.*- 1„ rrA^actrmK Karjvscar* GENERAL GRANT The Lessons of his Life and Death Preached, (by request,) ' IN ZION PflESBYTERIAN CHURCH, brantford, ont., Sabbath Ev'g, Sept. 13, 1805, EV THE Rb7 Wm. Coghrane. D. D. BRAMFORD : Pkinted at the ExrosiToii Off]ce. Ib8.5. '¥ \ ^' GENERAL GRANT The Lessons of his Life and Death IMMON4 Preached, (by request,) IN ZION PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, BRANTFORD, ONT., . Sabbath Ev'g, Sept. 13, 18S5, BY THE Rev, Wm. Soghranb, D. D, BRANTFORD : Printed at the Expositor Office. 1885. j^ -._- /6-/9 GENERAL GRANT. THE LESSONS OF HIS LIFE AND DEATH. Memorial Sermon, — By the REV'D DR. COCHRANE. After announcing his text, ♦' whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it," (iBt Corinthians 12. v 26,) Dr. Cochrane spoke as toUows : — THE UNITY OF CHRISTIAN NATIONS, There is no schism in the human body. It is BO constituted that the eye and the ear, the foot and the arm are intimately ^ connected and interested in the well-being of each other. All alike are necessary to the complete physical organization of the • individual man. The body is one, though composed of different members. There is a common consciousness. You cannot pain the one without causing pain in the 6 very centre et life. Thus it one member suffers, all the members suffer with it ; or if one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. iSo it ehould be with the church of Obrist. The visiblu body of believers is made up of individuals, not isolated or independent, but related to each other in the closest bonds. From this union there springs sympathy — a bearing ot each others bur- dens—a sharing of each others go.-rows. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep, is the law of christian fellowship. '«For whether one member sufft r, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be hon.ored.all the members re« joico with it." The same ought to be true of Christian nations. As the \<;elfare of the individual state or province depends upon t^e conduct of the units that compose it, so the best interests of society and the world at laige are served by the co -operation of Christian states and nations, in all that is productive of virtue and integrity, and by each show- ing sympathy with the other in whatever appeals to the better instincts ot our com- mon humanity. More especially it be- comes nations that have sprung from a common ancestry, who are of one blood and one language, wh03e laws and customs are in the main alike^ and whose institu- tions are founded upon a common Christ- iamty,to testify to the world that geograph- ical boundaries and minor differences in forms of government cannot restrain or repress that overflow of genuine ^deling, when sister commonwealths suffer the loss of eminent statesmen, or stand around the grave of thoss who have fought their bat- ties, vindicated their honor, and advanced the world-wide cause ot humanity and freedom. GR!3A,T BRITAIN AND THB UNITBID STATBS . Such sympathy has net been wanting in later years between Great Britain and the United btates, and is in itself one of the strongest evidences of that good feeling which exists and is inoreaaing between two nations, which should mntnally and con- jointly seek, above their own private inter- eats, the good of nankind in every clime and country. The touching messages flashed beneath the ocean from Queen Victoria to the widows of martyred Presid- ents and dead commanders, have done more to cement the old and new worlds in bonds ot lasting brotherhood, than all the treaties ana diplomacies of skilled and eralty statesmen. It is, therefore, emiaently fitting that in this land and in this city and church, where many present have assembled in former years to pay the tribute of afteotion- ate regard to the memories of Linco In and Garfield, we should seek to know somethiug of those elements of character that made the lite of General Grant so con- spicuous ; his death so lamented, and his memory so dear to the nation that he loved and served so well, Not to speak words of extravagant eulogy over the dead,uor seek to minimise or excuse any faults and failings which may have marked the lite of the dead soldier, are we met to-night, but to unite with the great heart of the world, which is ever just, in paying homage to the memory of a man, who fearlessly, faithfully and unselfishly did his duty according to th e 8 lifirbt ke had ; and to magnify that grace by which he was ultimately led in childlike faith to acknowledge his dependence upon Him, who made him what he was, and gave him strength to do what he did. WIDE SPRBAD SORROW AT HIS DEATH. The death of General Grant has called forth in almost evoiy quarter of the civi- lized world unmistakeable declarations that trne nobility of nature, independent ot accidental birth and fortune, commands universal regard, and de> serves the highest honors. Westminster Abbey en the fourth day of August last, (when the flags on the royal residences of Windsor and Osborne were lowered) crowded with the representatives of iioyalty and the bravest English hearts, all united in pay- ing respect to the memory of one, not of their own but of another land, presented a sight that only at great intervals occurs in the history ot civilized and christian na> tions. The barrio is of rank and party and national differences, disappear on such occasions. Falaoe, castle and hovel are alike in tears. By men who inhabit dis* tant lands and speak diverse tongues, the pangs of a personal bereavement are felt as they join in solemn eervice in memory of the dead. As Federal nnd Confederate soldiers lift the bier, word comes aoross the ocean that the nations of the earth bow their heads in silent grief. It is no blind and sudden impulse which impels such deep and wide- spread mourning. It is the verdict of mankind upon a great character, (whose deeds have eleotrifled the world), now 0- nnexpootedly closed, ofter a long and painfal sickness. As has been aptly said, <«tbose who fear that religious faith is dying, and that science has shaken the hold of moral law upon the minds ol men, are staggered and rebuked by the sight." No base or ignoble passions could so move the nations of the earth. But a single life is Btncken down, and a dark cloud seems to setUe on the sky and obscure the sun. Men speak with bated breath. The minute gun, the muffled drum, the tolling bell, silence in senate chambers and courts of justice and halls of learning, publiu buildings fJraped in black, mourners maiching by the tens of thousands with measured step to the saddest music, the land tilled with lamentations "from the sayannahs of the sonth to the snow capped bills of the north, and from where the Atlantic moans along its ancient coast, to where the Pacific sobs on its golden shore," — all tell that a king among men is d«ad 1 grant's humble origin. Who was this man, thus followed to the tomb by a hundred thousand of his coun- trymen 7 I need not give details of his early life. These are to be found in the pages of biography. Like Abraham Lincoln, the rail-splitter and Mississippi boalinan, who finally became the most honest and God-fearing of modern states- men ; like Garfield, who from a poor shoe- less child, rose to be teacher, preacher and President — so Grant, from the tannery of Galena, became the foremost man of his age, the hero of many battles and the chief citi- zen of a nation, which, second to none other, moulds the civilization and directs the 10 destinies of the world. How different the oiroumstances connected with the birth of these men I The birth of a prince is announced by salvos of artillery and the ringing of joy bell < m city, town and ham- let ; but the poor man's son enters the world unnoticed. " Weigh them both in the scale of eternity and the difference between them is not perceptible. In both cases a life has begun which shali never end — a heart begins to throb which mast be filled with delight or anguish— a soul has sprung into being which shall outlive the earth and soe the sun extinguished as a taper in the sky." In both cases, the conduct of the individual independent of the adventitious oircum^ stances of rank or fortune, makes tbo life commonplace or grand, a source of blessing or a perpetual curse ! General Grant was born In a sphere far off from the one for which God ultimatelj intended him. For some forty years he lived in comparative obscurity, giving bat little Indication of his wonderful genius and strength of will. But these years were not lost . During that period he was being prepared for the great work of his life, when called not simply to save a na< tion from dlsmembormont.Duttogivoanew direction to the civilizitioa of the world. '•The workings of his masterful mind were hidden beneath the silence of his lips ; but when the supreme moment came, there came also an intellectual elevation, an up-« lifting of the whole being, a transformation of the silent, thoughtful General, which surprised his foes and astonished his friends. He culminated at the crisis, and was at his best when most needed." 11 It is Longfellow, I think, who says great men stand like solitary towers in the city oi God, and secret passages running deep f^eneath external nature, give their thoughts intercourse with higher intelligenceg,which strengthens and consoles them,and of which the laborers on the surface do not even dream. It was so In the case of Grant. He did more than was expected of him. Other men of more brilliant records failed, where ho was succsHsful. Undemonstrative, tacl' turn and silent, he passed on from victory to victory, so unheralded and quietly, as to win lor him the gratitude oi his own people and the admiration of the jvorld. In Gen. Grant's case, as in the case of many others who have served their country, It may be said : , ••The slrenjtth that makes a nation great, In secret Is supplied ; The energies that build the state, . In humble virtues hide. Prom christian homes among the hills, The streams of Influence flow; The lorce that fights with earthly ills. And overcomes the foe." THB world's QBIAT MEN OP LOWLY BIBTH. The noblest benefactors of the world, in science, literature, philanthropy and reli- gion, have sprung from lowly origin. 8ex- tus the fifth from being a swineherd, was called to wave a sceptre ; Ferguson spent his early days in tending sheep ; God called him to look after rtars, and be a shepherd watching the flocks of light " on the hill Bides of heaven." Hogarth, the won- derful arti»t and painter, began life by en* graving pewter pots; Bioomfiold sat for a time on the shoemaker's bench ; God called him to sit in the chair of a philosopher and . 12 scholar ; Hawley was called from soap boil- ing in London, to become one of the great- est astronomers of England ; JVlartin Lather was the son of a peasant miner ; Virgil, the son of a potter ; Damosthenes, of a smith, Columbus, ot a cloth weaver ; Ben Johnson of a brick layer ; Shakespeare, of a wool trader ; Burns, of a cotter ; Whitfield, of an inn keeper; Oarlyle,of an Ecclefecban farm' or ; Henry Eirke White, that poetic geuiua, whose dust lies outside the walls ot lilome, awaiting a blessed resurrection, was the son of a Nottingham butcher, and David Livingstone, whose remains rest in Weatminster Abbey— the model missionary of the world — was, when a boy, a cotton piecer and spinner. As the poet says : " These souls flash out like the stars of God, From the midnight of the mine ; No castle Is theirs, no palace great. No princely pillared hall ; But they well can 1 ugh at the roofs of state, 'Neath the heaven which Is over all. Each bares his arm for the ringing strife, That marshals the tons of the soil, And the sweat'drops shed In the battle of life A re gems in the crown of toil ; And prouder their well-worn wreaths,! trow, Thau laurels with life-blood wet : And nc bier the arch of a bare, bold brow. Than the clasp ;of a coronet.'' Hard work and poverty, self-control and misfortune, often make self-reliant, courageous, and victorious spirits. Rich men's sons are heavily weighted in the race of existence. ''A basketful of bonds and debentures, is the heaviest buidon that a young man can carry. The temptations of wealth and nfflaence are Kuch as to sink the most promising lives." Had such been the lot of Grant, how dififer- ent m all likelihood would have been the 18 meridian and close of his life 1 It was tlie early discipline be underwent and the drudgery of menial toil tbat prepared him for the command of the American army and Eubseqaentiy for the onerous duties of the Presidential chair. No man can become a ruler of men, who does not rule his own spirit, and deny himself ease and indulg- ence in early years. He who steadily and patiently applies himself to the work of to- day and discharges his duties to his fellow- men, in a spirit of unselfishness and as under the eye ot his maker, Is the man who when the crisis comes is found equal to its demands. The hour came when the Repub- lic needed a strong, calm, iron clad will to direct its armies and save its very life, and with the hour came the man. At once be was recognized as a dominant magnetic spirit, mighty in grasp of details strong in puropose ; facile Iq execution; not easily daunted or discouraged ; far-seeing and determined ; a man wno reasoned out his campaigns and fought them with a ten« acity of purpose, that inspired confidence in his colleagues and subordinates. The nation at once felt the touch of a master's hand, and the rebellion was crushed under th« potency of his iron will. It was not mere good fortune or luck, as some histori- ans have asserted, that made Grant the saviour of his country, although it need not be disputed that he was called to command at an opportune hour, but "by the upwaid gravitation of natural forces," by inflexible faithfulness, indomitable resolution, sleep- less energy and persistent tenacity, he rose step by step to the highest position a na- tion can offer a citizsen. ^ GRANT OBITIOISID. And yet, like many brave men who pre- ceded him in command of the Northern Army, there was a time when it looked as if he also might be recalled and added to the many who had failed to satisfy the eager, impetuous and at times unrcas- enable cry lor a speedy termination of the war— a war that for extent and fierceness has but seldom been equalled in the history of the world. ISeward, the able and acute Secretary of State, prophesied that in ninety days peace would be restored, and on this false, though not u&natural assumption, many able generals, who had in succession commanded the army of the republic, but who could not accomplish impossibilities, were consigned to private lilo, or relegated to inferior positions. Grant's military genius suffered such momentary deprecia- tion The nation bleeding at every pore, and almost driven to desperatioD, became impatient, exacting, clamorous for immedi- ate results. But Grant heard, as if he heard it not. He had the rare grace of silence under provocation. He knew that time was essential to the mighty under- taking entruBtod to his hands, and that neither civilians nor carping editors could grasp the deadly struggle in which the nation was engaged. He waited patiently for the storm to pass ; uttered no word of complaint ; attempted no explanation or vindication of his plans; and kept on assured of ultimate buccobs. Like all self possessed men, who have thoroughly matured and mast, ered their powers, he heeded not popular clamour. To the cry for 15 spoedy victories, he only replied : " I propose to fl^ht it out ou this line, if it takes all aammer/' Ee did so, and the end jastifled the wisdom of the great General and the means employed to crush the re< bellion, and restore lasting poace and good will between North and Soath. TRAITS OF CHA.RAOTKB Among many exceedingly pleasing traits of character, illuminated in his life, may be found the following : I. The modest estimate he entertained of his own part in the war for the presei- vation of the Union, and the generous and UBstinted praise, which he lavished upon officers and men. in the battles of the Wilderness he illustrated the saying of Wellington at Waterloo, "Hard pounding gentlenien ; we shall see who will pound the longest:" and he won that campaign by simple pertinacious pounding. But in the campaign against Vicksburg, an appa- rently invulnerable fortress was captured "by a combination of brilliant conception, execution and patient perseverance, against what were at ISrst superior odds, and despite serious difficulties within bis own camp, and in the attitude of both government and people behind his back." And yet so far from taking any special credit to himself for what was admitted on all hands to be the greatest military triumph of the war, he simply said : —"The campaign of Vicks- burg was suggested and developed by cir- cumstances ; Providence directed its course, while the army ot the Tennesee executed the decree I" II. Like all really great and good com- manders ne hated war, and was by inclina-^ 16 tion a man of peace. It was not that he delighted in battle's stern array, that he stood in the breach at the call of his country men, and directed movements that resulted in the death of many foemen worthy of a nobler end. He regarded war as a ghastly monster, " whose march U to the music of the widow's sigh and the orphans cry." In his London speech of 1877 he said :— Although a sul. dier by education and profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness lor war and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." This is the right view to take of war. Battles are grand to road about, when looked at from afar, and often are grand in their results, but those who take part in them and know most about them are far from lavish in their praise. Louis Napoleon, although seem- ingly regard] ess of bloodshed, had his dreams badly haunted by the slaughter of Solferino. The field of Waterloo and such scenes, made Wellington detest its ravages and lament its necessity. Indeed, every rightly constituted mind must join in the Psalmist's prayer:— ''Scatter thou the people that delight in war," But bad as war is, there are some things worse. When war is the only alternative to redress national grievances, or end flagrant wrongs, it is right and proper, despite of its honors. While we deprecate Its evils, and pray that it may never again touch our borders, «ve are not of those who regard it as the greatest calamity that can afflict a nation. While war has slain its thousands, peace has slain its tens of thousands. In the breast of all noble minded men there has been implanted the feeling that war, 1^ and even death, in a good and virtaons caase, is preferable to ignominioas servi- tude. To use the language put into the mouth of a Roman senator * "A Ohrlstian people cannot long debate Which of the two to choose —Slaveiy or Death ? A day, an hour of virtuous liberty- Is worth a whole eternity of bondage " If such views he correct, thaa that nation which prepares for war in times of peace shows the highest wisdom. In surround- ing herself with the necessary elements of defence, and having ready at her call strong arms and willing hearts to vindicate the country's honor and bear aloft the flag of freedom, she ensures her safety and perpe- tuity. It was this feeling that prompted Grant to accept the leadership of the north- ern army, and fight against men with whom he had much in common. Personal friend- ships he sacrificed on the altar of his coun- try's liberties. He felt that nothing but the severest measures could preserve the union inviolable, and blend all its parts and parties in more indissoluble bonds, than ever they had been before. It is neither the time nor place to refer at length to the war that brought Uen. Grant into such prominence. Now that it is a thing of the past, and north and south have been welded as one over the grave of the dead hero, it is better to be silent than rake up the smouldering ashes of those fires that for a time burned so fiercely. But this much may be ventured, that the two elements that had existed for a century in the United States (indeed prior to the re- volution of 1776), could not in the na- 18 turo of thiD{i;s continue for ever . The so- called irrepressible conflict between abo-> litionists and pro- slavery men, could not be put down. It meant eittier tlie annihilation ot the union, or the annihilation of slavery. It ended as we all know in the latter, in the emanci- pation and enfranchisement of the negro, but not as some would have it, in the humiliation of the South. R'lpidly recovering from what she lost, by a system entailed upon her by preceding generations, she bids fair to become the rival of the Northern States, in all that appertains to the highest civilization, and the purest morality. The conduct of General Grant after the war, in his eagerness to efface all scars and put an end to estrangements and bitter ani> mosities, is still lovingly remembered by the Southern States. It in well known that after the lamented death of Lincoln, Presi- dent Johnson was determined to make an example of such Southern generals as Lee and others, who had been foremost in defy- ing the Northern arms. Grant protested against and resisted such proceedings. He said that the honor of the nation was at stake — that by the conditions of surrender such m@n could not be sacrificed. The manly courage of a soldier's heart, thus sav- ed many confederates from an ignominious death. For this is it wonderful, that the South respected him when iiving, and honour him when dead 1 III. The humility of the dying soldier, his consideration tor those who waited upon him through hiis long days and nights of suifering ; his chastened lesigna'ion to God's will ; his calm, uno&tentatioa sbat 19 Itnpllrit trnst In the mercy of God, are among the sweetest recollections that can be cherished of his memory. The closing days of the Duke of Welling- ton were marked by the same child like simpHcity and gratitude After one of his last and greatest victories, ho went to re- ceive the sacrament, and as he wtts kneel- ing in the church, a poor man came and koelt beside him The church warden safd: ♦« Go away, this U the Duke Of Wellington." The Great conqaeror of Waterloo replied : «' Let him alone — we are equal here l" And when the Doke was dying, the last thing he took was a little tea. On bis servant's handing it to him in a saucer, and asking him if he would have it, he 'eplied in the last words he spoke, ''Yes, if you please." 'low much kindness and courtesy Is expressed in them. He who bad commanded the greatest armies in Europe and had long been accustomed to the throne of authority, did not despise or overlook the smallest courtesies of life. It was very much the same with ~ eneral Grant. He was gently considerate of those who waited upon him, and often urged them to take rest. On the night preceding his death he turned to those who were watch- ing lovingly by his bedside and said : "Do not stop up — do not distress yourselves on my account," To bis son he said, indicat- ing his solicitude for her, who had so long shared his humble and his grand'^r life: "I hope mother will bear up," while ic herself he said : "Do as I do, take it quietly ; I give myHelf not the least concern. It I knew the end was to morrow. I would just try as hard to get rent in 'the meantime. Go to bleep and fol happy, that is what I want 20 to do, and am going to try, for I am happy when out of pain. Consider how happy yon onf2:ht to bo. Goo<] night. *^ And such wag the tcDdernesB of his love for her ; he surprised her by a letter found upon his person after death. He had written it at intervals and secretly, and carried the missive for fourteen days.know- iug that sbe would find it after his death. Ic read as follows : "Look after our dear children, and direct them in the paths of rectitude. It would distress me iav more to think that one ot them shor.ld depart from an honorable, upright %nd virtuous life, than it would be to know that they were prostrated on a bed of sickness from which they were never to arise alive. They have never given us any cause for alarm oa their account, and 1 earnestly pray they never will. With these few injunctions and the knowledge 1 have of your l(>\e and af- fection, and of the dutiful aifection of ail our children, I bid you a final farewell, un- til we meet in another and I trust a better world. You will find this on my person alter my demise . " •- •■.^■^-•.■^■' '/ , ■ HIS BHLIOIiUS FAITH But it is asked what of General Grant'a religious beliei? How did he nceet the last enemy ? Was he merely reconciled to the inevitable stroke of death by a soldier'i stoicism? Were h Is fears all removed? Was his acceptance of Ohrist and the atone* mcnt real ? Was his end perfect peace ? Was the dark valley illuminated by the radiauce of the New Jerusalem? I think that no one who places any confidence in the honesty and dying declarations of the dead soldier can doubt his simple laith in 21 the merits of the Lord Jeens Christ. His best friends and admirers wonld doubtless hare wished that long before his last ill' BOSS, be had been more pronounced and outspoken regarding that faith in ^hioh he died. Lilie many who preceded him in the Presidential cbalr, Grant was not a member in full communion of any church . Tnough he regularly attended public worship and took considerable interest in congregation- al affairs, he nerer sat down at the Lord's table, and was bapt'Ejd but a short time before hisideath. Referring to this fact, Dr. Byron Sutherland, of Washington, in whoie church General Grant for some time wor- shipped, (and where i'resident Cieeeland attends) said in his memorial sermon : < On this topic, at a most solemn moment in the experience of the nation, I will not forbear to avow, what I have many times repeat- ed on other occasions, that no more essential or important duty belongs to our public men, than making a public profession of their Ohristlan faith through the solemn ordinances of the christian church. The value of such testimony, given in such a manner to the contempor- ary and coming generations, is simply priceless. If men believe in Christ, let them have the candour and courage to confess, and that in the most solemn forms which the rites of the church impose. It is not good to postpone this profession against all the chancos ot a sudden death, for while a man may count on the divine compassion to the last moment, he ought not to hazard the opportunity of leaving behind him the most positive evidence he can ever give of his peace with God through faith in Jesus Christ our Lord." 82 With finch manly words we heartily af2:ree. In spite of his many noble qnalities, General Oiant is not held np as a perfect example. But what shall we say of the many in all «ur churches, who, in circnm- stances perhaps more favorable to decision for Christ, still delay to act 7 Qrey hairs are upon their heads, and they know it not. And what shall we bay of those, who although for many years members of Ohristian ohuiches, can hardly be distinguished from the most ungodly around them ? In the ohuracter of Qeneral Grant, the gold and iron were mingled with the clay. But in the cas3 of many ot his detractors there is the clay without the gold and iron. To-night, therefore, in thank- fulness tot what Qod made him by nature, and still more by grace, we bury his faults in the grave and make his virtues bloom above it. We magnify that divine spirit that enabled the hero of so many battles even at the last to acknowledge his depen- dence upon the mercy of God, and cling to covenant promises in a dying hour ; wliile at the same time we warn the careless ones not to rest contented with the hope that they may enjoy the same. "Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like hi?," is a very pious sentiment, but unless accompanied by personal faith and practical godliness is of no avail. In this connection it may not be out of place to refer to the purity of his speech and his utter abhorrence of everything that savored of profanity. In an age like this, when oaths and reckless appeals to the Al- mighty and inchaste innuendoes, are found upon tne lips of men of far greater preten- sions to piety than General Grant, such an example sbonldnot be without valne. Even m Ihe stress of battle an oath never poUat- ed his lips. His speech was pure up to the standard of maidenly chastity. Mr. Pier- pont, the American Minister to Qreat Bri- tain in 1877, tells of one occaeion ^hen he and General Grant dined at the house ef a distiDguished politician. Ihe subject of religion in some way was introduced and one man resent treated it with mockery. Grant showed bis feelings by abstairing from all further conversation with the man and on leaviog said to the ambassador. «the conversation of that man so shocked me, that T could not talk or enjoy the din- ner." On the general's staff during the war, in one of his campaigns, was a rough and ready fighter, full of etrange oaths and stranger vulgarities. One evening, in the presence of Grant and several brother officers, he opened the conversation in some such way as this, "I have got a mighty good thing to tell you. It would hardly do to repeat,of course, in the presence ot ladies." « : "In the cross of Christ I glory, Towering o'er the wreclis of time, All the lights of sacred story Gather around its head sublime. When the woes of life o'ert%ke me, Hopes deceive and fears annoy. Never shall the cross forsake me, Lo ! it glows with peace and Joy ! The death of General Grant, preceded by the sad and lamented deaths of /Buch unsel- fish lives as those of Lincoln and Garfield, ought not to be lost upon the nation they 26 ■ loved and seiTed so wbII. Long cavalcades ot monrners are not out of place, nor will their graves be neglected. In coming years pilgrims from foreign lands will stand in reverent homage with uncovered heads around the maasolenm at; Riverside, as they do over Washington's at Mount Ver- non, and touriets passing up and down the beautiful Hudson will strain their eyes to catch a glimpse of the spot where lies the body of the great soldier. But better far will it be, if the people who lament his death take to heart the lessons of his life, his courage, patience, integrity, steadfant- ness and love of jastice. During the war one of America's most eloquent orators prophesied that the time would come when the North and South cleansed from the in* iquity of slavery should cordially grasp the hands ot free men for freedom . That day in part has come, Its full realization let us hope and pray for. Only second to that of her own people, is the interest of Canada and Britain in the prosperity of the United States. As Canon Farrar said, in his ad- mirable sermon on the death of General Grant : "Whatever there be between the two nations to f rgive and forget, is forgiven and forgotten. If the two people which are one, be true to their duty, who can doubt that the des- tinies of the world are in their hands ? Let America and England march in the van of freedom and progress, showing the world not only a magnificent spectacle of human happiness, but a still more magnificent spectacle of two peoples united, loving righteousness and hating iniquity, inflexi- bly faithful to the principles ot eternal justice, which are the unchanging law ot 27 : God." If at times our brethren across the ' line Bhould in the exercise of a not nnnat- nral pride, speak disparagingly ot monar- chies and boast of their Bepublican sim- plicity, at heart they are not inseneible to the greatness and glory ot the land whence they sprang. As one of their poets says : "Thicker than water," in one rill, Through centuries of story, Our Paxon b'ood has flowed, and still We share with you its good and ill The shadow and the glory. ' '