Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-30


to the u-tterancss of those silent voices speak
ing from the platform on which those or
phans sat. Imagine what voices, spirits
and influences speak from that stage Those
sixty-two orphans represent half a hun
bred homes. The first voice tells us here
are the representatives of a half hundred
lost and desoIate homes. Who can fsthom
| the significance of that expression-d lost
home IF one word in the language is fuller
of tender associations and recollections than
another, it is Home. Age never forgets it.
If we pass childhood in it, its influence goes
with us always.
TIL spirits of half a hundred mothers
seem to brood over the scene. and speak Of
the state of the long ago. The spirits Of 50
many fathers hover over the platform, and
admonish and charge us to care for those
loved ones.
should we pause here, no effect would be
produces by this meeting other than sad
ness in the hearts of all. With these sad
thoughts blend pleasant reflections of new
fathers and mothers and new homes. Very
appropriately, therefore, the children sang
I'VE are happy"
The speaker then drew a graphic picture
of the possible and probable future of many
of these children, had they not been
| EdlltE6u inbO tuCoC ScCOnu AOhAOS
He said, we are atthis day devoted to mon
ument- building. In every township oil the
land shafts are rising to tell of the bravery
and death of fallen soldier martyrs. 1t il
well. They will stand, serving a twO-fold
purpose-a memorial Of what the nation has
done and a wise teacher of future genera
tions. But it is more desirable toerect mon,
uments of another kind. We are entering
on a new career. During the last four years
we have been addressed on the heroic side
Now, on the return of peace, the gentler Vir-
tues are appealed to. Let us respond as
cheerfully now as then. Wealth must IN
evitably accumulate. While erecting mon
uments to fallen soldiers, let us not degleci
10 raise monument like this institution.
He closed in an eloquent strain, which Nc
report could do justice to.
REMARKS OF REV. Mr.. STRONG.
No Christian heart can look on this array
Of fatherIess and motherless children with,
ont gratitude to God for this result-aI
ASYLUM for Orphans. The institution doe!
not call for money, but it calls for a full
measure of Christian sympathy. 1t will no
de, now that the Asylum has been endowed
to say, we can sit dow and let it run itself
The principle of perpetual motion has nevei
been discovered either IN mechanics o.
HlOTdlS- OulcSS OnEAoLldn AAdhu5 dllu hOdAe
keep open the flood gates of sympathy, efor
and benefit, no good will come of the insti
tuition. 1t is not money alone which Il
needed
God cares for orphans. The more help
less and destitute His creatures are, thu
more ~copiously the fountains of divine pity
and mercy gush. God made the family
miniature Of His kingdom. The human
father is set in His place. That parent VIII
does not exercise a just authority owe
his children, misrepresents God. Ii children
are taught to respect their parents, 1t vii
be easy to lead them to love God. He her
went into the statistic of crime to show tn
influence of the family, facts proving tina
/, more than half the crime 9th world maj
be traced to an early deprivation of the sa
cred benefits of home on the part Of trans
gressors. Now religion is made to consis
) in large part Of visiting the fatherless ant
the widow, that is, the destitute, and allie
} Waiting their condition. Christianity has &C
cepted this commission. The rich ant
wise must serve and help the weak AM
! ignorant. That is the divine economy
And just in proportion to the purity o
Christianity is the disposition to help tn
lower and needy classes. He denied tn
!, statement that Roman Catholicism, by it
powerful central government, a~ceomplishe
greater results as a benevolent agent, thai
the Evangelical Churches. The primar
object of the former was declared, the ag
grandizement of the ecclesiastical system
Charity and philanthropy are subordinate
He continued at length in this strain. o.
the conclusion of his remarks, the exercise
], were closed with singing the doxology AN,
5 benedietion by Rev. Mr.. Page.