Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-09-28
GOD RbIGNS OVER ALL.

sentiment spoken at times when
great people were torn by the conflict
ing passion and sorrow Of the hour.
These are particularly appropriate to
this time when. within the life of a
generation the Nation Is again called
to mourn the death OF a beloved lead
er.
The first was spoken by tho late
James A. Garfield at the time of Lin
coins assassination. Garfield had
served with honor during the war and
had become member of Congress.
The people were wild with grief andan-
ger. A mob surged through New York
business district when Garfield APP
pcared ON the porch OF a nearby hotel
and waved his hand to attract atten-
ton. Thinking bulletin was to he
read the crowd became quiet when
Garfield spoke these words that will
ever live in history:
Fellow citizens: Clouds and dark.
ness are round about him. His pavilion
Is dark waters and thick clouds from
the skies. Justice aud Judgment are
the habitatiOn OF His throne. and truth
shall go before His face. Fellow-citi-
zens God reigns and the Government
at Washington still lives.
Sixteen years later Garfield himself
was laid low by the bullet Of an as.
.assin. The memorial address was de-,
Iievered by James G.. Blaine friend
and official associate OF the President,
His words struck home to every heart
and soOthed the aching heart Of the
multitude to calm submission to the
Divine plan. It was masterpiece
OF OratOry and voiced sentiments which
mourning people sought to frame in
words. After reviewing the life of the
President. Blaine closed with these
thoughts which are appropriately quot
ed on this day when Hawaii joins In
expressing Its grief at the loss of an.
other leader, a follower of Lincoln and
a friend Of Garfield:
on the morning of Saturday. July ..
the President was a Cuntented and
happy man; not In the ordinary de.
gree. but iOyfully, almost boyishly.
happy. On his way to the railroad sta.
tion, TO which he drove slowly in con.
scious enjoyment of the beautiful
morning, with an unwonted sense I'll
leisure and keen anticipation OF pleas
ure. his talk was all IN the graceful
and COngTatulatory vein. He felt that
after four months of trial his admins
tratiOn was strong in its grasp of af.
fairs, strong in popular favor. and de
served to grow stronger: that the
nj l..
his Inauguration had been safely pass.
ed: that the trouble lay b. hind hin
and not before him: hat hc was soCG
to meet ne wife whom ne loved. now
recovering from an illIcss which had
but lately disquieted and almost NJ
neryed him: that he was going IT, his
Alma Mater to renew he most cher.
ished associations OF hi young man
hood and to exchange greetings with
those whose deepening 'ntercBt had
followed every step o. hi. inward
progress from the day he entered upon
his college studies until he hat attain.
ed the lOftiest elevation Ia tn, Kit a.
hls COuntrymen.
Much Of happiness can ever coI'
from the honurs and triumps Of this
world. On that quiet July morning
James A. Garfield may have we'll BEEN
a happy man. No fOrebOding of evil
haunted him. Not IAe slightest pre-
monitiOn OF danger clouded mis- SKY
His terrible tate was upon him in al
instant. One moment ne stood erect,
strong. confident in the years strech.
ing peacefully out before him: the
next he lay wounded, bleeding, help.
less-dOomcd to many weeks OF tor.
ture, to siIence and the grave. Great
In life, he was unsurpassingly great IN
death. For no cause, in the very frcn
~ OF wantOnness and wickedness by
the red hand of murder. he was thrust
from the full tide OF the worlds inter
est; from its hopes, its aspirations, its
victories. into the visible presence OF
death, and he did not quail. Not alons
for the one short moment in which
stunned and dazed, he could give nv
life, hardly aware OF its relinQuish
ment, but through days of deadly Ian
guar, through weeks Of agony that was
not less agony because silently borne
with clear sight and calm courage ne
looked into Ills open grave. What
blight and ruin met his anguishcd
eyes, Whose lips may tell what bril-
liant, broken plans, what baifled. hign
ambitions, what sundering of strong,
warm manhood's friendships. what hi.
ter ending of sweet household ties?
Behind him a proud. eXpeCtant NJ
uCn. great host OF sustaining friends
n cherished and happy mother wear.
ing the full, rich honOrs OF her early
trials and tears, the wife Of his youth
whose life lay In his the little boys
not yet emerged from childhoods day
Of frolic; the fair young daughter, tho
sturdy sons Just springing INTO clos
est companiOnship, claiming every
day, and every day rewarding, a faru'
er's love and care, and in his heart til"
eager rejoicing power TO meet all d"
mands; before him great darkness
and his soul was not shaken, and his
countrymen We're filled with instant
profound and universal sympathy
Masterful In his mortal weaKness, H.
became the center of nations love.
enshrined in the prayers OF world.
But all the love and all the sympathy
could not share with him his suffering.
He trod the wine-press alone. With
unfaltering front he faced death. With
unfailing tenderness he took leave 81
life. Above the demoniaC MSS Of The
assassin's bullet he heard the voice NJ
God. With simple resignation he bow
ed to the Divine decree.
AS the end drew near his early
craving for the sea returned, The
stately mansion OF power had been
To him he wearisome hospital Of pain,
and he begged to be taken from his
prison walls, from its oppressive sti
fling air. from its homelessness and
its hOpelessness Gently silently the