Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-05-03

indeed, in any class of men, There are so
, many people In the world opposed to every.
hing and who display their opposition in
ancorous and obnoxious ways that a Judge
field was needed to make the negative re-
pected and genial and right. Minorities
inder God save the world and save the
,hurch. An unthinking and precipitate
| yes" may be stopped by a righteous and
le roic "no." The majorities are not al.
ways right. The old gospel hymn de-
,lares it:
numbers are no mark that men will right
be found;
few were saved in Noah's ark to many
millions drowned.
The Declaration Of American Inde pend.
,nce was a dissenting opinion. The Free
jhurch Of Scotland. under Chalmers and
lis compeers, was dissenting movement.
The Bible itself, Old Testament ald New
Testament, Is a protest against the the
'ries that would have destroyed the
world and is dissenting as we'll
ls divinely inspired book. The deca-
oRue on Sinai repeated ten times "Thou
halt not" For ages to come will be quoted
rom lawbooks in court rooms Justice
fields magnificent dissenting opinions.
Notice that our ascended friend mad such
character as assault and peril alone can
tevelop. He had not come to the soft
cushions OF the Supreme Court bench step
dng on cloth Of gold and saluted all along
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COUNTRY parsonages do not rock their
Mbies In satin lined cradle or after ward
end them out into the world with enough
n their hands to purchase place and
,ower. Pastors salaries In the early part
II this century hardly ever reached 500 a
rear. Economies that sometimes cut into
he bone characterized many of the homes
" the New England clergymen. The young
awyer Of whom we speak to-day arrived
n San Francisco in 1849 with only $40
his pocket. Williamstown College was
,nly Introductory to postgraduate
,ourse which our illustrious friend took
while administering justice and halting
u fHanism amid the mining camps Of Cali
'ornia. Oh, those "forty-niners," as they
we're called, through what prlvations,
through what narrow escapes, amid what
exposures they movedl Administering
las been an easy undertaking. Among
nountaineers, many Of whom had no re-
gard for human life and where the snap Of
pistol and bang Of gun were not unusual
'esponses. required courage OF the highest
METAL.
Behind dry goods box surmounted by
allow candles Judge Field began his judi
,ial career. What exciting scenes he
passed through! An Internal machine was
landed to him, and inside the lid of the
)ox was pasted his decision in the Pueblo
case, the decision that had baked unprin-
dpled spectators. Ten years ago his life
would have passed out had not an officer
II the law shot down his assailant. 1t took
I long training OF hardship and abuse and
nisinterpretation and threat of violence
md flash Of assassin IS knife to fit him for the
high place where he could defy legislatures
md congresses and presidents and the
world when he knew he was right. Hard
hip is the grindstone that sharpens intel
ectual faculties, and the swords with
Which to strike effectively for God and
mes country.
Notice also how much our friend did for
he honor Of the judiciary. What momen-
GUS scenes have been witnessed in our
United States Supreme Court, on the
,ench and before the bench, whether, far
,ack, 1t held its sessions in the upper room
yard for ten years In the City Hall at
Philadelphia, or later in the cellar of
'onder capitol, the place where for many
'ears the Congressional Library was kept,
! sepulcher whore books were buried alive,
he hole called by John Randolph "the cave
" Trophonius!'' -.,..5.......
How suggestive the invitation which
William Writ, the great Virginiau, wrote
lis friend inviting him to yonder Supreme
Courtroom: Tomorrow y week will come
IN the great steamboat question from New
FORK. Emmett and Oakley on one side,
Webster and myself on the other. Come
iown and hear it. Emmett's whole soul
in the case, and he will stretch all his
)owers. Oakley is said to be one of the
lneSt 1ogicians of the age, as much a
ohocion as Emmett Is a Themistoces, and
Webster is as ambitious as Caesar. He will
lot be- outdone by any man IL it is within
he compass of his power to avoid it. Come
Washington. 1t will be q combat worth
Witnessing" The Supreme Court has stood
% high in England and the United States
hat the vices of few who have occupied
hat impor ant place have not been able to
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francis Bacon, nor the cruelty of Sir
3eorge Mackenzie nor the Sabbath desecra-
ion o1 Lord Castlereagh.
To that highest of all tribunals Abraham
lincoln called our friend, but he lived long
,nough to honor the Supreme Court more
han It had ever honored him. For more
han thirty-fOur years he sat In the pres
,nce of this nation and Of all nations a
model judge. Fearlessness, integrity, de-
'otion to principle. characterized him. No
,ribe ever touched his hand. No profane
vord ever scalded his tongue. No blemish
II wrong ever marred his character. Fully
qualified was he to have his name associa-
ed in the history Of this country with the
:reatest Of the judiciary.
To have done we'll, all that such a pro-
ession could ask Of him, and to have made
hat profession still more honorable by his
ional and international, terrestrial and
celestial congratulation. Aud then to ex-
,ire beautifully, while the prayers OF his
rhurch were being offered at his bedside,
he door Of heaven opening for his en-
rance as the door of earth opened for his
departure, the sob Of the earthly farewell
:aught up into raptures that never die.
les, he lived and died in the faith OF the
I'D fashioned Christian religion.
Young man, want to tell you that JUS
ice Field believed In the Bible from lid to
i'd. IL book all true either as doctrine or
Ntcfn of th.a iatn Of 20
hat neither God nor man approves. Our
,riend drank the wine of the holy SARA
nent and ate the bread Of which "if man
sat he shall never hunger" He was theup
and down, out and out friend OF the church
)f Christ. II there had been anything IL
.ogical In our religion, he would have
secuted 1t, for he was iogician. II there
aad been In 1t anything unreasonable, he
would have rejected 1t, because he was q
great reasoner. II there had been in 1t any
hing that would not stand research, he
would have exploded the fallacy, for his
Il. was life Of research. Young men Of
young men Of America, young
men OF the round world, religion that
would stand the test Of Justice Fields
penetrating and all ransacking intellect
must have in 1t something worthy Of your
confidence. tell you now that Christian
ty has not only the heart Of the world on
It's side, but the brain of the world also.
Ye who have tried to represent the religion
of the Bible as something pusillanimous,
how do you account for the Christian faith
of Stephen J. Field, whole shelves of the
law library occupied with his magnificent
decisions?
And now NAV the God OF all comfort
speak to the bereft, especially to her who
was the queen OF his life from the day when
as stranger he was shown to her pew In
the Episcopal Church to this time OF thA
broken heart. He changed churches, but
did not change religion. for the church in
which he was born and the church In
which he died alike believe in God the
Father Almighty Maker of heaven and
,arth, and in Jesus Christ, His only begot-
ten Son, and in the communion of saints,
and in the life everlasting. Amen.
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