South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-21
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without stint 10 the numerous de-
mands laid upon them
People could go 10 him for ad-
vice. for comfort for help and re-
ceive the object Of their desire; busi-
ness could trust his wisdom. the
church could depend upon him IN any
circumstance. philanthrOpists could
count on his assistance ana there
seemed no limit to his heiplhs pow
ers: literally he saved others; IN their
financial distresses, in their domestic
cares. in thei5 heart burdens, In their
business worries. in their personal
problems in their temptations and
sins. ne was always ready with re-
demptive and saving influences.
] He was SO strong that we could
all lean upon him; he was so keen
7 of vision that all could get a clearer
view through his telescope, he was
I so wise of counsel that all felt the
might and wisdom of his works. All
I the time he was saving others. Per-
sonally ! have leaned upon him and
have counseled with him more free
~ than with any other single layman
of my ministry.
Could Not Save Himself.
But by this very token he could
not save himself. Others leaned on
him but ne seemed not TO lean on
them and so his strength was INSULT
cient for the loads he carried: others
brought TO him their problems but
ne worked his own and theirs until
his brain was overburdened: others
shared with him their sorrows, but
he locked his own sorrows. great and
crushing, within his own heart until
he broke with his grief.
"He could tell others how to save
themselves from imminent disaster
but seemed not to know how 10 avoid
his own destruction.
Indeed, the marvel Of marvels is
that one so strong of mind and so
mighty of will and SO fertile of re-
sources could not find some way of
escape when he began 20 feel as GER
tainly he did feel his mental powers
commence to Crumble.
He is the pathetic figure of the
soldier who has won the battle only
10 be slain without knowing of his
triumph, of the lifesaVer who has res
cued the shipwrecked voyagers only
to be swept out in the very surf
where he had conquered of the
physician who had saved many vic
Tins of the plague only TO become
its victim in the end.
Truly he has saved others, and just
az truly. and in deep and unfathom-
able mystery himself he could not
save.
But there is a resultant from the
two apparently hostile movements
and it is this Having saved others
and having failed from the physical
and human standpoint to save him
self-neVertho -. he very struggles
through which has gone, the very
battles he has Jught. the very hero
ism Of his life, have lifted even it's
fro rfr f.-f
heroic.
He carried the many burdens. he
weighted himself with too many
cares. he wore out his nerve forces.
and when he saw his brain power
faltering he did not know that rescue
might have come TO him, one i'm the
plight of impending tragedy and in
the cloud of unclear reasoning the
mighty undergirding which had
seemed SO strong, gave away.
I'VE sorrow for ourselves. we
grieve as a community we are pros
trated as a church, we are shocked
as representatives Of religious and
educational and philanthropic and
business institutions, we bring TO this
stricken family the tender sympathy
of loving hearts. But our greatest
grief is for that pathetic figure toll
ing and struggling under herculean
burdens, not knowing how to escape
them, and when he found himself
falling under the load not knowing
how TO save himself
But after all, he has saved him
self in our love, in our regard. in our
admiration for the sterling qualities
of his character and in our assur-
ance that though mis- brain was
crowded. his faith was clear. He has
but gone into the other room, he said.
he has Joined that dear one whose
tragic going smOuldered through six
years in his heart until il burst forth
IN a violence unguessed and terrible.
Last Sunday his funeral hymns
were sung at the church service.
They were expressive of those long
ings as well as OF that faith which
crowned his life.
The one was Of the home land
with its fadeless morn, its angels
bright, its waiting loved ones and it's
Christ. The other was the rendition
of TennysOn's deathlesS lines which
lay hold of immortality:
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me,
And may there be no moaning OF the
bar.
When 1 put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems
asleep
Too fun for sound and foam.
: When that which drew from out the
boundless deep
Turns again home.
, Twilight and evening bell.
And after that the dark,
And may there be no sadness of fare
we'll,
When 1 embark.
For tho from out our bourne OF
of time and place
The flood may bear me far.
l / hope TO see my pilot face TO face
When 1 have crost the bar"
And 10 Thee oh Pilot OF all sea
/ we commit this human bark. know
/ ing that Thou wilt bring 4 safely
| into that fair haven where neither
waves nor storms be set and where
all is peace"
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