The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-27
ITO Thee, o Lorl, yield my spirit,
Who hrraE'st In love this mortal chain
My life, | but from Thee Inherit,
And death becomes my Chlelesl gain,
III Thee live; In Thee die;
Content, for Thou nrt ever Nigh"

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the counsellor, and cunning arIIiicer' and the el"
'TTSh. Ths T!,St W"r. ,aId Cry, and he xI What InII
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people is gns,
rhs E1!ss wltherGth, lhe llowcr Mdeil', but the
"Oru ol ""' SUM- S'HI' '''V'eF'
This Is u time OF mourning that has no
parallel In the history 1f the world, Death
Is constantly occurring, and every day aud
hour, almost every ymoment, some life OK
pircs and somewhere there are broken
hearts and dcsoIate homes, but We have
learned to accept the unavoidable, and we
pause u moment aud drop IL tear and then
away again 10 the eSCitementand ambition
OF life, and forget Il all. sOmetimes Il life
Is called for that plunges whole commits
nifty in mourning, and sometimes whole
nations mourn the loss ofA good king, or II
wise statesman, or IN eminent sage, or Il
great philosopher, or u philanthropst, or II
murtyr, who has laidihis Ito upon the altar
OF truth, Nnd won for himselt an eHyions
Immortality among the sons Of men, but
there was never mourning In oil tho
world like unto this mourning ]
am not speaking extravagantly when say
this, for nm told II is the result oil Oalcll-
latiOns, carefully made up from such data
us arc in possession, that certainly not less
than 800 100000 OF the human faRc share
IN the sadness mud the lamentations and
sorrow aud mourning that belong 10 this
occasion hero to-day, lt!sR still Glladow ol
Il fearful calamity that has extended itsell
into every home In all the land md into
every heart nnd that has projected ltSell
over the yOst seas and oceans into distant
lands and awakened the sincerest and pro.
foundest sympathy with us in the hearts Of
the good people Of the Nations and among
ull people, # Is worth while, my friends,
to pause moment and Ask why this Is. II
IL doubtless Attributable IN part to the
wonderous trIumplls OF SOiGIInO and urI
within the present century, by means
of which time and spaGe has been
10 fur conquered tlnt the Nations
once for distant and necessarily alie.
mated from eacl other are brought into
close communication, anl the various tics
Of commerce and Gf social interests and Oi
religious interests bring them In contact Of
; fellowship that could not have been known
In formertmcs lii likewise, unquCstion
ably, partiy due 10 The fpct thAt this Nation
OF 0tlra which has grown 10 gllGll wOndrOlls
might and power before The wllnlp earth
aud which II, In fact, the hope Of the world
in All that relates to the highest civilization
that tho sympathy with this Nation and Tho
respect for this great power that leads tC
these offerings Of coincidence and expires
sions oi gympathy and grief from the vari
ous nations 6t tll6 oarth, and because they
baye learned to respect this Nation and
recognize TINT the Nation u stricken
BY Il fatal blow tint has taken
our President from lls, and yet this
will by no means auG0nnt fQl
this marvellous and world wide sympathy
Of which we are speaking Yet II can mol
be attributed TO mere intellectual greatness
for there have been and there are Other
great apts, and acknowledging IN all TINT
thc most cnlbusjDstiG heart COuld claim fOi
orr beloved leader, Il is bgt iair IN eAy there
llayo beeu more eminent educators; tleiC
hive been greater soldiers; there laye beer
more skiiifil aD1 GYprrieDced aud power.
MI legislators md leaders Rf mighty par.
, Ties md political forces. There Il no ono
department. III which he Inns won GlpirenfG
where the world could not point To other:
who attained higher and more intallcQttli
: nj greatness. II might not he considered
more riuhteOnsly here than in many Other
g0seu, vet, perhaps, Il Is ntre in the history
. Of ncil nhi In ibp history of nations that
any on. man ilRa combined so muCl
excellence In these VarIous dGpatiNeDts
nnd who, tls an educator, and laWyer, and
n Legislator, and II soldier, and Il party
GIiojl0in, md alruer, has done so well, 81
!. thoroughly vol, In all the departments
and brought oit such gllaaesstiI results as
, to inspire confidence and GOiniVand Ee
street and approval In every part Of life IN
which ho las walked, and In every depart.
. inent OF public activity which he Ilas 6ccu
pic,l. Yet, / think, when We come to d
ttoper estimate Of his character, and seek
nilpr tho seGyet Of this worldwide syinpa
Inv and affection, va shall find II rather
in the richness and integrity Gt Ills moral
nature, and In that sincerity, In that
transparent honesty. III tllat truthiulness
ilnt lay The basis for everything Of great