The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-12-14

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To strive. TO fashion, 20 fulfill
doubt not what c10a woalast naye been
"A life IN csxle action warm.
A SOU On highest Nilsson sent
A potent vulce 81 parliament
A pillar szea3zast IN the storm
His memory is blessed Indeed In many
q heart tonight he stIa lives, and viii.
through memoirs mystic poWer. lse On
him and knoS him again Tor
Eternal form shall stlIl divide
The eternal soul from all beside
And I shall know him when We meet
Irntfl then. until the day break and the
SHADOWS fee away" we await the blessing
OF reunion AL nature as well as all rev.
1a,ion ods rs wat, =, ss s, ass ~ ne r., se s
tonight. tire cold and cruel sea that
has robbed Is OF 80 dear friend. might
we not catch q message even from the
wayeSy
slowly. steadily under the moon
Swings the tide In It's old-time wayi
Never too late and never too soon.
And the evening and morning make ~
the day.
SLOWLY. steadily, over the sands.
And over the rocks they fan and now;
And this wave has touched dead mans
Ana thai one has seen . face we know.
They have borne the good ship on her
Or buried her deep from love and light:
And yet as they sink at our feet to-day,
An. who shah interpret their message
aright2
For rhelr separate voices Of grief and
cheer
Are blended at last in one solemn tcne:
And only this song OF the waves hear
Forever and ever Ills viii be dsne.
slowly. steadily, to and fro.
swings our life Ia its weary way;
Now al its ehb aud now at Its fow.
And the evening and morning make up
the day.
Sorrow and happiness. peace and strife.
Fear and rejoicing, its moments know,
How from the df=coryfs OF such life
Can the clear music Of heaven shown
.rYet to the ear Of God IL swells,
And 70 the blessed round the throne.
Sweeter than chime OF silver bells
Forever and ever His viii ps done.
Hr Shsassisn's aribats.
Mr.. sisanklin followed Mr.. Garrett I'm
medfaAeiy and said:
Alter THIS beautiful chaptiet OF words.
a rainbow whose background Was many
tears weIling from loving hearts, there
is little to be said. Yet / do highly APP
preciate the honor conferred upon me IN
the invitation TO say few reyerent words
touching the life and character of him
who was loved hy so many in this COM
nunlty. Here is circle of friends this
have. living or dead So. unlike The reply
OF Aen@aS TO Dido. l have 10 say the
task assigned me this evening IS a graft
Tying one My estimate of the character
and services Of Mr.. Grant may be worth
but little. but / am persuaded that in
what | shall say In reference to him ]
shall bat utter the views and sentiments
OF every one present.
Frederic James Grant did not live very
long-only 30 years. But what a vacuum
his sad death has made in this community
and In the ecfnTnorweaIth. He stamped
his character and made his impress upon
his time. To-day he is rnourned all over
the state. The people know that he was
q good and strong man; And there
have been more tears shed for him in
Seattle than there would be IL almost any
other man in the city were TO die
have been cen a afuii ageP" There IS a ar
ference bet ween an old age and a fun
age. Ben Jonson truly says:
1T Is not growing like a tree
OR standing long. an oak three hundred
year,
To faR a leg al. last, dry. bald and sere;
A lily OF the day
Is fairer far IN May.
Although tt fall and die that night;
Ii Was the plant and flower Of light;
And in short measures life may perfect
be-"
Among moral and responsible beings,
that life is really the longest. however
brief its outward term. into which the
largest amount or benencent activity Is
condensed. and
They err. who measure life by years,
With false and thoughtless tongue
Some hearts grow old before their time,
Others are always young.
Ills not the number of the lines
on hfe's fast-hlling page;
IT'S not the pulses added throbs.
Which constitute true age.
Those who have preceded me have
spoken in detail Of the lite of this bril-
liant and scholarly editor and statesman,
OF this eompanionable and genial friend.
/ would, IL that be possible, discover the
secret Of his success along these lines,
aud find out. Ii We nlay.b Why il was and
is that We admired him thus and loved
him so.
The conviction has come TO me that the
aN-contsaluing and all-includirg quality
which drew other lives TO his. was char
acter. that reserve force which acts d.
recfly by presence and without means.
He was man In the tr1est and highest
sense. A mantle nofiest work of Cod
Character was the foundation-wall on
which the graceful superstr8cture OF his
life was builded. and although the visible
presence has suddenly faded from view.
the character abides and VIII never be
forgotten thing OF beauty must be a
JOY forever.
Emerson says: THE reason why we
feel ore mans presence and do not feel
aIsother's. is as simple as gravity. This
character - a natural force and power
Ike Light aud heat. and all nature CO.
operates with u, Truth b the summit
of All being. justice is APPLICATION Of Il TO
affairs All individual ma lures stand
IN 8 scale according u the purity Of this
element in them. The viii o. the pure
mrs down from them into other ma lures
as water runs from a higher to a lower
level. This natural force s. no more to
be 1ithSfood thar any other force"
u n % a -
70 understand our friend Grants power
ard influence We need hardly step TO
count his many vfrTues-''It IS only low
merits thar can be enumerated"
His moral character was without idern-
sSh or fFupufa1lons his heart was one Of
large aud tender benevolence. An tnti-
mate friend Of his recently speaking Of
him said; tie was free frUTn Jealousy
and envy. | never heard him make a
single remark In dssTsa rag eEnent OF a
IN my opinion. Z. characteristic feature
% his mental Constitution was the fac
utty ~ intense ana persistent aTplcatIon
any matter worthy Of his a1fersf1q,
worthy Of his whole attention ksc shrssn3g
fron no difficulty encountered IN accom-
hesT3 htn say taat 20 man wauld ever
accomplish wucA who vas rot willing
tT the sake OF Fhe pleasure arising frurl
its solution.
Observation au3 seif-sssertiaa we're en-
trssiy farE 81 20 bis nature tIas ff.EpeSs-
tten WIS esginentfy gentle and kind
AL VITO associated wftb him iu the
h0fnf. IN business err il} the public as
- -. 49,, 49, 49, H., - ne igo,.
% ri. generous soul, and Chr8ss-lske
deuoaussr.
Sis talents were unlve-~tllv reeor.i-es
SIS fsv aooFe IRE or5fBsry. ard rad Sc
cared hsrn- tn his Young rnagsasezs4 bust
moss and governmental houors