The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-11-30

~prompted, in part, by the appreciative
sense of Mr.. Hendricks services and emf
nent abilities as a professional and public man.
But these reasons, l think, do not alone account for
the demonstration of public sympathy. What In
other circumstances would be a formal parade of
honors TO the dead is in this case largely a sincere and
heartfelt tribute, because of the general conviction
that the distinguished man who has fallen in death
was upright and pure in his character and private lite.
lie lived among us and before the Nation as a ~virtuous
man and Christian gentleman. 1t is this fact more
than anything else that touched the heart of the
Nation when our great captain died. His simple vir-
tues, his sincerity, truth, purity CT life aud kindness
OF heart drew the love of all men unto him. And now,
when death strikes down another prominent servant
OF the Nation, the people cease to think of their pohti-
cal differences and gladly do homage to the good citi-
zen, the ~virtuOus man. To me this, and all cases like
it, are striking testimonies to The paramount value of
character. b. this standard history tries its states
men, its captains. The evergreen chaplet of fame is
reserved for the hearts of those in whom shine out
the noble qualities of manhood.
FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. g. L. McNutt, pastor elect of the Fourth
Presbyterian Church, preached last night to a
good audience, from the text, Come unto me
all We that labor and are heavy laden His al
fusion to the death of Mr.. Hendricks was as fol
lows:
No man can walk the streets of your city tonight
without a feeling of sadness and sympathy. Friends
aud toes alike huShed in the presence of such an uni
versal sorrow. Very precious to the bereaved wife and
friends IS this drapery of woe; very precious to see
the multitudes thronging for a last look of pity and
respect; very precious to the burdened heart is human
sympathy; infinitely more precious than human SYM
pathy. confessing. its weakness, is the voice that
comes in the hush of midnight as a sweet
refrain, "Come unto me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and l will give you
rest Take my yoke upon you and learn of me, for l
am meek and lowly in heart, and We shall find rest to
your souls; for my yoke is easy and my burden light"
What marvellous boldness this! How da, ing, to in
vite the whole world TO come and learn of Him., What
wonderful insight into the secrets of the human heart
must lie nave who can invite them all to come to Him
and learn. Brushing aside all considerations of
wealth, rank and power; Jesus sees the burden on every
heart. and tenderly bids them come and find rest in Him.
Mr.. Hendricks. it seems, had a premonition of ap-
preaching death, and is said to have chung with child
like tenderness to his wife, jealous of her every move
ment; Touches of human nature like this reveal the
grandeur of his character and bring him nearer to
us than even his most illustrious deeds.
Mr.. McNutt speaks entirely without notes. in a free
and easy manner that holds the attention of his hear
ers. while his earnestness, hope and strong faith give
promise OF success in the new field to which he has
been called.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
At the First Baptist Church, DIR. Jeffrey spoke from
the words, What is your life9"-Jas. iv, ID. After
making appropriate reference to the death of the
Vice-president. the Doctor plunged into the subject
of the evanescence. uncertainty, and in the main
unsatisfactoriness of human life. He compared life
To a battle in which the shafts of death are constantly
flying. Some are sure to be struck every day, but
who is to be the next victim is always uncer-
c"Aus OOos v OCoU, uOulQ uldu V III dtlOGlou
preparation, he has but a few brief years
in which to accomplish his work, and every one should
have some definite object in life. We should, then, so
order our lives as to make the most of them, and this
can best be dore by projecting them forward into
other generations. he spoke of the sun penetrating
millions of miles of darkness to ilumine our earth, of
the light of some of the fixed stars, travelling for
thousands of years to illumine other worlds. of our
character in all the preceding ages. for much
that ennobles our own lives. This life
is but a preparation for the next. The next will not
be evanescent, but permanent; will not be uncertain,
but definite; will not be brief, but eternal. This life
is the sure prelude of the next, and as we live here so
shall we live there. To make the most Of our lives,
then, is to gather out of this life that which will en-
dure, and do that which will fit us to gather with the
throng that shall stand before the throne and praise
Him day and nj ght, and to leave upon the shores of
Footprints, that perhaps another.
Seeing, shall take heart again."
IT ST. PAUL's CHURCH.
A full church and hearty music, and q warm
welcome greeted Rev. DR.. Stringfellow at St
Pauls Church yesterday morning. The Doctor
preached an able sermon on the comink of the
Savior, this being Advent Sunday. He prefaced
his discourse with some appropriate and feeling
remarks upon the death of the Vice president. in
which he said:
This is the third occasion on which / have returned
to Indianapolis to attend the funeral of a warden of
st. Pauls Church; the other two instances being those
of Judge Morrison and Mr.. Robert McOuat.
been a service omitted until last Thanksgiving day;
when the sorrow that filed all hearts at the announce.
ment. on the day before, of death of the senior war
den, Mr.. Hendricks, wholly untitled all the mem bers
for participating in a service of rejoicing, which the
Thanksgiving service is in a pre-eminent degree. And
the omission was not through disregard of either the
church or the civil authority, but a tribute of respect
to the memory of him who had long borne a modest
though distinguished part among US, as one of the
kindest, best and grandest of men.
A sense of personal bereavement seems to
have penetrated the whole congregation, which
was most forcibly expressed by the solemn serv-
ices and the emblemS of mourning displayed
throughout the church, and emphasized by the
heavier and more sombre drapings of the Vice
presidents pew.
AT OTHER CHURCHES.
Rev. DR.. l. Fl. Mcconnell, at Roberts Park
M. e. Church, did not mention the death of the
Vice-president in his sermon, having spoken at
length and feelingly upon the subject on Thanks
giving day. In his morning prayer, however, he
touchingly alluded to Mrs. Hendricks in her
w~idowhood and to the great loss of the Nation
At Central-avenue Rev. A. w. Lamport did
not make any allusion to the death of the Vice
president in his sermon, but in the opening
prayer he f%ervently prayed that the sad dispen-
sation of divine Prodidence might be blessed to
the good of the whole Nation; that the tenderest
grace might come into the sorrowing hearts of
the widow and bereaved relatives and friends,
and that the pure moral character of the dead
officer might be an inspiration to men in public
place as we'll as to the young men of the country
upon whom the duties and responsibilities of the
future must rest. He prayed earnestly for the
favor of God upon President Cleveland,
and for the preservation of his life
through the term of his office; thousands,
and tens of thousands, who did not vote for
him are burdened with anxious care for the full
est protection to his life and health. and he
hoped that in these times, where so much
thought is properly and carefully given to the
powers and authority of the government, the
hearts of the people might be turned to God,
who is the God of nations as well as of men.
Mr.. Lamports earnest invocation was heartily
responded to by the audience, who united in all
the desires of the prayer.
IRIsH-AMERIoANs OF INDIANAPOLIS.
The Irish-American citizens of INDIANAPOLIS.
purc1apt RI q call mat ar Epoara1d Hill 1900,