The Republican journal., 1885-08-13

complish by you. and may raise you up" Ii
| the most solemn and impressive manner, witt
| mind clear and voice distinct, he replied
81 do not wish to proclaim it, but, should ht
spare my life. it is my intention and resolve to
| throw all my influence by my example in thai
| direction"
lie is gone but should death defeat purpose
so beneticent! Is he not mighter in his deatl
| than in his life? What home has not felt the
| sympathetic chord touched by The invisible hanC
of his terrible but patient suffering? How the
embers Of sectional strife have died out on the
| hearthstone of the nationI How political ami
mosties have skuked away in shame from the
| peaceful spirit of his last moments How sec
! tartan prejudice shrank into oblivion when
| around his couch all bowe! in prayer before a
| universal Saviour How the young men of the
| republic realized that life is worth living when
| they felt The touch of his great soul. How the
| little children of the nation united his name
| with that of father and mother in their pure1
prayers. and opened the tablets of their Young
memories to receive the image of his life and
character. And wherever he had touched the
| circuit Of the earth there came from Japan
| China and India, from the temples of Jerusa-
| lem and the Pyramids Of Egypt from Attic
| plains and ancient Troy, from the Bosphorus
and the Golden Horn, from the Danube and
| Rhine, from the Seine and the Thames. the
| voice of love that made men all akin. o. who
| would not even dare to die TO do so much for
| mankind? And this was his consolation. When
| IL dE DlS tHi Ht sought lp CHtNi lHil precious
| woman who loved him as her life :"Y You ought
| tO feet happy under any circumstances. Nv
| eXpectant death called forth expressions of
| >incercst kindness from All the people, of all
| sections Of the country. The confederate sol
| dier We'd with the Union soldier in sounding my
| praise Tie protestant. the Catholic and the
| jew apponted day of universal prayer in my
behalf. All societies passed resolutions of SYM
pathy for me and petitions that might recov-
er. 1t looked as if my sickness had had some
lblng to TO to BRING ah"ut harmony between
the sections. Tie attention Of the public has
been called to your chilGron, and they have
been found TO pass muster. Apparently have
accomplished more While apparently dying
tnan II tails to the 'ol OF most men to do.' ON
Let me die the death Of the righteous, and let
| my last end be llke his
And where III all the annals of the church
shall we lind dying hour so full of divine re-
pose: Ills calm tailh III Il future state was un-
disturbed hN ANXIOUS doubt. Ills suffering ana
wasted body was bat the ca>ket for the resplen-
dent Jewel o1 MS soui. and when death ruth
e9siy DroAe !haI precious Gaskel an angel carr
ed thc tWel 70 the skies TO lay i at the saviour
feet In the early light Of April /. when all
thought 'he end WAS come, the sufferer SAID
TO me:
"BoCToR. / AN GOING"
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