The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-04-29
A LESSON FROM LIFE.
Dr.. Talmage Eulogizes the Late JUS
tioe Stephen J. Field
h~sliEtos. Trailing Laid the FNoun-
dAtIoa of His Character - The
Great DIyIRe's Tribute TO n
Departed Friend.
tcOpyngh,. Louis KOpsch. lss)

Cop right. Louis Klopsch. lsS)
Washington. Aprtl2
Que Of the most notable characte r. Of
our time is the subject Of DIR. 1almage's
discourse, and the lessons drawn are
inspiring. Text Samuel, 3:ss: Know
ye not that there is d prince and a great
man fallen this day in Israeli"
Here Is a plumed catafalque, followed
BY King David and a funeral GRAFTON
which he deliver. at the tomb. Concern
ing Abner, the great David weeps out
the text More appropriately than
when originally uttered we may now
utter this resounding lamentstOn:
know We not that there is prince and
sgreat man fallen this day in Israeli"
1t was 30 minutes after six, the ex-
act hour Of the sunset of the Sabbath
day, and while the evening lights were
being hDdled, that the soul Of Stephen
J. Field, the lawyer, the judge, the pa
triot, the Christian, assembled.
Our departed friend came forth boy
from q minister's home in New Eng
lAl4As III hutAN WIN AdAuCA dha A4DAANA
at morning and evening prayer, learned
from maternal lips lessons Of piety
which lasted him and controlled him
amid all the varied and exciting scenes
Of a lifetime and helped him 10 die
in peace an ~octOgenarian. Blot out
from American history the names Of
those ministers sons who have done
honor TO judicial bench and CONNER
Oial circle and national legislature and
presidential chair, and you would OBJ
hterate many of the grandest chapters
Of that history. 1t is no small adyan-
tAge TO have started from q home where
God is honored and the subject OF a
worlds emancipation from sin and sor-
row IL under constant discussion. The
Ten Commandments, which are the
foundation Of all good law-Roman
law, German law, English law, Ameri.
, can law-are the best foundation upon
which 20 build character, and those
which the boy, Stephen ]. Field, &C
n often heard in the parsonage at Stock
bridge were his guidance when, a hal
century after, as a gowned justice o.
the supreme court Of the United States
he ~uDrolled his opinions. Bibles, hymn
books, catechisms, family prayers, at
mosnbere sanc,iRed are GOOD str,ound
\ ings for boys and girls to start from
. and ~ our Iaxer IDEAS of religion an,
Sabbath days and home training pro
Juca as ,nlendid men and women a
the much-derided P~uri,anio sabbatl
and Puritanic teachings have produce,
Il will be a matter of congratulate
and Thanksgiving.
DO not mass by the fact that 1 hay
not vet seen -emnhasized that stephe
1f / Field was a minister's son. NotwitL
standing that there are conspicuous e,
csotions 10 the rule-apd the exception
have buIIt mn a stereotyped defamatio
an the subisot-statistics plain and NJ
deriable nrove that a larger proportio
of ministers som turn out well tina
arr. an ne found in any other -eeuealoI
,caI ,.ble let all the {
Ill aana,,Irations Of Christians whej
cbildrsn are growing ND take the col
saIa,ion 60 the star ~ hone noiutiu
H. To- that mangerI
Natics also that our depsrted friep
uos ,nauhsr NJ a RIVAL family. The
49, nn cro,yns ar scenters or thron,
Il w. 49,, anoas,ral line lint the fami
- ~ the Fields, like the family of IL