Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1882-06-17
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II. ". Emerson.

The sun set but not his hope;
Stars rose; his faith was earlier up;
Fixed on the enormous galaxy.
Deeper and older seemed his eye;
And mate he'd his suffrance sublime
The taciturnity Of time.
He spoke, and words more rapt than rain,
Brought back the Age of Geld again;
His action won such reverence sweet,
As his all measure of the feat.
The triumph of character over
prejudice. ridicule, indifference and
Misrepresentation has seldom been
more truly exemplifed than in the
case of Mr.. Emerson, whose peaceful
death was fitting end to the blame-
less life which has been passing 80
quietly among Us for nearly eighty
years. As if a ray of divine light
streamsd upon the past as Heavens
gates opened wide to let the gentle
pilgrim in, all classes seem to sudden
ly arrive at clearer knowledge of
this good, great man, and hasten to
lay their tributes of love and honor
on his grave.
The young, who found in his brave.
true books the help no other teacher
gave them the old, who saw in him
The lovely spectacle Of one who took
ife so wisely that age had no teriors
for him; tte doubling, who found
Lope and courage as thsy watched
his unm owing loyalty to the highest
faith Of his own so1l the bigoted
who, while denying his belief iu God,
could not deny his love to man, his
serene forgiveness Of unjust Judgments
and harsh criticism, or the beauty
and the worth Of long years devoted
to high thinsing and holy living.
Time tries all, and sooner or later
brings the deserved victory or defeat.
Happy ara those who live to see once
ave,ted faces aglow with reverence
and love, to feel the cordial grasp of
hands, and hear grateful voices bloss
them for their lives and work. This
well.earned joy came to Emerson and
made his later years bright with its
ss,isfactionsa and compensations. Many
pilgrims wors away the threshold of
his door, for the seed planted fifty
years ago, when the young man wrote
"Naturs" in the old house, fell on
good ground, and after seasons Of
frost and rain, blossomed beautifully,
taking deep root in America aud
sending Its fragrance across the sea.
"The perception that virtue is
enough-thst is genius" and simply
living what he wrote made him what
he was, a representative man, great
n genius, greater iu virtue, greatest
in the divine power of making the
highest aspirations of human hearts,
and teaching by precept and exam
pie that nothing can bring peace but
the triumph Of principles"
His doctrine was self-relianoe,
, "Never strike sail TO fsar. Come
into port grandly or sail the seas
} with God. Trust yourself and God
and all things are possible. Faith
and veracity will save any SOUL"
These truths he taught in his postry
and prose, and the minglipg of both
which was his life.
"Am l right in calling you Chris
, tian theist ?" asked friend, when
different sects were contending for
! the philosopher, who belonged to =
! broader church than any of them.
Yes, and do not !savs out the
/, Christian" he answered
II any doubted his belisf in iuu'
moEt2lty, his dying whisper Of IRE.
union with the boy" (tte beloved
little son iost long ego) would set
! s1ch doubts At rest; for IN those sol
( sma moments the soul stands face 10
e face with GOD and speAks the truth
( TINT is IN it.
t Under the pines hs loved SO we'll
our poet lies among his kindred, and
children cover his grave with flowers
5ut for him there is 20 death, aud all
our memories are happy, hopeful
!, ones, as we imagine him enjoying the
. !arper life OF witch his own was a
beautiful forsshadowiug Il. M. al
L, ooTT, in Demorest's Monthly for
July.
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