Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09


aim honor whilst the humble, croWding bis
patti way invoked for him the blessing
sbich their empty hands could not bestoV.
Tie chief citizen OF christian land. be
adorned the greatness Of his public life by
the practice of those simple virtues which
Is the ful6llment of the Law.
The sanctities Of hore-the chief pillars
of our Stste-found in him deyout observ-
snce. In other days the mothers of the
land builded affairs to such as be.
Consciously marching over the road
where only his footsteps Gnger, and towards
the goal be has now reached, his comrades
of the Grand Army make to bis memNy
this their last fraterhal salutation.
TIE Chaplain then read the
RESPONSIVE SERVICE.
Chsplsin-Whst man is it that Eveth and
hall not see jeath2 Shall he deliver his
soul from the hand Of the grave? II q man
die. shall he live again2
Comrades-Jesus Christ said: II am the
resurrettion and the life. he that believeth
10 me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live. And he that hyeth and believeth in
me shall never die"
Chaplain-Let not your heart be troubled.
Ye believe in God; believe also in me. In
my Fathers house are many mansions. l
20 TO prepare place for you.
Comrsdes-Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord. Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they nay rest from their lsbors.
Chaplsin-They shall hunger no more,
neither thirst any more.
Comrades-Neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat.
Chsplain-For the lamb which is in the
midst of the throne shall feed them and
lead them into living fountains of water.
Comrades-And God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes.
Chsplain-There shall be no more death,
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall
there be any more pain.
Contradiction the former things have
passed away.
This ceremony over, the audience, &C
companied BY the band, sang the we'll
known, beautiful hymn, Nearer my God to
Thee" which being ended, Mayor Grub
announced
THE EULoGY,
By Hon. T. a Logan who said
SOLDIERS AND FELLOW CITHEYs:-But
few of the great men of our country have
been so long and so prominently in public
life as General Grant No other man, pro.
badly, has been subjected to such a severe
and protracted observation and criticism.
In four years he rose from an obscure and
comparatively unimportant place to the
Generalship of the largest armies OF modern
warfare. During a large portion of that
period he was the most conspicuous charac
ter of the war, or of the country, excepting
only the President, Abraham Lincoln. Dur
ing the next four years, as General Of the
Army, he was from force of character and
circumstances an important factor in pub
lie affairs. For the next eight Yeart he was
President.
In the two years following his retirem ent
rom
THE PRESIDENCY
Re made bis famous journey around the world
Rhich be received ovations never before ex-
r. uGed to any citizen Of any nation. While
oE this tour be was constantly the subject
ofeager; interest and his name and progress
Aere of daily mention in the press. His
return was greeted with prolonged an en-.
,husiastic welcome reaching from the Pa
6 fc to the Atlantic, and ending only when
General Grant pleaded for cessation.
Even yet he was not permitted to retire
from public view. Without bis consent, and
it is believed against his Judgment, there
we're those who zealously pressed his nomi-
nation for a third term of the Presidency.
This was done with an enthusiasm and de-
votion which, in the face Of opposing senti-
T. cnt and conviction, again brought up
every virtue and every alleged defect Of his
character and career under
THE sEyEREST SCRUTINY.
For sixteen continuous years, then, it
may be said, that he was held up before the
American people, sometimes by friends
sometimes by foes, the subject alike Of
praise and of censure. undergoing an ordeal
such as few men in the world have been
able to endure.
He was not nominated for third term.
The movement failed, not because OF any
lack OF confidence in the man, but because
we'll defined and wide spread views Of pub
lie policy discouraged it.
Greatly to his own qualification, as we
now know, he sought, after many years of
labor and sacrifice, the repose Of private life
end occupation.
1t could not be expected, however, that
30 famous man could even in private life
escape entirely the public eye. Under ordi.
nary circumstances he i3ht in time have
fully realized in his own experience that
feature in our system OF government to
which he referred in his address to the
Mayor of Liverpool; and which permits one
Who has been charged with honors and re,
sponsibilities, when his work is done, to re-
sumeas
PRIVATE CITIZEN
the nIiqilepes and immunities which are