Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-06-07
ASHTABULA, OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE Z, 1878.

Of tho sou'. Tlose old pyramids erected
so many thou and years ago are only
the to.hDs of namccss despots. The
/ granducr Of the structure remains, but
the name, the merits, and the life Of the
! builders are forgotten forever
May we remember that it is only as
the beginning Of our family life that We
build our houses, so as the entrance up
on a higher, truer, better history, may
we begin our new period, and may it
prove primitive state to future glori-
Gus history. The spirit life has been be-
slowed, the soul has been born, the re-
ligiOus history has lcen awakened. Let
u not bury it in our pyramid and may
It's language never be confOunded, but
while we are at work let us worship, and
then may God make our place the house
where lac shall dwell, aud may we rise
on these dead buildings, as on stepping
stones to higher things. ...
Ii. Another characteristic Of the build
ing period, is its material strength.
There is no doubt but that tic
time of building is the time Of yigor.
We all Of us c;oice in growth; we love
to see the growth Of grass Of grain, Of
the great green earth.
TLere Is power the sleeping ground
which tugs and tolls with ali the bonds
OF matter until the life must spring forth.
1t is a Sleeping giant which 10 hand can
restrain and no chain can bind. We
love to see the strength of men, eve
when applied to material pursuits Even
>isyphus in his toll, rolling up the use
less stone which shall 90 down again, is
better than the same oisyphus on his
back with the stone resting on him, and
holding him down to earth. Cyclops,
with one eye, great brute creature, r.
cIen with the eye put out, raging III ms
strength, is better than no strength at
all Hercules amid his toll WAS better
to be worshipped as our hero God, than
t. have 10 hero and 10 God. The a.
cieat5 worshipped force and their frsi
gods were heroes of giant strength and
Titanic power Strength a,Id vigOr have
indeed accomplished wonders for this
worid and we would by no means de-
spise their power. We might as well
worship strength as beauty, and if we
are to confine our attention to material
thing, it may be rs well to the force
that .ccomplishes, as to the beauty tina.
eileminates. There is mlnllness to
the rude vigor OF the ages that puts to
the blush the ciTeninacy OF spiritual
things. The building period is attended
with this result, that it has an amonnt
. Of real ,c0rthiUeSS aud rude yigor VIII. ch
must command the admiration OF MEL.
10 be sure these exercises OF strength
Le.ong t. the youthful period and ale
| likely to descend into weakness, and
, e..eminacy, and ease, and luxury comes
: in the wake OF national progress, but 20
? long as it lasts even mtlScutor cnristia
: itv IS better than no christianity ut al
e Civilization has constantly had 10 be
supplied with the fresh new strength.
wn.cl rude nations and untamed
: Lordes hold in reserve. 1t is remark
: able how the wheel of progress has roll
e ed on, moved by the newer races Baby
/ lonians giving place to Assyrians, Assyr
t ians to AIedes and Persians, Persians tt
@ Greeks, Greeks to Romans, Romans t.
II Goths, Goths to SaXons, SaXOns to or
g mans. and now, in this country, we are
V drawing our strength from the crowd OF
!. foreigners, that supplement our weak
t ness and overcome our chemlnacy. Shal
5 the wheel roll on next to draw on tie
c strength Of the untold millions OF chin;
/. and liindostan and Asia? 1t IS well a
IS least that there is demand for mate@;i
II folcr and the very rude Wig g'r 9
e which We speak. Luxury and wealt
t. proved the ruin of all the nations of tn
Y east. The cOnquerors of the world hav
d been men of rude strength who led thei
k wild and vigorous hOrdes to subdue til
,e enervated, eifeminated kings and nation
D. that had built but buried-built thei
e. palaces, and cities, and magnificent apart
e ments, but buried their manllneSS, thci
Is mind and their religion. AcrXes, an
le Cyrus, and Alexander, and Ceasar, an
d .ilelic, and Genseric, and Attila are onl
H. repetitions of the vigor which God SUI
le plies by bringing up fresh heroes froi
e. every new nation, And so MS we
$. westward, Charlemngne, and Charl'
10 the 9TH, and Cromwell, and Napoleon
at and Duke of Wellington, aud then
en- our own land, Washington, and jackson
10 and Lincoln, all bearing Ill their veins I'll
So fresh, pure blood OF Il new and NlSoroI
H. race. No be to the world when I'll
es natural vigor Of man is worn out al.
n there are no new heroes to become I'll
n conqucrJrs and the laal ers. We rejoi'
&C. therefore III tie building period, becal s
tie it is the age of vigor and mate ri
~ strength. Look mt our railroads, onr G
us mails, our steamboats,, and our vessel
ID Look at our lumber forests, our quarriC
d. our mines and our soil. Look at OF
Id factories, our stores, and our cities. Loo
ce ut the multitude rushing out to the we'
ur ern prailies and Cultivating the virg
he soil aud laying the foundation of a rap
tie and wonderful growth. All these il
he prove uen,s have not been made witho
we an amount of strength and labor po'
rk lively poll. i1us We go to Egypt !
nd stand beside the pyramids and wond
II at their size, and are amazed that III
nA nation could build such stupenduo
nv works. But We forget that each one
lid these took perhapsa IA quarter of ccntu
TO to produce, and that the whole vigor
we the nation was occupied with the o.
to structure which should serve both
ur monument and tomb to their tyrant kin
al. it took 1000 men thirty years to bui
all single pyramid, and they were I
nd ifC reed four times year by a ire
lis, supply until the work was tinlshe