The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-07-03

ICED all the great poets and essayists Of the
world. But, on the other hand there is the
intellect OF compression. the intellect that
concenterS itself upon n given task. upon
a given problem. upon q given profession,
and that I understood 10 be the character
istic OF Judge Woods. He d.d not seem to
be a man vastly interested In the world at
large, he did not seem 10 be a man who
was enamored OF the world Of literature or
or the world OF art. His intellect was not Of
the diffusiNe or discursiVc type, but that
type OF intellect that is urgent and that Is
a ~coEpulsion. He compressed great talent
just as John NJ Butler did-he compressed
great talent, great mentality into his pro-
fession.
Another thing that I discerned in him.
not so much from personal contact as from
a ummary OF his life and from his expert
ences as a member of the judiciary, and
that thing was in~cisireness. He went right
into the root OF "A thing; he was right into
the center OF a matter. He never stayed on
the periphery. he never stayed on the cir
conference of a problem. And / want TO
say this 10 you. that 1t was this quality OF
incisiveness OF vision that saved this Ma
ton some years ago and that has saved II
for all time from the terrible menace OF
STABILITY OF NATION.
Il think that Judge Woods. by a certain
decision. has done more for the stability OF
this Nation. more for the orderly progress
of the industrial world than almost any
nan within this last generation. and in or
vi ~ dO II IL Qul SAtat AAiOA0A
and he had it. He was no temporizer. he
was not swayed and moved by popular
opinion. and If there is one quality l adore.
II there is one quality l love. If there is one
quality 1 revere in a man. 1t is that quality
that makes him loyal TO his life.
Now he was not Indifferent to the
world s opinion; he was most sensitive, ne
was exquisitely sensitive: but he knew IL
10 be his duty and what he knew TO be
his HnfN he fn0rlaCClV OnnnnnlfChad He
was q great-hearted. a strong. a noble man,
a man that Milton has characterized in
that rare but now obsolete word, he was OF
the rObustuous type.
And then there was one other quality
i loved in him. He had in him the element
OF permanency in his affections and in his
life. l do not think he was a universal low
er. L do not think Judge Woods was one
who comprehended many within his heart.
l think he was a man of great reserve.
that this tendency was rather a tendency
of withdrawal from contact with the lare-
er world, but what he lacked IN numbers he
amply compensated for in intensity.
Now know-this is not a surmise, this
Is not a Speculation-now L know that
Judge Woods had in him the tendency of
frmness in friendship. and o my beloved
friends, the grandest and noblest thing you
can say Of a man is not that he is a friend
in fair weather. but that he is a friend in
foul weather. and Judge. Woods was a man
that held the hands OF q devoted friend
even when it was not prudent for him to
do so. a man that would jeopardize his
own In order that he might sustain one
that was weak. / know that out of the
great deep of his charity and of his life he
held TO his heart those that. perhaps. il
might have been a prudent and a wise thing
for him to surrender before they passed
away
HE was a great lover. he was a deep
and true lover, strong. vigorous, noble,
manful, endowed with fine capacity of
vision, leonine, stalwart in his model man.
hood, but, deeper than all. more beautiful
than all and more divine, a lover, a sweet
lover to his friends and to you-a matter
too sacred for me to speak upon to-day.
God bless you, God bless you amply and
richly. my beloved friends. 1t is all right.
but a passing way of a cloud. but the
sweet evanescent movement Of a shadow,
and by and by all the clouds will pass
away and the shadows dissolve and you
will come into the full light of the perfect
day. We shall all meet again in the deeps
of our Fathers bosom to separate no more
forever and forever
Mr.. Milburn closed his address with a
touching and eloquent prayer. The choir,
composed Of Messrs. Louis j. Dochez and
j. r. Lynn and Mrs. Alice Fleming Evans
and Miss Lille Adam, sang Heart be
Still and Peace and Rest" the service
concluding with the latter number.
None but the honorary and active pail
bearers, the family and immediate friends
followed the deceased TO the cemetery. The
body was lowered to its final resting place
amid the recital of the simple Presbyterian
ritual, concluded with a brief invocation
by the minister. Kregelo had the funeral
car decorated the same as when il was used
at ex-President Harrison's funeral, with the
exception of the flag on top.