New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-11

,,o siry. And for fear that he would be worse bon'
ar5cS Inv not doing than he would by doing u ne eane
m PRAYER was uttered. An explanatory s'Ateiho"' W"
MT Phillips began his lecture. end you may depend
upop II by this time the lion was In him ana ne MI
lpSaernr on His views were extreme; he made them
extrsvsCsnt remember at one point-foI he wa tS
,sss~he made an affirmation that very bitter an
the cry arose over the whole congregation Ie and
waited tin they subsidized, when he rep'ta1, ~, N
with anre emphasis. Again the roar W s,.cnseiv
and he heat them down with that sentence until 'neJ
were still and let Liio 90 un
HIS POWER As AZ ORATOR
The rover TO discern right amt ali the wrapp'nss OF
interest aud all the seducons ~ ambition was
his To choose the lowly for thcr sake Ia abandon an
favor all power all comfort, all ambition all greatness
that was his genius aud glory lie confronted the spirit
Of the Nation and of the age had almost sara he Se1
himself against nature II he had been decree 9 Goa
overriding al these other insuperabe obstacles. That
was his function Nj Phillips not called TO he uni
versal orator any more than he universal thinker
In literature and in history widely read In person mag
nicent ia manners mos. accomplished gentle as babe
sweet nowblowu rose, in voice clear and slyery yet
hundred instruments. he not an organ, mighty ana
complex. The Nation slept, aud God waited TRUMPET
share wide-sOundng, narrow and irtenScand that was
Mr. Phillips. The ong-roll is not particularly agreeable
IN music in times Of war; but 1t is better than uues or
harms when men in great battle, the point
of IT, His cOquence was penetrating and alarming lie ad
notow mighty Gulf Stream he did not dash upon TINS
river His eloQuence was night OF arrows, sentence
sg them one after the other and where the struck they
slew Always elegant, always awful. thnK us scorl
+ and S1 wa SS STsT sPST bis Sa
almost insensve 20 what would BY other men be con
sdered abloquy. II II he said every day In him
se 81 not what they are firing at am not there
and not that Ii Is not against me am lnntey SUI
perior to what they think TO be- They net know me
II was quiet and unpretentious but It was there.
Conscience and pride were the two concurrent eeent
Of his nature
A STORMY LIFE ENDING II GLORY.
Tie livAd 10 see the slave emancpated but not by moral
means He lived to see the sword cut the fetter After
this had taken place he too young to retire though 100
Old 10 gather aures literature TO seek professional
honOrs The impulse Of humanity was not at all aoaed
HIS soul still flowed for the great under masses oil man
kind though like the Nile 1t split up into scores Of mouths
and not all OF them were navigabe. After
long and stormy life his sun went down In glory.
All the Englishspsaking people on the globe have writ
ten among the names that shall die the name OF
that scofe1 detested mo5beaten prosecuted wretch
Wendell Phillips. Boston that prosecuted and would
have slain him. is exceedingly busy IN building MS
tomb and rearing his statue The men That would not
dele their bps with his name, are thanking Goa to-day
that he lived. ,,
dOweN take heed tOthat the most splendid gts ana
opportunities aud ambitions may be best used for the
dumb and lOwly. Ills whole life Is rebuke to tho idea
that 10 climb 70 greatness by climbing up on the
backs Of great men, that are to gain strength ny run
ming with currents Of life that car from without
ada ANYTHING 10 the great within that constitutes
he poured precious ointment OF his soul upon the
auddespscd file has taught ambitions too that
the glory is the oftentues Of adhesion simply
10 principle aud that popularity and unpOpulaTity not
things known considered. Do right and rejoice
III 10 do right will bring you under trouble rejoice In II
that You are counted u suffer with God and the
providences OF God II this world.
belongs the Of giants not simply because he
was OF himself great SOUL but because he bathed
IN the providence of God and came forth scarcely less
than God because he himself 10 the work or God
upon EARTH aud Inherited thereby or had reflected upon
him, some Of the majesty OF his Master. When pgmcs
are an dead noble oOuntenapcc OF Wendell Phillips
will stil look forth radiant rising sun, sun that
will He has become 10 us lesson his death
example his whole history encouragement TO man
hood and TO heroic manhood.