The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-12-12

5And we know that all things work together
Jior good to them that love God to them who
sare hc called according to his purpose :
sRom. viii @G
/ ''For this corr uptible mast put on incor-
Eruption, and this mortal must put on immor-
ltality. So when this corruptible shall have
sput on interruption, and this mortal shall
Shave put on Immortality, then shall be
drought to pass the saying that is written.
sOeath is swal owed up ia victory. O, death,
swhere is thy sing. 0, grave, where is thy
AvictOry! The sting of death is sin, and the
Sjtreng of sin is the law. But thanks be to
5God, which gveth us the victory through our
] Lord, Jesus Christ. Cor xv, 53-57.
GODS BLESSING ASKED.
O, God, with hearts bowed down with sad
sness, but uplifted with prai and gratitude,
Eve appear before Thee upon this solemn
occasion. We are sad because Thou hast
AIKEN one so dear to many h arts all over oul
soeloved land, but thankful to Thee for the
/ .reat prosperity and the many blessings which
l,.ge CUs. IN our sadness we lift our hearts
80 Thee as the Great God of the universe,
whose sovereign will gui les the great course
II human affairs;
We cnanSe, bUo Tnou changeth not; from
h verlas.i ing to everlasting Thou art the same
33ctore the morning stars sang together, or
sever Thou hadst created tAe world Thou vast
sUhe same III infinite greatness. Kingdoms
3rise and pass away; gr-at men act in their
s3ppointed spheres, and are not the earth
5may be conyulsed by Internal contortions,
sOut with Thee there is no variableness. Thy
2pity all compassion toward us change not
Though in our weakness and short sighted
Sness we be unable to comprehend 1hy loving
siindness; though in our utmost effort to un-
Sderstand Thy inscrutable providence, we ar,
sunabe TO descend to the depths of Thy wis
S1om, or to rise to the heights of Thy love, or
sto comprehend the breadth of Thy mercies,
sWe are ever sure that the guidance OF all
sthings i in Thy hands and shall be made to
accomplish the great and noble purposes of
5 The win toward all men, and the final good
sol those that fear Thee So be Thou
smercilul to us as, in sadness and sympathy,
sNe gather at this hour with many of like
condition all over our Southland, TO present
sone comm petition and to implore help to
q ustain rs III Jur common SORROW. In mind
eve bow beside the bier OF our departed
I riend and minge our sighs and
5tears with the thou. ands who feel
frrepara Dle loss. May the youth oi
4 S)ur land emulating the virtues and I'm
shinchmg courage Of this great
5man, even dare to stand by their convictions
Sof right and to maintain tneir self respect i
u manner worthy Of those roble sircs who fal-
/ cred MOI IN the day Of distress. Especial. ).
Sdo we pra' Thy pre-. ence with and thy bless
sing upon those who are pcreateJ more int
snla sely and sadly by Chis death. AS she
:whCn thi3 event is most rlng gathers a.bo1t
Sher the Widows weeGs OF mourning, let Thy
zgrace weetiy enter ner heart, and Thy uolS
S6pirit be the comforter Of all her woes, peak
Aiug into the ear of faith sWe, t rds Of con
oation which no human eulogy can afford
Z each bound sympathy produce. Renem-
{ For, also, we beseech lhee that absent
Sdau.,hter who. de. rived the privilege Of q
4lastlook upon the lifelvss form, sits to-day
in sorrow deep vale May she remember
sthat, in the many thousand hearts whost
3sympalhy is expressed, she has pace tender
Sand abiding. Bless all thal are near and dca,
Iupon whom atjiiction's ha q falls heavy
4 God bless the speakers oftho occasion; Goo
sbless us ALL and help us % reverently bow
sbeneath Thy chastening rod, for Christ's sah .
9Amcn.
JUDGE ATKIvsoN j ADDRESS.
4 Ju ige Atkinson's address was al
1eloquent tribute to the honorod dead
4 lie was ljotenJcd to with close attention
Sand was repeatedly automatically alp
apiarded The concluding sentences 0.
q lie address we're As follows:
h From the contemplation of these charac
t5ters the Sou hern youth ia after years vii
airaw their loItest Inspirations. Stonewal
Z Jackson was the Marcellus and Robert y
nnl-ee the RADIUS MdXmua; the one the sword
& ne other the shield. Of the utlegn Con ed
n racy. But jeff, rson Davis in the grandeuI
Eand slblmity of his character stands in hi tor
1ieol1ted and alOne---su 9rem8-withuut a par
4. u lei Or a peer IN ancient or modern times
q Napoleon, to satisfy his love of power, raise(
saI.d wrecked the French republic to buiit
4 pon its ruins an empire all uis own. Caesa
astrack not for liberty, but to enslaye the Ko
sman people. But jefferson Davis, inspired
Sby lofty patriotism. raised his sword il
obedience to the mandate of q deep and pro
&fOund conviction:
4 'lils life was gentle and the elements
& So mixed his lines, that Nature NIGH
4 Stand up and say to all the world: "thi
q was man"
D His was the indominatable col rage If Han
SSniJal, softened and tempered by The tende
y implicitly of d Cinciunatus, He was graude
ssthan Cato and greater than ne who wa
Ntermed the noblest Roman of them all: for il
Shis well rounded and symmetrical manhoo(
I: we're blended the selt-saclificing devotion o
II Cato, coupled with the god like vir ue OF
s4 Blutus.
8 The contemplation of such characte
Nelevates ana ennobes the hsman race.
ssg'"Tis to the virtues of such men that maj
II owes
Z His portion in the good hat Heaven besto ws
ssAud when recording History displays
xFcats Of renoWn, though wrought in ancien