The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-13
LECTURE 81 REV. ROBERT
COLLYER AT BRANDON.
subject ." salt.n

ers own lnimitable style. The town hall
was crowded with the hest citizens of
Brandon and many from adjoining towns.
The speaker commenced his lecture by
referring to his visit to France in 1865. She
was then in the prime of her prosperity.
Wherever he turned he saw signs Of brili-
ancy aud power. Most of all in Paris
where, on the 10th of August he saw a
celebration which was day kept nearly
the same way as Americans do the Fourth
of July He saw there grand muster Of
troops, and being then fresh from this side
of the water, he could but compare the
show to the sight Of our boys who had
gone out TO war in unbroken columns, with
new flags flyirg, drums beating, their eyes
showing the courage in them 10 meet the
foe. He had seen them come back with
broken columns, tattcred flags, showing,
stronger than mere words, in mute signs
that they had done their duty and were
ready to do it again. There in Paris, as n
mere matter of show and parade, our
troops could not hold candle to them in
the splendor of equipment and perfection
of movement, which gave as it were the
llPutS anu SHuuOMb VI all uuDNllfN NlttllllS,
gorgeous enough to change all Quakers in
to fighting men. He went TO Paris again
in 1871, and found the city in ruins, the
mighty army had melted away and all its
beauty had vanished. The first sight was
but a gilded sham, with no heart in it. 1t
was not the government alone that was to
blame but the people bad the qualities
which wrought the ruin. There is no
more shameful chapter in the history Of
the world than is read in the dongs and
treachcry of the citizens III the smaller
towns of France. From a lady who
lived there the speaker had learn
ed that when detachment
of troops came there hungry and naked
the citizens let them lie on the ground in
dead of winter rather than to give them a
cup of coffee or a crust of bread. The
sight almost broke her heart. He told her
that rather than that such sight should he
seen in America that every woman in the
land would take their children's breakfast
from the table and give to the starving
troops. He came home thinking this over
and wondering what the future of this
country would be when our children should
take our place, and in connection with the
subject for the evening those irt'e which
are necessary for cur progrps, rs d nation
would be considered rrd,r the head OF
"Salt."
The quality which undcrles our every
action, which if we lose we go GUNn IL
ruin that power which has an energy and
efficacy which will tako care of Il man un-
der any temptation, which rises out OF
energy into reality, and which makes you
know just what you are and where YOU
stand, which makes virtue as full OF charm
as the vices which characterized those
Frenchmen in Paris, was considered a:
''Salt."
The quality of reality-the true power
to be what you claim to be and what folks
understand you to be, was then considered
at length. This quality was what the boys
had. whose schoolmaster tried to make hin
think just as he did in everything. So wher
Lent came he told them they must make
up their mind to give up something dur
| ing that season and sent them out to con
slider what it should be. They consulted
together, and finally brought in verdict
that they would abstain from 'hash.
That was what they wished to give up ant
they did so. They kept to that decision
and would not swerve from it for thei
stomachs went against such course.
The speaker further illustrated his poin
|
audience in a roar for some time. Energy
without vital reality or truth was next con
sidered. This was illustrated by thu
French newspaper which, on the escape O
Napoleon from Elba, gave its readers tn,
following heading from day TO day, char
acterizing Napoleon as the Cannibal, satrap
tiger, monster, tyrant, usnrper. Bonaparte
Napoleon, and then Emperor, until at tn,
last they came out with Ellis Imperial Ma
| jesty has arrived in the midst of his lovin:
subjects" Another quality is to get thing
right when once they are wrong, that quail
ity which inspired the woman that kept I
store, who on hearing sermon upon hon
esty came straight home and burned he
| bushel measure, which made Cromwell
pay back all the money he won in gambin.
with his friends which takes all the eyi
| out of us and makes us sound to the core
He told an incident of his own experience
on the plains, of coming across man whit
owned rancho, at which they were com
PEELED to stop to take shelter from thun
der storm. The owner told his story of hi
experience as miner fifteen years, during
which time he had gambled away all tn
money he had earned. AT the end of tina
time he had made up his mind he wa
making fool of himself, and accordingl,
made vow he would quit the life he wa
leading. He went to the girl he had love-
all his life and told her of his resolve. Sh
did what he himself would not have done
accepted him and he was still true TO hi
word.
Another quality was to make our virtu
as pleasant and enticing as some do thei
vices to not put sour face on nobl,
things, and make our life as cheerful as
is clean. If there is any danger in the flu
ture of America, said the speaker, it is tina
which is threatening us in our social ant
domestic life by playing fast and loos
with the most sacred vows which we ar
called upon to make. There are man,
homes going to pieces for want o
this soundness and sweetness we cal
salt. A man appears to woman in tn
image of god, wins her hand and hear
and turns out to be little less than thief
1t is, as has been said 'very hard to tel
the Old Harry, when all the men have boot
on" 1t is also found to be the same on th
other hand. A man meets pretty face il
the parlor, and taking that as criterion
becomes miserable for life. The grea
reason why so many failures are made il
this way is because our young people seen
to take snap judgment before they hay
| ian y NoiiiS tpSS'heit thNJ DtiN'S III wv u
first sight, think they must at once &c
married, and so are deceived. Several in
stances were narrated by the speaker whe
both sexes had been made miserable by thi
cause, which stories created much merri
ment by the humorous manner in wbicl
they were told. There was no solidity il
such transactions men and women woult
not come together like dltaH and settl
| back into dish water for those wedding
which generally turn out well arc thos
when both parties have known each othe
intimately if in the country, they hav
gone to school together, have taken lon
rides together when he has learned to driv
with one hand. If she is in the kiiche
when he calls, she don't have to run u
stairs to put on another dress, and if h
should happen to kiss her his breath doe
not necessarily smell of cloves. Thei
manners are frank as daylight, and thei
likes run together as two rills run togethe
to make river. II is especially demande
that they should be intimate with eacl