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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN.
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By CHAS. W. HANCOCK, f
VOL. 17.
“\movr iio?u;!"
1- ' " T worn IS OF BI.NI.YYIIS H. Htu.
“I'll; aluvost !H l s l H‘, I SHOP Muill lusf
l pon my io\ s w i*i-’s Ui oust,
From pain and d< .itH I'll soon Iv !nv-
Thu poarly "iitr 4 * ‘V;i now-1 mv
K\juisito pains I'm SLiffoiim* herd,
•licit torturing panysl **aivc civil hear.
)> ; .i ju t U*y-hd is my bright homo.
\\ hoi r 1 ikt thi'so (an m*\• r oon.t
'i is sad t<> leave my weeping wife,
The guardian anipdof ms life,
Onr rhilditm, too, from them t<* part,
< >u! how it wlings’ my bleeding heart.
Hut there'sn land, just, just ahead,
Where tears no more will o'er be shed:
No parting .there, no sad gooddyes
in that bl ight home beyond the skies
“Oh! would that 1 eould speak om-emm".
Ile.fore l leave those oaithly shores;
I’d pray the Lord uuf land to bless
V roui North toSuitli, from Last to West.
To saddened friends and v. *epiug (me>,
Kind words I'd speak in loving tone.,,
lhit strength is gone, my tongue is stiil,
Vlul J in resigned to Jesus' will.
“'Du* earth reeedos and Heaver. ap|*oiu
Seraphic strains .salute minf ears.
The angels come, with them lily
To myhught homo above the sky.”
Farewell, our statesman, chieftain friend, -
Hero in-life, true to the end,
The world you'’, c served your race \ o’ ve i ni;
And id our tears we - iv “well done.
H
A SERMON
I >t*li\civil at llh* First AlctTioilist
i, ■ (lm re 1 1 in A tlaii tu, on Saturday
August 1!), IHK”. I>.\ Ui-v. < . A.
liviuis, on (In* lhiitli of lion.
Ci jamin It. Hill.
Religion claims tho most illustrious
mail whose icoc.if.* is s • * h*i*j.l v . I.]>h>;
el an I iviiu.'i* name all- man delight to
honor as altogether her own finally an.l
forever. Willing that the nlaudits ol
all t ungues shall be heard, she reserves
to herself to say the host words about
, Iter departed son. The--fame she gives
him Ira a *u,U the j n't ten l eartl:l v shore
where all hum m renovva is spent ami
widens ovpi the sphere where angels
enjoy; honor ami immortality Faith
is jealous with 1 I. i* l l y* jealousy of the
litster that should glow ar.-und his
mime. The tiaii jjeut bri dales* Which
great tempera’ -'lieveiii it lent him
is permitted as time’s appi opi i.-ite tiil
■ nte, hilt fur herself the religion oFJ.esus
Christ inadia'.es his departing presence
with light from heaven brighter than
all present splendor—a light that
shines through the portals which admit
him from his aftlction into the en joyment
ot "the far inure .txeceding and eternal
weight of glory .
These selected -ruptures set forth
that iuitl In t\ IHI . I !n>c ljt)pf
1> * !cit, the kiihtnis.wioii to < od lie made
ot himself, his dyin.; testimony and the
home he now enjoys. They are not
read for exposition or comment, hut
arc as chords tliar w i 1 ’ respond in
sympathy is we touch here and them
the tuiitftill strings .ol' the life
whose music always anMish an i often
entranced, wliosc sweetest melody was
poured forth in the final .-drain.
On Wo In:?-; l;iy last as the sun was
rising tliti spirit of benjamin Harvey
Hill ascended to heaven. The silver
i )i'd Was loosed, the golden bowl was
broken, an I the spirit returned to. the
tied who gave it, the subdued sob,. of
the loving household were followed by
tin. swift telegram which info rule I the
union that it bad lost a great citizen;
the tongue of the bell above the cnpitol
building told this city the sad tidings
daily listen for—that thestaleit Geor
gia bad lost a senator; and these mom u -
fill sounds of sorrow were quickly tol
lowed bv the mellow cadeneed peal from
the aspirant spire of the church of < I I,
which spoke indeed in grief, but an
nounced to all th" wx-rhl that a wearie L,
trusting soul, made pure through
Christ, inid entered homo at last.
Draped cities deplore his fall, com
merce clothe-; itself in .sable; society
suspends it- appointed pleasure/;, nags
droop half way the mast, and. by till
tokens the general sense of bereavement
is declared. The governments, muni
cipal, state and national, lake instint
and honorable note o l Ids death. The
hat bleu 1 their appieeiutio'i with .he
general Voice The people in hjjas
meeting throughout the state stn.o in
vain to utter the popular affection for
the great sufferer who had served them
in.all his trough and now sunk in
midst, under the burden of.-• mysterious
malady. From our whole country 'j
come testimonials ot los broad lame,
anil this historic hour passes on and
away freighted with the richest words
that tongues most gifted can utter and
pens most felieilous*cati wiite. be it
my work in this sacred place- not to
relate the well-known biography— not
to praise bevotiddue —-hut to .so touch
the great, vibrating life 0.l Seuat-n Hill, 1
that its rich, resonant tones may reach
the lit ing and make melody it. their
hearts unto the Lord' G-c 1 speed the
uttemnee aud give grace to the he r
ers!
It was home swell, hallowed h urn
graced bv a saintly mother ivliii h was
the aluta mater ot his religions life.
The rudiments of Muir's matchless
doetiine were lit -t imoede l in his • apa
cions brain by mother's hau l T hen
came the direct appeal ot the minister
of the church -the consent of the
young heart, and his conversion in
Troup county when he wan fourteen
years of age "I was i,livened there",
is flic testimony of his ow n lips. Hi
acceptam e of Christ seems to hav
been'without reserve, and it placed him
oti the blight roll of the twice horn
chihlren of God. He laid his head in
tfie lap-of religion.' gave his heart
in early surrender to its charms, and
consecrated himsell unto Christ in the
.lew of his youtlr.
Afterwards he boro his faith tnarfu!
ly through the peculiar perils of his
college course, "lie was a pure bov,”
says state commissioner Orr, his college
mate: “There was not the shadow of
immorality on his character.” W hen
the highest honor of his class blushed
upon him, * hen unwonted flatteries fell
thickly around him, when worldly
hope stood him in the open wicket to
the path of fame and showed him the
higher'summits accessible to bis ag
gressive .genius—lie was still, thank
• Sod. a christtan ■
\Vc may u c vise! recollections of
main* yet living men to show a- the
manly-lignite instinct with oratorio ac
tion and the speaking face lit. with the
tires of eloquence that now first drew
the gaze . f men io a boo ls.speech hum
the college platform. Two great sen
ators; Preston and I'.eirien, listened,
looked saw p nvei enthroning itself,
applauded the youth, and. joining in
the common enthusiasm, inspired him
to attempt the steep ascent to human
greatness. !’crimps, it was by the in
spirations of this sue.a ss he gathered
up the purpose and powers that lay
within him in boulders vet unchiseled,
rive rock was smitten, internal foun
tains lav. locked will iii. In the double
streams of duty to ti. i and eounfrv,
the uni red a a tors began to (low. Earth's
hightest places with never failing hope
of Heaven Combined; wa- the possibil
ity of liis coming life.
v ,v it u i u: i.,
Marriage eaTiie next, wit h the woman
ever, worthy of him., al ways devoted to
liim.**ver dear to him, and for whom his
trembling lingers traced tbc last word,
"dearest,” and afterward wrote no
more. A family bind beyond express
ion and proud of him even to idolatry
gathered about him first and last. The
home altar.of prayer arose, in which as
the priest of his house he consecrated
them to (del The church at Hat. range
—where he went to reside in the prac
tice uf law—enjoyed at once his liber
ality and his -label'. I would also with
the proper emphasis mark the earliest
public service in which his magical'
powers ot speech were used for the good
This State. < '.Hie I f.ortli hvLts neigh
bors he put himself upon the side of
personal sobriety and the duty of civil
government to give protection against
temptat ion in a. series of speeches made
in Troup immediately after the close of
his collage life. His .views were sup
ported: t.-v los own example. I nplcdg
e 1, lie lived and died a sober mail, hav -
ing a'stained wholly through all his
life. He reasoned with I’aul like pen
etration . f what|Temperanee that stands
.upon Lighteousiiess and hoped for the
judgment to come. I bis Was more than
thirty years ago, Ideas on this mo
mentous subject of intemperance have
moved on since then. Statesmen look
at it now- by the, light of the public
welfare, the judiciary are wearied bv
its breach of law and brood of crimes,
and eiti ens see wealth, peit.ee and pur
ity wither by its blast, d'he testimonv
of Senator Hill’s opinion and examples,
from first to last, wa- again>t a wrong
by which our eoiiuu.y suite is in almost
every, home in all its vast dominion..
His entrance into public life seems to
have been imperative. His people,
pleased by liis manners and proud of
his gifts, | ushed him out into that
fierce light which heats upon all public
men. lie {mind himself, almost before
lie knew it, in the midst of the danger
ous whirl.
Few men wholly escape the perils of
public life. The billowy oceans has
buried in its dark unfathomed eaves
more natives than it floats, The haz
ard.-, of political strife must he met by
g.roTl men, hut let him who sets hiiP
prow seaward and pushes out from the
sale Imve where the still waters are,
take heed ieht his boat he beaten to
piece by the boisterous billows or
strand on some ..rocky coast. Some
have thus ventured—lust all -made
shipwreck of faith in man, in God, and
every claim of Heaven—then gone down
between the jaws and w -ves that opened
wide ft. take them i' . t (fliers have
: tillered themselve.-, to he tossed about
tilftil the rigging was rent, -.pars spiin
tered, and all their moral machinery
tumbled into such mat a I justn entsthat
they rolled in helpless drift on the great
sea and public life: and vet, at.er all
have righted up,renewed their strength,
readjusted il.- H i !,iti„n.v t.< God and
man and gone by His grace in glorious
beauty into ti e heaven -of eternal rest.
Not, many have sail 'd those weathering
every tempest without the- wieltehilig
ot a bolt. Still gome men have thus
lived in public service, an I all men
in iv pyliveas to jire-ervi-their firmness
of faith, serenity of spirit and .purity of
life atnidst the. most; riotous political
turbulence.
Senator Hill did not escape these
perils, i t whiv'li I speak, nor wool 1 his
most partial friend declare that lie was
unaffected, by them. His hot -rror,
however, wa stiangeiy -wn-ed bv his
revereuce. lie c.onceived.av he told me
that fin hi iv' men should not in* officious
in religion lest they bring icproach
upon the cause His views of course,
were wrong. The prevalence ot his
opinion and its extension to all men in
secular business, would paialv/.e tlie
arm of the layity and commit the ad
ministration of humatrTtfdeinptiou to a
close corporation of clergy. No condi
tion of religion would he mote deplor
able. lint, lie formed this opinion in
the beginning with a clear conscience,
and declined, to oflieiate in religion after
his open entrance into politics. After
that I am sure his religious joy began
to decline, ami yet In all Ids ra>i,.-i.
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DENOTED To MAYS, LITERATI’BE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS
AMERICUS,'GEORGIA; SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1882.
whether possessing or lacking the joy
of salvation, lie held, last to the eardi
rial doctrine taught by that Divine
Savionr who.' with incomparable
speech, revealed the fathomless truths
of man's on I v faiili. Ibis helm, his
lived faith in all that Christ is taught,
kept the prow of his life pointing heav
enward even while i! was tossed'about,
on the tremulous waves of his uncom
mon career.
1 revive with sincere pleasure the rec
ollection of a personal incident that
hears on this stage of his spiritual life.
NVe walked together one day while in
the old State capital at Miiledgevi lie
and sat down on the hank of the Oconee
river. It was in lMill when the fearful
question of the union’s disruption was
tossing all minds in a tempest of trou
ble, He was dreadfully afraid of seces
sion, aful I. many years his junior,
could not share his alarm. NYe were
both members of the State Senate, citi
zens.of the State,members of the church
and. responsible loi the part we were
taking. The die, however was east and
nothing could stay the calamity. As
we sat and talked ho suddenly said to
me; "Is it not strange that we who are
both Christians should trust so much
in this matter to human w isdom NVe
are praying men,and yet how w e differ!
1 am afraid,” sai l lie, “as.much of the
tnor.il as of the political dangei.- of
secession.” Soon after 1 went to w*ar,
for which 1 was most fitted, and he
went into the councils of.the novy gov
ernment, lor which he was so well
adapted, and we met no more for. ten
dreary years.
tits mri\, ruin.
•Senator Hill never for. a moment
faltered in his faith. Some great intel
lects have so far suffered the intrusion
of doubt as to suspend, their faith for a
season contingent on the result of re
search into “the doctrine of Christ.
Thus Sir William donee in the noon
of Eis mental | owt-r ma lea deep study
of the claims of Christianity, ending in
his full acceptance of all its great ti nt hs.
So NYebster once souglit mental peace
by patient thought and recorded His
conclusion thus: “Philosophical atgn
meat has sometime shaken my. reason
for the faith which is in'me. hut my
heart has ilwsfvs assured and reassured
me that the Gospel' of .lean Christ
must he a divine reali’v.” Howell
Cobb, the great Georgian was disquiet
ed in mind until like the nohi • llereans,
he searched whether these things aver
ted I Christ were so, and closed his
quest by acquisition of the pearl ot
great price, lint such men were to vet
iulid* Is. They had not dobaitebedtheir
hrti *.* by lew 1 Easons with doc
trines tliat, woul I debase so ; .*t * . dis
rupt gov eri..'■*"•.■ .•;.*.* 1 1 i "' | S .Ci'ri's
daiioii ot human welfare. d'hev only
indulged iri-doubt in order to pursue
truth. 'Hut Senator Hill never had
even these doubts, nor the lteeiTof them.
“Mv eoii.chtsiunk about the religion of
the Bible rame,” said ho “through rea-
[ son, faith and prayer;” With .these
| three cords lie continued the cable that
j even held him to-’the anchor cast with
j iit,tlie veil.” Which of the three can
bo dispensed with? Without reason in
ttligio.’i we have a blind belief which is
sure t-i err—a superstition that yields
all right ofmind to find the w ill of Hod.
\\ ithont faith it is imjiossible to be re
ligioim as it is to sec without sight.
Without, prayer, who can drive faith
ami reason—twin steeds—in the chariot
of religion up the steps to heaven? lint
with these combined, we mav lay hold
| on the great gospel hope and hind our
selves there with a firmness that noth
j ing can break. And the •testimony, of
such a witness who knows whereof he
■ affirms is of more weight than the ut
t teiancc of ten thousand men who know
, not. wlmt they say We may set the
| wisdom of the august Senator,matchless
I in eloquence, learned-in-law, sagacious
in statesmanship, v ersed in history and
j philosophy,noble in patriotism, ol large
| knowledge of the human heart, and ripe
j experience in religion—we may set, J
say, his definite declaration about the
religion off luist with overwhelming
| force against the vague vapid generali
ties -which now and then fall in flippant
speech from the lips of arrant infidels.
| .Joining with hint then is,a galaxy of
I witnesses lot the Ghristian faith stiin
| ftig out from the firmament of our na
tional and State governments i'heii
! testimony that ‘ light is come into the
| world,” cannot he discredited by the
I opaque stars until by < i oil’s glory which
nouiu-i aniiii.o lin •,v ~- ui.ay of the
I universe and declare that theta' is no
t i ud.
Our country is chri.-tiau. It is not
infidel. It cun neve; he so until it suf
"f'-rs siiliversion Irotn the foundation
stone. Pan great Webster spoke truly
when he said that (’lit istianity is the
common law of the ITiited States.
Happy that people whose rulers , are
tigliteous men. The good genius of
civil government smiles with lntppv
hear! upon the State who.-e God is the
Lord 1
It is a cheering affection f.a this hril
limit .■■talesman who drew so ram-hat- i
tention to himself that in all his life no j
selitintent escaped his lip,-; that would I
suggest, a doubt concerning the <dn is j
tiaii faith; ho profane ndr low word was
ever uttered to he < aught up and re i
peited. nor level of aiiy son iml uci- 1 j
any to op from the strictest tu utility;
and he -stood unimpeachable of offense
against his voting Countrymen In his
influence over young men lie fulfilled ,
the duty of a statesman as laid down,!
in tlie ancient hooks of State cralt,that
the rulers teach the young by precept
and example how ti ~ ~;t t fiem
selves next the commonwealth I have
seen them grasp his hand with manly
> emotion and ;o nnv with Ilia last
words >1 Christian counsel. NY mild
that, all may emulate both his greatness
and liis faith. .
In all this period of worldly strife he
never ceased to reverence the sanctuary.
His liberality di! not abate. NY hen 1
wrote to him in NYhashington for liis
subscription to complete this church lie
replied by telegram in a sum advanced
beyond every givet, and I cut it down
to equality with the foremost contribu
tion. He tendered me. when lie him
self was already feeling the pang of
pain in liis tongue, one hundred dollars
a month to sustain a reverend and emi
nent suileter a.t Eureka Springs. He
would give to they lorwiiatevet amount
was required to meet a need, and he
fostered the charity of his *.vife by liis
genetous endowment. This church
made firm a trustee, expressive of its
confidence, and he departed this life in
the love of hi* brothers with that ollieial
mantle on hi* shoulders. ' •'
* * > •• • ri:.
This traverse wi-tli rapid stride over
the active life of this illustrious man
has,been made with scarcely an illusion
to his eivie career.. Rut liis comrades
in our ciuui.try's councils, his brethren
of the liar, liis fellow-men of all pur :
suits, have already begun-’to utter a
vast, volume of praises descriptive of
hi course. I am borne by a single
purpose over tho-* periods of his ear
liest history on through the stormv
i iuics ot t he. coufedt racy into the murk v
giooln otihe reconstruct miters, in all
ot _ winch T see his good ..angel hover
with anxiety about hirn and seek to
keep hint steadfast in. the- faith: Still
on, in State and national triumphs,
oi idetitly nscchtliug in fame and accum
ulating power nntii God, with a touch
as light as a feathers' fall, makes a
minute Would like the gash of a cam
bric needle upon His womlerous tongue
anil doom him to certain death.
•-'l'wd.-years ago, a:, m v house, lie told
me of this troiilih* The secret was
already getting out, but men could
scarcely believe, iie was being urged
to speak on the questions of the hour
al! over the State, hut he -could not,
must no , in very tiuth he desired not
to enter the warm .affray- of friends
which then was at its !o-at. Sadly he
e. in lcm plated, even then, t lie pos-.il.ilit v
ot he;ng silenced bv disease. The win le
sad story is now only too well known,
and ivy are left the heritage ol wealth
which hi- sufferingf yielded.
1 will name as one liappv result of
lh:s fragie close oi si- lib* tii.n Senator
Hill’s -.offering has developed to our
v iew i.lu* gie.it love.vv hich the people of
his State had tor him He cn;>ved
tin *i'ig it life * in’rn i-: .i k;i 1 >li* proofs of
popular , 1 1fi vvlocli gave men * siir
ftti’iW dfYer fi *>v in i. nu n t was |
my good’forttMlc Kytiear iiini -peak. 1 !
was just entering <Ji uianhood and
had just commence* his hriijiant Van- I
vass for the chief magistrate of our !
great State. I sto. 1 ani ing a multi- j
tude and beheld vviSi rising wonder the :
great, ’ides of eloiiuaice pouiitig out in ]
m ysterious powers, font thrilling voice,
glorious eyes, Fourty grace of gesture,
mien and smile iintl he swept my heart
from off its feet and took it to himself.
Ile has not always timed mv head,but
I have never recniln. lily affection, lie
wi - not a man of tli people, in the com
moil meaning. of theterm.' His consti
tutional reserve, hisfundreas for think
ing alone, hi- stiuiims habits and his
family attachments :opt him away from
the social world, hit It- was after till
a true tribute of the people He l ived
them in pure benevobiioe. His speeches
are dull of lofty seutimeits concerning
the claims of the lintnHest man. Xo
one was readier than lit to Tender the
lowliest colored man l.s just rights
under the law as n foliov hi ng
There was, therefore, i generous out -
flow of the. popular heait to him. i am
sure that in the first decide ofdiis polit
ical life lie. was moi-ii pquilar than his
party platforms.'' II" .dew his friends
to him after the mauneidf Henry Olay,
and the defeats of both in contests for
popnlat suffrage tiros- from similar
cause:,. ’There was e IC r a (Mate, pride
in his eloquence, and tow and then he
was the idol of the. poqdo. Vet lie suf
fered his impetuous ..tonights to bear
him beyond all pojuihv following, and
Kotnetimes strangely ih red to brave the
people he loved by..declaring, opinions
far ahead of tlu- time.-, assuming that
they could not umlfistind. Lut he
yearned after popular allifetion with all
li is gieat heart tuj, Gpd gave him by.
suffering thv Te'vi*J, he
pitied to know. J
Two years riped the melwnv fruit
for.lns taste. Suffering such as he en
dured with ( diri-tian heroism called
unto the deep cif sympathy to send forth
its m ist precious treasures and it re
Kpomled. Friends vvh'ii had loved him
long, hived him in i" than ever, and
generous foes laid down nil weapons of
as-,au 11 and wrote it lens of Ills great
ness, and'the country’s loss. Lminenf
national leaders tum-iu-d with the '-ad
liesi. of .his stroke hastened to cheer liim
with warm assurance "f sympathy, lie
was.followed fiorn td'iiv to piace in lijs
search for 'life with streams of univer
sal thought, and feelittg 1 an.d -prayer.
And when at. fust ec entered Georgia,
to leave no more until tjie gate of lleai
on opened for-him; Vs people tlii'ongod
all statioiis-to see hi- face ,again. Tim,
this capitol . city op-ned her arms to
hint. Fncovered, si'ent, tearful stood
the people in sorrowful tauk's as he
passed . thrungh ‘hem to his home
Thev would im'i 1 for tic him in tln-ir
arms, And (rotii tint .moment on until
’this hour, till- d(;i.. ..stnitinn has not
•cessed.
tMi how, pi iceiesA i- a peoples love!
The mete reward of the majority vote
i-as* f-r a -atidi ate ; insufficient
wealth; the exalted ofliete that appears
so tetn[ ting to ambition is often a bar
ren peak that topples over an abyss;
the shouts of a multitude when har
angue stirs enthusiasm into frenzy are
poor plaudits unsatisfactory to a great
soul. Hut the genuine love of the i eo
pie expressed in ballots of tears that
vote away their hearts to hint who un
selfishly servo them, is the richest,most
radiant glory that mar. can win and
wear this side of heaven! NVhat epi
taph ana uincing temporal fame can ex
cel the simple inscription that may in*
lightly cut on this Senator’s monument,
lb* died beloved of his people!
Tin; REstn.r or ms srmttuxu.
1 wuuldTook once more into the re
suits of his suffering and trace as far
as possible tlm designs of God in this
singular and startling stroke by which
our noble senator fell. Itis nut curiosity,
but intelligent interest that prompts us
to ascertain the final conclusions ar
ia ■ .1 at by g<oat minds uli the subject
of religion. It was natural that earn
est. inquiry was made concerning the
dying views of that great mind which
for twenty-five years have been engag
ed in thought over a nation imperilled,
two great people at w ar, a land disor
ganized, together with massive related
subjects that concern the well being of
States and peoples. Accustomed to
great thoughts in ail his life, what,
would be his thoughts in his dying
hour 4 ? I will answer this question with
a lew selections from hisMyiiig declara
tions.
Senator Hill believed that he suffer
ed in the kind and continuance of his
malady by the will of God, for the
good of man. lUca sutler often as the
instruments, .of God. The Divine
l'ca *her instructs tin* dull children of
men by .startling pictures,and uses con
• spicuotts objects to arrest attention.
Had this widely known sufferer died
alter brict illness or by ordinary dis
ease. tlie impressive utterances of his
last days would not have been given
to the world: or ha 1. the same words
j fallen from the lips of one without his
j fame, they w *.uld .net have affected a
j continent. His mighty faith—almost
Paul-like in power'—is now the herit
age of the whole church,and the knowl
edge ofthe sublime trust will cheer the
In aits of millions.
•'I lie tragical suffering'of .lesiis had
a h gieal purpose. The glory to follow
was not. the end aimed at, but it was
only the ante-a Ivent splendors that
burst Iresi i around him vv lien heaseend
c*l hie throne, the Hon of man suffered
for the good of man and the disciple
would not he above his Lord, desns
went unto death in mulct to fulfill a Jaw
j whose strength., whose s qie we i!o tint
know, and whosrt white bla.-.eles.s lire
bums on in all too universe wherever
there is wrong, and it is the purpose of
Aio.l through him to turn away that
awful tide from every believing soul.
Senator Hill saw (Lid's i’revidence
in his strange affliction and was resign
l ed. in response to one of mv questions
lie.wrote these wqnls of sweet mbmis
sion: ”1 am ivillirup-for trod tu have
his own way.” His resignation to suf
fering was not the submission of a
! caged eagle; It was not the quiet.of.a
j lion thrall, It was the rest of a noble
I heart and brain upon the immovable
'truth that Hod reigns. His snbmis
j siveness was without reserve. Not
I once did a murmur escape his lips. We
| wonder at the total absence of impa
tience betokened by gesture, look, or
: word.
Surely no other laitli in God can
I bring peace to the mind of man Less
! than this great trust in Providence and
| this resignation to the will of God
| leayes us to suffer all the pangs of itn
] certainty, and to fret, away existence
I until the shock of deatii hursts on our
startled souls the face of the ever pres
-1 ent p-'rsoaal < loiL
"t.lll'll IS (■ HKIST ONI V.
Senator Hill horn witness often, hidli
in sileech and writing, of his unques
tioning acceptance of all the vital
truths of religion. “Faith in ' Christ
only," as the ground of human claim
on the mercy of God, was clearly seen
by him. . He wrote down this credo:
"i believe that God is a living God,
and that Christ came-into the world to
save sinners, and lie will save'me.’
Thus lie added assurance to his faith
and Was persuaded that his soul was
safe in the keeping of its Lord. Another
slip of the pad. whose scattered leaves
will enrich tiro min i an .1 cheer the
hearts of tlumsan Is contains this erm
iilative testimony of'Lis sure hope, "I
am confident of a home in Ireaven. I
liev -r hail mote faith.” lie was on :i
summit ad trust, and si-.. in iulicritance
assured to him by t’ r word of God
which omiureth. forev. ;
(luce the conversation was on the
need of-. thoroughness in faith and life
‘in order to usefulness an i peace.’ V\ e
were digging at the roots of the great
question of godliness in man’s natrii'e
and actions. Why should an unwil!
ing or a partial service be given to-G od .’
As the colloquy went on, the listening
Senator signed for the waiting pad, and
this luminous'sentence blav.ad. front -hie
pelt ".Nothing but consecration will
do.”
A life lralf-piirp.oscd, a love limited,
a service grudgingly given were, un
worthy that religion whose authm arid
finisher is * consecrated Christ
At another time 1 asked the living
Senatot to indicate some scripture he
would like to have read. Speaking
very promptly-, lie said, '.-Ttetid me
Paul's letter to the Coiinthians on the
ferunection.” A'ccoi liuglv 1 read all
the great chapter relating to thut ma
jestic question. It. was aeiuciftl ques
tion In the davs of the apostle Mate-
riaiists even.then denied all resurrec
tion and asked. “How are tho dead
raised up an 1 with what body do they
couie. ” It is a modern issue as well,
and will be in debate until the trump
sound and the living are startled to thr*
rising of the dead. 1 paused after read
ing,to heat the great Georgian suy what
ho thought in this awful hour, when
eternity was lending its etherial force
to his mighty intellect.
And this is what he wrote: “If a
grain of corn will die an t then rise
again in so much beauty, w hy may not
I die and then rise again in inlinite
beauty and life? How is tho last a
"greater mystery than the first? And
by so ranch as 1 exceed tho grain of
cun in this life why may I not exceed
it in'tho new life? How can we limit
the power of Him who made the grain
of corn and then made the same grain
again in such wonderful nowness of
life?" 1 leave theso pointed questions,
with t hci r vnst end ri'*b suggestion, to
be the comfort of every one who is look
ing in hope for tiio general resurrection
trom the dead and the lips of the world
to come through our’Lord desns Christ.
I am now discoursing of the greatest
moments of his great life and come to
tlie great crowning hour that became
more and more sublime to {lie close.
NYlien 1 first called to sec him, immedi
ately on his return from Eureka. I
found him resting on lus bed worn by
travel. 1 walked in and took him by
the hand a moment*. Looking at nuj
with his noble eyes tilled with tears,
he spoke the first words of salutation
with a dramatic action of hands and a
glow of features which I shall never
forget. Putting his hand on his heart
ho said with a difficult but distinct ut
terance, “All right hero," and then
lifting his hand up he‘pointed his ever
eloquent finger heavenward and added,
“All there.” ’ lie had answered
ni*. anxious eyes that looked the ques
tion which was on tnv heart. It was
uu answer of peace on earth between
God and man, and was the fitting pre
lude to all tli* great sayings which fol
| lowed.
| He was now also in perfect | care “all
i right" in his own heart with all men.
! The transient animosities snning in
| the course of ardent political conflicts
I were all.silem sd,subdued ali i sunk into
j obliv ion. The sti iekeu statesman die*!
| vit bout a trace of l itternuss in his soul.
1 Ills eminent antagonists far and near,!
in state and nation disarmed themselv es
laud gave him fiiendly fellowship of
heart and hand. With a most felicitous
gesture of both extended outspread
palms, and with his old, happy, inno
cent smile, he responded s. me time ago
to my remark eoticru ling his peace w th
men With wonderful generosity lie
attributed tiie. occasional dilYureuves
which arose between him and others to
misnude standing of his x tews and mis
take of the m alters in question.
A MOST. O K AGI Ttri AC T.
l!nt it. all his life, Pen Hill never did
a more graceful thing than when lie
maite his last visit to the portrait of his
mother, which hung in one. of his rooms.
When President Garfield’ placed his
manly arm around his venerable moth
er in the presence of the vast multitudes
that Witnessed his inauguration, and
kissed her with lips fresh from pro
nouncing the obligation of the preside!)
tial office, he drew unto himself the
warm heart of American .motherhood
forever.
It seemed to us all indeed; (God
bless his memory !) as a bow qf promise
clasping in one all the mother lo.v-ng
manly- men of our whole nation, ami as
the token given by the chief magistrate
that --ve the brothers of our country’s
mot her should never, never more have
bitterness or cause ol strife.
So when the great Senator went as
a child to ga -:.‘ ,p>ou his mother’s pic
tured face and murmured: "I \vHl soon
see her,” lie left the sons of this (State
and the Pnion a lesson of filial love
they should never forget. The portrait
shows a dear, old, good face, well traced
bv marks of intelligence. The wrinkles
ary there, the stoop ot age and other
signs of failing life. Long since’ she.
went away, hut the wasted statesman
became a buy again in feeling, ga/ed
with a true, adoring love upon the por
trait.' and then above the faded picture
looked with eyes that saw home, Heav
en and mother -all in one vision of
transcemlaiit glory ’
Heaven brightened on him as his days
of dreadful stillei ng dragged slung
Once he vviote 1 n n.c: "Put for the
good I ha-1 hoped to do my family and
country-, I should regard the announce
ment '! must die' as joyful tidings. 1
cannot suppress a cettair, elation at the
.thought of going.’
The world u!ready-has possession of
his last words. Thed ’hristian world,
in song and speech, will repeat them
in many tongues for tnaiiv ages. Thev
comprehend all thatmau can nohly live
lor in tins life or enjoy in the world to
come It whs a b-tv-'hours proceeding
his death tvleui he was rapidly sinking
and had not written nor spoken a iv ,rd
for many hours-, ] sa t hhis side hold
ing his hand Opeuiji. his eyes ind
arousing himself for a moment he re
cognized me. The light if life --aum
full into his eves once more,, and w ith a
slight eiTort lie spoke out in clear, full
ami even triumphant .went the .death
less legend of a son! completing lit
t’hrist and in full view of heaven,
"ai Most hoM!."'
I can add untiring thatwould display
to advantage tlie umubuTu-d heautv of
those final wot- Is. llv said thern ascend
| ing to the skies, and very so tn Ins
! great and good spirit cut-red eternity
and lie was not almost hut altogether
and forever home at last.
. lie has heard plaudits sweeter th-- i
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NO. 96.
ever saluted his ear on earth. The
King, in his beauty, has met him; tU
Father's he use has opened to him and
in such a home as God can construct
for his faithful human child lie lives,
immortal, paiuless, sinless and in per
petual peace!
What power, what stHtion, what
realms grasped by the greatest men are
comparable with this eternal home 1
The loftiest eminence attained on earth
is only a diminished pattern of the
heavenly hills. All the lustre of hu
man greatness should make tliu* dis
tnished princes among men aspire the
more after the glory that e.xcelleth.
When earthly crowns are oastat the
Ue4eemer‘s feet they are but a light
from his transfiguring presence that out
blaze all suns. Men are gicatest when
they givo the greater glory of all their
achievements to God, and so live that
when they fail on earth they find a home
not made with hands eternal in the
heavens. May the G'rcut God and
father of us all comfort this family
who mourn an irreparable loss; may He
guide our government by the counsels
of His will, and grant us all through
Christ to meet onr brother Hill again in
his happy heavenly Home.
T wo-Tlilnls of a ButtleCures.
Dr. H. V. PiKltn:, Buffalo, X. Y.:
Itrcir Sir —l have- boon taking your
“Knvorftc Prescription” for “female
weakness.” Before 1 htul taken it
ttvo days I begun to feel stronger. 1
have taken hut two-third** of a bottle
and believe 1 am cured.
(Hatefully, Mitu.ll. C. Lovktt.
NVatseka, 111.
"How tin You Manage," said u lady to
cr friend, “to appear happy alt tin* time ' ',
T always have Parker's-(linger Tonic Han
dy," was the reply. and thus keep myself
and family In gissl health. Wivnl im w-ll
’ always feel good Matured." See other cot
until.
Tor 1 Iv *[• psis.
brovyi v r.ix fyft Cmu ith umi,
Ikgjfcslik llduCrilii-,
; Uron I c I>lsr
yj rlsiw, Jaundli-i-,
tmpnrity of tti'-
raiin-'iuiiut of 1.1 ver, llitwi-lH sn t Kidneys.
SVATCTO.M . OT \ lIISF tsFr* I.IVER-
H.vl ttrcalh J'.-in in - ti. Nil, , simrljnui ibr
1,.v,l i.S It mtr the SloHilCt-r-ttUlle, mis);*!- nt -
Kln-i,MI.uIMP ; p iirr ins of .i|jpel!ie t! s-l,
|;i I.cciily soslise. f U.elinK'S s.lcMOl .ii; w ilti la* .
C.i- iieatl is t- i.lted willi |..,i:i, o itull aiiJ .
with i. i-iderab’s toil of imnp rv, .1 - Hnpy - l
with a painful st-usali n-nfl.-?\i u .t.incsoin-ihrig
w iiirii (Ujghl l.i tu .i■ hi * n done, asi ,'.!.1, fry i "sti
ami ttiishcit face is -, itvr- .-p iue(K'.a:it, often
nr .t.ilivn fur u.u.si *. oil o l!'. p.," iliii'.inu
i ! iii: nucss sini vtcl' iily netsm.is, v.oiy -1 uli-i
li-rt i ,lil ■r ! vniinc. n.itiul. s ; Vl> rii .elion
if tlie sh. l ixo-s ,p ip are low indiltsp p. til,
illll.alttli :.,ii ...i: 11 ... illial|- \. l r --vs.■o .f- t PC
p. I.vl, VI 111... •it IV 1: Ir. ; -
I’, >1 in fait, itisliuil. rviri n it’aply Several
-I (hi-atsiV' -vmpton aitep I|l i-.V-'-a,.- 'a: -s
l;a v, ~, i i.or.t w -leu tun I. w - v i il. V
evainui.u t after . ■ uh ha sl ,\vii t.: I.fvcr t
liavv liven i n-iislvety di i alvgcii.
It shmifi! lie vised fiv alt jierxniiv, nld and
young, whenever any of tlie vti. ve
sy nrptonis ii}i|iear.
I’ersnns Traveling or I.ivioi; In fla
il. il 1 1 fly lot-lililfex, tiv lak.i'v; a i a.i-.a
atiy- IP krtp tile IJver.in llt.lllhy .i. i it, will av .-ivj
,1, Malaria, Bllioiiw ttleekr, ttirruieAs. Nau
sea, l >rp a-siness, DcpressiPiv if hpo-. en: I^-
will ii ■- 1, .rap tike a y-lai • v .nr, Ixit in no 1n -
tolleat inf- liev i-in, ci'.
If You liuve cutou anything hurt! of
-! fi‘cl h* \ X . ■■ •r '.it- a T
I"*h . ■ nijjiit, ukt a tlwf-c an : yvn x* *ll l> rc!ir\ < J.
Tim unl Hoctorn* ISUIn will he luvud
by til way krt'pinK th* ll*ipilutor
in Hit* iloune t
For, H'h;trvf r the ailment may br. a*h r ti^*t'y
safe ptirKtiOv**, aU#*riti%e and tonic .Mi
never or out of plat;e. 'I) -rme-l) i Iturmlt i*
ami Hoe* not intcrfci with buslncMt* or
IT IS* ITKFf.Y YIT.FT\m,F.
A i ! f-dN all lh- (Htwn .n,d ,-fh jry > i t alomnl >i
(J i.miie, without, any ot tin iojjj!. t .if'er cfl. • .
A fiorernorV T>Mmou.v,
. .Simmons l iver Refill,tl;-r has (wen ’n it<e hi t."
family 1 i .-nir time, and I ;UT’- .tlishe.l u. . a
valuable addition to the medical v icrue
J U’.i ■ h KTi , t ;•>.<" nor i-f a: i
lion. Alnxnmlrr H. Htf|>lii>n, *-f
‘..tvs Have driivr.i ...me heneh. ft 1.1 ihf use -
SimniMi- | ivei Rogul.tl. -r, am x- h i g;.\ c it *
further trial,
•‘Tho only Thine Mint u**v< r IniK t
Kolh v**." - l have u-.ed manv r>::iu’T f i ly
t>cp: ;.t, 1 i\t AtTc I; n and ld- hility, I'Ut nrve*
nav h nod to ben fu n.c i the ttrnt
Siiom -n.s I ivf-i K."nul.il.ir h.t i sr-n* <• -.ti Min
li :• -lato <j- -rjjjia f*r* it, and v :'-l end 1 for
sm;h a medicine, and ttM advice .>ll wh- it vtn,.
ilarly’ alTcctcil tfi K ivr if a luul as it seems the only
ihinj. tiia; m ter f.-i!s t • rrii. tr
1' M. Jannvy. Minoeap di , M ur
!>r. T. \V UMon tuiji
I'.eiicncr in l!rrr.N*oi ''innr, t. I iver Rrj.'ula'-) m
mv piavti-r 1 liav: In-cn ami ,un >ash.:d k us -
•and pi-serihe ii at- a purgative tic! -i t. •
!&£)'"Tak : 'Hvly the-flrnuln**, win Ii a(* .vs
ha• on the NS'iapjwi the reel / I niie-Mark
-t. i Slguaturo of ,1. 11. /hII.IN /. ( i).
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TUTT^S
PILLS
A DISORDERED LIVER
IS THE BANE
of the io for thA
Chiri' of thisjdiiwuio aud itn ait**n;lantn,
RIFR HEADACHE, ' I>YS
P'miA, CONPrCPATIOIf. PILES ot - that
TUTT’S piLLS havojpAdckT a rv/ji ld-WHio
roputAtion. No Beui®dy Hm evar b. ec
SiscrvorefT that act* ho y on the
Higontivo giving tham vigor to %■
ilmilate ifooS /> • n nat :ra 1 raaolti th*i
Korvoua By*tou\ is Braced, the solos
ar>* and tho Bouy Kobvist.
Ch.LlI nnd Fever,
F RIVAI-, a Planter s', Hnyou bw. *ril
klr plantwllott is tn ruAlivtliU district Fur
several I ouid net irstco half n crop on
tfun-uDt of bilious <ils*ns**s end chllln I w*m
Dourly dlot im’ngS’A ’vhon t Dog* i tb* uo of
TU'rr'H PILTifl “1 ho ronult *%•* marvolous
my lisborors *00:1 but am,* hentty artd robui .
wu' 1 Uvu us 1 no further trouble.
T|h*r 1 rlloTo tl M|mry*d Uvw Hmiio
the llhiod front yolwio* hnuior*. <tu
rui<> tin hunrD to net n*larUf , sliA
out wlilrti s oik* ran Iwl noil.
Try ti*U tourth fairlr, *ml ou n ll| ptln
• nlthy >lf{*uon,f **omu#'’ t
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