Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-22
WORDS OF PRAISE.
Prominent Men EulOgize Rev. Eaton
and POpuIace MOurms His Loss.

the late DR.. Eaton whose funeral
obsequies were conducted in Lam
caster last Thursday and no kindller
heart ever.ceased to beat than that
of the aged pastor held in so high
esteem in this community where
forty years of his life was given to
chosen work.
The ceremonies were opened by
reading of scripture by Rev. Evans
of the Episcopal church, followed
by prayer by Rev. Ralph. Senator
Baxter, lifelong friend Of the de-
ceased, made some very pleasing re
marks concerning the departed,
which are given below:
SENATOR BAXTER'S REMARKS.
My friends, / hardly feel that l
am worthy to speak to you-at
such time-in such place-Of
such man.
1t is with extreme difidence that
| do so. But l knew Mr.. Eaton I
knew him intimately for many
years. | knew something of his
life, his services, his character, his
spirit-and to know him as l knew
him was not only to respect him
but to love him. For forty years
he stood before this people and pro-
claimed to them the eternal verities
Of the everlasting gospel. For
forty years he walked our streets,
entered our homes and our very
lives and revealed to us, by his life
and example, not only the beauty,
but the power of the doctrine that
he taught. 1t has been said that
his life was a sermon. 1t seems to
me more potent for good than any
recorded upon the printed page or
uttered from the sacred desk, for
in it's purity, its sweetness, it's
modesty it was a revelation to us
of the divine life of the Master
whom he served. For forty years
he counseled us with his wisdom,
sympathized with us in our sorrows
and bereavements, and strengthen
ed us with his courage, and we
meet here today, not only to take
part in these sad and solemn SER
vices, to lay his form with his peo-
pie, beside his loved ones, on the
hillside in the city Of the dead, but
we come here today to pay our
tribute of homage and affection to
great uplifting life, that was lived
among us and for us. We are here
to place upon his bier the garlands
of victory. I say victory, for he was
a great conqueror, not such a con-
Queror as he who destroys armies
or he that taketh city, but such
a one as bringeth every faculty of
mind and body into subsection to
the higher law Of truth, of justice
and love.
When the war came and took
from the homes the loved ones,
he too went to the front. He left
all, home, wife, children, friends,
church, that he might minister to
the men who went out to save the
nation, and preserve to mankind
the blessings of a free government.
In this service he was loyal to- his
country and faithful to his fellow
men. For three longyears of hard.
ship, in the hospital, camp or on
the field of battle he brought cheer
and comfort to the sick and wound
ed, and the consolation of his sacred
calling to the dying. He wrote
their letters to the loved ones at
home, brought their mail and Sc
cured delicacies from the Christian
commission to tempt their appetltes
when the army ration would not
satisfy. A few years ago member
of the Regiment in viii III he served,
as chaplain said Il never took much
stock in preachers until / knew Mr..
Eaton, and sew him under fire on
the battle field, caring for the
wounded" He said, he was the best
man he ever knew. / was not with
command in which he served, and
can not speak of him as an eye wit
ness, but / know these things to be
true. It is the universal testimony
of those who knew him during those
days of trial and anguish. At last
when peace came he returned to
his home, and to the work to which
he had dedicated his life, bringing
with him the fellowship and esteem
of every soldier who knew him.
This church in which we meet to-
day and in which we worship from
Sabbath to Sabbath was his church.
1t stands as a memorial to his zeal
and devotion to the cause OF his
Master. Here he stood for years
leading our devotions and pointing
the way in which we should go.
Mr.. Eaton is dead, his work is en-
ded. We consign his body to the
tomb. But he still lives in this COM
munity in which he labored so faith
fully for all that is good and pure
and beautiful in this life. He was
a Christianizer, civilizor, bene-
factor. BY the beauty of his life
the excellency of his character, he
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