The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-17

House when he was President hang in the
cottage by the sea at Long Branch, and IN
self a millionaire. What memories 1T sug-
gested! What emotions it excited, He gazed
upon it for the last time, and then, as he
assembled the stairs. he murmured: Give
me poverty and honor rather than wealth
greatness and glory are now in possession
of the government in our national museum
in the city of Washington. -
AS evils never come single-handed- SO
n1isfortunes multiplied The citizens OF
New York had created a trust fund CT 80,
to the credit OF General Grant. The fund
had been guaranteed by Ex-Governor Nor
ity of the 1a sbe eu e,iarantors reused to
pay the interest, and for time this source
OF revenue was cut of. 10 suca siIaits
was the General reduced that, when the
bank failed, he had less than eighty dolars
in his pocket, and his wife less than one
TO these disasters We're added imputations
cast upon him who was the pride OF MS
coG d and sae ofs atle Was ess
tremendous; the mortal agony was less
acute Grant was silent Lang rug ls Is IN IN
found silence He was "a picture
dazed. The surprise was unreasonable.
The transition was SO sudden. But the Ia,
bles soon turned. The. deep deception Of
was universal. Expressions of Kindness
came from all quarters. He was once more
But greater evil was at hand. His
bodily health gave signs OF decay A ter
physicians We're in attendance, but gave no
promise of recovery. His pains became
torture, and his sufferings at the table were
intense. Liquid food was a necessity.
desred o e oa hours he would s
alone. .propped up in his chair, with hands
Snp 9okng at ths blank s a bef9Te
seemed not alarmed, but solemn as the
end approached. But he revived; his
apathy disappeared; his Indifference was
He had another battle to fight. 1t was
with poverty. His, sword was, sheathed.
but his pen was ready, and was destined to
be mighty. The proprietors of the Century
ees ON the 6aes h o ar
Chattanooga and The Wilderness campaign.
o an nlm OF an @ nd tba f
public would hail his productions with de-
light. He consented. In the Century for
1885 appeared these articles. 1t was Grants
first attempt at literary composition. 1t
was success. He became interested in his
work, and for while forgot his pain writ
Then dawned upon him the purpose to
which h has brought the ' Widow nearly half
a million dollars. AT first he dictated to
Of When the ana of the cancer had
interrupted his speech, then with pad and
pencil he would write many hours of the
suggestive. Facts and figures of his great
campaign came trooping through his mind.
over suffering body It Was the greatest tt
achievement of his time, intellect defying
tho pain of diease and the approach of
death. His hold on life was strengthened
by his determination to live until the work
But there was something higher that
sustained his great soul in this final battle
of his life. Life to him was not a. walking
His calmness in suffering was not stoicaI
philosophy. but inspired by Christian forth
Church. and baptized in his last illness, his
religious nature was sincere, calm, and
The principles Of p s Chrs Emit
but never demonstrating. he was not a man
Of religious pretense; His life was his pro-
nothing to gain from him beyond the inf1u-
ence of a well-ordered life and a godly con-
versation; but that he had everything to
gain from the power and promise of the
More than all things else he was taciturn
touching his Religious faith and experience.
Not however, from doubt and fear, but
from mental characteristics. the keenest.
closest brightest of all observers, he was
the most reticent of men. He lived within
himself. His thought.life most intense;
galleries Of the world and libraries of treas
ured thought. He was world to himself.
His most intinate nae9ds knew him only MY
wife of his bosom and the children of his
loins. To them the man of iron will and
nerve of steel was gentle tender and con-
fiding. And to them he unfoided his beau
tiful religious life.
OPINION OF THE SCRIPTURES.
sI believe in the holy Scriptures. Whose
lives by them will be benefited thereby.
Men may differ as to the Interpretation,
which is human, but the Scriptures are
mans best guide
He revered their source, recognized their
influence, responded to their acquisitions,
trusted din their promises, found consola-
ton in their hopes. His faith in God as the
sovereign ruler and Almighty Father was
simple as child's and mighty a
prophets
opening sentence of the preface of his me-
moirs.
plans of usefulness to occupy mis- declining
years. He would have mingled in the busy
scenes Of life where men DO most congre-
the great enterprises of his day. and to
increase a nations wealth and the power
park he shah repose beneath the noblesf
of monuments. He would have enjoyed in
and social pt life wealth mad and
otherwise Man proposes and God dis
poses" is the first line to the the, preface OF
events in the affairs of men brought about
by men of their own CHOICE
Such vas his 1aih h IN wh b
great mission: and When burdened with the
greatest iresponsibilitles; wnea conscious
his care. when the darkness of adversely
overshadowed him, he trusted in the Lord
who is nightier than the mighty. Doing
nothing for show yet he made public rec
oenition Of God by his faithful and con-
scientious attendance upon dlvln ne W S
than he, and he was the best OF hearers.
Whether in the obscurity of Galena, or in
the conspicuousness of Washington. or in
the private walks of life in New York he
was ever in his pew on the Lords day,
and his pastor was always sure of his
presence on stormy Sabbath.
His faithful attendance at church was
largely inspired by his respect for the Sab
bath day. On a Monday in April, 1885, he
said to NET did not go riding yesterday,
although invited and permitted by my ply
stefan. because it was the Lords day. and
because + felt that If a relapse should set
in the people who are praying for me
would feel that / was not helping their
faith by riding out on Sunday. And on
Saturday night, to divert mis- attention from
pain and uneasiness, his Oldest son sug-
gested some innocent diversion, but when
Informed that it was near midnight, the
honored father said: 1T is too near the
Sabbath to begin any diversion
A MAN OF PRAYER.
He was man of prayer. 1t was on a
Sabbath evening in March of that year
when I called and found him alone with
Mrs. Grant. I informed him that three
hundred Methodist preachers, with their
t,isbons in conference assembled, had