The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-18

uous In its endeavor, so high in its
ideals, SO persistent in its loyalty to rec
titude and to country and TO God, Is a
rich heritage
We will hot be ashamed to open that.
page in our nations annals where his
name has a foremost place. Today as
our thoughts are turned toward the past,
the experiences and events of the long
years of his career rise before us We
seem to see the very scenes in which he
played so active a part. The camps and
battlefelds where he exhibited the devO-
ton Of a heroic soldier Of his country,
the courts of law in which by combined
ability and industry he won a merited
competence and wide fame and kept
good name; the fierce. passion-sWept
arena Of political life where he battled
unto the last cOurageously and con-
sc1entiOusly for what he believed to be
principles Of constitutional government,
the tremendous burdens and RESPONSE
bilities of the office of chief magistrate
where he never failed to keep principle
above policy and furnish the American
republic an administration nobly wise
and just and clean; and in the years
since a predetermined citizen close in
touch with the great problems that are
most Affecting the lives of men. the
problems Of government, of education.
of charity Of religion, recollection of all
he has said and done comes to US now
with peculiar impressiveness What is
brought home to the minds of us all is
the number Of ways in which through
speech and pen, and deed, he touched
the different grades of society in the city
in the commonwealth, in the nation and
IN the church, and always touched them
to finer issues and his life was diligent
and many sided in its activities and
never stopped growing and expanding.
1T has seemed to many of us that his
life was never more vigorous intellect
uaily, perhaps wider infuentiaIly than
it was at the very time the summons Of
God came calling His servant to come up
higher. The departure of such a man
from the land leaves a heavier weight
yTfl1I r.ra in
Like all truly great men, he gave one
the impression of a reserved power upon
which he had not drawn ard we carried
the feeling that there were reserves IN
his nature for achievements beyond any
yet realized. 1t may be the Infinite
Father has larger spheres of service for
him yonder. The faith of the laureate
even in the time of his bereavement rose
high and it was Christian faith. What
a noble example he furnished of INTEL
ligent and courageous and continuing
patriotism. He felt himself to the last
to be a vital part of the nation. He did
not lose his interest in its welfare after
he came out of office On the contrary
that interest deepened and increased I'M
heart was heavy. The fiber of his
patriotism was American to the core.
Fifty does the flag of the nation cover
his caSket and adOrn the walls at this
service. That flag. How much it really |
meant to him. How time and time
again it sent the blood racing through |
tremulous as its waving folds met his |
eyes and his voice was up1ifted in sup
port Of all that it symbolized.
devotion and believed that it was a coun- /
try worth dying for and worth living for. |
There was in him whose loss we mourn /
that which was greater than all his /
achievements and finer than all his en- /
doyment, q genuine. sturdy; seif-reliant,
unassuming dignity of manner there was |
purpose
not use assumed cordiality in order to 4
win the favor of men. He never would |
upon their weakness or their prejudices. |
conscience ss This reserve and austerity
that at times marked his deTneanor We're /
not that Of one who lacked kindness of /
heart. Men were chilled on occasions by
his austerity OF manner, especially when
he was absorbed in important questions
clear and unbiased, yet believed in him
fully and trusted him implicitly, and they
they could rely upon him: he said what
Beneath that austere outward manner
there was a genuine sympathy. and even
ed. That was small part of his in
tellectual strength 1t showed itself in
that mastery of accurate expression which
he exhibited: The, sentence, clear cut,
came from his lips like minted cQin- How
easily he could say the exact truth in the
best way.
1t was because he was a true man, I'M
assuming and sensitive to the opinions of
his fellow men, he was yet unwavering
and self-erliant- he never abandoned his
convictions unless they could be shown
to be defective. he never was false to
himself. Underneath his speech and ac-
tons there was the bedrock of moral
pElIleip5e- NNnen you reacneo mat you
reached something that was 1mmovable-
do not speak of these words to magnify
his virtues How imperiously he would
resent anything shat savored OF ostenta-
dous parading of his excellencies- / speak
of that rather as manifestation Of the
whom he believed. for at the foundation
Of his character was his religious faith,
His conception of duty was not limited
to God''-often have
heard him use that phrase in talk and in
low much we Will miss him in this church
IF God. where for forty years he has
sustained a faithful life It would be
impossible to voice the sense of the grief
u this nation cannot trust myself TO
peak Of personal relations IN which he
"a me with his counsel.
Rather would / take my place with you !
memories Of his life and the inspira tons
# his religious faith For his was deep I
and to him the gospel Of Jesus ,
Christ was the wisdom Of God and the-t
me that believeth-
he worlds conference Of Christian mis- I
ions. in his address. after speaking OF !
he social evils of the times, he said.
ate but filey cannot cure. Christ In the
leart and his gospel of love and ministry J
n all the activities of life are the only
ure.' :
He being dead. yet speaketh.
I but voice that which I am confident
le would desire when I leave your
hOughts in this sad hour to that divine
2edeemer in whom he trusted in beseech- 2
NJ YOU to make Him more fully than ever
he guide and companion in life's journey.
or Jesus Christ, the Son of God. the Son
f man. is the supreme power for life. IS
lfe, indeed, in this world and in that I
which is to come
IN THE CEMETERY.
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