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T. Gray + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Tribute to a Good Man + Extract from a Sermon Delivered at the Bulfinch-Street + Church, Boston, January 9, 1853 + +Author: F. T. Gray + +Release Date: March 22, 2010 [EBook #31734] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRIBUTE TO A GOOD MAN *** + + + + +Produced by Gerard Arthus, Dr. Graeme M. Handisides and +the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + +</pre> + + +<div style="height: 6em;"><br><br><br><br><br><br></div> +<a name="Title-Page"><!--IMG--></a> +<h1> +TRIBUTE +</h1> +<h3>TO</h3> +<h1>A GOOD MAN</h1> +<div style="height: 4em;"></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;"> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p> +<div style="height: 2em;"></div> +<h2>EXTRACT</h2> +<h4>FROM</h4> +<h1>A SERMON</h1> +<h4>DELIVERED AT THE</h4> +<h2>BULFINCH-STREET CHURCH, BOSTON,</h2> +<h3><span class="smcap">Jan. 9, 1853,</span></h3> +<h4>THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE INTERMENT</h4> +<h4>OF THE LATE</h4> +<h1>AMOS LAWRENCE.</h1> +<br> +<h2>BY REV. F. T. GRAY.</h2> +<div style="height: 2em;"></div> + +<h4>BOSTON.</h4> +<h5>JOHN WILSON and SON.</h5> +<h5>1853.</h5> +<div style="height: 2em;"></div> +<!-- page 2 blank --> + +<hr style="width: 65%;"> + +<div style="height: 2em;"></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> + + +<h2>THE FOLLOWING PAGES</h2> +<h4>ARE</h4> + +<h3><i>Respectfully Dedicated</i></h3> + +<h4 class="spread">TO THE<br> +FAMILY AND KINDRED OF THE LATE LAMENTED</h4> +<h1>AMOS LAWRENCE,</h1> + +<h4 class="spread">BY ONE WHO WOULD OFFER A GRATEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE<br> +MEMORY OF HIM WHO SO WELL DESERVED<br> +THE EXALTED TITLE<br> +OF THE</h4> + +<h3><i>Poor Man's Christian Friend.</i></h3> +<div style="height: 2em;"></div> + +<hr style="width: 65%;"> + +<div style="height: 4em;"></div> +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p> + + +<p> +The text of the Sermon, from which the following extract was taken, was +the seventh verse of the second chapter of Paul's Second Epistle to +Timothy: "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all +things." +</p> +<p> +After contrasting the views and maxims of the worldly-minded with those of +the Christian, and stating the claims of the Young Men's Christian Union, +the Discourse closed with the following tribute to the character and +memory of one who was the early patron and devoted friend of that Society. + + +<div style="height: 4em;"></div> + + +<hr style="width: 65%;"><p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> +<h2> + THE GOOD MAN +</h2> + +<p> +Among the warmest friends of the Young Men's Christian Union was one, +whose departure from among us this community has recently been called to +mourn,—one who was beloved by all who knew him; whose wide, expansive +benevolence and Christian charity won the admiration of those of every +name and sect; who so truly loved the Saviour, and was so truly baptized +into his spirit, the spirit of divine and heavenly love, that he became +through it his blessed messenger; so that all rejoiced who came within his +influence, as "he went about doing good," ready to take each believer by +the hand, saying, "One is our master, even Christ, and all ye are +brethren." +</p> + +<p> +As we saw him on his errands of mercy, just on the verge of threescore +years and ten, how, as his benignant smile beamed upon us, did he remind +us of "the disciple Jesus loved;" who, when so feeble +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span>from the infirmities +of age, could only say, in addressing the people, "Little children, love +one another"! That smile, shadowing forth a happy Christian spirit within, +was a benediction indeed, when it beamed upon us! May it prove an +incentive to us, to show our love to God in our love to man, which was the +whole tenor of his example; remembering that "by this shall all men know +that ye are my disciples," not in any name ye may adopt, or church ye may +join, but "in your love one toward another." +</p> + +<p> +Long has it been my privilege to know this good man. In a letter to me a +few days before his death, he signed himself "A friend of long years +past." Yes! he was an old friend to me, and, as I well know, a long-tried +friend to the poor, the forsaken, and suffering, as he was also a friend +to those "whom the Saviour took in his arms and blessed;" for he was +always ready and rejoiced to do what he could, that the lambs of the flock +and the children of the destitute might be instructed from the Word of +God, "and made wise unto everlasting life." +</p> +<p> +This love was seen not merely in kind words and good thoughts, but in +benevolent action: he was an active Christian. How did my young heart feel +this <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span>twenty-five +years ago, when among a little band of Sabbath-school +teachers who were laboring at the northerly section of our city, +instructing the children of the less-favored and the poor; at a time when +our hearts were sad, and almost discouraged; when we were endeavoring to +awaken a deeper and wider interest, by inviting the parents and friends to +come in and see us. How cheerfully, at our invitation, did he come to the +first examination of the school, and encourage us by his presence, his +words, and his gifts; and when those little ones, many from the abodes of +poverty and want, repeated their sweet hymns, how did the tears course +down that good man's cheeks, causing him to say, as he pressed my hand, +"This is a beautiful sight, and one I cannot witness without tears"! +</p> +<p> +Never shall I forget those words, nor the thoughts which at that time they +suggested. Is there any thing more delightful (such was our thought) than +to witness a man engaged in a large and extensive business, a man of +wealth and influence, coming down and mingling freely and kindly with a +band of humble Sunday-school teachers,—an act inspiring them with new +courage and hope, at a moment when, from the cold indifference and +opposition then existing towards these institutions, both heart and +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span>hope +had begun to fail us, and the school itself was well nigh being closed. If +he had done nothing else, this humble Christian act should be a standing +monument to his memory; for it was from this school, thus encouraged and +sustained, that arose one of the noblest charities that has ever blessed +the world,—the Ministry at Large. +</p> + +<p> +The interest this good man took in children was constantly manifested, and +continued to the last. Never was he happier than when surrounded by them. +There are some among you who may remember seeing him here at the +anniversary celebration of our Sunday-school, some three years since. +After he had sat for a little time in this pulpit, and gazed at the +interesting sight of so many children gathered before him, and listened to +their sweet voices, alternately mingling with those of the orphan and the +blind who were on each side of him, he said to me, his eyes filled with +tears, "This is heavenly; but I must leave you; it is more, I fear, than I +can bear, for you know I am a minute man." +</p> + +<p> +This active Christian spirit of love was witnessed by me also last summer, +when that sad disaster occurred by which so many lives were lost on board +the ill-fated steamboat, the "Henry Clay;" which you may remember was +particularly alluded to from +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span>this place on the following sabbath. On +reading that sermon, which was afterwards published, our departed friend +immediately called on me and desired its circulation, with the earnest +request that a memorial to Congress might be prepared at once and +forwarded. When others were seeking and enjoying the sea-breeze and a +purer air in the country, this good man, notwithstanding the heat then so +oppressive, was engaged in going round, speaking on the subject to the +most influential, obtaining their approval; and, though all were saying, +"It will avail little, and do no good," still did he persevere, unchanged +in purpose. At the same time he wrote personally to different individuals +at Washington, preparing them for the memorial, which soon after followed; +when the law relating to steamboats, which had cost so much labor in +preparation, but which had been lying on the table for months untouched, +was at once taken up and passed. The energy, activity, and perseverance +which this good man then manifested, while so many others were indifferent +to the matter, will never be forgotten. +</p> + +<p> +And now perhaps the young among us may inquire, Who was this man, and +whence arose those traits of character which caused him to be so +universally beloved and lamented? I answer, that he +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span>came to this city, +many years since, a poor young man. It so happened that he remained longer +than he at first purposed; for he designed only a visit, intending to +return again to his home. He attended yon venerable church soon after he +came hither, and heard the eloquent and gifted Buckminster. At once he +selected him as his minister, and that as his church, and ever after was +present, morning and afternoon, when his health permitted. He listened, +and welcomed to his heart the blessed teachings of Jesus Christ, and made +it his aim to be his follower, and to "do good as he had opportunity." As +this was his great endeavor, his delight was in the law of the Lord, and +daily at his fireside the morning and evening incense of prayer rose to +heaven. +</p> + +<p> +Mr. Lawrence was a religious man in every sense of the word, dedicating +his time and wealth to the service of God, and the good of his fellow-men: +hence he was "not slothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving the +Lord." He loved the sanctuary, and its very dust was sacred to him. He +visited the distressed, and it was his delight to distribute the gifts +laid upon the altar for the poor, personally, to the members of the +household of faith. +</p> + +<p> +If you would know the origin of all that he did, which blessed so many +hearts, which made him the +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span>friend of the widow and the orphan, and a +father to those who had none to help,—why it is that all around us the +tears of sorrow are shed,—that every one feels that the community has +sustained a severe loss, and that the poor and suffering are bereft of a +benefactor and friend,—you must trace it to its true source, and say that +he was a religious man and true Christian, and that he simply carried out +and exemplified the holy principles of the gospel. This was its source. In +this his benevolence and world-wide charity had their origin. It was this, +young men, which makes his memory so precious, his name so dear, and will +long embalm him sacredly in the grateful hearts of hundreds of the +sorrowing children of men, who will bedew his grave with tears, and rise +up hereafter and call him blessed. What power did religion impart to this +benefactor of his race! What influence did it enable him to exert with the +talent entrusted to his care! +</p> + +<p> +Bring now before your minds this poor young man going to that house of +God, more than forty years ago. He was unknown, a stranger among +strangers, seeing around him there the most distinguished men in the +Commonwealth assembled in worship. He hears the word, and is impressed. +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span>He +resolves to follow out the instruction received, and, in imitation of his +Master, to devote himself to doing good to his fellow-men. Forty years and +over found him faithfully going up to that temple, enjoying its +privileges, and gratefully improving its services and rites; till at last, +when the summons came, his spirit, all ready and prepared, gently passed +to its heavenly home! And who would wish to call him back, that saw the +smile on his countenance when within a day's journey of the tomb, which +seemed to have received new radiance from the spirit-world, upon which he +was so soon to enter? Oh, well might we then have said,— +</p> + +<div class='poem'> + <p class="i-1">"Mark but the radiance of his eye;</p> + <p class="i2">The smile upon his wasted cheek:</p> + <p>They tell us of his glory nigh,</p> + <p class="i2">In language that no tongue can speak."</p> +</div> + +<p> +How little did this poor young man think, when he first entered that +church, that by fidelity to the truths of Jesus Christ there proclaimed, +when he should pass from earth, grateful hearts, true and sincere +mourners, would go up thither, and throng its very aisles, that they might +mingle their tears, and pay their last tribute of respect to him, their +true benefactor and Christian friend! Yet so it was, and as beautiful as +it was a striking testimony +<span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span>from the community to the excellence and worth +of a humble, benevolent, and sincere Christian. +</p> + +<p> +Well might the merchant, and those in his employ, cease on such an +occasion from their labors, and go up to the house of prayer; and well +that those who were Judges should cause silence to reign in their halls, +as they and the great men of the land went up also to that house of +mourning; for such a life as had just closed on earth was a blessing to +this whole community; and God should be gratefully remembered in his +temple, for the gift of such a Christian example and character. +</p> + +<p> +And it was as beautifully appropriate as it was inexpressibly touching, to +witness children gather round his mortal remains, and take their last look +in his "Father's House," which he had loved so much; and, as they strewed +beautiful flowers upon his lifeless form, that they should sing their +sweet farewell hymn, "We have lost a father." Well, too, was it that +ministers of the different denominations should unite in the last services +at this good man's funeral.<a id="footnotetagA" name="footnotetagA" + href="#footnoteA" title="Rev. Dr. Sharp, Rev. Dr. Lothrop, and Rev. Dr. Hopkins."><sup>1</sup></a> +</p> + +<p> +How little did he think, years ago, when he first entered that +time-hallowed sanctuary, that <i>that</i> would be the last earthly dwelling +from <span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span>whence +he would be borne as he passed to the grave; that the +plaintive notes of that richly-toned organ, which had so often uplifted +the spirit of the sainted Buckminster, would softly breathe his last +requiem; and that the funeral toll of that solemn bell would call more of +the sorrowing and mourning for him thither than could be gathered within +its walls! Yet so it was,—a touching tribute to a good man and beloved +Christian. +</p> + +<p> +Oh! may that beautiful character inspire every young man with the holy +resolve and purpose to live a Christian life,—to be governed by Christian +principles, and the word of God; assured, that in every act of kindness +and beneficence he shall in no wise lose his reward, and that the memory +of the good man and the Christian will be blessed and faithfully cherished +in the hearts of children's children. +</p> + +<div class='poem'> + <p class="i-1">"Go, spirit of the sainted dead!</p> + <p class="i2">Go to thy longed-for happy home;</p> + <p>The tears of man are o'er thee shed,</p> + <p class="i2">The voice of angels bids thee come.</p> + <p>Though earth may boast one gem the less,</p> + <p class="i2">May not e'en heaven the richer be?</p> + <p>Oh! may we on thy footsteps press,</p> + <p class="i2">To share thy blest eternity."</p> +</div> +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <p><a id="footnoteA" name="footnoteA">1. </a> + Rev. Dr. Sharp, Rev. Dr. Lothrop, and Rev. Dr. Hopkins. + <a href="#footnotetagA">(return)</a></p> +</blockquote> + + + + +<p><span class='pagenum'><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> + +<h2>WE HAVE LOST A FATHER.</h2> + +<p> +The following original hymn by Josiah A. Stearns, Esq., was sung at the +obsequies, Jan. 4th, by a choir of young girls from the "Lawrence +Association of the Mather School," while surrounding the last earthly +remains of their deceased friend. +</p> + +<center> +<span class="smcap">Tune</span>—"<i>Home again.</i>" <a id="footnotetagB" + name="footnotetagB" href="#footnoteB" + title=""Home Again" was sung in hearing of Mr. Lawrence by the children on his last visit to their school, when he was accompanied by Gen. Franklin Pierce."> + <sup>2</sup></a> +</center> + +<div class='poem'> + <div class='stanza'> + <p>He has gone—he has gone—</p> + <p class="i2">To his spirit-home;</p> + <p>And, oh! it thrills his soul with joy,</p> + <p class="i2">In realms of bliss to roam.</p> + <p>But we must shed the burning tear</p> + <p class="i2">To part with him we love;</p> + <p>And now for us the world is gloom,</p> + <p class="i2">Since he has gone above.</p> + <p>He has gone—he has gone—</p> + <p class="i2">To his spirit-home;</p> + <p>And, oh! it thrills his soul with joy,</p> + <p class="i2">In realms of bliss to roam.</p> + </div> + + <div class='stanza'> + <p>Weeping eyes—broken hearts—</p> + <p class="i2">Oft he bid rejoice;</p> + <p>And homes of woe were full of praise,</p> + <p class="i2">That heard his loving voice:</p> + <p>For oft he soothed poor sorrow's tear,</p> + <p class="i2">And wept when they were sad;</p> + <p>And many were the orphan-forms</p> + <p class="i2">His generous bounty clad.</p> + <p>Weeping eyes—broken hearts—</p> + <p class="i2">Oft he did rejoice;</p> + <p>And homes of woe were full of praise,</p> + <p class="i2">That heard his loving voice.</p> + </div> + + <div class='stanza'> + <p>Gentle words—heavenly thoughts—</p> + <p class="i2">Linger where he trod:</p> + <p>And, oh! it was our childhood's charm</p> + <p class="i2">To hear him talk of God.</p> + <p>Then let us ever strive to live,</p> + <p class="i2">As he, our friend, has done;</p> + <p>That we may reach the happy life</p> + <p class="i2">Which he has now begun.</p> + <p>Gentle words—heavenly thoughts—</p> + <p class="i2">Linger where he trod;</p> + <p>And, oh! it was our childhood's charm</p> + <p class="i2">To hear him talk of God.</p> + </div> + + <div class='stanza'> + <p>Fare thee well—fare thee well!</p> + <p class="i2">We around thee weep;</p> + <p>But, oh! we love thee, father, still,</p> + <p class="i2">And angels guard thy sleep.</p> + <p>The kind "<span class="smcap">Old Oak</span>" for us no more</p> + <p class="i2">Shall sheltering branches spread;</p> + <p>And, oh! our hearts are wrung with grief,</p> + <p class="i2">For he we loved is dead.</p> + <p>Fare thee well—fare thee well!</p> + <p class="i2">We around thee weep;</p> + <p>But, oh! we love thee, father, still,</p> + <p class="i2">And angels guard thy sleep.</p> + </div> +</div> + +<blockquote class="footnote"> + <p><a id="footnoteB" name="footnoteB">2. </a> + + "Home Again" was sung in hearing of Mr. Lawrence by the + children on his last visit to their school, when he was accompanied + by Gen. 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Tribute to a Good Man + Extract from a Sermon Delivered at the Bulfinch-Street + Church, Boston, January 9, 1853 + +Author: F. T. Gray + +Release Date: March 22, 2010 [EBook #31734] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRIBUTE TO A GOOD MAN *** + + + + +Produced by Gerard Arthus, Dr. Graeme M. Handisides and +the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at +https://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + +TRIBUTE +TO +A GOOD MAN. + + + + +EXTRACT +FROM +A SERMON +DELIVERED AT THE +BULFINCH-STREET CHURCH, BOSTON, +JAN. 9, 1853, +THE SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE INTERMENT +OF THE LATE +AMOS LAWRENCE. + +BY REV. F. T. GRAY. + +BOSTON. +JOHN WILSON and SON. +1853. + + + + +The following pages +are +Respectfully Dedicated +to the +family and kindred of the late lamented +AMOS LAWRENCE, +by one who would offer a grateful tribute to the +memory of him who so well deserved +the exalted title +of the +Poor Man's Christian Friend. + + + + +The text of the Sermon, from which the following extract was taken, was +the seventh verse of the second chapter of Paul's Second Epistle to +Timothy: "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all +things." + +After contrasting the views and maxims of the worldly-minded with those of +the Christian, and stating the claims of the Young Men's Christian Union, +the Discourse closed with the following tribute to the character and +memory of one who was the early patron and devoted friend of that Society. + + + + +THE GOOD MAN. + + +Among the warmest friends of the Young Men's Christian Union was one, +whose departure from among us this community has recently been called to +mourn,--one who was beloved by all who knew him; whose wide, expansive +benevolence and Christian charity won the admiration of those of every +name and sect; who so truly loved the Saviour, and was so truly baptized +into his spirit, the spirit of divine and heavenly love, that he became +through it his blessed messenger; so that all rejoiced who came within his +influence, as "he went about doing good," ready to take each believer by +the hand, saying, "One is our master, even Christ, and all ye are +brethren." + +As we saw him on his errands of mercy, just on the verge of threescore +years and ten, how, as his benignant smile beamed upon us, did he remind +us of "the disciple Jesus loved;" who, when so feeble from the infirmities +of age, could only say, in addressing the people, "Little children, love +one another"! That smile, shadowing forth a happy Christian spirit within, +was a benediction indeed, when it beamed upon us! May it prove an +incentive to us, to show our love to God in our love to man, which was the +whole tenor of his example; remembering that "by this shall all men know +that ye are my disciples," not in any name ye may adopt, or church ye may +join, but "in your love one toward another." + +Long has it been my privilege to know this good man. In a letter to me a +few days before his death, he signed himself "A friend of long years +past." Yes! he was an old friend to me, and, as I well know, a long-tried +friend to the poor, the forsaken, and suffering, as he was also a friend +to those "whom the Saviour took in his arms and blessed;" for he was +always ready and rejoiced to do what he could, that the lambs of the flock +and the children of the destitute might be instructed from the Word of +God, "and made wise unto everlasting life." + +This love was seen not merely in kind words and good thoughts, but in +benevolent action: he was an active Christian. How did my young heart feel +this twenty-five years ago, when among a little band of Sabbath-school +teachers who were laboring at the northerly section of our city, +instructing the children of the less-favored and the poor; at a time when +our hearts were sad, and almost discouraged; when we were endeavoring to +awaken a deeper and wider interest, by inviting the parents and friends to +come in and see us. How cheerfully, at our invitation, did he come to the +first examination of the school, and encourage us by his presence, his +words, and his gifts; and when those little ones, many from the abodes of +poverty and want, repeated their sweet hymns, how did the tears course +down that good man's cheeks, causing him to say, as he pressed my hand, +"This is a beautiful sight, and one I cannot witness without tears"! + +Never shall I forget those words, nor the thoughts which at that time they +suggested. Is there any thing more delightful (such was our thought) than +to witness a man engaged in a large and extensive business, a man of +wealth and influence, coming down and mingling freely and kindly with a +band of humble Sunday-school teachers,--an act inspiring them with new +courage and hope, at a moment when, from the cold indifference and +opposition then existing towards these institutions, both heart and hope +had begun to fail us, and the school itself was well nigh being closed. If +he had done nothing else, this humble Christian act should be a standing +monument to his memory; for it was from this school, thus encouraged and +sustained, that arose one of the noblest charities that has ever blessed +the world,--the Ministry at Large. + +The interest this good man took in children was constantly manifested, and +continued to the last. Never was he happier than when surrounded by them. +There are some among you who may remember seeing him here at the +anniversary celebration of our Sunday-school, some three years since. +After he had sat for a little time in this pulpit, and gazed at the +interesting sight of so many children gathered before him, and listened to +their sweet voices, alternately mingling with those of the orphan and the +blind who were on each side of him, he said to me, his eyes filled with +tears, "This is heavenly; but I must leave you; it is more, I fear, than I +can bear, for you know I am a minute man." + +This active Christian spirit of love was witnessed by me also last summer, +when that sad disaster occurred by which so many lives were lost on board +the ill-fated steamboat, the "Henry Clay;" which you may remember was +particularly alluded to from this place on the following sabbath. On +reading that sermon, which was afterwards published, our departed friend +immediately called on me and desired its circulation, with the earnest +request that a memorial to Congress might be prepared at once and +forwarded. When others were seeking and enjoying the sea-breeze and a +purer air in the country, this good man, notwithstanding the heat then so +oppressive, was engaged in going round, speaking on the subject to the +most influential, obtaining their approval; and, though all were saying, +"It will avail little, and do no good," still did he persevere, unchanged +in purpose. At the same time he wrote personally to different individuals +at Washington, preparing them for the memorial, which soon after followed; +when the law relating to steamboats, which had cost so much labor in +preparation, but which had been lying on the table for months untouched, +was at once taken up and passed. The energy, activity, and perseverance +which this good man then manifested, while so many others were indifferent +to the matter, will never be forgotten. + +And now perhaps the young among us may inquire, Who was this man, and +whence arose those traits of character which caused him to be so +universally beloved and lamented? I answer, that he came to this city, +many years since, a poor young man. It so happened that he remained longer +than he at first purposed; for he designed only a visit, intending to +return again to his home. He attended yon venerable church soon after he +came hither, and heard the eloquent and gifted Buckminster. At once he +selected him as his minister, and that as his church, and ever after was +present, morning and afternoon, when his health permitted. He listened, +and welcomed to his heart the blessed teachings of Jesus Christ, and made +it his aim to be his follower, and to "do good as he had opportunity." As +this was his great endeavor, his delight was in the law of the Lord, and +daily at his fireside the morning and evening incense of prayer rose to +heaven. + +Mr. Lawrence was a religious man in every sense of the word, dedicating +his time and wealth to the service of God, and the good of his fellow-men: +hence he was "not slothful in business, but fervent in spirit, serving the +Lord." He loved the sanctuary, and its very dust was sacred to him. He +visited the distressed, and it was his delight to distribute the gifts +laid upon the altar for the poor, personally, to the members of the +household of faith. + +If you would know the origin of all that he did, which blessed so many +hearts, which made him the friend of the widow and the orphan, and a +father to those who had none to help,--why it is that all around us the +tears of sorrow are shed,--that every one feels that the community has +sustained a severe loss, and that the poor and suffering are bereft of a +benefactor and friend,--you must trace it to its true source, and say that +he was a religious man and true Christian, and that he simply carried out +and exemplified the holy principles of the gospel. This was its source. In +this his benevolence and world-wide charity had their origin. It was this, +young men, which makes his memory so precious, his name so dear, and will +long embalm him sacredly in the grateful hearts of hundreds of the +sorrowing children of men, who will bedew his grave with tears, and rise +up hereafter and call him blessed. What power did religion impart to this +benefactor of his race! What influence did it enable him to exert with the +talent entrusted to his care! + +Bring now before your minds this poor young man going to that house of +God, more than forty years ago. He was unknown, a stranger among +strangers, seeing around him there the most distinguished men in the +Commonwealth assembled in worship. He hears the word, and is impressed. He +resolves to follow out the instruction received, and, in imitation of his +Master, to devote himself to doing good to his fellow-men. Forty years and +over found him faithfully going up to that temple, enjoying its +privileges, and gratefully improving its services and rites; till at last, +when the summons came, his spirit, all ready and prepared, gently passed +to its heavenly home! And who would wish to call him back, that saw the +smile on his countenance when within a day's journey of the tomb, which +seemed to have received new radiance from the spirit-world, upon which he +was so soon to enter? Oh, well might we then have said,-- + + "Mark but the radiance of his eye; + The smile upon his wasted cheek: + They tell us of his glory nigh, + In language that no tongue can speak." + +How little did this poor young man think, when he first entered that +church, that by fidelity to the truths of Jesus Christ there proclaimed, +when he should pass from earth, grateful hearts, true and sincere +mourners, would go up thither, and throng its very aisles, that they might +mingle their tears, and pay their last tribute of respect to him, their +true benefactor and Christian friend! Yet so it was, and as beautiful as +it was a striking testimony from the community to the excellence and worth +of a humble, benevolent, and sincere Christian. + +Well might the merchant, and those in his employ, cease on such an +occasion from their labors, and go up to the house of prayer; and well +that those who were Judges should cause silence to reign in their halls, +as they and the great men of the land went up also to that house of +mourning; for such a life as had just closed on earth was a blessing to +this whole community; and God should be gratefully remembered in his +temple, for the gift of such a Christian example and character. + +And it was as beautifully appropriate as it was inexpressibly touching, to +witness children gather round his mortal remains, and take their last look +in his "Father's House," which he had loved so much; and, as they strewed +beautiful flowers upon his lifeless form, that they should sing their +sweet farewell hymn, "We have lost a father." Well, too, was it that +ministers of the different denominations should unite in the last services +at this good man's funeral.[1] + +How little did he think, years ago, when he first entered that +time-hallowed sanctuary, that _that_ would be the last earthly dwelling +from whence he would be borne as he passed to the grave; that the +plaintive notes of that richly-toned organ, which had so often uplifted +the spirit of the sainted Buckminster, would softly breathe his last +requiem; and that the funeral toll of that solemn bell would call more of +the sorrowing and mourning for him thither than could be gathered within +its walls! Yet so it was,--a touching tribute to a good man and beloved +Christian. + +Oh! may that beautiful character inspire every young man with the holy +resolve and purpose to live a Christian life,--to be governed by Christian +principles, and the word of God; assured, that in every act of kindness +and beneficence he shall in no wise lose his reward, and that the memory +of the good man and the Christian will be blessed and faithfully cherished +in the hearts of children's children. + + "Go, spirit of the sainted dead! + Go to thy longed-for happy home; + The tears of man are o'er thee shed, + The voice of angels bids thee come. + Though earth may boast one gem the less, + May not e'en heaven the richer be? + Oh! may we on thy footsteps press, + To share thy blest eternity." + + +[1: Rev. Dr. Sharp, Rev. Dr. Lothrop, and Rev. Dr. Hopkins.] + + + + +WE HAVE LOST A FATHER. + + +The following original hymn by Josiah A. Stearns, Esq., was sung at the +obsequies, Jan. 4th, by a choir of young girls from the "Lawrence +Association of the Mather School," while surrounding the last earthly +remains of their deceased friend. + + +TUNE--"_Home again._"[2] + + He has gone--he has gone-- + To his spirit-home; + And, oh! it thrills his soul with joy, + In realms of bliss to roam. + But we must shed the burning tear + To part with him we love; + And now for us the world is gloom, + Since he has gone above. + He has gone--he has gone-- + To his spirit-home; + And, oh! it thrills his soul with joy, + In realms of bliss to roam. + + Weeping eyes--broken hearts-- + Oft he bid rejoice; + And homes of woe were full of praise, + That heard his loving voice: + For oft he soothed poor sorrow's tear, + And wept when they were sad; + And many were the orphan-forms + His generous bounty clad. + Weeping eyes--broken hearts-- + Oft he did rejoice; + And homes of woe were full of praise, + That heard his loving voice. + + Gentle words--heavenly thoughts-- + Linger where he trod: + And, oh! it was our childhood's charm + To hear him talk of God. + Then let us ever strive to live, + As he, our friend, has done; + That we may reach the happy life + Which he has now begun. + Gentle words--heavenly thoughts-- + Linger where he trod; + And, oh! it was our childhood's charm + To hear him talk of God. + + Fare thee well--fare thee well! + We around thee weep; + But, oh! we love thee, father, still, + And angels guard thy sleep. + The kind "OLD OAK" for us no more + Shall sheltering branches spread; + And, oh! our hearts are wrung with grief, + For he we loved is dead. + Fare thee well--fare thee well! + We around thee weep; + But, oh! we love thee, father, still, + And angels guard thy sleep. + + +[2: "Home Again" was sung in hearing of Mr. Lawrence by the children +on his last visit to their school, when he was accompanied by Gen. +Franklin Pierce.] + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Tribute to a Good Man, by F. 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