The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-18

now with peculiar lmpresSlVeneSS. 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 interests of society in the city
and the Commonwealth and, the Nation
and the church. and always touched them
TO finer issues.
His life. so diligent and many-sided
in its activities, has never stopped grow
ing and expanding. 1t has seemed to many
of us that that life was never more Wig
orous intellectually, perhaps never more
widely influential, than it was at the very
time the summons of God came. calling
His servant to come up higher. The de-
parture of such a citizen from this land
rolls a heavier weight of responsibility
upon you who remain.
A RESERVE POWER.
Like all truly great men, he gave one
the impression of a reserve power upon
which he had not drawn. Did we not all
of US carry the feeling that there were re-
sources in his nature for achievements
beyond anything that even he had real
lied? 1t may be the infinite Father has
| larger spheres of service for him yonder.
OF the life of that realm we have little in
detail, but we are told that there His serv-
ants shall serve Him. The faith of the
laureate even in the time of his bereave-
ment rose high and it was Christian faith:
Nor blame | Death, because he bare
The use of virtue out of earth;
| know transplanted human worth
VIII bloom to profit. o~therwhere-'
What a noble example he furnished Of
intelligent, courageous, continuing patriot
ism, 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 until the strain of
it upon his mind and heart were heavy.
The fiber of his patriotism was American
to the core. Fifty does the flag of the Ma
| ton cover that casket and adorn these
walls at this service. That flag! How
much it really meant to him! How time
and again it sent the blood racing through
his veins, How his very tones would grow
| tremulous as it's waving folds met his eyes
and his voice was uplifted in support of all
that it symbolizedl He loved his country
| with a passionate devotion and believed
| that it was a country worth dying for and
worth living for.
patriotism is a great word here i'm Amer
| lea, and it is growing greater. 1t must do
so. 1t must grow with our growth and
| deepen and strengthen with our strength
as it did in him.. A distinguished scholar
has asserted that the development of the
individual nan is all that is vital in hui
man history, and that is true. Institutions.
| corporations, Industrial enterprises. organi-
cations. yes, governments. are but the
scafolding for the building of individual
manhood. That is the highest product Of
our civilization.
A NEIGHBOR'S MANHOOD.
There was in him whose loss we mourn
that which was greater than all his
achievements and finer than all his en-
dowments-a genuine, sturdy, self-reliant.
righteous manhood. Behind that quiet, un-
assuming dignity of manner there was the
simplicity and the straightforward SINGER
ity that evidences conscious honesty of
purpose. He could not use assumed cor
diahty of demeanor in order to win the
favor of men. He never would stoop TO
seek to manage them by playing upon their
weaknesses or pandering TO their preju-
dices. His appeal was to the reason and
the conscience. That reserve and even
austerity that at times marked his de-
meanor was that Of one who did not lack
kindness of heart. Men who were chilled
on occasions by the austerity of his man.
ner, especially when he was absorbed in
questions of importance and DESTROYS of
keeping his judgment clear and unbiased,
yet believed in him fully and trusted him
implicitly, and they were not disappointed.
The found that they could rely upon him.
He said what he meant and he stood to
what he said. Beneath that austere out
ward manner there was a genuine SYM
pathy and even a deep human tenderness.
He was honest-minded. That was no
small part of his intellectual strength. 1t
showed itself in clear thinking; 1t showed
itself also in that mastery of accurate ex-
preston which he exhibited. The golden
sentences, clear cut and of full value, came
from his lips like minted coin. How easily
he could say the exact truth In the best
way, 1t was because he was a true man.
Unassuming and sensitive TO the opinions
of his fellow-men, he was yet unwavering-
ly self-reliant. He never abandoned his
convictions unless they could be shown to
be deficient. He never was false to himself.
Underneath his speech and actions there
was the bedrock of moral principle. When
you reached that you came to something
that was immovable.
HUMAN EXCELLENCES.
81 do not speak these words TO magnify
human excellence. How imperiously he
would resent anything that savored of ar
ostentatious parading of his virtues. ]
speak them rather as manifestation of the
power and grace of the living God in whom
he believed, for at the foundation of his
character was his religious faith, strong
and reverent and clear. His conce ption OF
duty was not limited as is the conception
of some men. Duty, as the very word sug-
gests, is that which is due, that which we
owe. 1t is the expression in the structure
OF the language of mans moral obligation
but that moral obligation does not stor
with a mans relation to his family or his
city or his State, or his country that mora,
obligation goes on and out until il reaches
the infinite God. And the sense of duty Il
God thus uplifting, outreaching, is fell
to be the answering pressure Of the Twins
God upon our souls. 1t is Him with whom
we have to do and TO Him we must give
account. How that uplifts and steadies an6
strengthens men who really live under the
power Of it. 1t did so in his life.
'Our responsibility TO God! Often have
heard him use that phrase In talk and in
prayeri 1t would be impossible to say how
much we will miss him In this church OF
God where for forty years he has adorned
the doctrine of his Saviour by a consistent