The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-03


like TO have me say this here. Their,
never was a person so simple, so natural
never a person who relied so entirely up
on the realities, truth, righteousness anC
peace.
He would have said to you that the wis.
dom from above Is first pure, then peace
able. then gentle. Yes. gentle And IL was
this that made him the gentleman that
he was lie could be vehement In ex-
preston when need was but In common
life In common talk, he relied absolute
ly upon the sincerity OF his expression,
and / think that faith In the American
people. which expressed itself so magnid-
Gently once again In his public utter
ance, may be traced directly TO his faith
I'm man, TO his certainty that they were
the children or God, that they inherit a
divine nature and TO his certainty In the
being and presence Of Gcd which would
express Itself so simply. so Unexpectedly
sometimes. but which was something of
course In his life and In his talk
A WIDE RANGE
i see that someone says that he always
scented 10 have read everything and that
70 curious. In that everything" there
was n very wide range OF thought I'm the
history of religion and religious thought
| DO not know any man or woman TO
whom should have gone with such GER
tainty 10 tell me about the best English
tur1es between our Puritan emigration
and our own time He would be a little
apt 10 have one Of those fathers OF the
eishteenth century on the table. He
would cite Familiarity 10 you what one Of
them had said 10 him and always he fitted
In those oracles OF the spirit with the
daily exigencies OF life. with poetry. lit
erature or with a journey.
THE DEATH BLOW.
A thousand people have said TO me that
last year when he was called away. This
was true. No hour passed but he was
conscious CT the weight he was carrying
IN trying to live az he had lived. But
up TIL that time even In hard criticism
or his life from those he loved, even I'm
the stress OF public life and the necessity
or even displeasins those whom he loved
70 please, j think we should all say that
his life was a happy one
III was hlled full, oh. filed so full
that no one can describe that but always
nlled full OF something large. uneelash.
thoroughly generous. something that ne
expected others 20 share with him. some
thing which would make the world a bet
ter world.
IL seems almost unusual TO say that
n you caught him when he were not at
work for this city or FOR the university
here, or more directly. for the country
you found him standing at his desk. per
maps writing his careful translation OF
Theucydidee He was really unconscious
OF the humor OF his own phrase when
rome one who asked him how young
American should prepare himself FOR pub
lic address. he said he thought he had
better read the Greek orators. and FOR
the moment ! think really thought that
the rail- splitter or the boatmaa on a
siississippi ark was going 20 read them
IN the original. By this I mean that 10
MIN II was - much matter OF course 20
90 things thoroughly wen that he some.
umes imagined that the rest OF as oould
never slur work because he had never
done so. "''''
And the magnificent uprightness ana
dignity OF every hour Of his life whetber
an hour OF pleasantly or fierce cona,c,
wish men belonged ia that deternination
20 DO what he had TO DO with Ali his
might; n DO n ~ one who had hsen
sent 10 DO Il IN en- infinite purpose OF an
infinite God
AT THE FEET or EMERSON.
He had all his life sat al the feet ~ his
very near friend and distinguished towns.
man. the prophet. Emerson. who gave IN
the little town OF Concord n new fame
That sense OF the real presence of al.
mighty God which gives light and life 70
every word OF that prophet revealed itself
In the caily walk of our dear friend. I