The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-17

sne emotions are 30 deeply stirred that the
ttps can not give utterance to that which
me heart feeieth, and often when they
tain Would worthily speak. the theme seens
80 lofty as TO be beyond their reach.
Us thus ! feel today. fear 10 trnst
myself to speak OF him, 10 whose memory
we would today do honor. for his life
ana character were at once ssabcve rra.se
and beyond eulogy.''
feei that l have been hidden here to
lake part in no formal or perfunctory
Ssisnacily, or to give assent to trite and
put 10 pay sincere and heartfelt tribute to
departed worth and virtue.
10 this shrine have come MS a sincere
ana earnest mourner for Que whom living
| loved, and who dead mourn with such
SORROW AS have rarely felt. But in tne
darkest; hour there Is always some iueusure
] OF consolation and no gloom. however deep,
Is without some ray OF cheer and comfort.
would not intrduc my personal grief
| upon such an occasion as this but Nm
consoled by the reflection that ! mourn
not alone. but that l am one ainoag thou.
sands, whose hearts. like mine. feel rangs
OF keenest anguish.
Never, in the history Of Texas, dill such
instant, profound. and universal sorrow,
smitc the hearts OF her people. as whom
the tidinss were flashed from this place
that Lawrence Sullivan Ross was dead.
Those who had been his comrades In
arms, and who recalled the hardsaips OF
the march and the dangers u the field
shared with him. and who remembered his
dauntless courage. his unfalling ildeit.y to
duty. and his heroic service, incurred the
soldier chilled to rest.
Those among whom he had lived so long
| and to whom he WIS so deeply enleared
mourned the loss OF neighbor. citizen ard
friend The students and faculty of tins
ar mn Xyh In NJ M
once their chief, their counsellor and guide.
Those who in humility had served hun az
slaves and as freemen, with grief shaken
frames md tear dimmed eyes, beat above
his bier in touching testimony tc his
justice and unvarying Kindness. His f,im-
lily in unutterable anguish, bowed aooye his
Numbering clay, for they knew, os no
others did, his devotion as Il husband and
his love and tenderness as a fathNr md
brother. while the people OF his beloved
State. whom he had served With unswerv-
Ing fidelity and consummate ability. to the
swelling volume OF sorrow. added the trih-
ute of their unbidden and uurestrainod
tears.
To one whose life had been so ,onsprcN-
ously selfish and heroic, even life nscif
were scarce too high a price to pay for
such manifestations of respect. reverence
and love-
Apart from the stricken and broken CTR
where the blow Of his death fell hardest.
but II such sorrow can be measured
and apportioned, perhaps the faculty and
students of this Institution have felt most
keenly the inscrutable dispensatlon of
Providence. In this field OF actiun he
wrought a work, the appreciation Of the
value of which Will increase with the pass
ing of years, and he here sowed seeds
destined to bring forth fruit an hundred
fold. not only in time, hut in the great
harvest of eternity.
Any man or youth living in daily ton-
tact with such man and moving IN scenes
dominated by his strong. yet gracious pei
sonality. must have as inevitably felt the
Influence OF his character and example as
he would feel ON yonder campus today the
splendor of the sunshine which lights with
beauty and brightness the world anout
him.
He was not a man OF words. hn, OF
action not OF professions and promises,
but OF deeds well done.
When many other and older men read
with horror of the barbarism Of the say
age on the frontier and appealed 10 the
government for protection, he, yo,th
with the down upon his lip. fots1hng
classic halls. barred his young busom TO
savage hordes and rode forth like de-
stroying whirlwind to ayenge the wrongs
and protect the lives Of his conntrymen
When the South summoned her sons To
her defense against an invading zoe, ne
halted not to consider or to take counsel
with amy man, but when first his rountry's
call was heard his answer came back
strong and clear. ! am ready, and ms
plume floated amid the smoke OF nj hun
dred battles. and no knight OF the age Of
chiyalry. ever flnShcd brighter blade or
chivalry. ever flpshsd n brighter blade or
heroism.
When his people whom he had served
-I.,.t 1A III
up higher, and over all opposition swept
him with wild acclaim into the gubnrna-
torial chair OF Texas. he seized the helm
of State with the hand OF n master ana his
administration shonc with lnster unsnr..
passed by that OF any man who PRECEDED
or has succeeded him. When ne suireh.
dered that high trust, amid the plaudits or
the people whom he had 80 faithfully
served he was called to that station winch
he surrendered only when God called him
hence.
His record here is written in The history
Of tho past six years nt ms insptit'on a'a
is craven in ineffaceable lines on the GRIEF
stricken hearts OF those who have gathered
today In this solemn and sacrad p'tsence'
Tho value Of his example here ana eise-
where IS beyond all human estimation
but in that great record ooos. bopt by HIM
who mnketh the deeds Of ,aeo according ar
each one does his part. MS rhme ~ en'eiNu
in lines immortal.
Judged by that accursed staudarJ. when
makes The acquisition of wealth. TIE test
of success and the measure oil meet. ne
will fall below many who are rot worthy
(, have unbuckled his shoe stcliets, but
measured by that infinitely higher and no.
bler standard OF life we'll lived and duty
uobly done. he stands as ar aspNe the
greedy grovellers after dollars as the loft
iost mountain is lifted above shc Lramhies
and pebbles at Its base
He valued no man according 10 the wealth
ha possessed. bur his was tliat tue and
genuine manhood that recosniles ,true
worth whether hid BENEATH silk or serge
and he was the same undeinonstraiise, vet
kindly and gracious gcntlempn. alike 20
the lowly and exalted. for he was Indeed
a gentleman OF the trilest an lofiiest'ty type
from crown to toe. from heart core 10 fin
eer-tip. His was the kindness aEa tnuitesy
that springeth from pure and gentle fsgrt
and he illustrated. most beautifully. that
poetic truth. that
"The brayest are the tsnieiast,
q. n Il