The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-03-17


see first clearly where the path of duty
leads. and then we may not fear to walk
therein" | read this to show that in
| his bosom the dove of peace always nes-
tied. He would not hurt a fly, much
less man. Had there been ten such
men at the South and ten at the North,
the grave trenches never would have
been dug, and the great shadows of be-
reaYement would not have fallen ON ev-
cry mountain and valley and home from
the PenObseOt to the Alabama, from the
Canadas to the Gulf. One such man at
! the North and one at the South could not
stay the overwhelming tides. A little
one might become a Thousand, but could
not become forty millions.
What an example for all ages as to
what inValidism may accomplish Is
this one sick and emaciated man now
depaTted2 He was not we'll for sixty
years, first going on one cane, then on
two canes, then on cane and crutch,
then on two erutches, afterward To a
wheeled chair, wheeled into the railroad
train, wheeled into the Steamboat,
wheeled into the hotel, wheeled into the
Congressional hall, wheeled into the
GubernatOrial mansion, wheeled on the
stage of the Opera House at Savannah,
where he took his final cold, wheeled to
the sickbed on which he was laid down
idsl Why give up the battle OF life be-
cause some of your weapons are eaptur-
edp Take from the world the work Of
invalids and you make an appalling
subtraction. Robert Hall, an Invalid;
Edward PaysOn, an invalid; Richard
Baxter an invalid. The men Of 0'Brien
in Ireland were in the hospital. The
battle went against. These men of
O'Brien begged that they might be ia
Ran nUaf ~ ha fol nd hax
not stand alone, that stakes be driven
into the ground, and they be fastened
to these stakes. With one side fastened
to the stake and the right arm free, they
fOnRht, and they fought to desperation
and to death. John Milton saw further
without eyes than thousands OF men
with them. Look out for the soldiers
crutch and the Old mans staff, IL they
be welded for patriotism or Christian
ity. In garrets. In cellars, In sickrOOms
In hospitals, In asylums, how many of
the Lords trOOps-some In one way,
some in anOther-are efficient for God
Many a man with one arm has accom-
plished more for Christ than others with
two. 1t Is not the number of guns we
carry, but the way we uniimber them.
IL Is not our grandeur or opportunity,
but the use we make Of 1t with two eyes
and two ears and two feet and two
we occupy, while Alexander II. Stephens
can make his wheeled chair conquer
or's chariot. SpOrtsmen got out to see
stout pugiliBt9 batter each other into un-
distingnishablev visage, but go ont in my
discourse to see pOOreyesight and shTiVel-
ed arm and palsied foot and rheumatic
knee capture Congressional hall and Sen
atOrial chamber and GubernatOrial chair
and the respect of all ChristendOm. /
han NJ hf fno Il
as see this little one become thousand
with the fact that the soul Is distinct
and independent Of the body. That man
was fool who thought the puny crea-
ture Of the inValid'S chair was Alexan-
der II. Stephens. 1t was only the shell
of him. 1t was only the scaffOld of an
Alhambra. 1t was only the anchor of
winged ship ready to sail away as soon
as the impediment was lifted. Away
with all your modern agnOStie talk
about the soul as being only a develop
ment of the body. Do you really think
that the great Architect of the universe
would build such magnificent cupOla
on such an insufficient fOundatiOn2 No.
The poor body that this week bereft
GeOrgians shall put away into the dust
Is not Alexander H. Stephens. He livesl
He widens out into RTander existence.
He has moved up and on. He has gone
been in this country a grander lesson of
immortality for the American people
so much soul and so little body. What
a relief 1t must be to get out of Grip
pie Vehielel What promotion, from
the arms of the dusky servants who
helped him from room to room and up
the marble steps of the Capitol at Wash |
iDgtOn, now that he has reached the |
arms Of angels, and the arms of Christ, |
nj Sl,N 90 nAN al
crutch; health instead of sickness; rap
ture. instead of pain; life, instead of |
death; heaven, instead of earth. Dear, |
gracious spirit, fare thee we'll until we |
meet again under the cloudless skies |
and in eternal summer. With more |
meaning than ever before, that little |
one has become thousand.
What a mighty place heaven must bel |
From exalted and from humble spheres |
the gret souls are ascending. Roll on,
sweet day, which shall bring US into |
with those who on earth |
were 80 kind an genial and loving, and |
who, having passed on, are now more |
radiant than when here; we knew them. |
Yea, though you and are so weak now,
we shall be mighty. 1t doth not yet ap-
pear what we shall be. Ten times better |
than now, a hundred times better. fve |
hundred times better. Yea, little one |
blldAI u tnOuoduus n buUuShnu
times more helpfulnessl A thousand |
times moro strength A thOusand times |
more like God! 1 am glad for this ad- |
evidence that Christianity is |
not an imbecile fabrication. IL it had |
been a sham Alexander II. Stephens is |
the man to have found it out. lam glad |
to point to his name on the scroll Of the |
Gospel mighties. On that same scroll |
the Clays, the CalhOuns, the Sir William |
HamiltOns. the BlackstOnes, the Rapha- |
els, the MOzarts-any one OF them a |
thousand. Young man scOffed at for |
your verdancy and weakness In believing |
In the religion Of your fathers, advise |
you to carry in your pocket a scroll a |
yard long all full Of the names of those |
who. like Ale xander H. Stephens, believ- |
ed in Christ and the Bible, and then ask |
the scOffer to explain that. Yea, copy
down the words of the strongest Ameri-
can intellect of his times, the dying ex-
periences Of Daniel Webster, warm
friend Of the illustriOns Georgian whom
this night we mourn. The dying man
at Marshfield CALCULATED: amen, amen;
even so, come, Lord Jesus"
SHOULD worlds conspire to draw me hence
MOveless and 1rm this heart shall lie,
d--fOr m defer