The sun., 1892-03-06

cipleS OF the order soon caused him
to be called to positions OF trust and
responsibility. The very limited education
he received was Of tho most rudimentarY
quality. but the impulse for information be-
ing strong within him. he availcd himself Of
every opportunity to enlarge his stock Of
knowledge. and by close application to study.
when not engaged in manual labor or official
duties. he became a talented public speaker.
capable Of meeting the arguments OF every
form Of belief or unbelief. The works of
Plato. Spinoza. and Locke were quite familiar
to him. and gave to his discourses logical
turn and acute discernment, making them
weighty and effective. His published criti-
cisms OF the infldel positions assumed by Tyn-
dali and Ingersoll. and Of the extrcme ortho-
doxy Of McCosh and Talmage. reveal not only
great intellectual ability. but also the perfect
fairness with which he met those Of different
belief and opinion.
The outbreak OF tho civil war placed the
Believers OF Kentucky in a very difficult
position. They had never owned slaves. and
did not approve the institution which per-
mitted it. and on that account were regarded
with distrust and suspicion by the pro -saveH
element OF the neighborhood. while their
peace principles. which forbade them to take
up arms in defence OF the Union. brought
them into conflict with the authorities at
Washington: so that much tact was required
on tho part OF the leaders to steer safely
through those troublous times. Their settlo-
ments were often occupied by Northern and
Southern forces and*he depredations Of irre-
sponsible guerrillas were a constant source OF
anxiety: but their greatest loss came from the
almost total cessation Of business.
When peace was restored. Elder Eads ap-
piled himself with great energy. and success
fully. to repair tho damages his people had suf-
fered. But he was panied to see them steadily
decline in numbers. The effect Of the war had
been disastrous. not only financially. but it
seemed also to have changed the public sense
OF religious and moral obligation to a feeling Of
Indifference and lukewnrmness. and his efforts
to counteract this tendency were unceasing.
He devotedly preached and lectured, and kept
his pen busy to promote the cause to which ne
and It da at ne
pany from Sweden into family; and erected
new buildings to accommodate the increasing
dured the, period Of probation before they
fell ba?G into 1.-The weak ana beggarty sis
did not crush his heroic @ spirit. He said;
cannot have men and women 70 help this
Gospel M Till have mopSeXs." And ne set him;
he gathered all manner of folk from the high
ways and hedges. the streets ana lanes. u per,
few wor Ss to
that the nhors m the
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has sown has not Geen wasted.
Throughout his long and useful life he was
a firm advocate Of the principles Of religious
band ntor and pG5act;sSd t9 the Last The
thorotirhfy Grounded in theology. science.
and % mathenatics, and g ensbled him '"Ss; to &C;
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deed, he seemed to have a good share .of that
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characteristic energy 10 applied himself to
the task Of studying music, and soon was able
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several editions His character vas y pgfi.
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a a very Kindly and slisesicnste disposition
time humor. He was as happy as any one
could be in his environment. What to the great
joct servitude was to him means whereby to
gain true liberty-a life he had chosen volun-
perienced.
He nov has stepped behind tho veil; but he
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have gone Before him him viii viii stand ready vi tn cs.
lestial ge&stings. & welcoming him to The king
people loved and rsyeIed him. and the world
honored and respected him; The Louisville
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OF the purest and best Of men" Can q nobler
epitaph than that be written q any man,
Feb. 70. 1902.