The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-23

to place him in England's greatest
tomb unless room can there be found
for his beloved wife, Like our own
Grant, no mausoleum could be grand
enough for his last resting place if his
wife could not be also placed at his
side. The home life of Gladstone and
Tcnnyson was alike ideal.
The grandest lesson of all is the
depth and power of Christian charac-
ter based all on "The Impregnable
Scriptures" which was one of his
works on the defense of Christianity.
A cOmmunicant of the Church of Eng
land, he was too truly Christian not
to be in spiritual harmony with all
"who love in sincerity and truth"
When the end came, and pain looked
in at the castle window, and came to
his bedside, and when death entered,
he calmly, gently and with ineffable
peace, content, sweetness and trust
turned himself ito see his Pilot face
to face"
AT ELM PARK CHURCH.
Elm Park church was thronged last
evening to hear Rev. Dr. C. NJ. GifFin
speak on Gladstone as Seen by an
American" on a pedestal at the right
of the pulpit stood bronze bust of
Gladstone, from which black stream
ers fell over the drapery of the stars
and Stripes and the fiag of England.
The text selected by Dr. Giffin was
from Heb, IA: Consider how great
this man was" The speaker said: 1--WE
have come tonight to study the char
acter Of one whose excellence cannot
be located in only few spots, but to
whom prophet, priest and king bring
tributes Of praise and upon whom
eulogies such as have seldom if ever
been published are found in the press,
while around his coffin mankind gath
ers to testify to his goodness and
grace.
Born in 1909, by 1888 he was in the
House of Commons. In 1894 he had
driven through his wonderful railroad
bill that compelled provision for the
accommodation of the poor people.
BY 1Sf7 he had parted from Tory re-
lations and had begun the liberalzing
process in his land. He removed the
disabilities that affected the existence
of the Jewish residents, founded the
savings banks, annexed Egypt, sue
Cecded In abolishing the evil practice
Of purchasing army positions, opened
| a warfare against titled supremacy
until My Lord" was no longer so
! greatly to be desired and advocated
Irish Home Rule in the only way ever
| possible to make it's use practical.
1T is marvellous that any man could
| stay on the stage so long and intro
| duce into staid England so many in
| novations.
-Four times by the strangely long
! lived queen was he called to be her
| prime minister, not always on account
| of any particular fondness for him but
| because it was demanded by the peo-
| pie. 1t was significant that when in
| dignant she once said to him, 4 am the
| queen He replied, i am the people
| of England
WELL-ROUNDED MAN.
| "He had the physical basis to sup
| port the all-night debates and was able
| to endure the much poisoned atmos-
| phere which destroys the constitution
| of many members. He seemed built
| for making speeches at any time, and
| his beautiful voice the dampness and
| darkness only seemed TO sweeten. He
| had verify. He was true to his con-
victons. He had versatility, and knew
| well what he knew. He was confess
| edly the greatest of statesmen in our
| day. A scholar in HOmeric literature,
| a theologian, and n COnnoisseur in old
| china. He could write on the Bulgar-
| ian question as if he knew nothing
| else; was a farmer according to the
| best methods, and could carve in wood
| His abilities ranged from making q
| nation to saving a soul.
| "He was a believer in the Christian
religion and gave his testimony for a
| maintenance of faith in the inVis-
ible, and in the reality, nearness and
| personality Of God. Coleridge said a
| man has three friends, God, himself
and Death The latest messenger has
| come to this toiler."
| The speaker then quoted a few lines
| from SCott's tribute TO Peel, beginning
Now is the stately column broke, -
| following with the words, well may
he be laid in Westminster Abbey, for
| he was a king among men,"
AT the close of the service the choir
sang "Only Remembered by What We
| Have Done"