New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-23
PULPIT TALK on GLADSTONE.
THE ENGLISH sTATESMAN'S CAREER The
THEME OF SEVERAL PREACHERS.

pR HEBrR NEWTON SPEARS OF THE NOBILITY
AND PURITY OF THE POLITICAL LIFE
OF THE PEOPLES WILLIAM
OTHER Tributes
The life Of william Ewart Gladstone was .ne
subject Of the sermon preached BY the rev. ~
r. Heber Newton nj All Souls Church' oiN'y
slxth-st and Madlson-ave. yesterday morh,ns' 90
II was that Of several other of the best-Kno""
clerevnen in this city DR. Ncwton's sermon was
in a measure eulogy OF the dead English States
man as political leader He said In part
1t is as a statesman that Mr. Gladstone was was
known throughout the world ana ho' h a been in
ever he was known For sixty years ne haI inr
public life the observed of all observers MS ium n
career in public life VIII nhtY but of his char
acter Mr. Gladstone was statesman nor pi U,
men Ills influence over his followers was almost
bondlcss but II the influence OF MS pepSoh 70
ality not OF his manipulation. Men far lhisIo, -,
him surpassed him in their ability to manage .s
party. But he surpassed all his n historv in
he he abtv to irnnress upon party his own great
IDEAS sand ana convictions His power lay In his
To hngin ' At the beginning he absolutely DIS
interested pecunlarlly in his public fe eye re rch
no, in politics for money. lie was never '' No.
When he was NJ one time Prime Minister ne @ nn
rned TO consent to an c attempt to
n penslon He WAS nobly above the sord'u c ,.
siderations OF public life. which mesh ana e"s'"''
lie sought once bu, il no, for the sake ,O OF
tho Office but for the opportunities OF tne I'M
He was consumed with that hunger or grca, ro
10 do greatly for his country ana the "oriuii ,o,o
him office was "a public trust, and nov Il p.'@ Co
peruuistc Its power was to him soms,' ,n, ca
more than an opportunity for creating pa,rrohas n
II opportunity for serving man III laws
motion of better conditions OF life. or nopLer ~
ana ofler Institutions He desired popuiariy, n,h liz
had II In a measure almost unelualca ~ n,,t,n
history He was for years "thc people N"'''"'
crowds attended his going TO ana fro 1870 ,h.
With him principle. and not expedichc!' Wa -.
rule OF lie in public affairs. HIS was NOV , .
ienoble statesmanship which considers tncIt!S W,
porary measures and symptomntic h h,annoses
rather that heroic statesmanship ~hch "Iit ~ -
Tho disease i'm tho body polite ana proceeus ~
deal with IT, Ills constant appeal was 10 ,ne ~
U, ono longing desire was 10 see Juh,lCr H.,
Justice was his pole star by which ne shaPn ,i c
course Ills changefulncss was not the vacil'"',,'n
81 uncertanty II not the contrac'i3h,Ia naod
man who never knew his own mind iie cnhlsrn ~
nc tho na,lcn changed. whose movements W'Ir ~
quickly ard sensiiivcly sensed by him lie '"'o
no fetch o. constancy - u.o-a,,, ,rIed
In him we had a Statesman VINO ntettsaS 49,
20 administer government according 10 tne rlL..'
OF Tosus Chrlai. He was In truth the nearsS' ,ho
ferpart which our modern world has known 81 w., 20
old Hebrew prophet. When such nan I'LL nj
ne from God the people Will acclaim MN h'si IT,
Nv tbc rirht ~ trmogenlture. but BY the calling
and ordination OF the Most liigh.