Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-04-28

administration Of justice to man. In its
appreciation of what is best let not
1899 be behind S13. With such granite
in our quarries and such architects ca
pable of drafting sublime structure and
such magnificent sites on which to build.
let not another year pass before we hear
the trOwel ring on the cornerstone OF @
temple to be occupied by the highest
court Of the land
Have you ever realized how much
God has b0nored law in the fact that
all mp and down the Bible he makes the
judge a type Of himself and employs
the scene Of a courtroom to set forth the
grandeurs Of the great judgment dayf
Book Of Genesis. "Shall not the judge
of all the earth do rightf" Book Of
Deuteronomy. THE Lord shall Judge
his people. Book Of Psalms "God is
Judge himself. Book Of Acts, Judge
of quick and dead" Book of Timothy.
The Lord the righteous Judge. New
er will it be understood how God honors
Judges and courtrooms until the thun-
derbolt Of the last day shall pound the
opening of the great assize-the day OF
trial, the day of clearance. the day Of
doom. the day Of Judgment. The law Of
the case on that occasion will be read
and the indictment Of ten counts, which
are the Ten Commandments. Justice
will plead the case against us. but our
glorious advocate will plead in our be-
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the Father Jesus Christ. the right
eous." Then the case will be decided in
our clearance, as the Judge announces
"There is now. therefore, no condem-
nation to them who are in Christ
Jesus Under the crowded galleries Of
cloud on that last day. and under the
swaying upholstery Of burning heav-
ems. and while the Alps and Himalayas
and Mount Washington are falling fiat
on their faces. we will be able TO under
stand the significance of those Scripture
passages which speak Of God as Judge
and employ the courtroom Of earth as
typical Of the scene when all nations
shall be brought into tribunal.
Services Faithfully Performed.
To have done well. all that such a
profession could ask Of him, and TO have
made that profession still more honor
able by his brilliant and sublime life,
is enough for national and international
terrestrial and celestial congratulatien
And then to expire beautifully, while
the prayers Of his church were being
offered at his bedside, the door Of heav-
en- opening for his entrance as the door
Of earth opened for his departure. the
sob Of the earthly farewell caught up
into raptures that never die. Yes, he
lived and died in the faith Of the old
fashioned Christian religion.
Young man, | want to tell You that
Justice Field believed in the Bible from
lid to lid, book all true either as doc
trine or history, much Of it the history
Of events that neither God nor man APP
proves Our friend drank the wine Of
the holy sacrament and ate the bread
of which "if a man eat he shall never
hunger" He was the up and down. out
and out friend of the church CT Christ.
If there had been anything illogical in
our religion. he would have secuted It,
for he was a logician. If there had been
in il anything unreasonable, he would
have rejected it, because he was a great
reasoner. If there had been in 1t any
thing that would not stand research, he
would have exploded the fallacy, for
his life was a life Of research. Young
men Of Washington. 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 Christianity has not
only the heart Of the world on its side,
but the brain Of the world also. Ie
who have tried TO represent the religion
of the Bible as something pusillani-
nous, how do you account for the
Christian faith Of Stephen j. Field.
whole shelves Of the law library occu-
pied with his magnificent decisionsE
And now may 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 the broken heart lie
changed churches but did not change
religions, for the church in which he
was born and the church in which be
died alike believe in God the Father AL
mighty. Maker Of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only begotten
Son. and in the communion Of saints
and in the life everlasting. Amen.
The body Of our friend sleeps in tenn
porary resting place. Hearts over
whelmed with grief cannot just now
decide where that sacred and silent
form shall hear the trumpet that wakes
the dead Three places are proposed
and all appropriate Some say let II DC
in some Gods acre near this capital,
where the pillows. of dust are already
embroidered with spring flowers. How
appropriate some cemetery near this
city. which was SO long his residence
and so near the place where be sat IN
Judgment. holding evenly the balances
that God put in his hand 1t would be
we'll for US sometimes TO go out and
read his epitaph and recall his virtues
Some say let him rest on the Pacific
slope. where he achieved so much for
the new state and fitted himself for SO
great eminence. and it would be beau
tiful to let the whole nation bow at bis
passing catafalque, n funeral reaching
fran ocean to ocean and 3, 3,00IAnhes
long. the Aleghanies and the Rockies
and the Sierra Nevadas echoing the
thunders of the rail train taking him to
his last earthly home.
But equally as appropriate Is another
proposal that he be put to rest amid the
graves Of father and mother and re-
nowned brothers and the New England
friends Of the family in the cemetery
at Stockbridge, Mass After a life OF
toll and struggle he needs some quiet
place. Old men who were his schoolfel-
lows would lean heavily upon the STAN
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