Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-05
A BEAUTIFUL EULosY

BY -Dr. Newman Upon the Soldier, the
Statesman and the Man, over the Be
mains on Dit. McGregor.
well done, thou good and faithful ser
want, enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.
Matthew XIV, q.
Such, my brethren, is the eulogy that
God shall pronounce upon human goodness
and fidelity wherever found among the sons
Of men. The accidental distinctions be-
tween prince and peasant, millionaire and
psuper, commanding general and private
soldier, are but as the dust IN the balance in
His estimation Of personal worth; he re-
cards not the person Of any man; De looks
upon the heart If renowned philosopher
searched sn ancient city for man, God is
ever in search for character, which IN His
sight outEeighs the transitory distinctions
of earth and time. and out Of which are the
issues of life. Tell me not what man pos
sesses-the beauty OF Aosslom, the glory Of
Solomon, the wealth Of Dives. the eloquence
Of Apollos, the learning of Paul, but rather
tell me what he is, in his modes Of thought
in his emotional being, in the trend of his
passions, in the temper of his mind, in the
tenor of his life, out Of which come the to-
tslity of his existence and the 6naGty of his
destiny. This is the man as he is, and by it
let him be Judged. Ia the intensity of this
divine light let Us today recall the charac-
ter of
The nIustrious Man
whose death nation so tenderly mourns.
Some comrade in arms shall speak OF the
splendor Of his martial genius; some states
akan raryfauy Rba Nf his
administration; some historian shall place
him on the pedestal Of his renown; but let
me, as the minister of religion, dwell upon
that great character which viii ever be his
crown OF glory and the imperishsble heritage
Of the country he loved 80 we'll.
You have seen him in the fury of battle,
in the glory Of victory, in the chair Of State;
you have seen him the guest Of the world,
honored By crowned heads and scAptred
hands, BY renowned warriors and eminent
statesmen, by foremost scholars and ador-
ing peoples; you have seen him in the quiet
of private life, undistinguished by his follow
men other. than by those virtues which made
him conspicuous and by that fame which
came from honorable deeds; you have
seen him in the sorrow Of misfortune, such
as has often come to the best and wisest
6usnciers in the world; you have seen him
in the suffering of the sick room through
nine weary months, eQduring the indeserib
able tortures Of q malignant disease and
that without murmur; and to-day you see
him in the repose of death, in the undis.
turbed sleep of the Just And could you
rend the veil that obscures our mortal Wis
ion, you would see him in his better form
of immortality; with all his mighty facul
ties in full play unchanged in his indiyid-
uality, the same calm, earnest, sincere soul,
purified and exalted and intent on the
realities of his better life.
Shall we stop to inquire the meaning of
Of these emblems of
National Sorrow and Universal Grief:
The flag at half mast, the minute gun, the
muffled drum, the soling bell, the solemn
march, the reign of silence in schools OF
learning, in courts of justice and in halls Of
legislation, the suspension of business, pub
lie and private buildings drsped IN black,
streets thronged with monrners marching
with measured step TO strains OF saddest
music? Shall we inquire why sweet
childhood has forgotten its innocent joys,
why womsuhood is clad in sackclOth,
why manhood is bowed with grief, and why
oil mourn as if for a father, husband, bro.
ther, friend?
Shall we inquire why the land is filled
with lameulation from the ssvsanas of the
Stnth to the snow-cspped hills of the North,
and from where the Atlantic means along
It's ancient coast to where the Pacific sobs
on its golden shore: why poets lament, ora
tors deplore, editors deprs ate and minis
ters turn 10 the Unseen for consolation;
why kingdoms and empires and republics
stand with our great nation as chief mourn
ers around the bier? .
Who is dead2 D! ye sob6ing winds OF
Mt. McGregor that famed his brow, tell 1t
not. Whisper it not, ye mountain pines
that shaded his form. And keep ye silent,
o. ye summer skies of love and beauty that
smiled upon him.
Do you tell me, my friends, that
\ Great nIan Is Dead?
-rreatest among warriors, foremost among
statesman, Doblest among patients 10
,ou tell me hat he led our armies to vic
tory2 That he administered our Govern.
ment in wisdom2 That he best illustrated
rhe essential principles Of our National
life? Do sou tell me that he was the truest
of husbands, the kindest OF fathers, the
ERNEST Of friends the purest of philanthrop-
isrs the humblest Of Christians? True,
thrice happily true! Are these the reasons
uhy we will not be comforted; because
hose calm ewes csRnot respond lovingly TO
our gaze; and those pure lips cannot greet
us as of yOrs, and those ears cannot hear
Nsnon's CRY. To arms! To arms! for
the foe IS near
But whence the secret of the power OF
this one life on the thought OF the Worla
and the love OF mankind!
Others have insured for themselves IN
perishable renoxn for their martial prov
asa for their profound ststesmsnship, for
The displsy of their marvellous inte!lects;
bpt where in all the annals of earth and
time shall we fnd another who more than
he stamped an that be said and all that he
did with such purity and loftness OF char
actsr? His individuality was most intense
This was the source OF his strength, the
power of his action, the glory OF his achieve,
ments He was never other than hmselt'
He acted with q spontsneity all his own:
And what we're the elements Of that char
scter as UNIQUE, symmetrical and nov I'M
mortal? God had endowed him with
An Extraordinary Inteliect-
For forty years he was hidden IN compare. .:
tive obscurity, giving no indications OF MS
wcndrous capacity; but in those tour de-
cades he was maturing. ana 81 the
appointed time God lifted the veil OF ooscar,
ity, y called upon him to save nation and 4
give a new direction to the civilization oil
the world. How calm his judgusnt; how
clean and quick aud accurate his iusg'ns,,
tion, how vast and tenacious his memory
Reason was his dominant faculty: de was
a natural logiciau, he eouli descend to
the smallest details and rise to the highest
gsneraEzations His wonderful understand
Ing was ike the tent IN stOry-fold it andit
was 3 toy in the hand Of q child sprrad !;
and the mighty srmies of republic could
repose in its shade. BE could comprehend