Year: 1872

pulpit almost as deeply as it has the press,
and ministers, as well as journalists. have
hastened to honor his memory and to pay
their tribute of respect to one who, in
his lifetime, had preached more eloquently
than many of them and to larger audiences
than any of them. Mr.. Greeley's position
brought him into intimate contact with scores
of the best preachers in the country, by whom
he was respected, if not loved. And to those
who fill the pulpits of New York and Brook
lyn his name was as familiar as household
word, and several have attested their ap-
preciation of his character and moral worth,
as well as of his journalistic labors in be-
half of his race Touchingly simple
and beautiful are the words of DR.. Chaplin,
his esteemed pastor for quarter of century.
He knew the deceased journalist as few men
could know him, and his declaration that Mr..
Greeley, who, by his incessant mental labors,
might be excused for absenting himself from
the house of God occasionally, was always in
his pew at the appointed hour for service; that
he was not fair-weather Christian, but
in the storm as well as in the sunshine he was
there and not only as hearer, but ready with
purse and voice and pen to advance any Chris
tian and philanthropic project-such decla-
ration is the best eulogy that could be pro-
nounced over his remains. And Mr.. Greeleys
sympathy for mankind and his efforts to
elevate his race were the natural outgrowth
Of his firm conviction and faith in the
fatherhood of God and the brotherhood Of
man. And his dying words, 81 know that
my Redeemer lveth," were but another form
Of expression for this, his lifelong convic-
ton. Two continents are to-day speaking
about the dead journalist. The homes and
hearths Of those who knew him best
will keep his acts and words in
tender remembrance. The political world will
lament leader, the workingman will miss a
fellow workingman who labored by his side
and for his cause The freedman will not for
get him until he forgets the record of his scars
and the breaking of his chains. There is not
a noble cause or work of man that will notfeel
his loss and send its echo of regret


Not less eloquent and touching was the
tribute Of respect paid by DR.. Armitage, of
the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, to the de-
parted journalist. s'The man whom we had
loved for years." said he; 'swhose name,
influence and power had been q life among
us, is stretched out in the image of death"
Some of his hearers had felt that this
afiiction was a personal one Some Of
them remembered the struggles Of his early
life when he came to this city, poverty
stricken, unsurrounded by friends, lonely as
stranger, yet trusting as child But now
they thank him for the nobleness of his
nature, the power Of his intellect, the en-
durance Of his sensibiliies and the purity
of his life. DR.. Armitage had known Mr..
Greeley for thirty years. They had both
come to the city about the same time poor and
empty handed. It was the struggles Of Mr..
Greeley's early life to make bread and honesty
meet for himself that had been his success
and had given him SO much sympathy for the
suffering and the struggling everywhere


"Honors," said DR.. Armitage, ''can only
be won by actions such as those of
men like franklin, Greeley or James
Gordon Bennett, no matter whether their busi-
ness is simply putting up types or in the harvest
field, or by work at the anvil" The Doctor
also made touching reference to the tender
watch care of Miss Greeley at her fathers
bedside. Mr.. rockingham, referring
to Mr.. Greeley's death, said it had
caused general chill. His life
| illustrates the enthusiasm Of humanity


"A great teacher, an earnest reformer, st M
ulator Of honest thoughts has passed away
He owed his death to the same principles that
made his life illustrious." MIR. Hepworth,
too, failed not to cast his crown of immortal
honor and respect at the feet Of departed
greatness. Mr.. Greeley was man of whom
America should be proud, and when we forget
his eccentricities, Mr. Hepworth said, we
shall erect a monument to his name. MIR.
Greeley motives were as pure as any that
ever throbbed IN q human bosom. Every one
felt the presence of this warm-hearted man.


He was thoroughly good man, and his errors
were those Of judgment and not of heart. He
sought to pour the balm Of Gilead
into the public heart of this country,
and how sadly true are the remarks of
the preacher, that 1--WE never know how
to measure greatness until it has hidden us
'goodby'" and gone forever from our midstl
Such are some Of the utterances Of our metro
politan pulpits on the life SO soon and SO sud-
denly taken from among u.s.


Not less eloquent, tender and true are those
of the leaders of pulpit thought in our sister
city. Mr.. Talmage forcibly presented the
lessons Of Mr.. Greeley's life and death to his
vast audience last evening. His life is on
| illustration of what indomtable energy, deter
mination and pluck will do when coupled with
close attention to business His death develops
the doctrine Of brotherhood. And though few
States were willing to accept him as political
leader all the States will vote for him as o man
worthy of honor, and by the electoral college