St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-05
DIR. NeVSIlam,s Sermon.

swell DONE thou good and faithful servant,
enter thou into the joy f thy Lord
Matthew XIV, 27.
Such, my brethren, is the eulogy that God
shall pronounce upon human goodness and
fidelity wherever found among the sons OF
men, The accidental difference between
prince and peasant, millionaire and pauper,
commanding general and private soldier, are
but us the dust in the balance in His eStima-
ton of personal worth: He regards not the
person of any man; He looks upon the heart.
If q renowned philosopher searched an
ancient city for man, God is ever in search
for a character, which in his sight outweighs
the transitory distinctions OF earth and time,
and out of which are the issues of life. Tell
NE not what q man posSesses--the beauty of
Absalom, the glory OF Solomon, the wealth of
Dives. the eloquence OF Apollos, the learning
of Paul but rather tell Inc what he is, III his
modes OF thought, in his emotional being, il
the trend of his passions. in the temper OF his
mind, in the tenor Of his lie, out of which
come the tot9lity OF his existence and the
Guality of his destiny. This is the man as he
is and by it let him be judged. In the i'll
tensity of this divine light let us to-day recall
the character of the illustriouS man whose
death a nation so tenderly mourns. Some
comrade in arms shall speak of the splendor of
his martial genius; some statesman shall re-
view the majesty of his civil administration;
some historian shall place him on the pedestal
of his renown; but let me, as the minister of
religion, dwell upon JndG great Character
which will ever be his
CROWN OF GLORY
and the imperishable heritage of the country
he loved so well. You have seen him in the
fury of battle, in the glory of victory, in the
chair of state; you have seen him the guest
of the world, honored by crowned heads and
eceptred hands, by renowned warriors and
eminent statesmen, by foremost scholars and
adoring peoples; you have seen him IN tho
quiet of private life, undistinguished from
his fellow-men other than by those virtues
which made him conspicuous and by thai
fame which came from honorable deeds; you
have seen him in the sorrow of misfortune
such as has often come to the best and Misesl
Gnanciers in the world; you have seen him III
the suffering of the sick room through nine
weary months enduring the lnoeScrlbable
tortures of a malignant disease and that with
out murmur; and to-day you see linn in the
Fepose of DEATH in the undisturbed sleep OF
the just. And could you rend the veil that
obscures our mortal vision, you would see
him in his better form of immortality; with
all his mighty faculties in full play, unchanged
in his individuality, the same calm, earnest
sincere soul, purified and exalted and intent
on the realities of his better life. Shall we
inquire why the land is filed with lamenta-
ton from the savannas OF the South to the
snow-capped hills of the North, and from
where the Atlantic moans along its ancient
coast TO where the Pacific sobS on ifs golden
shore; why poets lament, orators deplore
editors deprecate and ministers turn to tho
Unseen for consultations; why kingdoms and
empires and republics stand with our great
nation as
CHIEF MOURNRRS
around this bier? DO you tell me, my friends
that great man is dead?-greatest among
warriors, foremost among statesmen noblest
among patriots? Do you tell me that he LED
our armies to victory? That he administered
our government in wisdom? That he best
;li,, tod ~ essential nJincinlcS pf
ional life? DO you tel me that he was the
ruest Of husbands, the kindest of fathers
tie firmest of friends, the purest of phan
thropists, the hulnblest of Christians? Others
have insured for themselves imperishablt
reuown tor their martial prowess, fol