St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-02
Dean Jenckes, address.

s'Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest, whatso-
ever things are just, whatsoever things are
pure. whatsoever things are lovely, whatso-
ever things are of good report, if there be
any virtue, and if there be any praise, think
on these things" philippians ii, 81
This is momentous occasion and a thrill
ing scene. We who are gathered here around
the loved remains of him who lies before US
in the quiet sublime dignity of what we call
death are not all who share the interest and
the bereavement. A Surging mass of living,
sympathetic humanity packs to repletion the
adjacent streets. A nation turns its fearful
eyes toward our city, and counts the f1eeting
time by heart throbs while it reads the click
ingS of the lightning to time the successive
stages of the last solemn tribute which the
living can ever pay to the greatness, the vir-
tues and the memory of the dead; and beyond
us and above US, could only the eyes of flesh
penetrate the veil, there is a still vasler as
semblage of ''angels and archangels, and all
the company of heaven" who desire to look
into the mystery of human redemption and
rejoice over the triumph of a redeemed soul.
AT such a time as this, when the gates, per-
chance, are still ajar, and the place we stand
upon is holy ground, it ill behooves any one
to attempt to voice the common plaint, to eX-
press the vast aggregate of respect and love,
and to illustrate and enforce the lessons of
this hour and this scene. It's better, far
better, that we let our illustriouS friend, on
whose account we are gathered here, 1mpart
to us such instruction as his life and his
death supply, while we, with bated breath
and in rapt attention, stand about his bier.
And to this task we address ourselves, fore
going all personal allusion; for there are
such illusions, many and tender and consol-
ing, to concrete incidents in his social, his re-
ligious, and his private. as distinguished from
his public, life. His youth had
A PROLIFIC LESSON
fN, fln -n11fh nf ntr. lnr,1 Iv,n o1s snsy,
county some fifty years ago this tutelage be-
gan. The days so often spent by thoughtless
boys in pointleSS diversions from hard study
he, with energy and application, devoted to
the acquisition of useful permanent knowl-
edge, laying with panstaking earnestness,
perseverance and zeal the foundation of that
sturdy, indomitable character which in later
life carried him to the proud pinnacle of ex
allied success. And with such teachings the
lads of our day should not shrink from the
daily tasks of the common schools nor the
steamer studies of the university. And thus
he proclaimed from his coffin: "Whatsoever
thy hand fndeth to do, do it with all thy might"
and work while it is called day, for soon the
night cometh, wherein no man can work.
The years of his early manhood were years of
trial and comparative privation-the common
lot of those who, apart from the thronged
haunts of denser population, stem the tide of
pioneer resistance to the hostile forces CT
nature, and verify the adage that Westward
the course OF empire takes its way To such
spirits, resistance is discipline, growth, ,devel
opment, and with the sturdy men who were
his colaborers in the aggressive work carved
out in the wilderness great and prosperous
and happy commonwealth, the work of their
own hands, and our heritage who follow after
them. And we are advised that as young
man, while occupied with the labors of char
acter budding, he was an honest, brave, ex-
emplary young man, who scorned to do
ri
lows so; who recognized the restraining in
fiuence of moral obligations by both precept
and example, inculcated honesty and probity
and purity of life. And so he taught and so
he teaches now all the young men of our
city and our state and our great country.
HIS CoGENT INJUNCTION:
"Rejoice, o young man, in thy youth, and
let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy
youth, and walk in the way of thine heart,
and in the sight of thine eyes; but remember,
that for all these things God will bring thee
to Judgment" Then in maturer years we
have this sturdy, hearty man, with strong
mind and a warm heart in sound body es-
saying an active, earnest, prominent part in
the affairs of his state and country, as
painStaking and conscientious legislator,
helping 10 build new constitution in his
state and adjusting it to the complications of
the whole people, and acting a distin-
guiShed part in national legislation in both
houses of congress. As the able manager of
the public landed interests of the country, as
the second officer in the administration of
this great nation, he was everywhere and al
Tays the same able, conservative, consistent
and conscientious character which he early
illustrated when first he started out upon
life's arena of trial and conflict and triumph,
and he sowed the precious seed of honor, vir
tue and temperance. And so he has taught
this urgent lesson: "Be not deceived; God
is not mocked; for whatsoever man soweth
that shall he also reap; for he that soweth to
the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption;
but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the
spirit reap life everlasting" He carefully
chose his seed and he has abundantly reaped
his harvest. And again, he would preach to
us one other head; he would impress US with
the shortness and uncertainty of life. He
| was IN his usual health until the moment
When 'the silver cord was loosed and the
goIden oowl broken" He came faithfully
and bravely and confidently to the very div1d-
| ing line which separates between the things
Wnlch are seen and temporal and the things
which are
UNSEEN AND ETERNAL.
| And yet he knew not that he was coming
| and in moment, without warning. he was as
zone who wraps the drapery of his couch
| about him and lies down to pleasant dreams ~
| And this notable feature of his departure
warns us all in emphatic terms that ..in the
midst of life we are in DEATH" and admon-
| ishes us that we know not the day nor the
| hour when the summons shall come to Ms.
| These things his good and great life teaches
us; and, Oh, that we might be amenable to
| the teachings, and, Oh, that all might learn
| from his uniformly Graceful hparinr bis