The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-07-13

the fields while husband, father, brother
| son, or friend, was shedding his blood q
Bunker Hill, Bennington or along tn,
shores of the BrandywiBs. nl..nH
In his letter to Timothy Paul pay
a striking tribute to woman's influence
When l call to mind the unfeigneC
faith that is in thee, which dwelt frs
in thy grandmother Lois, and thy moth
er Eunice, and am persuaded that il
thee also.n Timothy is pious, but b,
had good mother aud good grand
mother. Piety in that family is traces
back through three generations. Who
eau tell the influence that these gooc
women had in the formation OF the
character of Timothy. | think it j.
John Randolph who said that he would
have been an inidel in the bad sense Of
that term we're it not for the memory Of
christian mother. Some writer has
said She who rocks the cradle rules
the world" Ho
4. Learn, also, from this subject tina,
friend in need is u friend indeed" p
When the American cause is nearly
hopeless, Lafayette leaves his beautiful
home in France and offers his immense
fortune, and life if need be, Il sacrifice
for the success of the colonies. The
name of that Frenchman will ever be
dear to the American heart, because
his help came when we needed help.
We all have plenty of friends when
we do not particularly need them. A
Il. Stewart, the last years of his life
could borrow almost any amount OF
money, but during his younger days
people were not so willing to assist hun.
The lawyer, the physician, the mer
chant, the minister, will receive encour-
agement enough when he has established
his reputation and stands in no immedi-
ate need of said encouragement. Kind
words spoken to a young man during
his early struggles for recognition are
like apples of gold in pitchers of silver.
God is presented as the true friend when
it is said of him, " a very present help
Ill tlUle VI ITOuUlc
>. Again, learn from this theme the
value Of organization and discipline.
The American troops of the Revolution
were entirely inefficient n these partic
ulars. The British army was world re.
nowned for its organization and disci.
pline. You may have read of the sink.
ing of the English ship, the Birkenhide.
A large number of soldiers and women
and children were aboard. When it
was found that the ship must sink, the
women and children were told to get
into the small boats and escape to shore,
while the soldiers were drawn up in line
on deck. There those soldiers stand
and see others escape. BY disobeying
orders some of them, at least, could save
their lives. But they patiently await
their terrible doom. The women aud
children are all safe in the boats, but
there is room for no others. Faster
and faster sinks the ship. Uttcring no
cry, with ranks unbroken, those soldiers
90 down beneath the waves forever, a
striking example of the power of disci
pine
Christ might have come into the
world, preached the Gospel, and left no
He understood human
nature, no doubt, too well for this He
not only gave to the world certain prin.
cipleS but he founded the Church, an
as the pillar aud support
of the truth"
6. Again, learn from this topic that
the desire for liberty is deeply implant-
ed in the human heart. Slavery to
British crown or any other power is
CALLING.
1t is said that those whom Christ
makes free shall be free indeed" The
slave in the olden time, in the far away
south runs away from his master. He
has been told that if be can reach Can
ida he shall be free. He knows nothing
Of the geography of Canada nor nothing
If the geography of the States over
which he must pass to reach that land |
When he comes to State line he knows
t not. He has simply been told that if
he will follow the North Star it will
,uide HIM to Liberty. With his faith
u the leadership of that star he starts
or freedom. He hides as best he can
" day, and travels by night. Through
wamps, through woods, in the valleys,
long the hillsides and over the noun
ain SUBMITS he pursues his course. He
lears the hounds on his track, but that
My hastens his flight When faint
rom the want of food and the long
march, he is prone to give up all further
fort for freedom and throw himself into
he hands of his pursuers, he glauces at
hat glittering star and it seems to smile
pom him and speaking the sweet word,
freedom say, Don't give up now
cep up courage a little longer and you
hall reach the land where the baying
f the blood hounds aud the crack of
he oyerseers lash shall fall upon your
ars no more" The poor slave, with
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