The sun., 1898-10-03
TRIUMPH OF WILL POWER
Later Life Of Mr.. Bayard the
Victory Of Greatness
Over Weakness.
HAD PREMONITION OF DEATH
I Belief Among Friends in Washington
That His Conversation and Writ
ings on Spiritual Views
Portrays His Sight
of the End.
HAD pREMONITlON OF DEATH
From a Special Correspondent.

of the End.
From Special Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Now that the
great Delaware statesmen, Mr.. Bayard,
is buried, there has appeared among his
old associates in the Senate and those
| whose contact with him while ne sat at
5Mr. Cleyeland's right hand in the Cab.
ainet meetings led to the intimacy OF
Friendship, studied recollection OF MS
lille since his return from England.
The drift of mind and the expressions
Eof thoughts occurring therefrom, which
tcharacterized the man since that time
Shaye appealed to members OF the Senate
&who were his colleagues, and to those OF
Ethe diplomatic corps and the admin
| istration who knew him.
Accruing from all these thoughts, OF
Mr., Bayard and recollections OF his
Characterization since his return to this
Escountry has come the suggestion in
FGovernment circles that during the last
eix months Bayard had premonltlon OF
Heath.
Firm is growing this belief among
hose who were his colleagues in the
consideration of state; among those who
vere his social associates; and among all
lis friends at the National Capital. AS
VAS expressed by one national statesman
odsy. N"Mr. Bayard's life during the
bast six months was the triumph of en-
luring will power over death; the
riumph of greatness over weakness"
Mr.. Bayard lived during the last sev-
raj months by sheer control OF his
bental powers. Life glowed in the In,
ellectual will of the man while that will
lived in dead body.
The thought for the suggestion made
by those who knew him in this city, is
Esupported and in fact emanated from the
ksubiect on which Mr.. Bayard talked,
wrote and dwelt during the latter part of
his life-the spiritual life.
In conversation and in letter Mr.. Bay
ard continued to speak and write of this
= subject and many who now turn to cher
tisked letters received from him see
plainly written the premonition OF death
which he had.
Henry MacFarland finds an inspiration
to say: :,
"Mr. Bayard's love for fine poetical
Repression of spiritual ideas was not
more marked than his pleasure in shar.
ing the verses of this kind that he found
with his friends. | suppose that many
bf them when they read the hard words
lin the cold type OF the newspapers which
told them that they~would never see his
face again in this world must have taken
5put Of their treasures the message which
III. Bayard sent them after he returned
ON England in the large page or two
hich he had had privately printed,
wing Whittier's exquisite poem, AT
Ist, in English and in Latin version.
is with personal application to him
that read again the preface which
wrote before the verses. 1t is headed
"AT LAST"
= 4 shall be satisfied, when awake,
tn Thy likeness Psalm XVII. Then
mes in the original Greek the line
bm John XI, IL:
y Lord, if he sleep he shall do WELL
nd then follow hcse words OF Mr..
eyards:
4 These verses o. Whittier and the
tin rendition by an eminent English
holar and divine, are printed together
recognition and furtherance Of the
trained affinity which attests its ex-
bnce 80 unmistakably in the hearts
b minds of men fed upon the same
|als-who, though separated by the
bad Atlantic,
''speak the tongue
at Shakespeare spake; the faith and
morals hold
hich Milton held"
lose standards OF morality and religion,
Iocial and political duty are the same.
Between such men flows silently
bng current of sympathy and mutual
beet which it is the duty of all who
q at heart the welfare of both nations
eep clear and unobstructed.
THE incident which caused this i'm
occurred in England in November,
when the venerable Dean of Liam
khe very Rev. Charles John
Pn-was lying, as he supposed, on
thbed.
found in these lines OF Whittier
bnsolation that when, to his sur
3 emerged for little while from
low of death, he caused several
copies to be printed and distri-
hong his theological pupils. The
Montagu Butler, d. D., Master
" College, Cambridge, received
Dean (his old Harrow Mastery
ese copies, and added the Latin
(which he has kindly given his
"a to be reprinted here.
Vaughan died IN October last,
thristian:world mourns his loss,
n mourn most who knew him
|Sas T.. F. B.
l33Sly been ashort time since Mr..
hitting to friend whose friend
I'd valued while yet in the
Ned from Milton the follow
1|ae not,
2sven's hand or will, nor bate
hope; but still bear up and
Ia.
acFarland truthfully por-
ritual man in Mr.. Bayard
writes, in the Philadelphia
verybody who came in con-
b for any length OF time
balized in some degree that