| Show OJWHIISI Word comes from the other Hide that Mr Gladstones condition suddenly has changed for the worse and that his departure from this sphere of action ac-tion may he looked for ot any mo nent For a long time his noble plrlt has been held to earth by the most feeble ties At Intervals his mind has been wandetlng back to the most critical events ot his orcin life and the history of his country but more often he ban seemed to he lot 10 con temptation of the great beyond The disease from which he Is I SufferIng Suffer-Ing Is necrosis or decay of the nasal hone It Is I extreemly painful For laya at n time he has been laving on his bed In agony The only relief brought to him has been that Conveyed hy strulos ot music Gladstone has ben a grot orator and tatesman anti shone like a star of the first magnitude among the brilliant bril-liant men of this age but equal tony to-ny of his achievements Is the childlike and heroic faith with which he ling contemplated its prroochlrig end Gladstone ban always been devoted to religion Much of his Intellectual Power h09 been spent on the defense or the principles of Christianity but his fortitude In Illness and calm view ot death hv ben n practical dem onsiratlon of the value of the Christian faith In the dam when ho enjoyed full strength ho often repeated Top adys beautiful lines Lordl It Is I not life to live If Thy presence Thou deny lordl If Thou Thy presence give TIs no longer death to die Now at the gate of eternity he has proved that the Is I consolation in re liglon beyond the reach fU those ipa j know not the Power of faith |
