The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-15

Eltn blEuNl III lOuI luuOlS anu tOh sup
through the blessings of later times. You
lived in an age of peace. Four hundred
years later the din of battle would have
broken up your homes and laid your tented
fields in ashes. The invaders would have
engufed your villages and carried your
wives and children into captivity.
Only after the loss of countless lives and
treason, after teudal laws had been dis.
persed, did the world begin to feel the
greatness of commerce. Commerce utterly
conquered war; industry put down fight
ing. and after great struggles did the world
begin to prove the steps of universal peace
and goodwill.
The speaker next considered the develop
ment of the reasoning faculties of man and
their effect upon civilization.
From the slow steps made in the early
days of invention and discovery man has
rapidly progressed until at the present time
the inventions of to-day crowd upon those
of yesterday. Think how slowly we moved
when we first began to reason Generation
after generation has used truth as n force
against physical obstacles, and great
strength has been found in reason. The
speaker then reviewed the various inyen-
tions made in those early days aud their
great usefulness, simple as they were.
These were brought about only after great
trials and many failures Then did we
come TO have better plows. better looms.
and nicer work of Mi kinds There was
no force like that of mans own brain.
Well NAV we pause at the triumphs of
reason. Used rs a tool yet il helped him
in the use of his strength. Its trumphs
over the storm. the lpht. ihe wind. and all
the forces combined were referred to, like
the infusion OF light into dark places, slow
~ roisinr 10 seq Tho divine flame which
kindletb MI the worll and ouidcs nil who
are in doubt and distress
we often hear of the nursnit of tru,h for
IFS own sake This fern was pecnliarlv
inf .rluna,e. for bv il we meant the ptT
suit Of truih without REGARD to outward
rain. The searcher after truth accents
novertv and oven risks his life to carry ont
his desires lie docs this because uoih,nr
else will satisfy him for the sake of his
own ncacc. Arass;z spcnt eirht wears in
ATTEMPTING to. do that which he knew
he never womb be rcpaid for.
Kenlor snrnt nineteen wears in
endeavorin1 10 fin1 onl ,hc distance of the
nloncts from their orbits of revolution.
France tnl the United States have OK
pended enormous sums in searching after
The transit of Venus. because of n national
nride 10 find ,he distance of the earth from
tbn SIM Forrodov snrnt twenty years on
tho sni,ioct ~ olnctric;,v ,vI,iia Norsn
enent liz bnst veers in Notwithstanding concern
inc mollnsks Thnv folln,yrd MI these
thinrs hnco,,sc ,bcv 'y,,.t hocouse Of The
snpminr command Ind ON ne We MI
want moro lght and nrc strrnrlinr to get
o,,t Of tl;s do,ilnass
Divors 90 dow, INTO tho doom hri we all
show, tbo froos,,rc any ,i'is hos n lii,oness in
some t,nths This slow ,vorI.ing n,,t niece
bv niece corfrma ,rn faith there IL In MS
| T'hat II l. onl,, sli;l ,rro,,,d ON ,,licl our
ideal con rcsf Civiii2otion Inns onnled to
,his high Stand CoI Inc thanked Tor The
nafieni faithful THINKING mani We will
bono, and follo,y lin, WHO riyas ~, wealth
friends and noeitinn and obrvs Tho cali of
reason Cor lis own snurs sake Among
these nre those who have corricd the snir.
final lamus of life and have left sweet
mcssorcs of cheering imnort Inv the way.
10 nse tho lirht X 10 nrnctice eternal rca.
son.
The direction of orr moral nature was
ncyt considered Truthfulnpss and kind
ness were instincts which need reason in
their fulfillmcnt they are the limbs of the
soul. Yon obey the moral innnlses-not
because Won are commanded. or because
Won will he broucht to nm account hcreof.
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so to do. Were there no God YOU will
still try TO I've pure. not from the fact of
being seen of earth or heaven. but from
an impulse of the inner man. This feeling
brings severity. and keeps your relations
of man to man from clashing. Against
this power are a sense of sloth and love
of luxury and power. There isfirhtjpg I'M
seen and undeclared. Alone man tries tc
be faithful 20 his higher nature. Nc
theatre is cognizant of this struggle. The
will tries to follow an inward voice and
grows strong and rises or faints and falls
All our human IMPULSES beats stronger OF
fainter. The child has an inward teaching
of what is right, and in following out that
impulse ouickens desire to be faithful
throughout the whole house, and throw.
an influence over society. Thousands OF
social circles makeup aworld. Your private
actions. nv friends. are helpinr or keeping
back the civilization of the race Many
instances were brought nm of truthfulnes,
to conviction, John Brown among the rest
He shamed towards into bravery bv hi.
enthusiasm that was like a.metcor Ye
as great service as his had been attempted
and undertaken bv many a negro who hat
ended it at the stake. There was grea
sacrifice to duty. and not one shall be lost
No matter whether their action was con
spicuous and timely. but was il nure ant
in the cause of man
Next, the tendency of men TO rise b,
means of religion. Arc we to condition ou
lives by our fear of the Supreme Being
Ignorance is the mother of fear. Ever,
savage has an idea of A Supreme Being t
whom he attributes his losses. There IS n
tie of love, but all is fear. The jew win
believes in an angry Jehovah. the Greel
who believes the furies of the Divine puI
sue him-can this sort of a religion hell
civilization? The Scandinavian and Nc
hammedan are satisfied with sensual era,
ification. the Brahmin with perfect res,
the Buddhist with freedom from the fea
9l ehlire GNllhc'lon OF MS race IN lhe carr
, and when we draw tbc line we find the nm
known to be to them the divine Henc
| ms disposition TO attribute The word powe