Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1895-11-01
MILFORD, PIKE COUNTY. PAn FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I,

where trimmed. The office must
seek him, not he the office. There
was already entered in his heart
and habit of thought. the same i'm
pulse of retirement and agricultural
taste and content which swayed the
mind of such men as Lycurgus and
Cincinnatus, or George Washington,
O. ld the life and sweets of domes-
ticity became very precious to him,
He delighted in his Nebraska farm
and his home life became very dear
to his nature. That life had it's own
enchantment but it was an enchant-
ment which was due as much to his
own devoted tenderness as the con-
slant affection of those who shared
it with him. l am not so circum-
stanced that it would be allowable
for me to step across this threshold.
Always "A domestic man, who always
cherished and revered his venerable
mother to her last days, his godly
mother also trained him in the best
principles, and, in his maturer days
entering into the bonds of matri-
mony he was the very model of a
lover and a husband. Scarcely a
day passed without his CHEEKY ques-
tioning of his beloved whether her
happiness continued, he forestalled
all her wishes and all her comforts.
Never for moment did any cloud
of discord brood upon this lovely
home, clouds did brood and tears of
sorrow did rain. Their three chill
dren sank away almost at once.
They lie there side by side almost
of size and that homestead fell in
sleep. l went with them to the
burial place and saw them laid to
rest here in this charming ceme-
terry where we lay his form to-day.
Afterwards the Lord was pleased
to bless them with another infant
who is living still to share her
mothers desolation and her fathers
memory and honor. Thus now the
household is unbroken in the unity
of the soul which connects this life
in its revelations to the realm on
high, part of the host have crossed
the flood and part are passing now.
Charles Van Wyck was never a
man to speak much of his religion,
1 feel sure that he lived it. In his
home the family altar could be
raised, the sanctuary ever had his
reverent regard and his liberal sup
port, his gifts We're general to the
churches and all benevolent objects
without regard to sectarian dis
tinctions or local limitations. His
plans were enlarging for usefulness
and the happiness of others, even as
he spent his last day and drew his
last breath. He was well honored
by the token and tribute bestowed
by his adopted state, bearing full
witness to his honor as a soldier, a
counsellor, a statesman and man.
But perhaps the chief testimony
must be the gratitude of the poor
whom he befriended so literally
and incessantly. just a little while
before his death branch of the
Salvation Army came upon his
homestead whom he welcomed to
its fullest hospitality and when still
later poor woman complained to
him that her children were destitute
of clothing he first fed them all and
then furnished each of them with
three suits of clothes. In consider
ing such "A character we can allow
the words of the gospel to interpret
the prospect of higher life e" He
that giveth to the poor lendeth to
fhe Lord. And again; L" In as
much as ye have done it unto one of
the least of these my bretheran ye
have done ii unto me.