Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-10-02

iout Wills Delore the WnOle cOun ny.
Their spirits rose and fell with his. They
counted bis pulse beats. They counted His
every morsel of food They caught every
most casual word that fell from his lips, as
though it might be his last They knelt
hourly about his bedside.
The sweet, heroic soul that nursed him in
cheer and cordial through those terrible so
days of watching and waiting-the angel
presence of his sick room-no wonder he
turned and kissed her on inauguration day
the wife of his youth, the sbarer of his early
poverty and toll, the bosom so tender of his
support and rest in responsibility and weari-
ness! Oh, how the peoples hearts have
gone out toward that woman. Americas
heroine, and now Americas most sacred
trust! Beautiful spirit, thou hast glorifed
womanhood, and lifted thy sex in praise and
fame one star nearer the celestial gates.
Washington has gone into history as 1.-THE
Good" jackson as the President of the
Iron Will, " others characterized by other
words which do them justice and individ-
ualize them in the nations memory Will
not the goth President go into history as
" Garfield, the beloved" and when on the
canvass of Immortality that now historic
name is thrown, close beside him or hover
ing over him in outstretched hands of min
istry or in the aureole of benediction let her
be painted who was the guiding, cheering
angel of his life, and who now wears alone
on earth the glory of his eternal fame
But above all, my friends, President Gar
field was profoundly religious man. From
his cody mother, yesterday 80 years of age
and who to this day reads her three
chapters in the Bible every morning: o
who can speak the value and the praise of a
noble, pious mother?-he received re-
ligious birthright and training. He be-
lieved in the existence, moral government
| and wise and loving providence of God
and accepted and lived by the doctrines and
principles of our most holy Christian faith.
| When college president, he always read a
| chapter of Scripture to the students every
morning and reverently led them in prayer
He was often a lay preacher, unfolding IN
church and school-house and wayslde cot
tage the sacred oracles of God aud testify
ing to the riches of the grace of God in
Christ Jesus. His religious character was
his glory, the pride and admiration Of the
church and the most splendid heritage of
influence and example he has left the
| American people. You may count on the fin
gers of your right hand our religious Presi-
dents, and among them all and at
the head of them all, man of faith
and prayer, christian living and chris tan
dying, you may place Garfield THE Chris
| tan President"
And now, brethren and friends, standing
amid these shadows of death, and under the
clouds of an universal gloom, are there fol-
us no lights amid the darkness-no stars Of
luster and love from out the envelopins
clouds?
President Garfield death has revealed t
us, in a wonderful manner, the substantial
| oneness of the nation as we had never sIs
pected it before In the presence of thu
King of Terrors, and by the coffin of the
beloved dead, we look in vain for sections
and parties-for alienated States or divided
households the country, from end to end
vies together in demonstrations of loyalt,
and respect, and mingles its million voice.
in common amentation and its tears in
common food. And we are assured tina
beneath the tumultuous political misunde1
standings and excitements of the day ant
the hour there is but one spirit one senti
ment one voice III our whole vast country
and that mutual affection, household sym
pathy, and indissoluble, eternal union
From sea to sea bends over us to-day, with
out lost or faded color, the rainbow o
good will; and upon the capitol Of ever.
State, and upon every private dwelling o
America, sits to-day, with white wings, tn
, beautiful, holy dove of peace.
God grant that that rainbow may never b
broken Or lose a color Of its beauteous igh
in all its continental arch. God grant tina
that sweet dove of peace may never unfol
its white wings in unholy flight!
And then rising higher and looking fur
Their, whoever witnessed in all the tide O
, time, such an outburst of foreign sympa
thy and sorrow as our national calamint
= has created? The bells of old Englan
tolling and its court going into persona
, mourning, never known before in BIRTHS
: history, and the same in Spain, and froI
every republic and empire and kingdol
and province of the old world, clear t
: India and the isles of the remotest SCI
!, what affectiopate, tender words of CONGO
lence and grief have come to US. The TX
of it was never accorded in good viii an
sympathy to any nation before, nor in II
: gard and veneration to any ruler of empire
or republics since time began. The who
earth in mourning, and for US. What
n sublime, heart affecting spectacle. L.
! | the communism of the world Aero:
o mountains and seas and languages and go
ernments and races the nations clasp the
filial hands in sympathy and sorrow, an
: attest the oneness of the race al
c the sweet humanity of man
y other ways than Emeron sang of Il
Concord Farmers in the Revolution, Guitea
L fired shot heard round the world I'll
8 every car, emperor and prince from Nib
|. listic Russia to where Victoria sits on h
8 reposeful isle, trembled on their throne
> and with their aroused and weeping poop
l. gathered about US, one great, stricken, SO
sowing household To have brought out
u the presence of all the earth such demon
L STATIONS of virtue international sympatl
J, and love, was worth hero's death.
II And then how this national affection at
II death have stirred to their deepest dept
l. the religious sensibilities of the Americf
/. people and demonstrated to themselves al
l. the world that this land believes in an owe
l. ruling providence, and in the privilege al
q power of prayer? Did ever nation s
back on atheism and intidelity and skeptic
q science as this people have done, are don
g to-day and will do tomorrow What
y - demonstration of a peoples belief in Il
:. great principles of christianity What M
= lions have prayed in this awful emergent
"a, that have always prayed and that new
|, , prayed before !! How have they stormed
it were the very throne of God with the
q daily and perpetual supplieations, bowir
g themselves before Jehovel and beseechir
n his interposition, his help, his mercy!
It In the shot fired by G1iteau, our pc
a pie, too, have recognized the divine as We
is as the human hand, und have believed al
g felt that this awful deed of treason al
= blood was allowed for all wise reasons al
g, most benefcient results; and til
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