St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-06
MEMORIAL SERVICE.
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icChOuiHS Will huOfHeI Sic'hcuS Ina
was large in him, Of which l will speal
presently.
A large man he was intellectually
There was ample room in his mind. By
instinct and by training he took large
views Of things. His vision, to use
word often on his lips, was clairvoyant
he saw with real sight the far end ant
the many sides of things. The first ser
mon that l heard from hint was il
my OWE pulpit and on the theme, saved
by hope-presented the thought of life
viewed from the other world. That was
the large view and it was characteristic
of his way of looking ut things-in the
light of eternity, through the eyes of God,
That got him true estimates, large
measurings, real values. He kept con
tinuous' fellowship also with large minds
that have done the worlds best thinking.
| was always glad if ] had to wait
awhile in his study, for it gave a bit o.
mental expansion just to beamong those
book shelves loaded with treasures, new
and old, from all fields of thought and
learning. | did not wonder that his
public ministrations took an ample
range and were rich with various spoils.
What one of you ever heard from him an
Interpretation of truth that was not
broad and well balanced. In plan and
application his sermons traversed all
points of the compass. That sermon at
the National Council | said was CONT
mental the Risen View Of the Rising Life
was a view from the heights OF immor-
tally. His breadth OF view fitted him
for leadership. He could see the other
side OF things, and appreciate the posi-
ton OF the mar on the opposite side. 1t
did not appear that his interests ran in
any one channel, even though a broad
one. Hence he was the man demanded
not only for all local responsibilities, but
as president of the American Board, as
director in Home Missionary Society, as
speaker in the A. NJ. A., and many more,
as trustee of colleges and schools. His
voice was one which, alas, will not be
heard but sorely missed at the Inter-
national Council in Boston this month.
Consider how large he was spiritually.
His soul was enlarged toward God.
Above, before, around, within, was the
living God. He had the worshipful spirit
and did much to lead us in the reality
and expression Of true worship. 1t was
a lifting and enlarging influence. We
saw in him one who reverenced God and
scrupulously cherished sacred things.
His intellectual activity was dominated
by a r%everential spirit. With his keen
appreciation of liberal learning and
culture, he was one who, l am sure,
would be saying,
LET knowledge grow from more to more,
But more of reverence in us dwell;
That mind and soul. according well,
May make one music as before,
But v%aster."
1t must be the flial, docile spirit,
reverent toward God that would add it's
true vibration to the harmonies OF mind
and thought. How often he spoke of life
as being "divinized"-his way of express
ing at a stroke the living activities Of
God in the spirit, mind, and body Of
nan | used to wonder whether | liked
the word; the idea surely | admired and
now shall keep the word in affectionate
remembrance OF him.
1t vas the large view of life as seen
through Christ's eyes and guided by his
spirit that shaped Brother Lamson's
conceptions of duty. You had occasion
to know this once, on that critical
occasion when it panied him that you
might not be able to see it as he did. |
had some while before received a letter
from an old friend whom | had known
at Yale enquiring if l thought DR.. Lam
son would consider a call to Hartford.
o. course, replied promptly in the e
tive, saying that everything combined to
keep him here, the unanimous devotion
OF his church, the honor accorded him by
everyone in the community and entire
state, his own love OF the place and
people where he was so happily settled
and would always be facile princeps.
You needn't try, | said, for I'm positively
sure you cannot get him. Now all that
said was true, but my conclusion
proved incorrect, for during those weeks
OF burden in arriving at the right
decision, he was weighing the matter
not in any small balance of preference
(else, as he told you, it would have kept
him here but in the larger scale of provi-
dental indications and the wider inter.
ests OF the church at large. And how
could he have stated his conclusion
better than when he said to you, 81 can
only ask you to believe me when | say |
think it is my duty. Thus thinking there
IS nothing lett for me but to obey"
Following this large view of duty
brought him rapidly to larger influence
and much weightier responsibilities to
which he harnessed himself so resolutelv
and successfully that when the wires
flashed the sad message out, it was
everywhere said hat a prince and great
man had fallen in the midst.
His advance over the earthly stage
was always a forward march vigorous
and manly, and his going off was of the
like aggregated style. He did not have
to die by inches; but as think oft, in one
supreme act he laid down the stalwart
frame which had served it's purpose, to
take the larger framework of the spirit
ual body, wherein
= We doubt not that for one so true.
There must be other nobler work to do"
Many will agree with the writer who
said-we would emulate his spirit and
desire his end.
He is gone who seem'd so great
never would he allow such words to
be said OF him, but am speaking of the
man as he seemed to me,
Gone, but nothing can bereave him
% the force he made his own
being here-and we believe him
Something far advanced in state,
And that he wears a truer crown
THAN any wreath that man can weave him. D."
He is gone from a lie made large by
iaith, prayer, energy, and stout will, to
the same life made larger in the trans.
%lation. And always larger yet. For as
he once said, the blessing of going up to
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