Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-22

man eat he shall never hunger He was
the M and down. out and ont friend Of
the church If Christ. II there had been
anything illogical in our religion. he
would have secuted il, for he was logi-
clan. If there had Eccu in il anything
unreasonable. he would have rejected ii,
because lac WAS u great rcasoner. II there
had been in il anything that would not
stand research. he would have exploded
the fallacy. for his life WAS a life of re-
search Young men IL Washington, Young
men Of America, young men II the round
world, a religion tha; would stand the test
of Justice Fields penetrating and all ran
sacking intellect must have in il some
thing worthy of your confidence. tell
You now that Christianity has not only
the heart Of the world on il side, but the
brain of the world also Ic who have
tried Ia represent the religion of the Bible
rs something puSilanimous. how do you
account for the Christian faith of stephen
!. Field. whole shelves oi the law library
occupied with his magnificent decisions:
And now may the God 81 all comfort
speak To the bcrcft. especially To her who
was the queen of his life, from the day
when a. "a stranger he was SHOWN To her
pew in the Episcopal church 10 this time
of the broken heart He changed churches,
hut did not change religions. for the
church i'm which he was born and the
church in which he died alike believe in
'iod the Father Almighty. Maker of h'Iv
en- and earth. and in Jesus Christ. his only
bcgottcn son. and in the communion OF
saints. and in the life everlasting. Amen
where He should sleep.
The body of our friend sleeps in tenn
porary resting place Hearts oNerwhclm-
ed with grief cannot Just now decide where
that sacred and silent form shall hear the
trumpet that wakes the dead Three places
are proposed. and all appropriate. Some
say let il hc in some Gods acre near this
capital, where the pillows If dust are al
ready embroidered with spring flowers
How appropriate some cemetery near this
city. which was - long his residence. and
so near the place where hc sat in judg-
mcnt. holding evenly the balances that
God put in his hand II would he well
for us sometimes to 20 ont and read his
cpifaph and recall his virtues some say
let him rest on the Pacific slope. where he
achieved 50 much for the new state and
fitted himself tor 81 great cmincncc, and
IL would be- beautiful To- let the whole ma
tion bow at his passing catafalquc. ~ fu-
neral reaching from ocean Ia ocean and
5000 miles long. the AllcghanicS and the
Rockies and the Sierra \evadas cchoing
the thundcrs of the rail train taking him
to his last earthly home
But equally appropriate is another pro
poSll that he bc put to rest amid the
graves nf father and mother and rcnown-
cd brothers and the New England friends
of the family in the cemetery at Stock
bridge. Mass After u life of toll and
struggle he needs some quiet place Old
men who were his schoolfclows would
lean heavily upon the stan 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 iostle and con.
tcntiun and rush and activities of the great
cities he would sleep the calm sleep of the
just The hyacinths and calla lilies of
the spring planted there would typify the
resurrection. and the SHOWS of winter
banked there would suggest the robes
made white in the blood Of the Lamb