Evening journal., 1900-08-04
EULOGIES FOR
MIR. VANDEGRIFT'

NIX. VAADEGRlFT I
Continued from FIRST page.)
sapling lives.-hencheforth to wrestle !,
with the tempests wiAth alone. a
II Is a trite thing 10 say that death h
must come to all. and that we do notlS =
understand Il, but / was much Impress Ia
ed by the words of a member OF thels
family of our deceased brother, whole
said, 1T may we'll be that he is still
near US, and even more potent now to-
do us good than when in life" IL may
be so; God grant il may be so.
But this at least we know. we who
remain to I'LL our several stations until
to each In turn the nnal summons
comes, that in what ever manner we
may be able TO work for the roallza-
tion OF those high ideals OF govern
mont and OF life. for which our brother
toiled so faithfully and WELL the mem
ory Of him shall be to us a constant
inspiration. and we shall feel that he
is with US yet.
Just in the strength Of manhood's full
perfection.
Just as his sun of life had reached
the noon.
He fell asleep, no more on earth to
waken:
o, Death. thou came'st to soon.
10, with what pride from day 10 day we
watched him.
His triumph after triumph joyed to-
And ever in our hearts recesses pic
tured
His future that would be.
SO much ne had to live for, Nature
made him
OF mental fibre a Skate to guide;
4 We need him soc. his courage and his
y wisdom: 2
Death. he should not have died.
o God, forgive us for the thought re-
:, bellious.
A. 4. Helpless we stand. and to Thy pur-
pose blind.
y Teach us to drink the bitter draugni
thou givest-
Teach us to bow resigned.
Z o strengthen us to do the work before
MI us.
y I, That we may bear the burdens tina
he bore.
Until Thy summons come and we to'
follow
X Where he hath gone before.
MR.. NIELDs REMARKS.
In the language OF the resolutions
just offered / can truly say that thi
d. bar has lost one OF it's foremost mem
lis bers. Mr. Vandegrift had great caDsI
ar ity for work and had untring persevel
N ence and patience. With his menu
We qualities he had unusual physici
mt strength I'm the preparation OF HI
he cases he was painstaking and exhauI
N tive. I have tried many cases againl
Use him. and in none OF them did / eve
find him unprepared or taken by su
I'D prise at any point OF law that could
er- raised against him in the cause II
Ice knowledge in the preparation OF d
is cases, everything that pertained 30 Il
IT, case was thoroughly studied and ma
ey, tered. One case in particular that O
ours TO me was Williams vs.. Walton an
Whann Company. In that case q
ay Question of the effect OF sulphuric ac
fumes or vapOr was involved and chen
ical experts were called by me to te
I'D tify in the cause found that "
lIn Vandegrift was thoroughly prepared
-l the science OF chemistry to meet the
81 expert chemists on their own grouI
~ ~ and combat their theories and concl
~ ~ sions. In the trial OF causes he hi
on' great moral courage. Whatever a
-, peared to him 10 be the right coure IN
course he adopted and pursued withO
(, regard TO friendships or consequence
ne Duty with him stood ever paramount
~ His sudden death has prevented nj
IN from reaching the height ne wou
nr- have attained IN his profession. lie WI
ascending the hill Of the science of ia'
but had not reached the great heigi
he would have attained If his life hi
"' been spared. AS a citizen of this sta
=. and community outside of his profe
"a sion, he took an active part and a
~ way stood for that which he belived WI
60 right, and never would cOmprOmi
h. with or tolerate what he believed WI
- wrong. He took a deep interest in n
ea- public schools and Of higher eduoatio
He took an active part in the Histor
cal Society. He was prominent In pr
serving and keeping sacred the men
lory Of Old Drawers Church and no OF
,eu to-day can think of Old Drawer
me Church without assOciating the name
ION Mr.. Vandegrift with it. He was amrI
IN the first TO take active steps In havir
a monument erected to the memory
Thomas F. Bayard. and while his nan
may not be inscribed upon that mon
est ment. IL will live In its marble for Il
ast part he took I'm having it erected.
led is remarkable how soon the memory
bright lawyers perish. Among 4
bright and brilliant lawyers Of th
state, who have passed away. how fe
M of them are remembered by the su
div ceeding generation? Mr. Vandegri
the has LETT q record upon the legal recor
of this state and of the United Stat,
He has left his name upon the recor
of the events of his time. BY these al