Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1876-12-08

''Principlos, not men," but rather "Men
with principles. The speaker strongly con.
demned the bitter partisanshlp which char
acterzes the ordeal through which we are
now passing aud by The quotation OF nu-
merous texts showed how foreign IL is 10
tho spirit of the Bible. We have seen too
little of the temper Of Christ and Of Paul,
both of whom were remarkable for their
patriotism. "The idea," said the speaker,
''that either of the great political parties,
existing among us, Is utterly
destitute of truth, honor and honesty, be-
cause they differ from uS on men and
measures, Is monstrous." That bitter par
tisan spirit which clothes the candidate Of
its own party in white, while 1t believes
that Of its opponents TO be a spirit Of dark
ness, was earnestly deprecated as a viola
ton Of every law of Christian courtesy and
while it surely consumes the very
soul Of patriotism. The tendency, which
many men exhibit, to become disguised
with politics aud take no part In elections
or in appointments to office was also re.
bukcd, while 1t was pointed out that so
longas the best men manifest a lively in
lt1GsL III tltCLlOiS dn III All tliy dhdilS Vi
the country the Republic is safe. Mr.. Har-
ris next passed on to speak Of the necessi-
ty for true love Of country and of the rea-
sons why so laudable and so elevatinga
sentiment should exist in every breast.
After speak ing of the history and early as
sociations of the country, and of the i'm
menso material wealth and attractions he
said: "Our country is our mother, and if
she has errors we ought gently and kindly
10 admonish her and not cry out against
her at the corners of the Streets" He had
no faith in any man who could turn his
back on his native land and pine for other
realms. Our people have only TO divest
themselves OF low and fish purposes and
merge their whole heart in their country to
see the nobleness OF their function, and
carry into it personal and private virtue.
The young must be taught TO beware Of
him who would teach them to draw line
between the politician and the man. Re-
membering the devotion and the sublime
example of TIE fathers our youth must ra-
Their be taught 10 stand on the Bible in their
public as we'll as their private relations
they must be made 10 realize tina! the basis
of our civil rights rests on the characters
which we individually possess. Every
man in our land is a sovereign, and each
individual, therefore, needs the same indie
pendence of mind, the same personal vir-
tues, the same sense of responsibility as he
would If wearing a crown. We remember
the manhood and heroism displayed by
our young men in the late civil war, but
now that the contest is over we cannot lie
quietly down beneath the tree planted by
The fathers and watered by the blood of the
sons. Harder battles than those of the
sword are still TO be fought. We are striv-
ing to-day against the root Of all wars-lhe
ambition Of the selfish aud intriguing.
Slavery is dead, but we have still TO fight
against the pride and Incidence which was
its foundation stone. We are 10 contend
against all those narrow views and impure
motives that raise wall between ourselves
and the welfare OF the nation. Jesus Christ
stanos at the portal of the nation aud says
TO every young man as he approaches the
altar of public duty, first of all, Take my
yoke upon you and learn of me-" AS
Christ was tempted and conquered so he
the tempter of ambition and unholy self
serving.
upon these conditions, then, depends the
future and prosperity OF this Republic.
The moral and intellectual strength of our
young men, their love and devotion to their
country, and their determination to carry
the principles OF true manhood and hero
ism into all their public and private rela-
tions of life. Be true 10 these principles,
for into your hands, youLg men, God is
now committing one of the mightiest of all
human trusts. Be but faithful to your
task, take up your cross, and you will shun
hallowed ambition which have desecrated
each governmental fabric once the hope of
the past"
BISHOP SCEREsCEwsKY's ADDRESS.
The announcement of an address by the
bishop-elect of China at the Episcopal
church last Wednesday evening drew to-
gether a large audience who manifested a
lively interest both in the addresses and in
the devotional exercises of the occasion.
The remarks of Bishop Schereschewsky
were prelaced by the superstition that all
his audience sympathized with foreign
missions and their work. When Christ is
sued the command, "Go we into all the
world and preach the gospel to every crea-
ture," there were but eleven apostles or
missionaries. They established the word
in every place familiar 10 them, but it is
not universally established yet. OF the
twelve hundred millions of the human
race only four hundred millions are Chris
tians, and the great TACT that two-thirds OF
the world are still heather is apt TO be for
gotten. But there are those who profess to
believe that Christianity is adapted only
to European nations, and that those who
are heather should remain so. But we
who believe in The divine origin of our
faith hold that ours is a catholic,-a univer-
sal religion. II is the religion of the Prince
of Peace, and must be spread by peaceful
means, while Mahometansm spreads by
the means of sword and violence.
The speaker spent tileen years as a mis-
sionary in China, one OF the greatest en-
pires earth has ever known. The territory
of the country is twice as large as the uni
ted States, extending four thousand miles
from North 10 South, and three thousand
from East 10 West, including Corea and
Mantchuria. The population, four hun
died millions, is the largest the world ever
saw under one law, literature and religion.
Russia has seventy millions of people
France, thirty millions; England forty
millions; India, two hundred millions
United States, forty millions. AS regard,
antiquity of history and civilization, the
Chinese are the Oldest people of the world
originating, probably, thousand years be-
fore the Roman Empire, and contemporary
| with The Baby lonian, AssYrian and Per.