The Washington times., 1904-04-17
WHEN THE MUSE MOVED
MEMBERS OF TIE HOUSE

For cur brother, while here nc Is striving and
moving along the worlds ways.
We have only harsh judgments, stern COZ nsei,
half-uttered affections. cold praise
Our cheer Of full-hearted approval, our frank
quick applause We deny;
Envy. Malice. and jealousy, Calumny, all the
worlds hounds T. full cry.
Unrelenling. pursue him. while Friendship barks
low in .he Of The race.
Reluctant; perhaps at his faults and frailties,
till death ends he chase
An. then all his virtue, his merits. shine
forth: all the charms that be owned
Rise W. unobsc1ued in their beauty, all fraii-
ties and faults are atoned.
All the good IS remembered and ~ondered, the
bad swept away OF sight
And IN death We behold him TRANSPORTED and
p bed IL memorial light
We lament when amenting IS useless We
praise when all praises sre vain.
And then. turning back and forgetting. begin
the same sad wOse ae~si.
An, Uhy did We stint TO him. living. our gift7
We're we pocrz Had naughts
Not a wreath, rot a flower. for our friend u
whose grave We such tribute have broughty
All. no. the lsrgess Of the heart that had
STRENGTHENED and glGddened his soul
We refused him. and profered him only the
critics poor misery dole
Still we meant 70 be just. so claim. though
the judgment was cold that we gave.
Was oar iitstice then better than lOye2 lone.
say. as You stand by his grave
Further along in his speech Mt. sib-
ley again called upon the Muse and
gave This response;
There Is no desthi What seems 50 is transition;
This life Of moral breath
Is hu. a suburb 81 -he life eiysian,
Whose por-sl vc call death
Mr sibleys easy style is shown in the
following excerpt:
IF a man die. shall he live again7
Even if there were no divine revelation.
nature. with ali her myriad voices. pro-
claims the affirmative. Shall the general
law that dominates and controls in all
tie realm Of nature find here its single
exception? Science teaches and demon
strates the absolute indestrHctibility %
natter Is mind which reigus as SOW
ereign over matter. less immorta.r
Shall the lesser survive and the nobler
perish? | cannot think so.
How simple Is the mystery.
lie canro- die who truly lives
For virtue has immortal breath;
It's but the sowing of the grain.
Which blossoms into life again
And ands psrfec-ncss IN lis DEATH
II the seed he perfect the harvest is surei
II the fountains be sweet the waters are purei
II the present IS right. the answer IS plain
It u.an dieth. he liyeth again.
Honest love, honest sorrow. honest work for to-
day: honest hope Tor tomorrow.
Are these nothing more OF worth than the
hands tl.ev make weary,
The hearts they have saddcned, the lives they
leave drcar-Y
Hush the scyenfold heavens to the voice Of the
He who ocrcometh shall all things inherit
Representative Padgett Of Tennessee
said.
Mr.. Speaker. standing in contempia-
ton Of the life and character of SUCH
man. we have veridcation of The poem
which says:
u,n lives are songs; God writes the words
But we set them 10 music at pieasurei
And the song grows sad or sweet of E'"u
IS VIC choose 20 fg-l'~~ 'he measure
Standing in the shadow of ;he death
Of such a mana man whose life. whose
personal character. were suoR as have
been portrayed here this afternoon by
those who knew him intimately and
well. well may we say:
scatter SEEDS Of kindness-
SPEAK gentle words-flr who can tel
What joy they may impar,v
For Oft :hey fall mamma tell
To some Digh-faintlng hear