St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-26
ERE WELL 70 4 FR1END.

Standing in the presence of the inanimate
form of friend of nearly quarter of a
century, it is with sadness neither neces-
sary to conceal, nor necessary to describe,
that this brief and feeble tribute is paid to
the memory of DR.. Jacob FL. Stewart
In this community he needs no encomi-
ums The heartfelt sorrow which will per-
wade great multitude, when they learn that
DR.. Stewart is dead, is a chaplet wreath for
the memory of the most kindhearted
and generous of men, more fitting than
empty words. Though he held many
public stations and discharged the trusts with
ability and fidelity, he was not a great man
in the sense Of one who sways mutitudes by
his oratory or leads the masses by strong
will. But in the tendcrer walks of private
life, in the home where true affection makes
what fraction of heaven is vonchsafed to
those on earth, he was pre-emi-
nenuy great. AS quick, sensitive and
I tender as a woman in recognizing distress,
his professional labors were a round of sun
shine to the afflicted, and his impress upon
| society was that of an upright citizen, whose
existence was a blessing to his fellow men,
1t is his career in private and professional
life which has endeared him to so many and
which will make his sudden demise come
with shock Of personal affection to SO great
number.
DIR. Stewart is dead. And though we know
he has simply closed the page in life's his
tory that comes to all, the words seem to
carry more force and meaning than is ordi-
narily youchsafed in such announcements
An accomplished gentleman, worthy and
honored citizen, friend indeed, is gone.
The busy world will move on as though he had
never been, but the circle in which he moved is
broken. A family in which death has hereto
fore been almost stranger, is sundered, and
| friends with bowed heads and aching hearts
| nurtured with tears, over the grave of him
who was so recently a portion Of their light
and JOY.
| The lesson of his life is simple and
! instructive. He made the world better for
being in it, and no higher need of praise
need be pronounced over the cold clay ofany
man. His departure was so sudden that il
| is difficult to realize that he is gone. The
| shock is so real as to benumb and the thought
that the kind heart lies pulseless and still for
ever, appals those who knew him best and
/ consequently loved him most
1t is lot within the public province to in,
wade the sorrowing sanctity of that
| dismembercd family circle, but this
community viii join with them in
their grief, and the sorrow will have
as wide an extent as was the acquaintance
| of the deceased. The tribute of friendship is
all that remains to be paid. 1t matters little
to him. but it is nevertheless consolation
/ to the living to gather about the casket con-
tanning his remains, and tenderly and low
ingly aid in committing them to that rest,
which in this world knows no waking.
Dr. Stewart is dead. Life's mystery with
him is ended, but though he is counted with
that great majority who give no sign, his
memory will long be cherished, and host
of sorrowing hearts will treasure the kindly
acts which mark the record he has left be-
hind. To say more is but to prolong and
parade grief-to say less would be failure
to do justice to friend.