Daily Republican., 1885-08-06
IN. NEWMAN'S EULOGY.

MT. McGREGOR, n. Y. August Al
At 10 O'Clock this morning over
he dead General, In tho grove be.
ore the cottage, services were held
n the presence OF over Thousand per-
soDs. The ceremonies opened with the
reading OF the Goth Psalm, which was
by an impressive prayer By
Bishop Harris. The hym mn MY Faith
Looks Up to Thee" wss joined in by
he whole assemblage present. DR..
Newman then came forward and deliv.
sred sermon ON the subject of the
lead General, the family meantime
sitting about the remains in the par
or.
DR.. Newman 3 text was taken from
he XXvth chapter of Matthew, 2lst
vese"Well done, thou good and faithful
servant, enter thou into the joy of thy
Lord"
Such, my brethren" said DR.. New
man, is the eulogy that God shall
pronounce upon human good and
fidelity wherever found among the sons
Of men. The accidental distinctions
between prince and PEASANT, million
aire and pauper, commanding general
and private soldier, are but as the dust
In the balance of his estimation Of per-
sonal worth he regards not the per.
son of any man /; he looks upon the
heart. II renowned philosopher
searched an ancient city for man,
God is ever in search for q character,
which In His sight outweighs the tran
STORY distinctions OF earth and time,
and out Of which are the issues of life.
Tell me not what man possesses-the
beauty Of AbsalOm, the glory Of Solo
mon, the wealth Of Dives, the eloquence
Of Apollos, the learning of Paul-but
rather tell me what he Is, in his modes
Of thought, in his emotional being. In
the trend Of his passions, In the tempe,
OF hts mind, In the tenor Of his life. out
Of which come the totality of his ex'
istence and the finality Of his destiny
This is the man as he Is, end by i
let him judged. In the Intensity OF
this divine light let US to day recall
the character of the illustrious mar
whose death a nation 30 tenderly
mourns.
"Some comrade in arms shall speaiso
the splendor of his martial genius
some statesman shall review the maj es
try Of his civil dministration SOM
historian shall place him on the pedes
tai Of renown ; but let rne, as the min
lister of TT ligion, dell upon that grea
character which VII ever be his crown
o { glory and the imperishable heritag
of the country he loved so we'll.
You have seen him In the fury o
battle, in the glory of victory, in thu
chair of state you have seen him th
gnest Of the world, bonored by crown
cd beads and soeptred hands, by re
nowDed warriors and eminent states
men, by foremost scholars and adorin
peoples; you have seen him in N
quiet of private life, undistinguishe
from his fello wmeu other than by thos
virtues which made HIM conspicuous
and by that fame which came from
honorable deeds ; you have seen hiu
in the sorrow of misfortune, such q
has often come to the wisest aud bes
| him through the suffering of the sic
the indescribable tOrtures of o malig
nant disease and that without mur
| mur ; aud to-day you soe him in tn
repose of death, In the undisturbe,
sleep Of the just. And could you rent
the veil that obscures our mortal visior
you would zee him in his better form o
Immortality, with all his mighty facul
ties in full play, unchanged in his In
dividuality, the same calm, earnest
sincere soul. purified and exalted
and intent on the realities of his bette
life"
Passing on to the consideration of tn
elements Of Gen. Grants character, Dr.
Newman said
God had endowed him with an ex
traordinary intellect. For forty year
he WAS hidden in comparative obscurity
but at the appointed time God lifted tn
veil of obscurity and called upon hin
to save q nation. How calm his judR
ment, how perfectly clear and QuicI
and accurate his imagination, how vas
and tenacious his memory Reaso
was his dominant faculty. He WAS
natural logician. His was the geniu
| Of common sense. For his clear an
certain imagination the future loome
before him clothed with the actualit
OF the present. He foresaw the enemy
plans as though be had assisted at the
councils of war. Times, places and pc
lsons he comprehended with mathemat
cal accuracy.
Such was the perpetual calmness
his intellect that he could transact Il
most important affairs when the stor
of battle WAS raging ut its height L
appeared greatest in the presence Of Il
mn nforeseen. He oulminated at b
crisis. He was at his best when me
needed. He responded In an emergenc
!, In war and In peace he was the safe
' and wistst guide this nation has b,
since the Father Of His Country {
loended to his reward. He Is one of t
few men In history who did more th
was expected. Some men excite gre
depreciation by the brilliancy OF tn,
preparations but this quiet, me,
tntive, undemonstraslve man exceed
all expectations by doing more than
had promised, and by doing what
!, others had failed to do"
Referring to General Grants militia
methods, DIR. Newman said that Genel
lGrant understood tho necessity OF 8,
O.. r,fice to achieve greater advantai
. He was not Indifferent to the preeiol
~ ness of human life, but when he seem
d to expose his troops, he protected the
Is by shortening the time of the war 3
by the greater vigor of his attacks.
/. was the arithmetic Of blood. Sol
Quintus Fabius Maximus would ha
: sacrificed n hundred thousand mt
men and $3.50, 900 900 more treasure
the slowness OF his movements and
feebleness of his efforts. "How car
save my country and prevent
greater effusion Of blood?" was
! supreme question, and his supreme g
swer was, by an energy that kno
n. no defeat"
=, Such is the character Of the Il
m conqueror. Only such live in
OF grateful reco Elections of mankil
:, 4 4 IL. l. 4. ~ hA pke. Vv. In
r. com ing centuries mankind will hol
~. ~ only those who drew the sword in
" fense of human rights and in supp
rs of the constitutional authority. Th
he All hail Mount Vernon Then, .
cd h al Mount McGregor