The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-14
DEh TH,s SUDDEN COMING.
Instances of Men who Have Died in the
Harness of Their Vocation.


Many are the men who die in the harness Of
their vocation. whether they be artists. pro-
fessionnl men or artisans. Doubtless many
prefer thus to have the helm taken out OF their
hands. Is It not easier to yield to the final de-
cree when IL comes suddenly. almost without
warning. in an active life. with activities un-
abated. than to hear the sentence OF doom SOL
| EMMY pronounced and then to await it's execu-
tion amid long suffering and forebodinG?
In Chicago. the other day. DR.. Reuben Lud-
lam, Sr., President Of Hahnemann Medical
College and one OF the best known hompo-
pathic surgeons in the world. fell suddenly in
deaths grasp lust as ho reached the critical
point in an operation upon a patient at the
college hospital. While he was breathing his
last. his only son. DR.. Reuben Ludlam. Jr.. took
the instrument from the dying fingers and COM
pleted the delicate surgical work which saved
the patients life.
If the surgeon should desire his end to come
while he is exercising his skill to prolong the
life OF another. Is 1t not equally appropriate for
a minister OF the Gospel to die in his pulpit
while conducting a funeral service over the re-
mains OF a dead brother? This last is what
happened to the Rev. Charles Albert Berry,
Union Of England and Wales and first Presi.
dent Of the National Council of the EvnneelicPl
Offering prayer from the pulpit during the
funeral services over a Nonconlormist minis
ter. Or. Tothsrlcks; in the Wesleyan chapel at
1t was strange, too. yet in a sense appropriate
and comforting. the. way death came suddenly
ing in Kansas City Mrs. Jennie Walker got on
t u6pis sDIrit ,i IN :! her sha life s,id I'm ar t1yi Rsm to IiEG ia q
see Jesus. I'm ready to 20 today, this hour.
As the last words r left her lips she dSsi fell back into
At st. .Tatrick''s Cathedral in New York an
old man had been a regular attendant at the
non OF S24 Sixth avenue. One morning in
March h he went mt as a usual az tex to1i bis his seat @i,n II ma a
words on Of the s mass s ecSoin a I in 'f Ills s esns. with the
Sometimes MUSICIANS who are pnssionatelv
fond of music will expire suddenly without
merit merit" fr mF' Carl H' KnRia. t a TEACHER :hRspt "f music 'nst'H in
Milwaukee. dropped dead without a word Of
sinIna s lesson eF 5nr to one q q his ,fw vi 9nyS pa asRi Wis The
old professor. with violin in position. was illus
cutione. As his bow drew forth the last Strains
on the floor, his instrument crashing to pieces
I"his RECALLS the dramatic manner Of Re-
sLonse to an encore at the Orpheum Vaudeville
Theatre in san Francisco last Nay The ap-
hI rantsa a OF rr the e onSiapse' Yfi 6 r n had ia at a
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second encore ne haq )ust Drawn a lew Clear.
sWest nntes from the inStrumen.. wneh an Of z
sudden ms myers lost thelr cunning. ne reeled
ana then pltfhed down and FORWARD Utmost
over thr 1ootllGnts. IN n rev nilnutcs ne was
deau. 10 q party oil friends the night pelore
ne had snid: Az my ire on earth VII play,
anu l VIII l'lay aiLer am ueau he dled as
ne mad wished TO die. with MS beloved violin IN
ms nanus ana Ine anpiause OF a great crowa
attestlng ms mastery oyer the ihstrn1nent
ringing IN ms ears, acrhMhs; TOO, as IN the
thSe OF tnat aeyoted on MitWankee teaeher
me soul OF ms Siolln was not parted from MS
own SOU l1 ms iight iht3 tne invlsinIe: .ho
IL Is sclnom., ihueeu' tnat q payer on me
stage eXnlres whiie ms or hef own personality
Is s9ocrdihated 70 mat OF tne character IN
hand: yet. heverthelcss.i II sometimes occurs
Sneh q case caused mucn comment. and: ner-
hats, the revival oi cerInnn ihespian super,
stitlons; when Eihei Marlowe alrd on the stage
N neW \ nrK iHst la1l, CShe was PlayInSS tht par
OF IpuI lore IN Hall Cnihcs Inc CHRISTIAN.
nt the hnickerbocke Iheatre. her emotions
Were wrousn TO a nleH nn'cm III ner iast speecn,
mob outside seeking the ME or John Storm;
She rushed N. CRYING TO nIHrV GnGyF. corr!
htoTH! Lorn hobei, ahd -uL; iHd@t are below
spraklng TO Ltxa: ana withln Two minutes