The Red Cloud chief., 1878-01-17
ldnih YAeA.

pIe8S8ot c~upDc9ceOce u the go@-
liant officer Was recalled by an article
In the Msslsueed Gxriseioa Weekly on
..ReliGioa In Business"
He was u Cain. busily engaged IN
EeseinG ready 6oesthe eeFvre fks Aees
Of Nnboats ~with{which he afterward
captured Fort Henry. and aided Gen.
|Gsnne in capturing Fort Donelson.
Spending . few days there including
aSebbath. l had IN opportunity Of con.
versing with tSOC ommodOre. He told
me that when u Wa converted 70
Christ while . youth in the naval ser.
vice, he 1t first thought that he must
abandon that profession. So unusual
was It then for naval officer to be .
Christian that e seemed scarcely prac.
ticable. A more experienced friend
whom be consulted said 70 him: III
you consider the naval service wrong,
something which ought not to be kept
mp. then certainly you must leave Il, Il
you wish TO follow Christ But il you
consider . naval force . proper and
necessary instrument of the Govern
ment-a police ~ the seas-then your
purpose to Be . Christian 10 mo- . good
reason for leaving it." He soon saw
the consistency q this With the scrip
tural general rude. '.Let every man con-
tinue in the same calling wherein he
VA called" and on prayerful consid-
Grafton he did not find any sufficient
reason for regarding his own situation
- an exception to the general rule. IL
did. however. suppose" said he." that
in determining to be an svowed and
faithful follower Of Christ, I gave up
my prospects Of promotion in the SER
vice. / expected the prejudice 20 which
my leading . life Of piety would sub
ject me to be decidedly in the way of
advancement But, on the contrary.
al my life I have been receiving pro
motions more rapidly than ON ordinary
principles II cd expect them. and 1
have been = 3uccessfull." He said
this in pVsx- %<ane, but very rev.
erently,isfs t9k8A Wished to honor
Christ BY testil Tying that he had found
godlness profitable for this life. In
the same conversation, when reference
WAS made 70 the ssd prevalence of pro
family in the army, I found that he had
no more idea of ~toleYating profanity on
board . vessel on which he was in COM
mand than in his parlor. in the presence
Of his family. He of course knew that
the ''articles of war" forbid profane
swearing as positively as does the third
commandment, and he saw no reason
why . faithful officer should not enforce
that prohibition as vigorously as any
other emanating from the same au-
thOrity.
He was q man of small stature, and of
exceedingly gentle MINERS and speech.
reminding me of the late James S. Sey-
mOur Of Auburn. Yet there was in his
quiet presence q most impressive air of
authority. I could never think of DISC
beying him. l used to have the same
impression Of Mr.. Seymour, and l VEN
ture to guess that every man who has
been accustomed to do business in the
old Bank of Auburn, understands what
l am saying.
Admiral Foote'S religion was mani
testify IAN inward principle"-and that
principle was. indeed. 1.-THE very main
of his activity. affecting his
life" This is not too strongly |
stated in the notice of him in JOhnsOn's
New Illustrated CyclOpedia." That
ends thus: ''The loss sustained
BY the navy in the death of that gallant
was almost irreparable. for he
had long been looked up to as the best
type of . naval officer. An humble and
Christian, endowed with the no
blest attributes Of humanity, and pos
Dessed of u~nfliDching moral and physi-
'al courage. he taught those who served
under him, by both precept and exam
pie, not only to fight but to pray. turn
I'd many q prOfligate from the error of
MS ways. smoothed many q dying sea-
mans pillow, and finally laid down his
life with calmness and resignation in
he full faith of . blessed Immortality"
{ 10 possible for the religion Of Christ
o be lived, in . bank and ON q man-0f-
var.
Idoubt If there has been. in the last
laf eentury,s better school in which
D BE- educated unto Christian manli-
less than that Same old Boak Of. Az
'urn,E and any war vessel under com-
nand u Andrew Hull Foote.-Au6uym
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