The Topeka state journal., 1899-11-25


er. This was followed by the anthem
Weary Hands. sung by the Orpheus
club, after which the benediction was
pronounced by DR.. Magic
FUNERAL ADDRESS.
The sermon was preached by Rev. Dr.
David Magic, who said in part:
In this day of national calamity and
grief, it is fitting we should come into
the house of Cod and bow in submis-
SiCn before the most high God. Garret
A Hobart. the man whom this nation
hOnOrs, the man whom it learned to
trust has fallen in death. The Lord
giveth and the Lord hath taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord
If today no war-liSe sound is heard,
none the less do we know this life was
given IN the service of his country and
its last official duties were done under
the very shadow of death.
This spirit of fidelity and courage
was his by inheritance. The blood
which flowed in his veins was from good
English stock and was mingled with
the martyr blood of Dutch and Hugo
not ancestors He would have been un-
true to all his ancestral tendencies if
he mad not served the cause of freedom.
of education and of God, the ideals of
his home life, under which he was train
ed, We're of a high and holy character.
They influenced and guided his life
to its close. Had he lived as men or
dinarily live he might have reached the
limit of four score years. He has died
in the ripeness of his powers, full of
y
1T needs not that should speak to-
day of his public life and services.
Prominent citizens and the press in all
sections Of the land and the prOclama-
ton of the president have done him
noble justice. From the experience and
training of many official duties in his
native state, he entered on the high du-
ties Of the vice president of the United
States The Office was to him no sine
cure, much less a mere waiting on
Providence but a trust which he had
received from the nation in which he
would be found faithful. 1t became evi-
dent at once, not merely that he pos
SeSSed the dignity and capacity to pre-
side over the deliberations of the SEN
ate but that he intended to do his duty
with fairness and kindness His brief
term of services has gained for him the
respect and friendship of the whole
senate irrespective of section or party,
and given to the office he filed in
creased honor and influence.
TO the president Of the United
States he gave true affection, unchang-
ing confidence and constant support I
may be permitted to say even in this
presence that in private interviews,
speaking of the president, the words he
most frequently used were He is a
good man. And I may be permitted to
add that outside this bereaVed home,
there is. am sure, no more sincere
mOurner than the president of the I'm
tied States.
Genial. kindly. hospitable. no one
ever had more friends. no one ever had
fewer enemies. Indeed, it may be queS-
toned if he had an enemy He made
friends and never lost a friend And
yet. he had opinions and expressed
them, freely. He loved, however. to say
pleasant words and to do kindly acts.
His generosity was unbounded. No one
can tell, no one knows the number or
the greatness of the kind deeds he was
constantly doing He was never too
tired for the cheering word as one
who loved his fellow men. It is writ
ten A man that hath friends must
show himself friendly And it is true
the poor and IOwly felt that they have
lost a friend. 1t can be said of him
those did not know him who did not
know him in his home. Those who
knew him best, knew him there. The
load of business cares. the worry Of po-
litical life were there, all and all to-
gether. laid aside. In his most happy
home he found relief from every care
and carried from it day by day, fresh
courage and purpose.
Here where he was best known and
loved he came back to die. All that
science and skill and care and love
could do, was done in vain
When on his nomination he received
an ovation from our citizens irrespec-
tive of party. in the words he spoke
he employed the passionate words of
Burns for Glencairne to express his
feelings for this city. To those words
every heart of that vast multitude as
sembled responded. To that home to
which he came back, with such salts
rally. from every home in this city and
in the state and from multitudes of
homes in this broad land, have been
carried the invisible strings OF love and
sympathy. weighted with faith and
prayer How deeply all this touched his
large heart no words can tell.
If today we are called to learn the
lesson associated with all hu-
man greatness. vanity of Vanities all
is vanity there are other lessons also
we may learn, as true and more cheer
ing. It is true industry and peTseVer-
ance wins success; it is true loving
feelings awaken love; true words are
the best things to say, and kind deeds
the best things to do.
There is a sphere in every true mans
life, which is too sacred for even the
dearest friends to enter. 1t is the re-
latiOn of his soul to God. as his pas
tor. I may be allowed to say that in
the full possession of his faculties and
in recognition of the inevitable end. he
expressed his faith in Jesus Christ as
his Savior and = firm hope of everlast-
ing life.
we are to lay in the grave. the
house appointed for all living these
mortal remains. but in our hearts. Car
ret A. Hobart lives and will live while
life remains"
The earthly remains of the late Vice
President Garret A Hobart We're con
signed to temporary resting place in
the receiving vault at Cedar Lawn
cemetery near this city.
WASHINGTON IN MOURNING
Washington, Nov. 25.-Oficial Wash
ington in mourning today for the dead
vice president. Business in all the ex-
ecutive branches of the government has
suspended and the departments are
closed. Nearly all of the prominent Of
dcials of the government have gone to
Paterson to attend the funeral of Vice
President Hobart and flags throughout
the city are at half staff. AS evidence
of the popularity of the late vice pres
ident hundreds of private residences to-