The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1898-05-03

nash, ana shArp Us the cr&ck OF . pis-
toll, came the RESPONSE. Yet none WAS
reader than be 10 make amend when
the Otensc was withdrawn.
Another thing has impressed me
Mr. Speaker, Us | have toucned the
lives OF those who have been in touch
with the lie Of Senator Earle : that is
the firm hold he held upon the con
idence and owe OF the Christian demo.
miration 10 which he subscribed hi.
firth. More than once have bnnn
surprised to find the name of Josoph
IL. Earle honored in the homo cir le of
d huEoie meube OF the BE- ptist
Church. honoT"d as u soldier? Yes.
HOnored as an emin, 1T ldwyer Yns
liouored as IL jurist ana 49, Iudyrp
Yes, all this: and then [ thought there
was a enderer element in the incense Of
nor Ills name as u Christian states.
man and exponent OF Baptist c]uIturo
integrity, AMI Ill, lily.
Such recognition, abiding in the
breasts of his co.religionists living in
the oywaye quite as frequently as when
living on the t~horoughtares of thought
ana ACTIVITY, constitutes, in my judg-
ment, the highest possible attestation
to the quality of the man.
MIR. Speaker, there can be no worshier
epitaph written Of any man than that
when Is written in the hearts of the
humole-a ~thousandtold more than
That reflected in the plaudits of the
proud.
1t were to attempt to sum up in one
term the quality which Law at the
foundation of the character of Senator
Earle, 1 could find no filter term than
the single word faithfut-faithful to
soclal obligations, to political obliga-
tlOnS, to public obligations, To private
obligations, to family obligations, and,
back OF all, faithful to his obligations
TO his God. In this last consisted the
secret OF bis power, as it has constituted
the secret OF al true power, OF highest
; power, in all the ages.
/ The fathers, in framing our lanpu.
l age, recognized this elementary fact.
In Pll the experience Of the past, full
ness OF faith in God has ever been the
conultlon OF highest fidelity to human
trust ana responsibility. The man
, VINO mas had most faith in God has ex.
hlblted highest fidelity in ill relations
) TO his fellow-man. And SO it has come
about that the effect has its name from
the efficient cause. The faithful mar
primarily is the man full of faith in
| God.
e MIR. Speakers, this is the nobles'
lesson, the most valuable message tina
d comes pack from the mute lips of GU,
t dead colleague to those of US who sur
; .vive him.
have every reason to believe tina
the full faith in God which inspire,
and sustained fidelity to all duty anc
trust inspired and sustained him il
IS his last earthly moments. 1t could no
DC otherwise. The faith that ha,
e illumincd the pathway of duty in pub
nc station and in private walk mus
Y, also have iilumined his pathwa
&c tnrough the dark valley into the brigh
IS pains OF celestial Immortality. Tn
1T same creative hand that implante
T. th"t faith in his breast, and filled hi
breast win immortal aspiration, still
al reigns, and He is just. The existenc
n OF the faith, the abiding presence c
AZ the hope, is the highest guarantee c
the fuihliment Of that hope.
y. Strong Son of God, immortal Love
w Whom we that have not seen Thv fac
IL by ialtii ana faith alone embrace,
DeileNlhS when we can not prove;
OF Thine are these orbs Of light and shade
tie mhou madcst life in man ana brute;
tp Ihou Lladest death and 10, Thy foot
o. Is on the skull which Thou hast mad
Thou will not leave us in the dust;
ihoH madest man, he knows not why
" he thlnkS he was not made to die:
al And Thou hast made him Thou ART i'm
Mr.. Speaker, this is the messae
err borne back to us from his silent tom
Let us profit by the message and tn
ne lesson.
"a And now what shall | say, win;
word OF comfort utter. to the widow
q her weeds and the orphan in his woe
e, a do nothing better than poir
Is, them to that lesson ard that PRAYER.
nc Mr.. Speaker, in one OF the mo.
lg beautiful prose poems ever conceived
Of Longfellow portrays the bitterness,
IN tho sorrow, the gloom, the hopele>
q desoiation Of one whose life companio
h8d been snatched away from his sid,
As Ills ~wanderings finally led him 10
p chance, shall we say y to a rude littl
In chapel in a foreign land, whose one
he 9oor invited the weary w%anderer to it
v. darkened GOODNESS.
is abode with the GOODNESS there. NotT
to ing was there to move the spirit t
lie devotion. The rude pictures an
is iuheral tablets did not appeal to tn
Is artistic sense. Yet the appointed hon
ii and the man had met. The DAYS an,
If weeks and months OF weary suirerin,
,e had wrought their appointed purpos
the binding tears that welle,
l. up from a heart Ourdened with bite
l. recOiiectl"ns, sore and bleeding, h.
Is read on Il marble tablet this in. erin
tion: r
Look not mournfally into the past
Vt IL comes not back again. Wisely i'm
n prove the present. 1t is thine. G,
lorth to meet the ~shadowy future with
out fear and with "a manly heart"
g he accepted it as a message from
the silent occupant of the tomb. Ht
arose from the ashes Of his grief witt
= a new purpose and a new hope, deter
mined to meet the future with a brave
heart.
through their blindirg tears NAV
a the widow and the orphaned children,
as they assemble around the faithful
lather's tomb, read the same lesson
and realize the rich heritage which is
t theirs the heritage of an unsullied
t history, the heritage Of an immortal
nope. Theirs be the hope, the ccnsola.
ticn theirs and ours the lesson and
the prayer. May they and we gather
Inspiration from his life for a better
life
Life that dares send
A challenge to its end
ana "hen 1t comes, say, Welcome, friend !