Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-10

/ power OF Christianity, and the early dawn
! OF the millennium when the nations shall
/ have war no more.
AT ST. PAULS METHODIST EPISCOPAL.
/ large and intelligent congregation
Fnreetcd the pastor at IL O'Clock a. III,
the theme of the hour being Gen Grant.
The text for The occasion was found in
Zach. l:2, "For the cedar Is fallcn.r
! One of the striking characteristics of
the Bible is found in lis numerous and
exceedingly forciblc figures. These
abound alike in prophecy, history and the
gospels. From these the text is chosen
Its appropriateness subsists in various
facts. Its durability, its value, aud It's
evergreen garments, showing its tcnaciD
OF HE. The supremacy of the value OF
the cedar wood was manifested nv King
Solomon's choice OF building material for
his house. Less than five years ago, this
whole nation was draped in mourning,
aud bathcd in tears at the grave of our
assas Sinated president, James 4 Garfield.
4 but Gariicld was not loved AS Grant, Tor
Z he was not known AS Grant IL was long
n wonder tolliS comtrymen and comrades
/ in arms that Washington should be proof
against the cool and deliberate aim of an
Indian chipftain, for seventeen successive
shots, and all the death missiles
of many Il Held of CORY carnage
/ beside but We mourn one to-day whom
/ God would. aud did, shield from the ar
rows of death until his work was done
/ We speak OF Gen. Grant, not 50 much as
a great military chieilain rs citizen of
this great country where men worship
! God according 10 the dictates of their
own conscience Grant was II great
statesman as well as Il great soldier.
( Garfield said, when Lincoln died, Good
ireigns, and the governments al Washing
ton Stlll lives" Bless God for Il gov
eminent that does not die In one man.
/ When dcmagogues would again stir up
strife, deadly and hateful, the sublime
/ craftsmanship of Gen Grant rang out in
that 6aB,ortdt SeHtcRce, "Let MS have
peace" He lived and laborcd for it,
Blessed he God, he lived to see il per
manentIy established through all the
/ length and breadth OF the land he SO often
offered his life 10 save.
His good craftsmanship was again
especially manifested in his last official
message to congress, when ne recon-
mended an enactment that should event
ually require an educational qualification
to American voters. His private home
life was made beautiful 10y the reverence
ne had for religion. one who for three
years was his pastor, while president of
the United States, said he seldom visited
f. the presidential mansion without being
I requested 10 read the Scriptures and hold
prayers with the family.
I American ladies have an especial inter
est III our fallen comrade and fellow
countIyman. His last request, when he
felt that death was near, Is one that
ought To fill the heart OF every American
wife, mother and daughter with feelings
of peculiar pride "only let me be
buried where my dear wife may be laid
/ by nv side" O,hello could himself lift
and plunge the cold steel TO the heart OF
/ her whom he professcd TO love. Napoleon
could say Ia the fair and faithful bride oil
his youth, because you bear me no son, you
can no longer be my wife. Alexander
would weep for the fair Persian maiden
whose father his own hand had slain; but
our noble Grant, loaded down with the
I honors OF world, would say when facing
cold death: BURY me where my wife
may lie down by my side" No doubt to-
day our Christian is at rest. My COM
rades, are you ready to meet him when
YOU fall? You call each other boys, but
( somehow our eycsight is dimming. one by
one our comrades are falling. Soon we
shall 20. In the name of the God of
hosts, plead with you, be We also ready