Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-08
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Today General Grant viii Be barisa- |
There viii be O funeral snee ~ the
vo,sd has never sesn. Amid the SQUAD
of muflsd drums sud the solemn boom
fas Of minute aans. amid vsSina
plnmes, amid Q busdred thousand riies
stsii elaneins la tbs suniiRsi. tnouSs
nsauineIy reversed. the daa OF TIE
hsro vii be carried 70 lie LAST resins
ulacs. whiis the balls Of Whole eos'h
usns noarnfuIly tOll-the voice OF tn'
people in their grit twill b gfan0
demonstration. worthy Of she man VIC
IA dead and worthy Of the people 80"
live 10 honor him. Here In truth To-
call IL studded with golden beadA- sno
the journey to tbs toab u march Of
sriamph. Hsre the ptih whisa lead" :"
the grave IL . p.ah I glory.
when ous thinks % 10 alias ne iooh
bach oysr The life that 10 pass--Shsi =
HEST of Thoughts osms eroSdips ano
rushing spon q. What Is life Dos
road through aid and tangled fores'
"A road which ear be travelled by OIL,
ous : 1. opens b.,foEe the traveller ss
he goes yearly forward, and u eisses
behind bin a. be passss along. de
cannot take step backward; u he IOok
behird hins IL 10 only 10 zee ssnsiS OF
leaves and bfanehea. Tbs road sxsss'
only VT are be 10. He cannot hasten
aad he cannot delay. jest 50 rapidly
does the wall Of The forest open befors
hin, aud Just 10 rapidly does Il Gloss
behind him. He can have no compan-
ion. No one can follow him, and nont
can preceae hisS. And this road open
ing ana closing noassrt by snoment.this
lonely, solsnn road which opens before
m IN shis direction or that. a. somt
mysssriously serribls power dessrmines'
We call Life.
Bot this one road which ends today
on chat far array bluf overlook
inc tas Hndson. What q road 10 has
bssH, Il started at the threahheld OF
humbls Quo hoeas. and 9 thoughtful
hopeful boy stepped into ID and began
his journey, folloviaa its windiass anc
lie tasnines. Dad any tboasbi come V
him Of wha, that journey was to De
Did any spirit with knowledee gresssl
than the knowledge of msn whisper y
him the story Of bis fusursg Or did b
step out blindiy, confidently into th'
forest? And the soad7 He followed
through gloomy shadows. through Ink.
badness. when the eloud thai men cal
Adversely covered the sun. He follove'
u where Che sunsssauis pierced tho fer
EFT overhead, and the brightness tina
men call Prosperity vas around bin
and about him. He followed u vkei
Q storm swept down upon him. when
mighty tumalt ragged In earth and b
air,whsn the branches above him crash
cd 10 earth and the trees we're shivere'
By the tbunderhoit, ghsn turgid. Grim
son Stream flowed across his pass. an
across Il and across il; aod he must sal
follow tho road step By step throael
the crimson Mrs, though IL splashed q
be stepped and stained the Ranmsnt
that he wore, though the forest blszs'
around him and hin hair vas hecks'
With fiame. Man called Il the storm o
var. And 20 be went through IL th
road that be Travelled led him upward
up from the valley, up, up. and whel
The storm was over, when the cloud
had cleared away, be was siandi g OF
the mountain and the word vas far BE-
low Lim. And other men, each on
travelling his own road, Razsd up towar'
him. And nsri,s hlhs beat dosn upoI
him 20 that DO could 10 seen by thos'
far Awav. and nsilllona Of weary plod
Gers on iillions Of dfeary roads, liftes
ap their voices aud called him great
And men called tbs mountain Fam
and they called the liQht Glory. BE had
ieft she valley and stambled up th'
rAountais. had eFoped from darEne
into lisht. while the storm of wsr wi
sAaing. And still he follosed the road
bat nov always on The mountain, slvayi
10 Me- light Long years be iourneye6
and then there was q time wksa The
road turned dosrn toward the valley
bot just . hitls-snd when q shadow
fsli ssfoss Il. And men called ths
shassn Financhli Ruin. BAT be plod.
ded % through u and soon u lifsed, and
then The road iseped bright enough.
b, Il ended abruptly. river flowed
across "a and aEeund ID, and the soldier
walked slowly Down 10 The waters edge.
And 81 iast .fhe Angel Of the Darker
DRINK met him IA the rivers brink, y
and pressed the cup 70 his ilpa. and he
desnk. and sianblsd. aud feli--dead al
thessd 81 iifs's Journey. And tho road
was elsssd forever.
To-day We shall lay him 10 rest by the
banks Of the Hudson sooa great
monomen. will mark his resting place;
bot - ne centuries pass the sionea viii
srumhis 10 dust, and shsse may be =
slime when men will not know the spot.
fdr he xzA@ win hs no Rrssnss shove
u, and ths howess viii be no brighter.
Bat when the rasnamsnt 10 gone there
viii stlli Be raonanans. In The hearts
Of nss sis naansFy vili lasi, for Car
back on his ioarnsy whea he made his
way thrsaes shs bloody mirs. the fate
Of . Nation dspensed on his footsteps,
and sArcsRh thas hsstn Storm Of var be
bore the banner CT Freedom and bore u
iofsiiy inio tAa lAsfe
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