Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-19

author of all good, the eternal hope
Of all that trust in him.
And now, may I say further that it
seemed to me that to whatever we
may attribute all the illustriousness
of this man, all the greatness of his
ievements-whateve of that we
may attribute to his intellectual
character and quality, whatever of
it we may attribute to the patient and
thorough study which he gave to the
various questions thrust upon him for
attention, for all his successes as
politician, as statesman, as man
of this great country, those successes
were largely due to the moral qualities
of which have spoken. They drew
to him the hearts of men everywhere
and particularly of those who best
knew him. They called to his side
helpers in every exigency of his career,
SO that when his future was at one
time likely to have been imperiled and
utterly ruined by his financial condi-
tions, they who had resources, for the
sake of helping man who had in him
such qualities, came to his side and
put him on the high road of additional
and dlarger successes
His high qualities drew to him the
| good will of his associates in political
life in an eminent degree. They be-
/ lieved in him, felt his kindness, con.
| fided in his honesty and in his honor.
His qualities even. associated with him
in kindly relations those who We're
his political opponents. They made it
! possible for him to enter that land
with which he as one of the soldiers
of the Union had heen in some sort
at war and to draw closer the tie
that was to bind all the parts in one
tirmer and indissoluble union. They
commanded the confidence of the great
body of Congress, so that they listened
to his plans and accepted kindly and
hopefully and trustfully all his de-
clarations. His qualities gave him re-
putation, not in this land alone, but
| throughout the world, and made it
possible for him to minister in the
style in which he has within the last
two or three years ministered to the
welfare and peace of human kind. 1t
was out of the profound depths of his
moral and religious character that
came the possibilities Of that useful
ness which we are all glad to attri-
butte to him.
And will such n man die? Is it pos
sible that he who created, redeemed,
transformed, uplifted, illumined such
a man will permit him to fall into OBJ
livion? The instincts of mortality are
in all good men. The divine word of
the Scripture leaves us no room for
doubt. 81" said One whom he trust
| ed, "am the resurrection and the life.
He that belieyeth in me. though ne
were dead. vet shall he live and who
soever liveth and believeth in me shall
never die"
Lost to us, but not to his God. Lost
from earth, but entered heaven. Lost
! from these labors and tolls and perils,
but entered INTO the everlasting peace
and ever-adyancing progress. Blessed
be God who gives us this hope in this
hour of our calamity and enables us
to triumph through him who hath re-
deemed us.
If there is personal immortality
before him, let us also rejoice that
there is an immortality and memory
in the hearts of large and ever
growing people, who, through the
ages to come, the generations that
are yet to be, will look back upon this
life. upon its nobility and purity and
service to humanity and thank God
for it. The years draw on when his
name shall be counted among the H.
lustrious of the earth. William of
Orange is not dead. Cromwell is NOT
dead. washington lives in the hearts
and lives of his countrymen. Lin
4 coin. with his infinite sorrow. lives to