The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-09

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Qualities s-Aiear@i nz-n 20 az Ta-a 5 a1rn
be cane IN con tAct. a man whose s2os'Eae
fsfe was gracts4 by ekgat spiritual re-1.sle-
rEsea. thaS Gre TOO Esl6c9n sees r. yh-s
human word % oaTs.
1t ssas not ray good fortune - sisoN
Mr. Hebron Intimately. or even ~ssI.
A. znany % yog WHO are mere t06ay knew
hszu An4 yet I gensHs bar mos Is EJslct-
Is shst ore hour that ! passed a1 ais
sss.r.xsary abossl a year ago he launched
TIE clag erSz don a. esT1cs upon the AAs tssT,
sgeeper. bette things u ISs- We falkssi
together a ne os8 days a; Harvard.
xaaea 81 ~as n college. and ! a. ne q
y.alfy sz10os. We 1ascoarsed upon social
sa8eaaee. tins Industrial problem. the par
Lament OF religions. And Eslel ! oaae
hsn xoo5uye I coa2d not bgf Say 70 ny
SET. THIS - the type OF truly rseS7
man Nor could refrain from drawing
q contrast betwees his lEe and t1ai OF
many another man fhaE knew. VINO
would seek 70 persuade me that he MAS
r4es1, beeauSe ~ rs b1g blocks o rohRsaz
stock and large deposits IN me bank,
~snea I've minutes conversation WIN
thai man showed me razc ne was utterly
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rulaeh "a a crtInab from the table 81 sci
eace culture. literature or art wnere~S5l
70 feed mis- starving soul. Mr. Hebron
knew mat a mans true wealth = me
good ne does IN me world and ne sought
TO attune ss1s llfe 81 harmony win JsIat
divine principle.
ssAs conpars-s with those who ara here
ard WHO knew sfr. Hebron 80 well, he
was TO me Only an acquaintance, and
yet I must refer % a. Ietst one striking
trait Of MS character, and because Of the
impression l. made upon me and because
OF So own intrinsic worth. / mean his
steasffastnezss OF purpose, his devotion 70
an Hieszl OF life the j. was thaz made
his life 50 muca ptsTer. sarseT. deeper
than many another mans life that
rounds out a full three score and ten.
II IL because ne concentrated all his
strength ard energy within this brief
span Of years mat nc Was enab seG to ex-
ert an lnfiueIrce upon the community: an
influence which ne magtlt perhaps never
have exercised had siiese same energies
peen distributed over a larger term o.
years.
Like Epsctetus, the Roman slave and
philosopher Mr.. HeiI1ron WAS anxious
20 he found doing something beneficeGs.
pubiic-spiTS;ed. humane. generous. lie
couSd say w.th EplCaettEs: II death ssir
things 81 Is enough Tor me that I Can
ssresch my hands TO God and say: Thou
hast given me- life; / qe1ank Thee for
w'5E1s Thou hast given. The gifts Thou
dldst give / did use. now take them back
and plare them wheres0ever Thou mayst
choose, for Ila4ne are all things. Thou
gtvest them 90 me II was IN this spirit
that Mr. Hebron departed this life.
Many of you knew him very intimate
IL LwgVV creating with
which he met YOU Was always fun Of
kindness. The stream that makes glad
the waste places Of our human lives Is
the river OF friendship. You know now
It's limpid nature refreshes the round OF
business responsibilities and cares. You
know what refreshment that river
brings and So as the years roll by and
you call 10 mind those who were able.
noted. conspicuous. those who were fav-
orite companions in the social pathway.
l believe that you Will give an honored
place 20 George ii. Hebron.
what Is the meaning of all these
faces here today? What Is the meaning
OF this assembly. representing every
grade of society, every occupation. every
crecdP In means regard. esteem. honor
and love for i noble citizen and a true
friend. The business men of Seattle
know each other better than do the bust
ness men OF larger cities and so. when
one drops out OF the ranks, the sense
OF loss Is necessarily deeper and keener
because the ties that knit them one 10
another are closer and warmer and more
Intense. Seattle. Tacoma. Olympia. the
state Of Washington are all poorer now
that Mr.. Hebron is dead lie has gone
from loving Wife. gone from father ard
from children. gone from the family up
on whose sacred sorrows 1 shall not in
trude. He has gone from among us. but
he viii live on in the memory OF all
thuse who knew him as he was His
death was so unexpected and so sudden
that great sense of vacancy has been
created in our hearts II is as though
some tower OF "A high building. that we
have been accustomed TO look ~ day
after day has suddenly disappeared
When we think of and realize the SPLEEN
did straits Of this mans character. when
we consider tho brilliant career that had
only begun. n seems impossible for us
20 regard il with unalloycd and firm
composure Of mind A life so young
Gees than two score years. 80 full ct
promise. 50 rich In mental resources. a
lie 50 fruitful In good works. hFoue ut
% so untimcty an end. Is something that
We cannot contemplate except with min
giel feelings Of sadness and doubt, II
seems 20 us so unreasonable and wrong
that a life born 90 hear fruit should
saw tfs blossoms spread. II seems TO
uS as n there were 10 order. no justice
no lsdosn. no love at The heart Of
things that the world Is only the blind
prey az circumstance and chance. And
vet We have ONLY 10 rise 70 a higher
level or Thought - have our doubts dis
polle~i and 10 BDd spiritual peace II II
is true. as I believe. that this whole uni
verse Is under the control of m Infinite
and Eternal Power which We call God
and II ttlis same Power be moral. henc~
flciemt and last. aS We believe Tie IS
then lie can suffer nothing excellent IA
the world % de. inaanach aa God
lives IN Ills world Tie can allow nothing
truly excellent - perish. Il Is This pro-
rlust take into our hearts this afternoon.
J, s. this same supremacy couxollnE
Thought watch the tmmortal Whittier *
pressed En- the familiar Zines which have
always been hahn and "a beuedlction
20 every heart bereft OF relative or
friend.
Within the ratdenea maze ~ things.
And tossed by storm and 9ood.
To one fixed stake nv spirit cllngs.
I know that Cod Il good.
Z know not What the future hath
or marvel or surprise.
Assured alone that l.fc and death
Ills mercy undsrlies
Z know not where Ills islands llft
Their fronlei palms fn air
I only know / canuo. drlft
Beyond i}is ioVe an5 care"
A. 'he close 90 csc address the quarte,,s
sang Consolation after which Tr. Acton
offered heae.5irtion
The IA " the saSket having been re-
moved hv Funeral Director James 4
Greene the p~ovle on che south si4e ~
iae vhu~cs came forward and. after