Year: 1875

President


The religious press, at least that portion Of
it that was published after the death Of Vice
President Wilson, add their tributes of re-
spect to the eminent statesman. The Chris
tdn at Work says that in his death the nation
has lost q stanch patriot, reliable man, o
sound adviser and worthy office-holder.
Mr.. Wilson was both q statesman and a
Christian, and one Of the statesmen who
never brought Christianity into disrepute.
With clean hands and pure heart he passed
away, leaving record above criticism and o
memory that will long be gratefully chez
ished by his countrymen. His last religious
address was made to the Tabernacle Sunday
School, Brooklyn, and to-day DR.. Talmage
will deliver a memorial discourse on his life
and taking away. The Jeaoish Messenger
unites with its Christian contemporaries in
believing that the death of Vice President
Wilson is genuine loss to the nation. He
was no ordinary man, says the Messenger.
His rise to civic distinction was due to his
commanding personal character, and his
career was free from reproach. His practical
knowledge and untiring industry while
Chairman of the Military Committee of the
Senate were no more remarkable than his
sterling patriotism and inhexible integrity.
He was religious in the true sense and had
learned to bear with resignation profound
domestic grief His name will long be held
in grateful remembrance. The Christian
Union thinks the Vice Presidents death un-
der the circumstances attending it and max
ing it appear so sudden, when his speedy re-
covery was expected, will shock the country
and disappoint the cherished hopes Of mill
ions Of people, many Of whom, though they
had never looked into his face, yet loved
his country better than party, and subordi-
mated all personal interests to the public
good Massachusetts has never had cause to
blush for him as her Senator. If others en-
riched themselves at the expense of the
country, so did not he. He entered the SEN
ate poor man, and poor man he has died.
Nearly twenty years ago he made a public
profession of religion and united with the
Congregational Church in Natick and re-
NAMED consistent member to the day of
his death He was also a friend of tenn
perance, and during his whole public career
set worthy example of total abstinence
from intoxicating liquors As statesman,
a Christian, patriot true citizen and q
warm-hearted, reliable friend says the IN
terror, the Vice President was outranked by
none He bore no comparison in intellect
ual force and culture with his friend
Sumner But to more than average talents
he added the sterling virtues of industry, ir-
reproachable integrity and heart warm with
human sympathy which arrayed him on the
side Of justice and righteousness and made
abiding friends of nearly all who came in
contact with him. Mr.. Wilson was cheer
ful, trustful, happy Christian. The Baptist
Weekly, after referring to his early life and
his career as statesman and an unfaltering
friend to temperance and to every other good
cause adds that, above all, Henry Wilson
was a Christian Blameless, courageous and
active, be had favor with all men. His conyic-
tions were always strong on the side of virtue,
and as d religious man he beautifully illus
trated the highest graces Of the Christian life.
The C7.ristidn hdelligence, in giving review
Of his early and his public life, adds that his
integrity was unquestioned and his patriot
ism was undoubted. lie was always generous
TO his opponents. He disdained to sacrifice
his convictions or his principles to win mere
popularity. Mr.. Wilson's life and the means
which he used to-attain successful eminence
in il, says the l1teiiigncer, afford an example
to the youth Of our country lie was self
made by subjecting self TO patient and perse-
vering toll, and he commanded public conf
dence by the purity and honesty OF his life
and by an unostentatious but firm adherence