Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-22
A GREAT MANS LIFE.
STEPHEN J. FIELD THE SUBJECT OF
DR.. TALMAGE's SERMON.

0t NiFIGN - FAEkO tFNG s1OoJGSt VT
Or. TALMAGE'S SERMON.
tits ReIIstou Traininm Laid the
Foundation nj his sterling Charac-
trr--Th- Great Divinc's Tribute to
"A departed Friend.
copyright. Louis Klopsch. 1891
WASHINGTON, ATril 2a.--One Of the
mcst notable characters Of onr time Is the
sub;cct of DIR. Talmages discourse. and
th. lessons drawn arr inspiring; text. ii
Samuel Ill. 3s. Know W not that there
Is a prince and "a great man fallen this
day In Isracls''
Here Is piumod catafallu followed
by King David and funeral Grafton
which he delivers ~ the tomb Concern
ing Ahncr, the great. David wecps out the
text More appropriately than when
originally uttered we may ROW utter this
resembling lamentation. Know We not
that there j. n prince and great man
fallen this day in Israeli
Ii was 10 minutes after q. the exact
hour 81 sunset II the sabbath day. and
while the evening lights were being kin
died, that the soul of stephen j. Field.
the lawyer. the Judge. thu patriot, the
statesman, the Christian. assembled. IL
was shutdown In the home on yonder Cap
ifnl hill. as IL was shutdown IN all the sur
rounding hills. but in both eases the sun
set To be followed by n Curious sunrise
Hear the Easter anthems still lingering in
the mir. THE trumpet shall sound. and
the dead shall rise. -
Our departed friend came forth a boy
from "A minister's home I'm Sew England
II a. - n
ing and evening prayer. learned from ma
tcrnal lips lessons of picty which lasted
him and controlled him anil all the varied
and exciting scenes of life imc and help
ed him Ia die In peace an octogcnarian
Blot nut from American history the names
of those ministers sons WHO have done
honor to judicial bench ami commercial
circle and national legislat ure and prcsi
dental chair. and you would oblitcrate
many III the grandcst chapters Of that his
tory II Is no small advantage 10 have
started from n home where God il honorcd
and the subject 81 Is worlds emancipation
from sin and sorrow j. unde' constant dis
cussion The Ten Comman lments, which
are the foundation Of all gOpl law-Roman
law. German law. English Law. American
law-arc the best foundation upon which
Ia build character. and those which the
hoy. stephen J. Field. 80 often heard in
the parsonage ut Stockhriigc were his
guidance when, n half cent Try after. as a
guwned Justice of the supreme court Of
the United states. he unrnllcd his opin-
ions Bibles. hymnhnoks catcchisms.
family prayers. ATMOSPHERE snnctificd. are
good surroundings for boys and girls 10
start from. and II our laxcr ideas Of rcli.
gion and sabbath days and home training
produce ~ splendid men and women ~
the much derdcd Puriianit Sabbath and
Puritanic teachings have pi oduccd il will
be- "a matter Of congratulate and thanks.
giving
Minister'S sem.
Do not pass by the fact that | have not
yet sccn emphasized that II phen J Field
WAS "a ministers son Notwithstanding
that there arr conspicuous exceptions To
the rulc-and the exceptions have built
up u ~t-rntyfed defamation on the sub
lc't-stHtisiics plain and ni icniahlc prove
that a larger proportion of ministers sons
turn uui we'll than arr Ia h found In any
other genealogical table Let all the par
sunagss nf all denominations Of Christians
where children arn growing: M take The
consolation sec the siarof hopc pointing
down To- thar Manager,
Nutic" also that our departed friend was
"a memhcr uf royal family There were
no crowns or sccptcrs or q troncs in that
ancestral line. but the FAMILY ~ the
Fields, like the family Of the New York
Primes. like the family ~ the Princeton
Alcxandrrs. like score Of families that
might mention. ii h were l,.st To- mention
them. were the children 4 the King
and had put on them honor, brighter than
crowns and welded influru ~ longer and
wider than sc"pters That family Of Fields
traces AN honorable lineage hack 500 years
Ia Hubcrius de Ia Field q" djutor nf vii
liam the Conquerur lat us THANH God for
snch families. generation after generation
on the side 81 that which j. right and
Rood Four sons Of that ountry minis.
ter. known the world over for extraur,li.
nary usefulness In their +phcrrs legal
commercial. literary and theological. and
daughter. the mother Of me Of the asso.
ciatc justices nf the supreme court such
families counicrhalancc fer good those
families all wrong from gen rration To- gen.
eration-familics that sinad for wealth.
unriPhtcously got and st4ngily kept or
wickcdly rquhndor-. fnmi lies that stand
for fraud ar imInriiy ~ malcN olcncc
family names that immcd atcly come to
every mind, though through sense uf pro
priciy they dc not culnc g., the lip The
name ~ Field will ~urNiN, centuries and
b. a synonym for religion lnr great luris
prudence. for able Christian journalism
~ the names Of the phhranhs and the
CAESARS stand for cruelty and oppression
and vice
While parents cannot sSpirc tp have
such conspicuous huuschu d. as the one
the name II whose son wr now celebrate,
all parents may by fidelity IN prayer and
holy example have their p, iis and daugh
iers hccumr kings and queens unto God.
"a reign FOREVER and ever but the work
has already hcen dome and could 90
through this country and ind thousand
households which haze hy the grace IT
God and blessing upon Ihterlal and ma
tcrnal excellence become The royal families
Of America
Honor the Home.
lat young men hcwaro lest they nv their
behavior blot such family rcords with
some misdccd We can all think uf house
holds the names of which meant every
thing honorable and cons,rratcd fora long
while. hui hy the deed Of one son sarri
feed. disgrnrcd and blasted Look OUT
how YOU rob your ronS.'ratctl ancestry 81
the name they handed to you unsullipd
Better rs trustee Ia that name add some
old homestead whether iaountain cabin
or a city mansion or u coultry parsonage
Rev David Dudley Field though % years
passed upward. Is honorrd today 10y the
Christian life. the service. the death Of his
son stephen
Among the most absorbing books Of the
Bible Is the book of Kings which again
aud again illustrates thai though picty Is
not hereditary the style nf par'ntagc has
much g. do with the style Of descendant.
II declares If King Abiiain. He walked
In all the sins If his father which he had
done before him. and of King Azariah,
"Iic did that which was right In the sight
of the Lord according Ia all that his IA
Their Amazinh had done " We owe debt
Ca those who have gone before In our line
n certainly "a we have obligations to
those who subsequently appear In the