week after week liV-
ing upon the words that fell from
his lips with admiration, wonder
and enthusiasm. 1t was when he
was known to be occupying the
position that they invited him to
become a. candidate for the Ohio
State senate. It was with full
knowledge of all that belonged to
him in his Christian faith and his
efforts to live a Christian life that
this was rendered to him, and with
out any resort to any diShOnOrable
means, he was elected and served
his state, and began his legislative
career. When the Union was in dan
ger, and his great heart leaped with
he was filled with
hottest desires and ambitions,
to render some service to his
country. 1t required no sur
render of the nObleness of
his Christian life to secure to him
the donors that fell on him so thick
and fast, and the successes that fol
Owed each other so rapidly as to
make him the wonder of the world,
though he ventured upon that career
wholly unacqUainted with military
life, and could win his way only by
he honesty of his purpose and the
and faithfulneSs with
which he seized upon every oppor-
5unity to accomplish the work be-
fore him. Follow him from that
until he left the service in the field. |
The people Of his district sent him
to Congress, their hearts gathering
about him without any effort on his
part, and they kept him there as
long as he would stay, and they
would have kept him there yet if he
had said so. He remained there
until by the voice of the people Of
this state, when there were other
bright and strong and grand names
of men who were entitled to recog-
milton and reward, and worthy
every way to bear senatorial hOnors,
yet there were such currents Of ad-
miration and sympathy and trust
and love coming in from all parts of
the state, that the action of the
legislature at Columbus was but the
echo of the popular voice, when by
they gave him that
place, and every other candidate
gracefully retired; and then again.
when he went to Chicago to serve
the interests of another; when /
know his ambition was fully salts
fed, and he had received that on
which he heart was set, and looked
with more than gladness for a path
in life which he thought his entire
and culture had prepared
him for, when wearied out with
every effort to command a majority
for any candidate the hearts of
that great convention turned
on every side to James A. Garfield.
In spite of himself and against