The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-02-01

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the remaining trees the form Of the
coy Minnehaha. But all else is gone.
Sixth. Consider the age Of the
world at which God threw open this.
land. Had America been thrown
open one hundred years before it was
before science and art prevailed,
and before the spirit Of adventure had
taken possession Of the people-the
result we now see would not have fol-
lowed. But God kept bis hand on
America till science had begun to IL
Illuminate the minds of men, till art
had attained some skill, till the print
ing-press was about to scatter its
pages of knowledge, till the compass
had been discovered, till law and the
principles Of Jurisprudence had been
founded; then God lifted up his hand,
drew away the curtain that had con-
cealed her from the Eastern world,
and opened the way for the growth
Of great nation"
The following are the sentences,
which he uttered on the "Flag" of
our country, which We recommend all
to read and re-read:--
awe must learn to do Justly, love
mercy and walk humbly before God.
We must feel dependent on q greater
power. We must take the world in
our arms, and convert all other ma.
tions to our true form of government
If such be our destiny, l believe God
will so arrange itthat these stars may
shine not only over this belt Of pow
er, but over the whole Western hem
isphere !; that these thirty six stars,
that cheered our brothers in the field
of conflict, and wrapped many brave
one for the grave, that was gazed on
BY fathers and mothers as their hope
and comfort in the loss Of their dear
ones, will grow in number ill they
shall represent in increasing numbers
every State and every province that
shall exist from pole to pole in this
broad continent Of ours.
But these stars are loved not only
by US. The world loves them, All
men, everywhere, have been used TO
gazing at the stars; and our flag re-
minds them of the clear blue Of heay-
en-. l have stood beside these Stars
and Stripes on the highest pinnacles
of the Garth. The Arabs and Turks
have manifested their admiration of
them. | have seen these stars on the
top of Marathon Marathon that looks
out upon the sea, and the sea on Mar
athon. Aud what is the meaning Of
tho dispatch from across the water,
in the papers Of yesterday morning,
that fifty thousand men were carrying
the Stars and Stripes with them in
procession in London! They are no
doubt to-day waving in the streets of
London, whore the people are talking
of liberty and suffrage. The day is
coming when the matrons Of liberty
shall hide this flag, as the loyal moth
ers Of the South hid il; and the moth
ers of Europe will teach their boys
the name of Washington, and learn
them to love our flag, till it shall DO
respected and honored to earth's re-
hottest bounds.
The lecture occupied one hour and
thirty.flve minutes in the delivery
The conclusion, in which the lecturer
pointed to the Stars and Stripes, that
enveloped the pulpit, was one Of those
passages which only the Bishop is
capable Of making. Every heart was
with him, every eye directed toward
him, every ear intent Relief went
forth in one simultaneous demonstra-
ton of applause as tho speaker ceased.
There wac one thing that more than
ordinarily impressed us. Whenever
there was, in fact or illustration, o
statement also OF the speakers per.
sonal eognizarce or experience in the
same, the interest in the audience be-
came greatly intensified. The story
OF the Kentuckian and the English
man who we're disputing about the
relative size of Great Britain and the
United States was given: Tired
with the yerbosity and swelling pride
of the Englishmap's description Of
his own country, the Kentuckiah
closed the dispute by saying that the
United States was tho grertest on the
globe Il was bounded ON the east by.
the Rising Sun, on tho north by the
| Aurora Borealis, on the west by tho
'Percession' Of the Equinoxes, and on
the south by the Day Of Judgment"
On one occasion, in Washington City,
during n public gathering where Pres
ident Lincoln and members Of his
@. binet were present, | mentioned
this anecdots, and thereupon the la
mented President remarked: "And
this reminds me Of httlo story
Once an Indian and an Englishnan
were debating about their country.
The Engllshman kept saying that the
British possessions were so great that
| the sun was never known 70 set on
| them. Al last the Indian replied:
tAnd the reason why II never sots on
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