Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT REID,
OF the StenbensiHe Seminary, at the
Faasfal Of CengressnedU Updeglaf:

DEAR FRIENDs:-I am glad to be with
I yoa, to-day, and share your SORROW and
express some thoughts about our dear
.ffriend and, if may. utter some words
of consolation to stricken hearts. l feel
however, that should prefer to be
among the mOuTners-for too havefost
Q dear friend. "Kpow ye not that there
is Prince and a great man fallen this
day?" III Sam. iii SS1!d1 might speak
of DR.: updegraf as the good; and true
friend, the public spirited citizen, the
good neighber of integrity and honor.
and the man of large heartedness, full
A of kind acts TO the poor But you know
I him In these respects better than |. This
great audience and your town drapeda in
mourning bear ample testimony to your
love and respect, and your high appreci1
alton of his worth. / wish rather to
speak of our friend ID his ipublic career.
and as a man. of literary culture and
4 wide reading. -
4 He was no ordinary man. To superb
or natural gifts he added great; energy
and great capacity for wef And these
lqnalites always lead 20 high success. In
4 the preparation for his chosen profess
sion he had the highest advantages af-
4 forded by the best medical schools in
Edinburg and Paris And he has been
Recognized as the best read physician in
1.-THE counttE iWten heentered the field
1 of politics he took with him the'san1p
Iquaffties of 'indomitable work and thor
Joughness. His speech in the State Sem
Fate on the best method of treating the
Indians elicited special praise frem Gen.
Grant. From his Quaker training and
B.. .,d h.a n.,ttlI :
! ways be counted on to vote for Justice
land humanity: He never stopped to
Ecohsider whether fellow mans skin
was red, black or white. '-' .i
He took wide and dstatesmanlike.y views
of great public questions. HE speech On
the Tariff from A. farmers standpoint
was mastery presentation of that sab
ject showing great research and great
logical power. 1t is not surprising that
it has been very widely circulated as a
campaign document to Influence men
and win votes. i.1e.H' - .; as ! q.
In recent canvass of tie State of
Maine, by request of Mr. Blaine, he ac-
cornpanied that Senator and spoke a
hundred,times This shows the high
estimation in which he was held as Il
man of mark and influence. ieiIes"bad
clear and compact logic.y He had con
science. He was good. speaker. He
had the power of making friends and
winning votes; He was recoghiZed III
Congress as Il man of mark. On all mat
ters pertaining to agriculture be was an
authority. @ --.,-3- .go!. -. =,
! He was u man of wide. reading and
ine literary, taste. In. an. address of his
ielivered few years ago to the young
ladies of the Steubengille Female Semi
Z. nary it is surprising how many golden
sentences there are, sentences worth
quoting gsentences worthy to be laid up in
the memory. Let us quote a few OF
these, for in addresses on special oeca
: sions, we are apt to find the very life.
blood of tie man. We see what he is
And it is very lifting that he. should
I.speak to-day ;."being dead he yet speak
etip His. theme WAS, "a purpose i in
life" The following are some of bis no
: BILE thoughts. expressed in. pure. and
!, graceful English; "1f your life shall
have true and noble purpose IL, shall
so enlarge your capacity for enjoyment
that your deeper joys shall contrast
| with the mere pleasures of youth as the
rapture of a seraphs is. higher than the
lprattling laughter of Il child. The JOY
of conscious dedication to some worthy
work ,exalts lhe whole being. 1t makes
plain the beautiful thought Of an east
ern fable, was common clay, till roses
were planted in me. An absolute conse-
Grafton to a purpose becomes inspiration
and commands victory. These are SEN
tences worthy of being wri, tell in letters
of gold. They ought to ring through
the hearts, of the young men i'll this au-
dience, and make them ,:bestir.them-
selves to be. something and to do some
thing for God and country. They give
us the keynote Of his own life sand bis
, Egreat success ''.''s'as.l La. "a ~
In speaking of a minister of the gos-
pei in this village-I am glad to see his
hoary head as a crown Of glory among
us to-day-he used these striking and
beautiful words: "His whole life seemed
imterfused audtxitaiized with. the. divine
purpose: of doing good, He was what he
taught, and his life became, at once, a
benefaction and an eyangel, and surely
, no fading i'm mortelles of human ambi
tion can compare W th the undying glo
. Try of such life" Notice the beauty
! and charm of the words as well as the
noblenesS of the thoughts. In speaking
tOf influence he said: s'In the immortaii.
l.ty of infiuehee there are nor trifies. A
worthy ekamRlesa true, thought. y no.
ble act, no, matter how hum6ly born
, shall wear its life and do its work
: through all the years to come. 1t was a
!. beautiful thought of a great scientist
: that every sound which ever, stirred. the
! air went on vibrating to eternity. 1t is
, true, at least, of all moral and spiritual
forces" And may we not believe that
, 1.-The influence which our friend has pui
: in operation by his life and, work, and
5 words will go on, in widening circles
: affecting and inspiring, and moulding
the lives of others in MANY long years
to come. .-...fe.,; - -
/ In the. address he urges, woman to the walks
ofIofty culture and sele-support, declaring that
.knowiedge is the real kipgsmp of earth.h HI
!: closes with this beautffnf wish and prayer
D. MAY life in the nobleuess of its purposes, IA
the behifeence of its results, in the richness
land glory of its rewards, lie for each of you on,
! ty fit prelude and preparation for the ineffabl,
8 fruition of 'chaageless joys:''s And I'VE ma,
be sore that touf friend himself with his simple
trreed of faith and good works has now entered
upon those .-changeles joys, ,, for. the souls o.
{ believers, are at their death made. perfect il
4 holiness, and do immediately pass .into glory
: their bodies being. still united to Christ, d.
r rest in their graves until the resurrection. AnC
from this fuilness of Joy, you could hardly 'wisl
(; him back to earth. How peacefully he seem,
to sleep inthe, coffin there, as if he had jus
said the evening prayer Of bis childhood, as ole
9 John Quincy Adams was wontto do ~
Now i lay, me down to sleep,
5 ,..,a / pray lhe, Lord my soul to keep,
ell -; II should die, before / wake,
L =, pray the Lord my soul to take.
. ~ 'i,-2 = For Jesus sake.
And the Lo,d heard him and took his soul te
be. with Himself in Paradise. - y" .'I'i''i'
It is only the clay tenement that is there in
o that coffin. While human hearts will bleed
! when loved ones are taken away from US, YET
YOU NAV have sources of consolation and mucf
Il u L. ahti,i.fnr rhSre 10 mn, a,