The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-05-12
Mr.. IALMAE'S SERMON.
.,,n.QfD ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG
S'' AND OLD.
eI.,r Great Man Fallen''-A Eulogy
~ me Late Justice Field-One Of the
noe Notable Char cters of Our Times
VINCE Life is w orthy Of Emulation.

r..a a plumed catafalque, followed by
r-. us.tl and Il funeral Grafton which he
III tie tomb. Concerning Abner,
..e .t.at. David weeps out the text. More
.,-r lately than when originally ut
-, vs mag now utter this re%sounding
.~..etloD. know We not that there Is a
rrs aal a great man fallen this day in
Il. ra-t@irty minutes after six, the exact
sunset Of the Sabbath day, and
'4e @yening lights were being kim
.af. ;Jat the soul OF stephen J. Field, the
.4rs II, tie Judge, the patriot, the states
lie Christian, assembled. It was SUM-
ISL. n the home on yonder Capitol hill,
W.-. 41gton, as it was shutdown on all the
-.rr.Uu4iIg hills, but In both cases the sun.
--.t, re followed by a glorious sunrise.
Hear The Easter anthems still lingering in
le air, The trumpet she'll sound, and the
a..t shall rise
Oar departed friend came forth q boy
ca \ minister's home in New England.
r. auel. with father and mother at morn
ir- and evening prayer, learned from ma.
'.resl lips lessons Of piety which lasted
u add controlled him mid all the varied
,ai rXciting scenea Of a lifetime and helped
.uu TO die in peace an octOgenarian. Blot,
OF from American history the names Of
ra5-a ministers sons who have done honor
- pdicial bench and commercial circle and
~aa,.onal Legislature and Presidential chair,
.A- hDu WOulu ODlitSIalc many VI tuo
.rtldest chapters Of that history. It is no
ual advantage to have started from a
hone where God Is hOnored and the SUBJ
a.t or a worlds emancipation from sin
nd sorrow is under constant discus
-.el. TIE Ten Commandments, which
"re the foundation of all good law
I.g4an law, German law English
ilw, American law-are the best foun-
iatl5u upon which to build character, and
th1so which the boy, stephen j. Field, so
fen heard in the parsonage at Stock
ridge were his guidance when a half CEN
try after, a9 a gowned justice Of the Su-
rene Court OF the United States, he un-
rolled his opinions. Bibles. hymn books,
catechisms, family prayers, atmosphere
eAnctiled, are good surroundings for boys
ma girls to start from. and if our laxer
lieas OF reiigion and Sabbath days and
hace training produce as splendid men
aal as the much derided Puritanic
sabbath and Puritanic teachings have pro-
led, il will be a matter Of congratulation
sn3 thanksgiving.
~ not pass by the fact that I have not
VT cen emphasized that Stephen J. Field
r4- n minister's son. Notwithstanding
.nat there are conspicuous exceptions to
thr ruie-ald the exceptions have built up
. ~t~creotypcd defamation on the subject
-~tati-tics plain and undeniable prove that
larger proportion Of ministers sons turn
.ot we'll than are to be found in any other
-eAeulogical table. Let all the parsonages
%. al denominations Of Christians where
aa!ren are growing up take the consola-
tioa See the star of hope pointing. down
l4 that mangert
Notice also that our departed friend was
a member OF a royal family. There were
Ia .roWus or scepters or thrones in that
ancestral line, but the family of the Fields,
Ike the family of the New York Primes,
axe the family Of the Princeton Alex
..1ers, likeascore OF families thatI might
.Lr tAt 81 ~ ,-hrn hnck 90 ,nnftn fh0Do
wara she children OF the king" and had
a nthem honors brighter than crowns
Al welded influence longer and wider
.EaI -eepters. That family Of Fields traces
We honorable lineage back 500 years to
itstcrtus della Field, coadiutor Of William
i#e lonQleror. Let us thank God for
-.eh families, generation after gener-
ZION N the side OF that which Is right
ma good. Four sons Of that coun-
.ry minister, known the world over for ex-
raQrdinary usefulness in their spheres
al. commercial, literary and theological
aL3 g daughter, the mother Of one Of the
isolate justices of the Supreme Court
~,#A families counter-baiance for gOoC
.te>e families all wrong from generation t.
-"a"ration-families that stand for wealth
arlshteously got and stingiiy kept Of
>eGiy ~sluaudered: families that stane
TT fraud or impurity Or malevolence
''"'ly names that Immediately come t
every mind, though through sense Of pro
i-l"ty they do not come to the lip. TIL
!.s#.e OF Field will survive centuries and b.
>NEoayl. for religion, for great jurispru
A'e tor able Christian journalism. as tn
'.He- OF the Pharaohs and the Caesar
stand lor cruelty and oppression and vice
MaI4e PARENTS cannot aspire to hav'
~.l cou>l icuous households as tie on
name II whose son We now celebrate
A areLts may. by fidelity in prayer an
A., example have their sons and daugh
'r> become kings and queens unto God
reign forever and ever. But the yori
Las already been done, and l could &
Rough this country and find a thousan,
~9useaolds which have by the grace Q
Nod and blessing upon paternal and ma