The San Francisco call., 1905-03-25

pens Events unexpected and unwelcome con-
one of yoL here who. if you could have fore
seen all you have had to come through. but
would have sunk down in diseouragemenii fa i,ss II
may seem to have been most prosperous this
Probably such one as Mrs stanford, whom
many regard as specially fortunate, as one
who had everything to enjoy and little to
suffer even of her it may be said, that II,
fifty years ago. she. could have foreseen all
that she had to suffer, she would have been
profoundly depressed: she would have shiy.
cred and shuddered under the dark clouds OF
anticipation. She had her SORROWS no less keen,
probably far more keen. than those of the
Thers s servant ,s1on, n nsr employ oy
man than the fellowship of suffering This
brings all to the same level. The heartache
carrier. The tear on the cheek of a Princess
Is chemically the same as that on the cheek
woman ever yet got through this world with
out trials. which. II foreseen, would have
changed. possibly cowed the spirit. This is
shown In all the real biographies Of the
world. in the Bible and outside of it, So one
of your own poets (Sophocles) has said
..still the long days have brought
Griefs near and nearer yet
And joys, thou canst not
One trace of what they were.
So our own Shakespeare. that greatest un-.
inspired delineator of human nature and
IF this were seen.
The happiest youth viewing his progress
through,
What perils past. what crosses to ensue.
Would shut the book. and sit him down to
die
Our lives may be said to be a series of
shocks-staitling and often terrific shocks. In
one way and another, in forms more or less
severe. these shocks come to all of US in
our lives Such a shock-great sudden.
startling. stunning --has come to this univer-
sity, TO this commonwealth, to this country.
in the departure out Of this world of the
noble woman whose body now lies here. in
this magnificent church. which her bounty
erected e the glory Of God and in oSisg
and sorrowfui taking of. with its puzzles
ana problems it does not become me to say
one word All that l must leave to others
| Only this / may say. that In common with
, multitudes of Others. near and far away. |
sincerely grieve that h her passing @ was, was not in
| her beautiful country seat near this spot,
/ where no doubt many of the sweetest asso-
Citations of her life had their center. 1t is
| however, comfort to know that. while she
! was a world-round traveller. 1t pleased God
! SO to order it that she should pass away un-
| der the flag of her own country, the country
she loved.
/ LOVED THE "PLAIN PEOPLE"
The Sunday after her death it was my privi.
lege in this place to give voice to the public
!, estimate of the character and life OF Mrs
! Stanford. / shall not repeat what was ther
| said except to reafhrm it. She lived a Ions
! life, with varied experiences and amid various
| scenes. During the greater part of her life
! her path lay the higher levels as regard.
| wealth and prominence. But the glamour OF
! this world never dazzled her eyes nor made he
! blind to the really higher and nobler ends o
| human existence. She never lost her sympa
! thy, her fellow. feeling with those who livet
| on the lower levels; with those whom Mr.
Lincoln called the plain people Like hel
Divine Master she never ashamed TO cal
them her brethren. Where is the poor mar
| who ever cried out against her injustice or ex
| actions? Where is the widow whose heart wa.
/ ever wrung. the orphan whose eye was ever
wet. because of any oppression or grinding o.
hers?
i She was exceedingly catholic in her sympe
! thies, was shown throughout her life. as j.
/ evident from the provisions of her WILL Sht
| was In close and vital touch with whatever
was pure. good and holy. Probably some en-