Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-01
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the lips from which have 49,
sued only truth. Over all wealth,
above all station, above the noble, the
robed, and the crowned, rises the sin
cere man. Happy is the man who
neither paints nor patches, wells nor
veneers. Blessed is he who wears no
mask. The, man who lies before us
wrapped in perfect peace practiced no
art to hide or half conceal his thought.
words that might be useful in retreat.
He gave truthful transcript OF his
mind and sought to make his meaning
clear as light. To use his own words,
he.bad fthe courage which impels a
man toaO his duty---to hold fast his
integrity---to maintain conscience
void Eof9 oifense at every hazard and
every sacrifice in defiance of the world.
Helived to his ideal. He sought the
appreciation of himself. He did not
build his character upon the opinions of
others, and it was out of the very
depths OF his nature that he asked the
other men that makes US desire their
appreciation, and fear their censure,
more than our own?'
-~.-A A LOYAL CITIZEN.
"Horace Seayer was good and loyal
lever. in intellectual hospitality, one
who knew that bigotry is born of ignor-
ancesapd fear, the proyiucialism of the
brain. He did not belong to the tribe,
or to the nation, but to the human race.
His sympathy was wide as want, and,
like the sky, bent above the suffering
world. This man, had that superb thing
which we call moral courage-courage
in its highest form. He knew that his
thoughts were not The thoughts Of
others-that he was with the few. and
that Where one would take his side
thousands would be his eager foes. He
knew'that wealth would scorn and cul-
tured ignorance deride, and that all be-
levers in the creeds, buttressed by law
and custom, would hurl the missiles OF
revenge and hate He knew that lies,
like snakes, would fill the pathway of
his life,9 and yet he told his honest
thought, told it without hatred and
without contempt, told it as it really
was. And so, through all his days, his
heart was sound and stainless TO
the core. When he enlisted in
the army whose banner is the light
the honest investigator was looked
upon as lost and cursed and even Chris
tian children held him in contempt.
| The believing embezzler, the orthodox
bnC IluToCToT-lllbCu
| his bloody hands and thanked God that
| on his soul there was no stain of un-
belief. In nearly every state of our re-
| public the man who denied the absurdi-
ties and impossibilities lying at the
J foundation Of what is called orthodox
religion was denied his civil rights.
He was not canopied by the Egis Of
the law. He stood beyond the reach ol
| sympathy. He was not allowed to tes-
tify against the invader Of his home
the seeker for his life. His lips are
closed. He was declared dishonorable
| because he was honest. His uubeliei
made him social leper, parian, an
outcast. He was the victim of religious
hate and scorn. Arrayed against him
we're all the forces. all. the hypocrisies
of society. All mistakes and lies were
his enemies. Even the theist was de-
nounced as q disturber of the peace be-
cause he told his thoughts in kind and
candid words. He was called bias
phemer because he sought to rescue the
repetition of his God from the ISLANDERS
OF orthodox priests.
HIS WORK REWARDED.
Such was the bigotry Of the time thai
natural love was lost. The un believing
son WAS hated by his pious sire, and
even the mothers heart by her creed
was turned to stone. Horace Seavel
pursued his way, he worked ani