, 1876-05-29

Inl* WIS LllE Hhsnn LttF WCsc learning Ill tttSG
!ays TINT l!c, for Tie anlsc Of pcacc and prat,
is to hc preferred to trut. and ti9 last !lollar
etaked ol, Hight, a,ni llfc itself II 80 y peascs
God. And 80, as Lord Bacon haa said, tllat .
.ome time or other, llcrc, was ample ground for
ngtta,!on. II was not nnly freedom ur bondage,
hut The truth or lie, and not, In soiile
?ass"; fn tfSgh Il 's Ss s''es !" III. to ,ps ss
fashion Tint eanie home to every man Of good
real manhuul In tho Thirteen Colonies, thetewas
y, nan m 10 watcl, how t'ls end Mas WORRYING IN
@ thag @ 70 sy about ss "si rcse fss 'f aad I'D
n 7" ne ;1 v1gs l1amns. 10 ssek oic.a o s
The odds evcM., And this is but ono Instance et
", ~ay tllc tide WIS running. VIZ l,are lived
through time In which tho.c were ro,'ntcsl
not quito 80 tr,o a. tbs iio. And that was tho
trouble then, Let tho 1natter alonc,'' men
%eso s"ynF "wlSt 1 gGo1 Ia % tnero : IN a end
glove with iatldc!Ity;, fcar God ind honor tho
King; speak moi. evil of sl'gnltcs, the Powers
That nrc ordained of Col; render unto Cu,sar
to tho cnl Of Tic dreary nil chapter. believe
tint there arc those who think tu-tay there was
not mucll to fight about boyotMl IL certain
hankcrfng after Independence. wh!cl, Ind got
was tho most serious thing to fight about the
meh nf our breed cnn over encounter. VIII yon
1c a free trutl-telling, man Or serf md liarl
the Atlantic from Siarston Moor, and was Ieat.
Ing 1n the Colonies to the SAME end that II had
beat on the kiuRdou1. 1t was the fulfilling Of
the yiBion John saw On Patmos, "rherc was war
that sat UPON M lin " ~as saya Fa,hfa sn1 l Trac,
and III righteousness he doth Judge and mako
| war. And hc was clnthgd In vcsture dipped
II n'l9od' and Ills naAno is called the Word OF
SO, to get ut the secret Of the Rerolutson, 1
| sny ngnln, VIC nrc to 1ay our eur close 10 tho
t'mc an'l hcar The fathsrs talking y
si the honcst sason m heart to whicl, in iii agcs
! lie Is not a why wo llaye Of sayiug IL thing,
! but Just 4 He. They llml ct'me ~ tuke refUgeln
fa!schood for fcar worse might. happen, ar!!
| then they found TINT tho worst hu! happened
nlready. They wcrc walking In vain shadows,
| looking at each other out uf tc curtler Ut tic
| eye, falsc to themselves. No rnAttcr about the
king, tho T., fas,n.r thought Of u a. 10 va
sermon; tile merchant as l,e went tn his store;
| tho statesman as hr set hIe periods, und then
there was word that struck hume like Il built
"leatb rather than this double dishonor," and
thu word WIS made flesh nnts dwclt anlorig the
fathers md they brIsed Ills glory. Ono little
town Of few ecurc ,lcn, before blow had becn
Str struck, except those that wero struck among
DECLARED war asanat Grcat britain all 70 ilssff,
and voted supplies The OLD stroug blood wa:
ap i, "sss' Sea dars tns ''n s"ns nt pnS s: Sa t
not II ttc Whole world ia on tic otlrr siic. W.
came here to make tho hest Of II. We lucan to
have what NC came for" That wns t!H word
cost Eugl1u,a many campa1yns, grcAt ,naiy
lives, and $8, 00o, ,o0D Joiin Adama says: "Allcil
htorntcd It III ten minutes with f,rty lncn, with
9ut tho loss IT lIle or limb" 1twas by the
ftl- III II Mud
him To u white lire. Tho muse Of History makes
him say, q Cems out, cir, and surrender, or
vi! sav4tlleG the whole Rarrso''.h The ,ntlsc Ut
w rsy fS' c lew VIII fs s I'D ihis wy '1.s,s
nut, you white-livercd wrntct, mid surrender"
Ilc was good Unitarian, III have hcarsl--i,c
Ut tle few ever bred IL Connecticut, and hat 10
worse, either for Ills faitll or hs rnush, hot
| speech. thlnl that was l,oma,sllrll, where I.
necly-ordcrc,l address would hG!yc been
Knan e,hle ,nl , Mye e1 a i,s n, ~,
mill, which was nlso the home. When thn rv,l
coats eaancand their Captain sai', Wherc'sthat
said, with whtr lips, "but will MT tcli thee;
we nre friends hut VIC do mt bconr TO thy
side" "Thcn 1 will hung you To that hca1l,,'
The trooper al,sWrred, 4na lml ile c"Isl almut
hum, me, hut Will nut tell tllec," WIS tl,r nuirt
nlsswcr, unl tuil, for tEr sake uf this llui1li!n
] nltnfu which l!ns 80 much to answer for, II Ii
pleasant anl good to guy Tint hc ,topk thc cord
t'Conc, men, VIC had better go." The maid
lived T., bs 10, and Il you will 20 With me to .'r
next Western Conference will Hhnw yoll her
picture and the old mill. Tint was Lie living
word, too, ail Wasl.lngtons curses US hu lunt:
down Ills Int, uud Il vust array Of words VIC only
hcar III whisper or not nt nll. 1t is tllu tnenr-
latlon Of Il manhood NIL on fire In the eonnlo,l
man,. the cultured nun, tho rough soldier,
who has a fortress to storm and the little uala
| who Is left to guarl thu mil the mnI who IL
horn tic listening scnatcs 10 command and read
cal, just Jiunder through What he has to say Ut
ntoTn meettng. II T. ,.lways tho living wor., ,
secret OF such battle NJ thy fathers had to igl4t
one ia,t word viii BE-. Il il no matter what tito
new fight n.uy bu about, it will bc determined IL.
IT,, oll WY. We my b. troubled j. about T. the
aa " %osf g' MhPps n Psi w BE- e0fs s z au 5sgW
not only iron, thy lesson we hayu
touched this morning, but from al
sturdy stu c race, thu thai when oneo thu psope fairly
takc these twu wurls luto their hrnrts,-
truth and freetlnm,-an'l weigh then, against
any question which can come nn which. touches
essh lnnn and tho whole IN, ma'l,o'od, then they
Will give verdict on the right stde sooii OF latD,
md stand by II while there is Il nun left. It
,nay draw harl on the children, q It dja on tho
ilnrd,,ess US tho Old ruft did ami as We !!aye
dune. 'rhc process u,ay bo slow, hat It will l,o
SURF. This word, which is said In human hcasts
aud at hrcs!des, tn town.nceiings aud tnehurch-
es, even Mt Inst, aboMt right and wrong, Ii not
some hap-haxard emotion It Is tlu won,i
Of tho living God, tho fluent Bible
| fresh from tho depths Ut inspiration III the
words from the Old Iehrow heart that can
never die, born Of this conccrn for whatever
thingss aro true, VIZ shall hare undylng worda
out u the American heart, Bihlo born of our
rurcs yui unGorn. Tllr word IL still in tic bc.
glnulng, fresh and full az when tho morning
stars sang together, and all the sona OF God
shouted for Joy.
Il ducAt at q Hotel Wants to Uave an Un
dsrstanting.
Dftrntt Free Irts+.
I A night or two slnec chap about a5 year,
old, looking US Il llc had csawlcd out Ut cav.
| u, rrr,nut1ixt tIfD n1,HN'. nntrfAl ma Ot thu