The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1899-05-03


down, out aud out friend of the church
cf Christ. If there had been anything
illogical n our religion, he would have
secuted it, for he was logician. If
there had been in it anything uureason
able, he would have rejected it, because
he WAS great reasoner. If there had
been in i, any thing that would not stand
re-carch, he would have exploded the
f.'lacy, for his life was life Of re.
search. Young men Of Washington.
yopnx men Of America. young men Of
the round world, a religion that would
stand the test Of Justice Fields ren
Grating aid all ranSacking intelle,
must have IN it something worthy q
your confidence. | tell you now that
Christianity has not ouI Y the heart Of
the world on its side, but the brain Of
the world also Ye who have tried to
represent the religion Of the Bible as
somelhiag pu>ilIanimouS, how DO you
account for the Christian faith of Str ph-
cn J Field, whose shelves of the law
library occupied with his magnificent
decisions.
And now may the God of all comfor;
speak TO the bereft. especially to her
who was the queen Of hi, life. from the
day shea as d s'rsng r he was shown TO
her pew in the Episcopal church, to this
time of the br"kea h. art. He changed
churches but did not change religious,
for he church in wlich he was born
u, d the church in which he died alike
believe in God tie Father Almighty,
Maler Of heaven and earth, and IN Je-
SUI Christ. his o7l! begotten Son. and
in the cornmu ion of saints, aad il the
lite everlasting. Amen
The tody "f ourf lead sleeps in tenn
porary re>,iag place Hearts over
nnel.Ded with grief cannot JUS now de
eide where tha; sacred and >ieut form
shall hear the trumpet that wakes the
dead. Three places are proposed, and
all appropriate. Some say let it be III
snu.e Gud acre near this capital, where
he pillows of dust are already embroid-
cred with spring flowers. How appro-
pirate some cemetery near this city,
which was so long his residence, aud so
near the place where he sat in judg
ment, holding evenly the balances that
God put in his haud. Itwould be well
for Us sometimes to 60 out and read his
epitaph aud recall his virtues. Some say
let him rest on the Pscifc slope, where
he achieved so much for the new state
and f:ted himself for so great emf
nence, and it would be beautiful to let
the whole ration bow at his passing cat
afalque, funeral reaching from ocean
to ocean and 5000 miles long, the AL
leghanies and the Rockies and the Sier-
ra Neyadas echoing the thunders Of the
rail train taking him to his last earthly
home.
But equally appropriate is another
proposal that he be put to rest amid the
graves of father and mother and re-
nowned brothers and the New England
friends of the family in the cemetery
at Stock bridge, Mass. After a life Of
toll and struggle he needs some quiet
place. Old men who were his school
fellows would lean heavily upon the
staff and watch as he was brought
through the gates Of the place in which
they also will soon lie down to rest.
Far away from the jostle and contention
and rush and activities Of the great
cities he would sleep the calm sleep of
the Just. The hyacipths and Gala Ill
les of the spring planted there would
typify the resurrection, and the SHOWS
Of win er banked there would suggest
the robes made white in the blood CT the
Lamb.
Goodby, my dear old friend Of more
than 80 years. Your words Of personal
encouragement and good cheer give me
the right to offer words Of commcmora-
ton. Bat | must leave to others his
place of burial. This city might choose
Rock Creek AID Oak Hill aud San
Francisco might choose Loue Mountain
yet if | had my choice l would say let
II be the cemetery at Stock bridge. He
would be at home there, aud it would
be family reunited. But, whatever
be the place, let me sprinkle over the
newly made grave this handful of
heather from the Scotch highlands, in
the hymn which the people Of that laud
vi Aldrew Melville aud John Knox arr
apt to sing on their way to the grave Of
some one greatly beloved: