New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-21

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second element Of success in NE d"g ssosTe ,oori
or more specifically he dong or " enc thus as
e P5O'G ond 3one with all fidelity True
work divnely appointed, however obscure ~ a. ist mr.
anv rnodjcTm OF natures correlated forces II stood
not many days ago." said the preache, all com
en,orates its slain warriors for the Union read win
deep emotOn-wth feeling AKIN 70 ~, nioro oil
strange names TO me- most Of them we're names OF men
whose shoulders epauette han eI"cu mo ,xatcbed
fought died in the ranks. Nay, most OF hem hau Ics
to believe were men i tho eof fiyym or
the neighbOrbood from which they mad gone forth az
the call Of their country Even by the passing S n
This was known Of them ALA glory beyond all adVehu
tious distnconthat IN good cause t.eS nau 40 70
the ieIghboring cemetery and as moved alonH as
winding ways my eye fe on the grave 81 0 O5e
1 was drawn TO that grave by group gateIod cone
it, family group-f1ther mother iave had planted
there That mothers face haunts me st-so I O hat bn
deem affection that knows no change, OF the sorro" a'
To'P staned NOT erndlcafed by the touch OF time
Net there was bent with 10 all nethousn.t ~ ~
only calm resiPnaton but sort OF triumphant tnahk
Hyo that tbongb her dear sOdier-bOy might VISIT her
lOwly dwelling more 10 was IN mn y,on, ~orrior
was taking his rest Sleep on nly SAID young warrior f
GO tbe Tig6f Thou shalt forgotten soon by the lew
that knew theeeven the weepers at thS nav ,5t 10y
low thee ere long to the land OF silence my ewofR
not he sounded forth by the trump OF fame But III
however humble a sphere thou mast peeh rug H.
rne 10 thy conscience. thy country, Thy Cod anu tho
wort fbn2 hast done though 1t be- not embazoned on
AZ 49, ~ bistory-hough II seonl TO melt like the fall.
ing snowdake into the great ocean OF the past-snaii
neTertbeess remain II has entered into The very founda
ons OF the Republic into t4e yefg o e e IT shall
pass to other lands as part and parcel OF boon ~T
tho wealth Of Ormus OF OF ina "ou De to y ot hero
chase And sl2 1t be with not lewChy ny oto
Ia who weuE forth from our own College HANS 10
dare to do and TO fall IN the same strife Tor ieeuO
So TOO shall IL be with the soldiers on many InoraI
bateeld obscure TO the eye OF man. but usfouS ~ Tue
sight God" The third element al success n orby Of
distinct presentation, is usefulness In seli,ouitunT9
there must needs be usefulness Just as luminous no. -,
must needs shine. so IN tho uOng OF 9u Ior 1iIoVy
its chief ends doubtless, Is the good Oh our wv
And by grand reaetloLna reaGa,En 6eni
OF our nmOst nature, and sodyiney appohteu-a pV ~
hcence is form Of selfculture Inc sOul was nao io
broad outlook and fora large iorngouG ~ PI gerry TT
is shrveed when 1t Is shut up wi'hn Isei, III go ~
sense is il true that there is that gveth ana YET III
creaseth and there that more t9Sn is ee e
and 1t teDdeth to poverty SefobyOn Tor the SAX Si
Others is the ruest acknowledgements us wen Us INC Kn
Passing asst to the second general head the preacher
named, in exhaustive way three eOnuu0ns oi sue .
lowest yew-n its merely secular relauODss OF great
moment. Who does not know now important 70 Iho oe
gnner in lfe be his sphere what II may Is Gnaraeter
There can be no great success saw 40 nti Tiia
cured and to that COnScientOusness is essehaI lhls
fs and by divers great facts OF history, the history
especially. of our own country Iue cases Vi "ash
Ington and Abraham Lincoln were cited; III was
The General confidence in the integrity Of the for
mer amid all exceptional disrust that gave nun tnp
ouet given him the prares Of Illinois stu chung 70 MN
AT Washington that he was able to crush the Dy Oh
saved us Conscienousness however, has higher and
wider range; it is not for time only but Tor eternity ~
embraces the whole moral and spiritual belugi IL
takes IA o t iiSe tomrb ~ the Divine Spirit into
simple faith. uniting the soul to Christ, puri-
flying it from SIM making It meet Tor the me t iR
both worlds do we achieve the truest and highest
In life Next TO cOnscentiOusness Is oOneenbUllO MANS
powers are miIed at tnY pts anu me must Swore
t6e man OF one book and AS fair candidate
for tstf
object To that should all the lines OF ne con
verge ii should be focal point for all the rays OF intel
Iect and feeling How many fail Of this, and make life
every thing, and not much Of anything. Nothing
engrosses, and 80 nothing aronses them
The broad stream which nayies might float, IS DIS
trbuted little rivuet Of hardly force enough to turn
a childs play-wheel great phrase Is that old Latin
one, t0tls IN MiS-a whole man wholly In his work
whether 1t serves as the motto OF Jullus C9si or
Paul Napoleon Bonaparte Luther Concentration
not less important IN spiritual than 10 temporal Things
Many has failed OF sayatlo net because he never
sought &C. but because he was hearted In the quest
centratlon continuity. This is not incompatible with
VERSE rather OF that fragmentary and desutory mode
| Of life that doube-mindedness and consequent in
we see all about many sad examples Every true
fe after the Divine pattern is unity not for the pres
mere couglomerate, nor purely mechanical affair u
is growth-it Is an organic whole IL I0Lo%s heTeh a.
really isolated, not an atom OF matter even IN al TN
universe. There succession and causaon every where
the connection Of link with link, Of tho end win
the beginning, and so OF the several part
( with the whole. Even stones grow, though it
only By accretOn Nothing Ie really eNtempoflzed
| especially nothing great. The present eyeTmort
has its roots in the byg0ne SO Is 10 10 some extent
whether will not; the poet has II, 1.-THE child
father Of the man." Yet as TO complete continuity
such as all the processes Of nature typy much depends
on our own spoDtaBeity choices and voluntary
acts There should be continuity Of purpose. not only
fast ordinarily the calling, wisely selected Life" II
is said short and art is long, and surely for any one
art no single life too much There IS commonly no
little advantage may say further, in continuity
| OF Mace. True, change In this regard may
| sometimes be called for. IL the oak, In It's
| GERM has been set I'm a 1OwerpOt, yon VIII not
think Of keeping II there Yet the process OF transplant
ing Is ever delicate one-t may be fatal. shock Is
suffered the OF absorption, secretion, assim
tOD interrupted growth, for time Is suspended,
and the soil may prove less genial than the old The
difficulties and trials which often lead men-especially
professional men-O think OF some change Of location,
are often but needful test, hard
ening and maturing process. preparation
for higher usefulness Happy he Who amid all
such TRIALS, judges with the first Napoleon, that
larry" and so finds his shoulders broadening with tho
burdens LAID upon them Yet such result is the issue
only OF holy bOdness, courage born OF the Spirit IL
attained only by that faith which, amid all beating
tempests and swelling IL an anchor To the soul,
steadfast The discourse closed with address
the graduating class which reference made 10
two Of their number who had died since they entered,
Henry F. Pratt and Edward James, both men OF great
excellence aud promise.
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