Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1894-12-12

his last hours ho saidlo General Ol'rln II
die happy and contentnl. | hayJ roi forty
wears SO ruled my life that when death cam ,
| might face It without fear, 10 diet,
gain" Indeed this was N new sentlman.
tally with him. Ho once stated thar in
boyhood with Jour companions he was no.
customel to se1k the "secnsIon oIone OF
tho dormitories for purposes OF devotion,
though certain in those days OF being brand
ed rs Method lists an cLnting hypocrtes
He had In early life been immersed In u Bun.
list church. Hoacknowledged God III every
victory an | says in ono OF his dlsp ucle,
that no owes II "to the power OF the EnnaIl
rife in British hands to British pluck and to
the blessing Of Almighty Go on II most
righteous cause" He was accuStomai to
spend two hours evIry morning In prayer
and Bible reading, AMI II tho army was to
march at O'Clock no aros) for purpose, Of
religious devo ion at q o'c,o,i, an | If tae
army was o march at Co. glocS he nrOsa at 4
A plain monument mlri1 Hay,losE's
grave but the eptnph is rs beautiful AMI
Comprehensive rs anything | hays eyars..u.
and copied 1t then an there, IN 1t il "A
follows "Here rGst the mortal r1mln OF
Henry HayelosS, m jor general in ta1 Brit.
ish army ana Knyht CJmnln Ter OF tln
Bath, who dis At Dilkoo5ha LucSnoy n,
dy5entry pro lu 70 BY the hlrlshipj OF n
campaign In wLlcl no achieved immortal
fame, on tbs 2ltA OF November, 1851
He was born on tns 9th OF April, 1875. al
Bishops. Wernouth County. Durham, Eny-
lan1. Entered the army 1915. Came to In
diu 1923 and scryel tnern with lttIo inter-
ruption till his death. He Dor. an honorable
part in the wars OF Burma, aighanistan, III,
Mahratta canpliSa o. 1913 IN tho SutIii OF
lSi5. Retained by adverse circumstances
IN subordinate position, It WAS the aim
OF his life to show that tho profession OF
Christian Is consistent with the fullest
discharge OF tho duties OF Il sollier. Hs
commanded division in tho Persian oyp,.
ditiOn OF 1857 III the terrible convuIson Of
that year his genius an | character We're nj
length fully developed an | known to tho
world. Saved from stipwreck on the C,y-
lon coast by the Providence which designed
him for greater things, no WAS no nlnatel
to the command OF the column dGstne 10
relieve the bravo garrison OF Lucknow.
This object, after almost suparlumlp
eX4rtion, he, by tho blessing OF God, 40!
compllshed. But he was not spared to re.
celve on earth the reward h. so dearly
earned. Tho Divine Master whom no
served saw fit 10 remove him fromthe sphere
trlumphs. He departed to his rest in hum
bic but confident expectation o. far greater
rewards and honors which grateful coun-
try was anxious to bestow. In him the skill
OF Il commander, the courage ami devotion
OF II soldier, tho learning Off scholar, tho
grace OF highly bred gentleman an all
the social and domestic virtues of n hus-
band, father and friend wero blend.
ed together, m strengthened, harmonizel
and adorned by the spirit OF true Chris.
tlan, the result OF the influence of the Holy
Spirit on his heart, AM OF IN humble rcli-
ance on the merits OF a cruclnel Saviour.
IL Timothy, w., Z, s Il have fought goo
fight. | have inIshe my course. | hav5
Kept the faith. HencefOrth there Is laid up
for me Il crown OF righteousness which the
Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at
that day, and not to mo only, but unto all
them also that love His appearing. This
monument is erected by his sorrowing widow
and family"
Is not that magnificent? But sail whlls
standing nj Havelorx's grave, Why does not
England take his dust to herself, an | In
Westminster abbey make him pillow In
all her history of wars there Is no name 50
magnetic, yet she has expressed nothing
on this mans tomb. His widow reared tn ,
tombstone. Do you say, Let him sleep in
the region whereho di his grandest deeis?'
The same reason would have buried Wei.
linGtOn in Belgium, and Won MOtko at Yer
sailles, and Grant at Vicksburg, and Ston =
wall Jackson far away from his bclov, |
Lexington, Va. Take him home, o Eng
land The rescuer OF tho men, women and
children At Lucknow His car now duled
coald not hear the roll OF the organ wlen it
sounds through the venerable abbey tho
national anthem. But it would hear tho
same trumpet that brings up from anon;
those sacred walls tho form of Outram, his
fellow hero in the overthrow Of the In lipn
mutiny. Let Parliament make appropril-
tion from the national treasury. and some
great war ship under some favorite adm.al
sail across Mediterranean ami Abraham Sc IS.
and wait at Bombay harbor for the comm;
OF this conqueror OF conquerors. and then,
salnted by the shipping OF all FREQ nations,
let him pass on AMI pass up and come Ill Ter
the arches of the abbey and along the ais d;
where have been carried the mighticst d." |
OF many centuries.