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Show AN IIOEI .'1A.V. The Illglirsl Tribute lliiat toulil be luitl to hh A m erica eri-ca u I'OlltlClUll. Dr. Bayliss at Morton's funeral: Oliver IVrry Morion was an honest man. Mo mnu iu this country evei nad such chaut;es as Iiu to enrich Luinseli' at the public expense, but there is at tliU point ubso.tilely no dimness on the g'ory ol. hid. career. Over this coBiu arches a buw ol un-miCitiunt'd un-miCitiunt'd integrity. V im abundant abund-ant opportunity lo die worth unlliouf he deliberately cliode to die in comparative com-parative inJigence. It au hom-st uiiiu is the noblest work ol'Gud then Una cnkei holds what is uiuiUl yl One ol Ciod's nobletl works, ,t Hi aanda' are cleun. He has eloou against tne tide ot uiotloueat suljemet-rinil suljemet-rinil schemero a Gibraltar against the sea. He believed and acted upon the belief, that it is belter., lo go poor Loan houurtd grvr tUau to go by questionable luiiuue lo a splendid burial. Alter hU return from Oregon he said lo bis secretary: You must be very careful in makiug up the ac counts, tor 1 am dick aud cannot look after tl)i;m, and thp added: I would rather die tbau have a btot on my name. Battle scarred, obdurate as he was in poluicaLstrilu, ou this suhjecl be was as scrupulous as a Puritan and as sensitive as a woman. This uian'o honesty comes like. sweet harmony into toe discord of public greed and unacrupulousnesa for the. nt lion's stlce. In his mode ol h!c h: was rgidly plain and oiiuple. He refused to atteud a court party iu Kurope be cause be would be ohlitd to go in court dress. If Senator Morton werfi uhve'he would not tie in' uie Lo miiil hereuud say that he was a christian in the ordinary sense of the term. II there was anything lie despised il a man who made a profession of Christianity mnincerely and aimed to use his rela tiou to the church as a mi nus of poll lical preferment. Ho did not makr- a minute Bludy ol criri&tlan evidence, but he took the system as a whole. He saw how the religion oi the bible meets the demands ol inun lor an iu leihgpnt (ailli in the supremo power which ru'es tun universe. At hit own taiile he had a bileht blessing fli r the manner ol the Friends, unites tome one were present On whom he could call to pei lnrin thfit duty orally. As death approached hid wife fl:iid: ' Oliver, are you not afraid to die?" He ft l, "No.'' 'Do ,yt u love your Savior?'' she asked with emphasis, horfnswertd, "1 do," and added, "aud my wife and boys." Put time hiiBti'.na. Tha semi) hour ia here. Ihe grave waits f.u the mighly, and though we weep aud j woiiJer where we can find another uko htm, wo must prepare for the noli;iun knell of earth to earth, ashiv to ashes, dust to dust." Massillon al the funeral of a king of France, stood before the vaat afBeniblatro holding in bis hands, ft golden urn, which contained con-tained a lock ot hair from the head of the silent monarch. S'uwly he raised his hand and stood motionless and pain as it statue until awe huihed the , people to the stillness ot death, 'Min' ulea pHhscd, some thought he was struck dumb before fhn august multitude. mul-titude. At la:jt be said in tout's wb:cb thrilled men with deep. soUmnity, "Gixl uloue is great." , The death ot this eou of power is a blow which makes a nation reel, but as we Htag- ! gur backward from the shock let us he grateful that we may leau n gainst this pillar of truth from which upringa an arch of hope thm upaos all worlds. Still the Lord God omnipotent reiguelh! |