The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-08
FUNERAL CREATIONS.
The Piety Pervading Eulogies Delivered by
Senators and Congressman.

The Piety Pervading Eulogies Delivered by
Senators and congressman.
| Washington Special.
In the food of funeral orations that the
House and the Senate have had in the past
| few days, there have been some expressions
! that will be of interest to good many peo-
pie. It is quite the popular thing with GER
tain class of people to suppose or affect to be-
| lieve, that people in high places, who are sup
posed to think for themselves and be
leaders of thought, are disbeevers in the
| religion of the fathers-the doctrines of Christi
anity. An hour in the gallery of the House
| or the Senate when memorial addresses upon
| the lives of departed members of Congress are
| being pronounced would do much to disabuse
the mind of the average observer of this idea.
True, there is an idea that congressional eulo-
gles are mockeries; but, on the whole, it seems
that man is quite as likely to speak truthfuliy
and out of his full heart when talking upon the
life and death Of friend as at any time. And
these funeral addresses are, too, rule, pre-
pared in advance, written and revised and read
| the well-weighed, matured sentiment of
the men who utter them-uttered in
the knowledge that they are to go into
print and be spread upon the records OF the
nation, there to remain as long as its records
continue to exist. So it is fair to suppose that
most men, when they express clearly their be-
liefs upon this subject in this way, do so hon
estly. In that view it is interesting to group,
from eulogeS recently pronounced, some ex-
pressions on this subject.
Senator Maxey, speaking upon the death of
Mr.. Duncan, of Pennsylvania, said " IF man
die, shall he live againP is overcoming
question. Can it be that such intellect incased
In the frail body shall die because the body
dies9 Through the unending cycles of eternity
the soul Of man shall go on expanding in the
presence of the Omniscient If man die, he
shall live again."
Senator Mcmillan said: eff timid nature
a oh II af tho 0f q
Dark Valley, the voice of the risen Savior came
to HIM IN reassuring accents from the other side:
1T is l. be not afraid"
Mr.. Atkinson speaking in the House of Mr..
Duncans burial at his home at Gettysburg said:
1.-THE sainted dead of the Nation lie at his feet.
On the morning of the resurrection none could
be in nobler company"
Mr.. Browne, of Indiana, said: although John
II. Evins is dead. He who every sprlng time.
with sunshine and shower teaches the earth to
bring forth the rose and the jessamine, will not
permit the human soul, the very elimination of
His creation, to remain forever in the night of
the grave"
Mr.. Hardemau said of Mr. Evins: "Our friend
has fallen asleep on the bosom of the Savior.
there to remain until the Father awakes him to
joys of eternal life.'
Mr.. Lanham said: II believe that if man die
he shall live again, and that the deathless spirit
of my friend has passed the gate and entered
into the City of Everlasting Peace"
Wade Hampton said: Ambition. wealth and
power may for a time sway mankind, but in the
balance held by the hand of the Great Judge on
the last day they will weigh but feather
against integrity, virtue and piety."
Senator Frye said: Il believe that Mr.. Evns,
dying, could say with Paul in chains at Rome: 1
have fought the fight; have kept the faith I
believe that Mr. Evins dying, could say: be-
lieve there is crown prepared for me- And
now he knows it; he wears it."
Senator Cockrell, speaking of the lingering i'll
ness and death OF an associate, said: I'm those
&c A1G
God drew nearer to him. And at last he was
not. for God had taken him"
Mr.. Ellis of Louisiana said: 81 know my own
weakness, and how far l fall short of my
own duty; but protesting my undying faith in
the divinity of our holy religion. do say that,
in the day when unbelief, unable to promise
other light than the feeble ray of reason, asks
the world to blot from the sky the Star of Beth
lehem, it would be better if more of our strong
men and public men would. like my lamented
friend, manifest their faith by their works. My
hearts faith tells me he has found perfect peace
where he has gone-beyond the river"
Mr.. Holman, speaking of the late Congress
man Ortiz, said: but he still lives; all of our
friend that commanded our love and inspired
our admiration lives in our memory. survives
in the realm of the infinite and immortal"
General Keifer said of Mr.. Haskell death
brought peace and tranquility to busy, rest
less soul, and changed duty on earth to his fell
low men to other and higher duties above"
DIR. Burnes. of Missouri, said: He is already
seated in higher Congress than this, over which
Jesus. our Savior, in love and mercy unerringly
presides."
Mr.. Hanback,, of Kansas, said: ''There is no
question in my mind to where his ship is float
ing to-day. know as you know, as we all
| know for if is emblazoned in our hearts, that
we shall live again"
j. ID. Taylor, of Ohio, said. on the death of
member from his own State: thine and change
will write their inevitable all nature; the
earth itself shall shrive and decay and the
heavens be rolled together as SCROLL but his
immortal spirit will live when the universe shall
be more and time itself forgotten thing"
Mr.. Mckinley said of the same: Goods finger
touched him, and he slept The gates were
opened. and he entered in"
Mr.. Willis of Kentucky, on the same occasion,
said: Fortunate will each of us be if we shall
SO initiate his virtues that we shall be like him
when death comes, at rest until our freed spirits
awaken to the pure light and blissful scenes of
Immortality beyond the grave"
Mr. Skinner, of New York, on the same occa-
sion, spoke of the departed member as one who
sits near the great white throne, and sends us
back greetings of gratitude and brotherly love.
1t is blessed hope, comforting belief yes, a
happy conviction, that it is not all of death to
die that 1t is but an entrance into eternal life"