Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-03-09

unbiased liberalily OF private interpreti-
ton. favored, If 1t did not stimulate, the
spirit of investigation. It's members pr).
tess with sincerity, and profess only, to be
pf one mind and one faith with those who
immediately followed the Master and who
we're first called christians at Antioch.
But however high,Gartield reasoned OF
fixed fate, free will, foreSnowledse abso-
nle," he was never separated from the
church of the Disciples in his affections and
IN Lis associations. For hlm it held the ark
1fthe covenant. TO him it was the gate Of
heaven. The world OF religious belief l!
full of solecisms and contradictions. A
philosophic observer declares that men by
the thousand will die in defense Of creed
gho.e doctrines they do not comprehend
ud whose tenets they habltually violate,
II is equally true that men by the thousand
sill cling to church organizations with in.
'linctive and undylng hdclity when then
belief in maturer years lie radically different
from that which inspired them Us neo'
uhytes.
But uher this range Of speculation, and
his latitude OF doubt, Garfield came back,
Ilwavs with freshness Ind 'ehght to the
simpler instincts Of religious faith, which,
ElBLItsT IMPLANTED, LONGEST SURVIVE.
NJt many weeks before his assassination,
Walking on the banks Of the Potomac with
iiend. and c0nver,iDg on those topics
personal religion, concerning which no.
Die ma ures have an uncDnquerable reserve,
ne said that he found the lords Prayer
md the simple petitions lelrned in infancy
pfpitely restful to him, not merely IN
heir stated repetition, but in their caiull
md f-equent recall as lie went about the
laily duties Of life. Certain texts OF scrip
uIes had veIy strong hold on his memo
y and his heart. lie heard, while in L !.
| iubuIgh, some yf0rS ago, an eminent Scotch
preacher who prctIced his sermon with
reading the eighth chapter of TIE EpistIe
o the Romans, which book had been the
subj ct Of carcfll study with Garfield
during all his religious lie.
lie was greatly impressed by the
lpCution OF the preacher and declared that
| it had impaired new and deeTer meaning
10 the majestic utterances of Saint Paul. He
r. ferred often in pfcr years to that mem0r
abe service, and dwelt with exaltatiOn of
| feeling upon the radiant promise and the
| assured hope with which the great apostle
| II the gcntiles vas persuaded that neither
heath, nor life, nor angels, nor brincp"li
lies, nor powers, nor things present, nor
| tlI KS W CJllFt uOI ltlEhli llpl hNHs ~
| my Ither creatur', shall be able TO separate
Il, from the love Of God, which ism Christ
| Icsus our Lord"
The crowning characteristic OF General
| Gmifcld's religious opinions, as, indeed, Oi
Ill his opinions, was his liberality. roer-
ipce was OF his nature. He respected in
hers the qualities which he possess d
himself sincerity OF conviction and frank
ue.s q express, With him the inquiry was
not so much what man believes, bu, does
he believe ilY The lines ct His friendship
and his confidence encrcled rien ot avery
creed, and men of no creed, and to the end
Of his lfe on his ever lengthening list of
ftitnds were to be found the names Of a
pOu3 Catholic priest ard of an honest
| minded and generous hearted ircc thinker
The Assassination.
On ths morning OF Saturday, July O. the
president was q cOntented and happy man
NOT in an ordinary degree, but jOyIully
almost boyishly happy. On his way to the
railroad station 20 wl.ich no dreye slow y,
in conscious enjoyment OF the beautiful
morning, with an unwOntei sense OF leis-
ure and keen anlicip patton of Dlelsuic h!9
talk was all in the grateful and gratulatory
VEN. He felt that after four months Of
trial his administration was strong in its
grasp OF affairs, strong in popular favor and
destined to grow stronger; that grave ditli-
cuties confronting him athis Inauguration
had been safely passed; that trouble lay be-
mind him and not beiJre Him; that ha was
soon to meet the wife whom he loved, now
recovering from an illness which had but
lately disduieted ana at times, almost
unneryel him, that 10 Was Fo.
ing to his Alma Mater to renew
the most cherished associations Of his
Young manhood and to exchange greetings
with those whose deepening interest had
followed every step Of his upward progress
from the day he entered upon. his college
co,'rrA tutil he hNd ettained she lo'ttest ele-
yation in the gift OF his couniryiiI;'.
Surely if happiness can ever come from
the honors and triumphs Of this world, on
that quiet July morning james A. GARFIELD
may we'll have been happy man. No fore
hOding OF s;il iaGnied him no sltrh!est
premSLitiOn of danger couded the sky,
Ills terrible fate was upon him in an IN
slant, One moment he stood erect, strong,
confident in the years stretching peacefully
out before him, Tho next he lay TQupded,
bleeding, nepiess, doomed 10 "ee:y "ceis
Of torture to silence, and the grave.
The Octan-The Grave.
Great in life, he was supposedly great IN
death. For no cause, in the very frenzy o.
Tanlonness and wickedness, by the red
hand OF murder, he was thrust from the tai
iide of this worlds interest, from its hopes
lis ssuitatlous, lis victories, into the visible
presence of dcalh-:snd he did not quail
Not alone for the one short ttcrtieut in
which, stunned and dazed, he could give
mn lilo ha-dl7 rwcrc Of its REIMBURSEMENT
but through Gayo Of desGly lgnGuor
through weeks of agony, that was iict !es'
agony because silently borne, with cleal
sight and calm courage, he looked into hi:
( open grave. What blight and ruin met his
ansuished eyes, whose lips may tell -wh1'
brilliant, broken tlaa,l what haflet
high ambitions what snnderins OF strong
warm, manhcpd's friendships, what bitter
rendinr Of sweet household uesl Bebinc
him proud, expeCtan! n't'on, great hos
of sustaining friends, cherished and happy
mother, wearing the full, rich honors o
her early toll and tears; the wife oil hl
yCuth, whose whole life lay in his, the lii
lie bows not vet emerged from childhood
day or frolicI tho fair, young daughter; tn
sturdy soas ust sprinslns into clos oct com
panionship, claiming every day aud ever!
lay rewardinga fathers love and care; an;
in his heart the eager, rejoicing power tc
meet all demand. Before him
pEsoLATIoN AND GREAT DARKNESS,
And his soul was not shaken. His country
men were thrilled with instant, profour d
J and universal sympathy. Masterful in hl
mortal weakness, he became the center oil
! nations love, ehshrined in the prayers OF
. world, But all the love and all the sym
5 patby could not share with him him suffer
ing. He ttod the,Wine re6s clone, Wit
! snfaltering front he. faced death. WITH VI
4 | failing tenderness he took leave OF htt
e Above the dcmoniac hiss of the assassin
! bullet he heard the voice OF God. Wit
8 simple resignation he bowed to the diVin
= decree,
Is the end drew near, his early cravln
s for the sea returned. The stately mapsio
e OF power had been to him the wearisom
s bo'pital of pain, and he begged to be take
. | rrOm its pri,nn walls, from Its epptessiv
4 sitting air, from It's hoilelsssnesS and il
. hopelessuess. Gently, silently, the love {
. great people bore the pale spilerer 70 th
longed. for hearing OF the sea- u live {
die, as God should will, within sight 5t I
,caving bllows within sound Of its man
. Told yeIsa,, With wan, feyered face tel
y 'ieriy iIitei 10 ,Ge cooling bTefse, }
, ,S IosGcd out wlsttully up,n q
:, oceans changing wonders on It's isi sal
/ whitening in The morning light; on i
. restless wases, rolling thoreward TO breaa
i and die benhath NE Roonday SUM on To
!, red clouds OF evening, 8tshihg ,lo}N 10 q
y horiznr. on the serene and shining pau
y way Of the stars. Let US think that D
" living ewes read mystic meaning whic
! ,nly The rapt and parting soul may know
. let us believe that In the silence OF the n
e cedinr world he heard the great wave
Y breaking on. a further shore, and felt