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the high themes of his discourse, would be carried forward on a wave of 

 impassioned, though self-possessed vehemence, that made him an embodi- 

 ment of sweetness and power. 



The great and perplexing problem of the architect consists in making 

 the crown of his edifice harmonize with, and not detract from its lower 

 magnificence, and it is no uncommon experience to find a speaker sadly 

 deficient in the art of rounding out 'an address, otherwise of the highest 

 merit ; not so, however, with Beadle, it was in closing perorations, when 

 emphasizing the practical lessons of his subject, and appealing to the 

 hopes, the fears, and the love of the hearer, that he captivated every 

 avenue to the heart by a glowing fervor of impassioned rhetoric. How 

 applicable to him are tlie lines of the Christian poet : 



I venerate the man whose heart is warm. 



Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, 



Coincident exliibit lucid proof. 



That he is honest in his sacred cause. 



The petitions of this man of God were freighted with the necessities of 

 universal humanity. His comprehensive love and catholic spirit embraced 

 the entire race in all its multiform aspects. Not alone the spiritual con- 

 cerns of Zion, but with these all ranks and classes of men were borne to 

 the mercy seat, on the wings of an imperial faith, in language glowing 

 with supernal beauty and tender pathos, and from lips touched with the 

 very fire of heaven. No one could hear Dr. Beadle pray without feeling 

 that he had been down in the " garden of the beloved, among the beds of 

 spices, gathering lilies and sweet-smelling myrrh." 



When sickness or death entered the households of his parish, there was 

 no voice like Beadle's. A large portion of his own life had been marked 

 by physical suffering, and death had more than once invaded his home, 

 bearing out of sight the treasures of his love, and as when the aromatic 

 herb is crushed there comes forth its richest aroma, or as the fervid heat of 

 the crucible separates the gold from the dross, so the naturally sweet 

 nature of Beadle had been graced through the refining agency of physical 

 and mental trials with a tender gentleness, which made him, in a peculiar 

 sense, " a brother born for adversity." 



That there was nothing perfunctory in his ministerial work, will appear 

 from private memoranda found among his papers, showing how close to his 

 heart lay the mterests of his flock In these memoranda appear the names 

 of individuals for whom special intercessions were made in private, and as 

 these prayers were answered, and this one, and that one became connected 

 with the Church, their places were supplied hy other names. Some few of 

 these appear to have been carried down for thirteen years or to the end of 

 his pastorate, a circumstance, methinks, which would make the grave of 

 Beadle appeal to these unsurrendered hearts with an eloquence more 

 potent than the living voice. 



Much of the subtle magnetism of Dr. Beadle's character was due to a 



