Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-09

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/ had reached its noon.
Man proposes and God disposes.
We plan but cur plans are not always
| for the best, and a wise Providence fire.
quently Overrules them. We often
wonder why. but that is not for us
to know. 1t is enough for us 10 know
that there is a God supreme, and that
all Of us should bow submissively 10
his viii The way is often dark. II
! is dark to-day to some Of us. The pail
hangs heavily Ger this household, but
[ God willed il so and we bow reverent-
,y to his decree. When the golden
bowl is broke and the silver cord Is
! severed. We pause, we wonder and we
weep We drop our tears, We pour out
our sympathies-bUt tears and SYM
Lathy only aggravate the wounds IN
he IS OVt Of the surrounding darkness
We can. by faith and trus1ulness IN
Col, believe that his sublime will some
day Will drive away these clouds. In
this solemn presence l declare my
abid ng belief in the fatherhood OF
God AID the brotherhood OF man; and
[ dec. are what know to be true, and
that is my brother and friend who lies
before US In the cold EN- brace Of death,
possessed. in al its fullness, this same
saving and abiding faith.
Death does not end all. The first
and foremost poet of the Bible. when
his heart was bleeding as ours are to-
cay. by inspiration wrote for all the
ages and for the consolation Of one
and all. that when a man dies he shall
live again. This dead brother be
lieved IN 81 statement, as all OF us be-
iieye IL Here. then. we find balm
for these bleeding wounds and that
earth has I'D sorrow that Heaven can
not heal
My friends. this is a sad day for this
once happy ONE; but there was never
a cloud so bl ick that has not a silver
lining My friend and brother, whose
M timely death we mourn to-day was
nOt a professor Of religion. He may
not have esteemed church life as highly
as 10 many of MS friends, but he was,
withtl q man OF faith which l believe,
illum1ned his SOU when he reached the
river that all of us must some day
cross. Not given to loud professions
OF vain hOastings as TO religious ex-
perienCe. yet deep down in his heart
was a well of love and trust which was
constant In its low toward the Savior
of mankind In all his life he eXempl-
ned ue big human end of religion by
doing right In this respect his faith
was fixed. His purposes We're strong.
His devotion To the right was as I'M
faltering rs the stars. There is moth
ing more 90 be admired i'm this life
than q manly man. This dead friend
Of yours and mine, was every inch 4
man. GOD never made a trUer. nObler,
mauier man. He was q friend to all,
am enemy Of none. To every one who
needed aid he was ever ready to
stretch forth helping hand He look
ed uD. not down. out not in, and the
world to-day is better because he
lived In IT, His answering purpose
ever was to lift those with whom he
associated TO higher conceptions of
life and duty.
He was also an honest man. None
who knew him as did most Of us, will
question the truthfulneSS of this state
ment. Barns told it all in this single
stauZa.
From scenes like these old Scotia's
grandeur springs.
Which make her To- e at home rev.
cred abroad:
Princes aud Lords are but the breath OF
Kings.
An honest man is the noblest work
of God"
He was a brave man also. He had
the courage il his convictions. He was
q dangerous antagonist because he
could never compromise with his con-
science or waver. He always went
straight forward There was no zig
rags no ins-and-Outs i'm his public or
his private acts He wore above him
tho white flower OF a blameless life.
His personal character was as spotless
as a maiden's and is unsullied as a
raw OF light He was never on both
sides of a question at the same time
AS God lives today and in this solemn
presence. 7 declare. more than any
other man 7 ever knew. this dead
friend of mine was true as steel. and
would allow his strong right arm to
go from him rather than TO double on
any question either in politics bust
ness or religion. A man like that will
live long years after his body has
moulded into dust
Weaknesses. like all other men he
had Like all others he had HE likes
and disHkcs. Like all other positive.
honest men. he had opponents. and
those who sought to class themselves
as enemies. But believe 7 state the
truth when I say he was the enemy Of
none Like all others he made mis-
takes Like all others he had his
troubles and mishaps. But the good,
the pure. the true. the steadfast, the
neutrality-suspicious. in this dead mans
past life. Overshadowed his weak
/ nesses as the high hills about Wheel
ing tower above the bosom of the
Ohio rs it sweeps past his home on its
meardering way 10 the sea. Living, he
asked no compromise with those who
opposed him. there will be no utter
ances Of him except those that are
good Such men always leave their