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Show HON. THOMAS MARSHALL. The death of Judge Thomas Marshall, an eminent emi-nent jurist and thoroughly honest man. leaves a void in the legal fraternity that can not be easily filled up . Simple in his manners, candid, honest and sincere in his conviction, he would not knowingly know-ingly injure anybody and would no more deceive another than he was incapable of deceiving himself. him-self. His example in this community, where more ihan half his life has been spent, was full of moral grandeur, and one to which every good citizen can look back with patriotic pride as that of an honest, sincere man. His memory will long remain, not only with the legal fraternity of which he was an honored member, but with every good citizen who "ill appreciate more highly his clean and blameless life as lime passes by. His death was as edifying i- Lis life was blameless. With him religion was ii"! mere fancy and caprice. His legal nvind studied stud-ied the question according to the law and testimony which should govern so grave a subject, and his verdict, long before he took the important step he did. was. that the Catholic church was the true Christian church. His clear and just conception j of law enabled him to sec in it, i.e., in all law, the i expressed will of the legislator, who had the right ' t"xat'1 obedience. In reasoning out the important religious problem, he applied the legal principles v hieli every lawyer holds, to the facts and claims of i tic Catholic church, and as stated, his verdict was Is iT many years that without supreme and author ial ive court to interpret the divine as well as the ivil law there could be no permanent unchangeable unchange-able religion any more than there could be a si able government. He bad a sound logical mind, and with him religion was not merely sentiment or feeling. His faith rested on a firm rational conviction, and with the simplicity and docility of child, and lhe. humility of a truly Christian great innid iie asked in be received into the church. When receiving instructions, he said: "I believe it all, it is not for us mortals to questions the rul- I ' - ! , . : ! : ! ings and laws of the great Lord and Creator of i the universe." Those who kept watch on Sunday J whilst life was ebbing away, were struck with his truly edifying death. Bishop Scaulau was with him nn hour before he breathed his last breath, he .asked for the crucifix and whilst the Bishop held it in his hand he embraced it and kissed it. Soon the agony came and when he passed from this mortal mor-tal life, the joys of heaven were reflected in his countenance." May his soul rest in peace and perpetual per-petual light shine upon him." |