The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-08-13
The following dirge was hastily written
for the occasion, by J. III. Mackley, and
set to beautiful music by DR.. Joseph Jones ::
THE GLORY OF GRANT.

Though many and bright are the stars that have
In the splendor of Freedoms array,
| There is one which in beauty is standing alone
| Our pride and glory to-day
| In the shadow and gloom of the sorrowing heart
Its beauties all others supplant.
And out from the memory shall not depart
The grandeur and glory of Grant.
On the fury of battle its brilliance was shed,
And victory fell at its shrine,
And over the field of the dying and dead,
In triumph it guided the line;
For it ioated before the great army of blue
Like terrible guardsman-avant.
And the ranks of the foemen, ah, sadly they knew
OF the grandeur and glory ofGrant.
The soul of the MAN ever lifted above
The clamor of passion and hate,
And the heart of the SOLDIER guided by love
The joy of the true and the great
heart which could pause at the fall of foe,
And the love of a brother implant-
And history's pages forever shall glow
With the grandeur and glory of Grant.
From the hue of earths banners the beauty may fade,
And clouds may o'ershadow the sun,
But the love of a Nation immortal hath made
The joy of the deeds he hath done;
And over that Nation to-day shall arise
The so und of loyal descant-
And the swell of its music shall bear to the skies
Our pride in the glory of Grant.
From the fullness of hearts that have loved him
long,
Is our tribute of loyalty given
AS up through the depths of our measures of song,
Wells the impulse which teaches of Heaven;
Enshrined in our hearts that image shall live,
Which naught in the earth may supplant-
For what in the land of the freeman can give
Such pride as the glory of Grant
That glory is ours-forever shall shine,
In sweetest effulgence, its ray,
AM
twine,
Like the glory of Infinite Day;
Now cheers for the living, and tears for the dead'
In each loyal heart we implant,
And over our country forever be shed
The grandeur and glory of Grant.
The following resolutions were passed !:
Whereas the nation has heard with profound
sorrow and regret of the death of her most il
illustrious citizen, General U. S. Grant and
prompted by patriotic impulses to offer a trb-
ute to his memory in token of our appreciation
of his greatness, his courage, his loyalty, and
his fidelity to his country, to freedom, and to
humanity, it is therefore resolved:
1. That in the death of General Grant, the
people have lost their greatest military chieftan
and the ablest defender of their liberties and
are called upon to pay to his memory that re-
spect which all Christian and civilized coun-
tries accord to those whom they recognize as
worthy of their esteem and admiration.
2. That the distinguished services of the
deceased, rendered in defense of his country,
entitle him to the highest place in the esteem
of his fellow countrymen, and to the respect
and admiration of all nations of the civilized
world.
3. That we recognize Washington, Lincoln,
ana Grant, as the great American Triumvirate;
respectively the father the preserver and the
defender of our common country, and submit
them as models for all who aspire to rank
among the benefactors of mankind.
4. That the nation which General Grant so
ably and successfully defended, ought to crown
him with monumental honor, and award to
his memory such other tribute as a grateful
people can bestow.
s. That we sincerely sympatize with the be-
reaved family of the deceased, and direct that
these resolutions be published in county
papers, and that copy be sent to Mrs. Grant
mark of our respect and coincidence in her
great bereavement.