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THE WEEKLY SUMTER
ESTABLISHED IN 1854 '
BY C. W. HANCOCK.
VOL. 29.
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND. DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA; FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1882.
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‘‘.UJIOST IIO.TIE !”
I.APT WORDS OF 11EKJAION H. mbr..
“ I’m almost home, I .soon shall rest
Upon my loving Savior's breast.
From pain and death I'll soon be free—
The pearly gates e’en now I see* . ,
“Exquisite pains I’m suffering here.
Their torturing pangs I scarce can bear;
But Just beyond is tuy blight home.
Where pangs like these can never come.
‘•'Tis sad to leave my weeping wife,
The guardian &ng**lof my life,
“liut there's a land, just, just ahead. .
Where tears uu more will e'er be shed;
No parting there, no sad good-byes
In that bright home beyond the skies.
“Oh: would that I could speak once in
Before I leave these earthly shores';
d pray tiro Lord out land t’n bless
j up the purpose an«l powers that lay
within him in boulders yet unchiseled.
The rock was smitten, internal foun-
tainS lay locked within. In the double
f streams of duty to God and country,
i the united waters began to flow. Earth’s
! hightest platitfs with never failing hope
. of Heaven combined; was the possibil-
East to West.
From North to Sooth,
To saddened friend*and weeping
Kind word* I’d speak in hiving tones;
But strength is gone, my tongue is still.
And I'm resigned to Jesus’ will.
“The earth recedes and Heaven nppears,
Seraphic strains salute mine ears;
Tire angels come, with them I fly
To my bright home above tire sky." *
Farewell, our statesman, chieftalu friend,
Hero in life, true to the end,
"" irlcl you’ve served your race yo’ vo run
tears we say “well done ”
11.
A SERMON
Miii.ADrr.i'Hi \.
TIITT’S
FILLS
A DISORDERED* LIVER
IS THE BANE
of tha pra *ent rsnaraUon. It far for tb e
8ICK-HEADACHEr\lLI0U8’«^i7^UT^
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TUTT’S PILLST»*ri> gained^* u'orld-wido
> natural result, the
Dclivcml at the First Methodist
C’lmroh in Atlanta, on Saturday
August 11>, 1882, by Rev. C. A.
Kvatis, on tlic Death of lion.
ISejaiain II. Hill.
Religion claims the most illustrious
man whose decease i< so deeply deplor
ed end*whose t ame all men delight to
honor a.* altogether her own finally and
forever. Willing that the plaudits of
all tongues shall be heard, she reserves
to herself to say the best words about
her departed*son. The fame she gives
him transcends the petted earthly shore
where all human renown is spent and
widens over the sphere where angels
enjoy; honor and immortality Faith
is jcalons with Godly jealousy of the
that should glow around his
name. The transient luillaneH which
jreat tcnijxira' achievement lent him
s permitted as time's appropriate trib
ite, but for herself the religion of Jesus
'hrist irradiate* his departing presence
vitli light from heaven brighter than
all present splendor—a light that
shines through the portals which admit
him from his atllcthm into the enjoyment
of “the far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory.
leeted srriptnivs set forth
that faith in which trusted those hopes
he felt, the submission to God lie made
of himself, his dying testimony ami the
lad for exposition or comment, I
re sat as chords that will respond
.’illpathv as we touch here and tin
•e tuneful strings of the great 1
entranced, whoso sweetest meh
poured forth
jitv of his coming life,
his aurbuce.
j, Marriage came next, with the woman
(ever worthy of-bint. always devoted to
I hiru,ever dear to him, ami for whom his
trembling Gagers traced tlie last word,
dearest,” and afterward wrote no
uore. , A family fond beyond express*
on and proud of hint even to idoUtry
gathered about him first and last. The
altar of prayer arose, in which as
the priest of his house he consecrated
them to God. The church at LaGrange
—where he went to reside in the prac-
of law—enjoyed at once.hid liber
ality at)d his laber. I would also with
the proper emphasis mark the earliest
public service in which his magical
powers of speech were used for the good
of his State. Called forth by his neigh
bors he put hmiself upon the side of
personal sobriety and the duty of civil
government to give protection against
temptation iu a. series of speeches made
Troup immediately after the close of
i college life. His views were sup
ported by his own example. Unpledg
ed, he lived and died a sober man, hav-
bstained wholly through all his
lie reasoned with Paul-like pen
etration of what^Tcmpcrance that stands'
upon Righteousness and hoped for tho
judgment to come. This was more than
thirty years ago. Ideas on this mo
mentous subject of intemperance have
moved on since then. Statesmen look
by the light of the public
welfare, the judiciary are wearied by
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HOSlIITEU’j
l We
sdav list as the
ing tlu; spirit of Benjamin II:
11 ill.ascended to heaven. The silver
was loosed, the golden bowl
•II. and the spirit returned
mind until like the noble Uereans,
he searched whether these things aver
red of Christ were so, and closed hia
quest by acquisition of the pearl of
great price. Rut such men were never
infidels. They.had not debauched their
brains by lewd liasons with doc
trines that would debase society, dis-
pt governmen and destroy the foun
dation of human welfare. They only
indulged iu doubt in order to pursue
truth. Rut Henator Hill never hav
even these doubts, uor the need of them
My conclusions about the religion oi
tho Bible came,” said he “through rea
son, faith and prayer.” With these
three cords he continued the cable that
Stnmirh Bitters extirpate-
i|M*p-ia with greatercertainty and promp-
ide than any known remedy, and Ls a
most gcniaHnvigorant, appctlze’rand aid to
romitrynien and women
who have exi>crione«*d it* effect*
but arc bucked up by irrefragable proof*.
The Bitti-is also give a healthful stimulus t<
the urinary organs.
For salt! by all Druggists and Dealers
generally.
the subdued sobs of
the loving household were followed by
the swift telegram which informed the
union that it had loss a great citizen;
the tongue of the bell above the eapitol
building told this city the sail tidings
daily listen for—that thestnteof Geor
gia had lost a senator; and these mourn
ful sounds of sorrow were quickly fol
lowed by tho mellow cadenced peal from
tho aspirant spire of the church of Ood,
which spoke indeed in grief, but an
nounced to all the world that a wearied,
trusting son), made pure thiongh
*'hrist, had entered home at last.
Draped cities deplore hi* fall: com
merce clothes itself in sable; society
suspends its appointed pleasures; (lags
droop half way the mast, and hv all
tokens the genera i sense of Isneavetnent
is declared. The governments, tniini-
ci|Kil, state and national, take instant
and honorable note of his death. The
bar blend their appreciation with the
general voice. The people iu mass
meeting throughout the state strive in
vain to utter the popular affection for
the great sufferer who hud served them
in all his strengh and now snnk in
midst under the burden of n mysterious
malady. From our whole country
tie testimonials of his broad
I this historic hour passes o
ay freighted with the richest words
that tongues most gifted can utter and
pens most felicitous can write. Be it
v work in this sacred place—not to
late tlie. well-known biography—not
i praise beyond dne—but to so touch
tiie great, vibrating life of Senator Hill,
that it* rich, resonant tones may reach
living and make melody in their
I HAVE RENTED THE
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0\ EAST SIDE OF FIBLIC SQl ARE,
cotton in during the Coining
friends and the |nihlt
Is and others, wi
tentioii mill sold at l*est prices offered.
Carriages, Buggies,
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I have moved my business to the Shops on COTTON AVE
NUE immediately opposite PRINCE BRO.'S STABLES, where
I am’prepared to do all kind of work in the Carriage line, and by “u-
gixid work, close attention to my business, and fair dealing, hope
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Akericbs, G*., July 14,18S2. 2n
lAMKb PltATT’-t
i rolls, cleans thoroughly,
leasers *
TOOI.K, McOARRAH & TON DEE,
wither by its blast. The testimony
of Senator II ill’s opinion ami examples,
from first to last, was agaiust a wrong
by which our country sulfers in almost
every home iu all its vast dominion.
llis enUaucu into public life seems to
have been imperative. llis people,
pleased by his manners ami proud of
his gilts, pushed him out into that
light which heats upon all public
lie found himself, almost before
he knew it, in the midst of tho danger-
whirl.
ew men wholly escape the perils ofi
public life. The billowy oceans has
buried in its dark unfathomed caves
more natives than it. iloats. The haz
ards of political strife must be inet by
good men, but let him who sets his
prow seaward and pushes out from the
safe hay* where the still waters a
take lu*ed lest his boat be beaten
pieces by the boisterous billows
strand on some rocky coasL Some
have thus ventured—lost all—i
shipwreck of faith iu man, in God, and
every claim of Heaven—then gonedown
between the jaws of waves that opened
wide to take them in. Others have
sullered themselves to be tossed about
until the rigging was rent, spars spliu
icrod, ami all their moral machinery
tumbled into such mal-adjustmeiitsthat
they rolled in helpless drift on the great
sea and public life; and yet, after all
have righted up,renewed their strength,
readjusted their relation* to God and
inau and gone by llis grace iu gloriou
beauty into the heaven of eternal rest
Not many have sailed those weatherin;
every tempest without the wrenching
of a bolt. Still some men have thus
lived in public service, ami all
may soliveas to preserve their firmness
of laith, serenity of spirit and purity of
life amidst tlie most riotous political
turbulence.
Seuator llill did not escape the:
perils, of which I speak, nor would his
most partial friend declare that he
unaffected by them. His first error,
however, was strangely caused by hi*
reverence, lie conceived as lie told me
that public men should not be officious
iu religion lest they bring reproach
upon tho cause. His views, of course,
were wrong. The prevalence of his
opinion and its extension to all men in
secular business, would paralyze the
arm of the layity ami commit the ad
ministration of human redemption to a
close corporation of clergy. No condi
tion of religion would be more deplor
able. But he formed this opiui<>u in
the beginning with a clear conscience,
and declined to officiate in religion after
Lis open eutrauce into politics. After
that I aiu sure his religions joy began
to decline, and yet in all his career.
, whether possessing or lacking the joy
held him to “the anchor cast with- him beyond all popular following, and
in the veil.” Which of the three can sometimes strangely dared to brave the
be dispensed with? Without rea*on
tligion we have a blind belief which is
sure to err—» superstition that yields
all right of mind to find the will of God.
Without faith it is impossible to be re
ligions as it is to see without sight.
Without prayer, who can drive faith
and reason—twin steeds—in the chariot
of religion up the steps to heaven? But
with these combined, we may lay hold
on the great gospel hope and kind our
selves there with a firmness that noth-
break. And the testimony of
such a witness who knows whereof he
afiirms is of more weight than the ut
terance of teu thousand men who know
what they say. We may set the
wisdom of the august Senator,matchless
eloquence, learned-in-law, sagacious
statesmanship, versed in history and
philosophy.noble in patriotism, of large
knowledge of the human heart, and ripe
experience in religion—we may set, I
say, his definite declaration about the
religion of Christ with overwhelming
force against the vague vapid generali
ties which now and then fall in fiippant
speech from the lips of arrant infidels.
Joining with him there is a galaxy of
witnesses for tlie Christian faith shin
ing out from tlie firmament of our na
tional and State governments. Their
testimony that “light is come into the
vorld," cannot bo discredited by the
>paque stars until by God’s glory which
wonder amidst the divine array of the
universe ami declare that there is no
country is Christian. It is not
infidel. It can never be so until it suf
fers subversion from the foundation
stone. The great Webster spoke truly
wlun he said that Christianity is the
common law of the United State*.
Happy that people whose rulers are
righteous men. The good genius of
civil government smiles with happy
heart upon the State whose God is the
Lord!
It i* a cheering affection for this bril
liant statesman who drew so much at
tention to himself that in all his life no
sentiment escaped hi* lips that would
suggest a doubt concerning the Chris
tian faith; uo profane nor low word was
ever uttered to be canght up and re
peated; nor revel of any sort induced
any to err from the strictest morality;
ami he stood unimpeachable of offense
against hi* young countrymen. In hi*
influence over young men he fulfilled
the duty of a statesman as laid down
iu the ancient books of State craft.that
the rulers teach tlie young l»v precept
and example how to govern first them
selves next the commonwealth. 1 have
seen them grasp his ham! with manly
euiotiou and go away with his last
words of cluistiau counsel. Would
that all may emulate both hisgreatu
and his faith.
Iu all this period of worldly strife he
never ceased to reverence the sanctuary
Hi* liberality did not abate. When I
wrote to him in Whashiugton for his
subscription to complete this church he
replied by telegram iu a sum advanced
beyond every giver, and 1 cut it down
to equality with the foremost contribu-
He tendered mo, when he him-
s already feeling the pang of
pain in his tongue, one hundred dollars
month to sustain a reverend and emi-
.*nt sufferer at Eureka Springs. He
ould give to the poor whatever amount
as required to meet a need, and he
fostered the charity of his wife by his
generous endowment. This church
made him a trustee, expressive of its
confidence, and he departed this life
juneitf
Agents Americas, Ra
JOHN A. McELSOY,
NOTARY PUBLIC,
AMERICUS, GA.
Having nothing else to do. 1 will devote
- time to tlie making out of annual return*
administrators, guardians, efc-,, etc.jl
"•II also draw deeds to laud, bonds
titles, etc-. etc- Orders left at tlie store
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Recorder offices, will receive prompt atten
tion. CHARGES REASONABLE,
may:31 f J. A. McELROY. ,
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undersigned tjr the Barber business. The
ask the patronage of all wantinggood wort
HENRY ANDERSON,
marlltf ARTHUR E. LUNFORD.
home—Kwett, hallowed home
graced by a saintly mother— which was
tho alma mater of hi* religion* life.
The rudiment* of* Christ'* matchless
doctrine were first imbeded in hi* caps
cious brain by mother’s hand: Then
came the direct appeal of the minister
of the chnrch—tlie consent of the
young heart, and hi* conversion
Troup county when he wa* tonrteen
year* of a ge' “l wa* converted there 1
is tho testimony of hi* own lip*. HI
acceptance of Chri*t seems to have
been without reserve, and it placed him
on the bright mil of the twire born
children of God. He laid hi* head in
the lap of religion, gave hi* heart
iu early Surrender to it* charm*, aild
consecrated himse&uuti
dew of hi* yontli.
Afterward she bore bis faith manful
ly through the peculiar perils, ef.liis
college coarse. “He was a pure boy
say* state commissioner Orr, his college
inatc^ ••There was pot the shad.
.rainy on his chhra&er.” When
the highest honorufilia class blushed
upon him, when 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 his ag
gressive genius—lie was still, thank
God, a Christian.
, We. may nse .vivid recollections of
many yet living men to show as
manly figure instinct with o^atorii
tion and the speaking face lit with the
fire* of eloquence that now first drew
the gaze of men in a boy's speech from
the college platform. Two great sen
ators, Pres too and Berrien, listened,
looked, saw * power enthroning itself,
of salvation, he held fast to the cardi
nal doctrine taught by that Divine
Saviour who. with incomparable
peeclr, revealed the fathomless truths
>f man’s only faith. This helm, his
fixed faith iu all that Christ is taught
the prow of his life pointing heav
enward even while it was tossed about
the tremulous waves of his uncoin
1 revive with sincere pleasure the rec
ullectiou of a personal incident that
bears- on this stage of his spiritual life.
* J day while in
Milledgcville
down on the bank of the Oconee
was in 1800 when tho fearful
questiou of the union’s disrupts
ing all miods iu a tempest of trou
ble, He was dreadfully afraid of seces-
d I, many years his junior,
could not slipre hi* alarm. We were
both members of the State Senate, citi-
itis of the State.members of the church
id responsible for the 1 part
iking. The die, however was cast and
nothing could stay the calamity,
we *at and talked he suddenly said to
me: "I* it not *trange that
both Christiana should trust *o much
in this matter to human wisdom. We
are praying men.sod yet how we differ!
I sm afraid,” said he, “a* much of the
moral as of the political dangers of
secession." Noon after I
for which I was roost fitted, and he
went into the councils of the
erilment, 1 tor which he wat
adapted, and we met no tuo
dreary years.
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
season contingent on the resnlt of n
search into the doctrine of Christ.
Thus Sir William Jones in the noon
of his mental power made a deop study
of the claims of Christianity, ending'
his fall acceptance of all its great troths.
So Webster once sought : mental peace
by patient thought at)d recorded his
conclusion thus: “Philosophical argu
ment has sometimei shaken my reasen
foil of lofty sentiments concerning
the claims of the humblest man. No
one was readier than he to render tho
lowliest colored man his jr^t rights
under the iapr as a fellow being.
There was, therefore, a generous Out
flow of the popular heart to him. I am
sore that in the first decade of bis polit
ical life lie was more popular than his
party platforms. He drew his friends
to him after the manner of Henry Clay,
and the defeats of both in contests (or
popular suffrage arose from similar
causes. There was ever *» State pride
his eloquence, and now and then he
.s the idol of the people. Yet he suf
fered his impetuous thoughts to bear
it range! y dared to brave the
people he loved by declaring opinions
far ahead of the times, assuming that,
they could not understand. But he
yearned after popular affection with all
his great heart and God gave him by-
suffering the revelation of the love he
pined to know.
Two years ripened the mellow fruit
for his taste. Suffering such as he en
dured with Christian heroism called
trnto the deep of sympathy to send forth
its most precious treasure* and it re
sponded. Friends who had loved him
long, loved him more than ever, and
generous foes laid down all weapon* of
assablt and wrote in tear* of his great-
, and the country’s loss. Eminent
national leaders touched with the sad-
of his stroke hastened to cheer him
with warm assurance of sympathy. He
it! from place to place in his
search for life with stream* <>f univer
sal thought awl feeling and prayer.
Anti when at la*t li* entered Georgia,
to leave no more until the gate of Heav
en opened for him. hts people thronged
all stations to see his face again. Then,
this eapitol city opened her arms to
him. Uncovered, silent, tearful stood
the people in sorrowful ranks as lit;
pa**cd through them to his home.
They would have borne him in their
arms, And from that moment on until
this hour, the demonstration has not
ceased.
Oh how priceless is a peoples love!
he mere reward of the majority vote
st for a e.tniti iate i» insufficient
wealth; the exalted office that appear*
tempting to ambition is often :» bar-
i |>eak that topple* over an abyss;
• shouts of a multitude when har
angue *:irs enthusiasm into frenzy are
poor plaudit* unsatisfactory to a great
*oul. But the genuine love of the peo
ple expressed in ballots of tear* that
vote away their hearts to him who un
selfishly serve them, is the liohest.most 1
radiant glory that man can win and
wear this side of heaven! What epi
taph announcing temporal fame can ex
cel the simple inscription that may be
rightly cut on this Senator’* monument:
He .lied beloved of hi* people!
I would look once more into the re
sult* of hi* suffering and trace a* far
a* possible the designs of God in this
singular and startling stroke by which
onr noble senator fell. It is not curiosity,
but intelligent interest that prompts us
to ascertain the final conclusions ar
rived at by great minds on the subject
of religion. It was natural that earn
est inquiry- wts 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 war, a land disor
ganized, together with massive related
subjects that concern the well being of
Sta»e* and peoples. Accustomed to
great thoughts in all his life, what
would be hi* thoughts in his dying
hour? I will answer this question with
his dying dech
MMM-'ft hint' if Wjrj'of ’fcod
which endureth forever!
i Once the conversation
tired of thoroughness, jn, faitjt aul iifo
order to usefulness and
ire digging'at the Toots
question of godliness in man's nafure
and actions. Why ahonld an unwill
ing or a partial service be given t»God?
, Lh« listening
this luminous sentence blaze<f From his
r pn i> “Nothing but ronsecratiod will 1
A life half-purpqsed, a dove limited,
a service grudgingly givpn. were un
worthy that religion whose author and
finisher is a consecrated Christ. .
At another time l naked the dylig
Senator to indicate some; scripture : he
would like to have read. , Speaking
very promptly, lie »aid,;“Read jne
Paul * letter to the Corinthians on tbe
resurrection.*' Accdrdingly I read all"
the great chapter ^rehitirig to that tha*'
jestic question. It wa* a crucial ques
tion in the days of the apostle, Mate
rialists even then denied,all resurrcc-
n and asked, “flow are the dead
sed up and with what body do they
ne?” It is a modern issue as well,
aud will be in debate until the tramp
sound and the living are startled to the
ing of the dead, i paused after read-
ing.to hear tho great Georgian say what
be thought in this awful hour, when
eternity was leuding its etherisl force
his mighty intellect.
And thin »a what he wrete: “If a
grain of corn will die and then rise
agaiu iu so much beauty, why may not
1 die and then rise, again in infinite
beauty and lite? How is the last a
greater mystery than the first? And
much as I exceed the grain of
thi* life why may I uot exceed
e oew life? How can we limit
rer of Him who made the grain 1
of corn and then made the 6ame grain
again in such wonderful newness of
life?” I leave these pointed questions,
their vast and.rich suggestions, to
be the comfort ofevery one who is look-
i hope for the general resurrection 1
the dead and the lips of the world
me through onr Lord Jesns Christ,
in now discoarsingof tbe greatest
moments yf hia great life aud come to
the great crowniug hour that became
more and more sublime to the close.
\N lien I first called to see him, immedi-
!y on his return from Eureka. I
nd him resting uu his bed worn by
travel. 1 walked in aud took hint by
the hand a moment. Looking at roe
with his noble eyes tilled with tears,
he spoke the first words of salutation
with a dramatic action nf hands and a
glow of features which 1 shall never
•irget. Putting his hand on his heart
e said with a difficult but distinct ut
terance. “All right here,” and then
lifting his hand np ho pointed hi* ever
eloquent finger heavenward and added,
“All right there.” like had auswered
my anxious eyes that looked the ques-
■ ! i which was on my heart. It was
answer «»f peace on earth between
l and man,- and was the fitting pre-
8 to all the great sayings which fob
v selections froi
This traverse with rapid stride over
the active life of this illnstrions man
has been made with scarcely an illnsiou
to his civic career. Rut his comrades
iu our country’s councils, his brethren
of the bar, his fellow-men of all pnr-
s, have already begun to utter a
t volume of praises descriptive of
course. 1 am borne by a single
purpose over those periods of his ear
liest history on through the stormy
times of the confederacy into the murky
gloom ol tbe reconstructioners,
which I see his good angel hover
with anxiety about him and seek,
keep him steadfast in the faith. Still
i, in State and national triumphs,
idently ascending in fame and accntu
ulating jiower until God, with a touch
light as a feathers fall, makes
tntuute would like the gash of a car
brie needle upon his wouderous tongue
aud doom-him to certain death.
Two years ago, at my house, he told
i of this trouble. The secret was
already getting but, but men coAhl
•carcely believe. He was being urged
x> speak ou the questions of the hour
all over the State; but lie could not,
must no*, in very truth lie desired
to enter the warm affray of friends
which then was at its heat. Sadly he
contemplated, even then, the possibility
of being silenced by disease. The whole
sad story is now only too well known',
and we are left the heritage of wealth
which his sufferings yielded.
1 will name as one happy result of
this tragic close of hi* life that Senator
Hill’s suffering lias developed to
view the great love which the people of
his State had for him. He enjoyed
through life unmistakable proof* of
popular affection which gave me no sur
prise after the first day in which it was
my good fortune to hear him speak,
was just entering on manhood and he
had just commenced his brilliant
vass for the chief magistrate of our
great State. I stood among a multi
tude and beheld with rising wonder the
great tides of eloquence pouring out in
mysterious powers from thrilling voice,
glorious eyes, courtly grace of gesture,
mien and smile until he swept my heart
from off its feet*and took it to himself.
He has not alway^ turned my head.but
I have never reeslled my affection. He
was not a man of the people in the com
mon meaning of thifterro. His consti
tutional reserve, hia fondness for think*
ing alone, his stadioos habits and hid
ft tnily attachments kept him away from
the social world i But he was after all
a true tribute of the people. He lorod
them In pare benevolence. Ilia speeches
Senator Hill believed that he suffer
eil in the kind and continuance of hii
malady by the will of God, for the
good of man. Mon suffer often
instruments of God. The Divine
Teacher instructs the dull children of
.en by startling pictures,and uses con-
ficuous objects to arre.it attention
[ad this widely known sufferer died
after brief illness or by ordinary dis-
■, the impressive utterances of hts
last days would not have been gl
the world: or had the same wo
fallen from the lips of one without his
fame, they wonld not have affected
continent. His mighty faith—almost
power—i* now the herit-
Uo was iniut also ill |>erfect peace “all
ight” in his own heart with all m
The transient animosities sprang
the course of ardent political conflicts
were all silenced^ubdued and snnk into
oblivion. The stricken atatebman died
without a trace of bitterness in his soul,
His eminent antagonists far and near,
state and nation disarmed themselves
aud gave him friendly fellow ship of
heart and hand. With a most felicitous
gesture of both extended outspread
palms, and with his old, happy, inno
cent smile, he responded some time ago
toruy remark concerning his peace with
men. With wonderful generosity he
attributed the occasional differences
which arose between him and others to
misunderstanding of his views and mis
take of the matter* in question.
taiauea nrrace* among men aspire tl
»v new earthly crowns nv cast at tl
Hedeemer’aftdb they-are bat a lig
from hisi transfiguring presence that oi
blazn an rani. Men are greatest whi
they -gfvh the *j£reif«r fekhy -6f all the,
achievameata to -God, and ao live thi
when they fail otrearth they find a
not made with hands ettrhal i_
UeavtMi - IM4J 'tbs HChtti*f God __
Father of <0* all cotnfort this farail
they’a
I'aul-like
age of the whole church,and the knowl
edge of the sublime trust will cheer ehe
hearts of millions.
The tragical suffering of Jesus ^had
i logical purpose. The glory to f«
ras not the eud aimed at, but il
»nly the ante-aivent splendors that
burst fresh around him when lie ascend
ed his throne, the, Son qf man suffered
for the good of man and the dtsciph
would not be above his Lord. Jesus
went unto death in order to fulfill a law
hose strength, whole scope we do not
know, and whose white blazeless fire
burns on in all the universe wherever
there is wrong, and it is the purpose of
God through him to tnrn away that
awful tide from every believing soul.
Senator Hill saw God’s Providence
hia strange affliction aud was resign
ed. In response to one of my questions
he wrote these words of sweet submis
sion: "I am willing for God to have
his own way.” His resignation to suf
fering was not the submission of a
caged eagle. It was not the quiet of a
lion thrall. It was the rest of a oohle
heart and brain upon the immovable
troth that God reigns. His submi-S-
«iveti«*K was without reserve. Not
once did a mnrtnnr escape hi* lips. We
wonder at the total absence of impa
tience betokened by gesture, look,: or
Knrelv no other faith in God can
bring peace to the mind of man. Less
than this great trust in l*ro\ ideucc and
this resignation to the will of God
leaves us to sutler all the pang8 of un
certainty, and to fret away existence
until the shock of death bursts on om
startled sonlRthe face of the ever pres
ent personal God.
But iu all his life, Ben Hill never did
a more graceful thing than when he
made his last visit to the portrait of hit
mother, which hang in one of bis rooms.
When President Garfield placed his
manly arm anmml his venerable moth
er in the presence of the vast multitudes
that witnessed his inauguration, and
kissed her with - *r» fresh from pro
nouncing the obligation of the prijsiden-
tial ofliee, lie drew onto himself the
warm heart ef American motherhood
forever. . . i . I
It seemed to us aljj indeed, (<Jod
bless his memory!! as a bow of promise
clasping in one all the mothft* loving
manly aiou of’-onr whole nation, and as
the token given by the chief magistrate
that we the brother^ of onr country’s
mother should never, never more have
bittdrhesk or cabs* of strife. ‘
So when the great Senator went
child to gaze upon hia mother’* pic
tured face and murmured: “I (will soon
he left tho rods of this State
and the Union a lesson of filial love
they should never forget. The portrait
shows a dear, old. good face, weu traced
by marks of intelligence. The wrinkles
are there, the stoop ot age and other
signs of failing life. Long
went away,;but the wasted statesman
became a boy again in feeling^ gazed
: muisT oxlv,”
Senator Hill bore witness often, both
in speech and writing, of his naqnes^
tioning acceptance of* all the vital
truths of religion. ■ -“Faith in Christ
only,” as the ground of human elaim
on the mercy of God, was clearly seen
by him. He wrote down tliif crede*
“I believe that ! God is a living - God,
and that Christ came iato the world to
save sinners, and he will save- me/ 8
Thus he added assurance to hfs faith
and waa-persuaded that his edul Was
safe in the keeping of its Lord. Anbthet-
“lip aftbe pad, whose scattered leaves
will enrich tho miml-and cheer tbe
hearts of thousands contains this cum
ulative testimony of bis'snre hope, “I
am confident ot a\home in hsivei. T
never had mote faith/l '^He was V»Va
summit of trust, and saw an inheritance
of -HW MV tod 'tfraot' as! all throng
Christ to meet onr brother Hill again»,
Ills happy heavenly Home. 1
Facts-Worth Remembering.
Sudden death do not come from hear
iiscase, ono csso in twenty, but froi
congestion of the lungs or 'brain, o
from apoplexy. More die from con
gestion of the lunge than of the brain
ami more from congestion of tlie brair
than from apoplexy.
Sudden death from hehft dn*a«B l ii
usually caused by rdpttrtb of some largt v j
artery near the heart; from Ooagestioi
of the lungs by instant stopping the 1
breath; from congestion of tho brain, by
canses pressure on the brain which
paralyzes and instantly destroys life;
from apoplexy, by hemorrhage*in the
brain. 1 - o-i
Heart disease most frequently res nils,
front neglection or improperly treated
rheumatism. It more often follows
mild rhedrastism than the severe- hind,
because severe rheumatism ‘receives
prompt treatment, while tho mild form
is often neglected and left to work its
way to the heart.
Persons who suppose themselves snf- £
feting from heart disciso because they i
have pain in the region of tlie heart, or f
palpitation, seldom have any disease oU
that organ. In nine , cases put often!.
•’ re sufferer* from dyspepsia-noth-f n
ore. Congestion of the lungs is Jj |
frequently Caused by a sudden ^
change from the heart of an ill-venti-1
lated room, or railroad ear, or horse
’, to the oold air oatside, without be
ing protected by sufficient clothing;
hence, many persons thus seized drop
dead in the streets.
Congestion of tbe brain most fre
quently results from trouble and anxi
ety of mind-, producing sleepltness, fol
lowed by the engorgement of tht small
blood vessels of the brain, sudden loss
of vital poa-er,and almost instant death.
Apoplexy may be an inherited disease,
jr it may be'itiduccd by tdo free liVin^,
or its opposite, too great nbstemous-
nc6s ; Paralysis may affect only a small
portion of the body, from a finger or
toe to an etitite limb, or it may disable
half tbe body, or the whole body, when
death soon follows. 1 When half the
the opposite side of tbe brain, be
cause never flibres cross. Partial par-
,lysis is often temporary when caused
by the rupturepfja.snrall blood vessel,
if tbe clot is got rid of by absorption
otherwise. Although this is a dis-
se that all classes of people are liable
its roost destructive work, ,iq done
among the depraved and dissipated. .
There is ao doubt that the habitual use
of tobacco is one of the moat prominent
causes of paralysis and other norve dig-
eases. ' 1 ' - 1 -t *d , -
A severe cold can be soonest cured
by remaining within doors, in a warm
room and near the.five, until all sign*
of- it have .disappeared. Then • cart
should be taken to prevent a relapse by
having the feet warmly clad, and the
whole body, and particularly the chest
and the back of the neck, well protect
ed when going out.
-A. recent cough will, almost always
yield.to the following treatment within
two or three days: Mix in a bottle four
ounces, of glycerine, two ounces of alco
hol; two ounces of water, two grains of
morphine. Shake well. Dose> for an
adnlt, one to two teaspooufuU every
two .or three hours.. Half this quantity
to chrildreu from ten to fifteen years
1. It i> not safe ‘to give it to infanta
childreh under ten years of age:
To stop bleeding, if from a cavity in
the jaw after q tooth has been extracted
shape a cork into the proper form and
size to cover the cavity ana long enough
to be kept firmly in place whtn the
month is closed. . This, w« believe, it
our .owu invention, and we have never
knoprnfit to fail. It baa served us in
(peases. ,. , , ,
n an artery is cut, tbe rpd blood
sports out a» each pulsation: Press
the thumb firmly over the artery near
the wound, and on the side toward the
heart. Press bard enough te stop th«
bleeding, aud wait till a physician
Comes. The wounded person fs often
able to do this hint self if be hat the re-
with a true, adoring love upon the por
trait, and then abov4 the faded pietdre
looked with eye* that naw home. Heav
en and mother—all in otis vision of
transcendent glory! ■/ -i
Heaven brightened on him as his days
of droadfal suffering dragged along
Once he wtptc for me*. 7Rut for the
good l had hoped to do ray family and
country, I should regard - the announce
ment •! must dii ,- as jdyftft tiding*,
cannot suppress a certain elation at the
thought of going.’', i,. ,
The wyiid already has posses
bis last ptord*. The Christian
song and speech, will repeat them
for (u thii
his death when he wa* rapi<
and had not Written nor spoken a word'
for iuaoy hoars. .1 eat by his- aid* hold
ing his hand. Opening! hU eye* and
arousing himself for h moment lie re
cognized me.' The light 1 of life came
tall into his eyes' once’more, and With a
slight effort bo spoke out in clear, full
and even triumphant accent the death
less legend-of a-snsil conquering in
(Jhmt and--in. full' vie* of heaven,
“ausosTHOMd” .' iIshb—0 i »mil
I can add nothing that would display
to advantage ihe muulorood. beauty' of
hatlkbagither
»od forever hom^iai last. ! d.i *
| I Ho boo heariL: plaudits sweeter than .
ever' saluted his ear 'xmdearth, j The h
King, in hia beauty, has mei bins;-the
Father’s he use has opened to him mad
quisite knowledge:
Simple fracture* may bo adjusted by
almost aOy one. Get the limb »s near
ly as possible iu the natural position,
and then send for the doctor. There is
no great urgency in such cases.
Ini fracture ot the skull, with
pression and loss of .consciousness, t
amine the wonnd, and if possible, mist
the Lroken edges of the skuICso as te
relieve tlie pressure cn the brain.
Prompt action will Often save life.’
Iu case of poisoning the simple rule
i* to get tbe poison out of jtfye stomach
possession qf as s<^jn as possible. , Mustard and salt
world, act promptly ns emetics/ and they are
‘ ‘ '*■ always at hand. 9tW a tablespoonful
in a glass of water, and 1st tho person
swallow it quickly. If it does not
cause vom^ing jn five minutes repeat
tbe<}o8e., After vomiting, give the
whites of two of three eggs, and send
for the’doctor. 1 1 . . u . •• i
Baras and scalds are soonest relieved
by an application of :cohU wafer- Pty
carp9V.fe.fQf sods, or baking' .soda,
sprinkle over the bumed spot is tlio
latest remedy,’ and Is said to be very
effeStWhl; ‘ •' Tfiesb means are only tem
porary. In severs cases S physician
should;be sent ibr-r—UaU’» Journalof.
It little tiring, tint' Tret and
.. . „ ... Arw-jw-old*.;, kwp
thoȣnal ward,. Ho.jul them .Kend- wpntoiia^^nn,,,.
f n » **' ™ , b~, aml r v «yi .B»o b» ,a,htrial, .onld acwnp.ur ik.«r«
It trial* would aocetppauy tkwitm-
‘‘J'toWOH U <UPtriVd> d;
lid on* of tho graWlrijcHW’aeHa'r-
rard in hi.may. This la mded true,
and n college graduate makes tlie boHB
corpse.''