Daily globe., 1880-02-23
EY4MPLES OF A GREAT LIFE.
Remarks of Rev. DIR. Dana on tho Ami
yersary of Washingtcn's Birthday.

Remarks of Rev. DR.. Dana on the Ami
versary of Hashington's Birthday.
The Rev. DIR. Dana preached an eloquent
sermon at Plymouth church last night on
the anniversary of washington's birthday,
taking as subject, "The Examples of
Great Life" and basing his remarks on
Psalms xxxvii:37:
Mark the perfect man, and behold the up
right: for the end of that man Is peace
The reverend speaker commenced his ad-
dress with the remark that the ''proper study
of mankind is man. and that there was
nothing more interesting or Instructive than
the study of noble life.
The speaker SAID taat tne
achievements of the truly great and noble
inspired man to study that which wes
most enduring in human nature and worthy
of reproduction. A really good and great
man never passed away, and IN this thought
was recalled the memory of one OF the loftl-
est American characters. reference was
here made to the birthplace end early career
of Washington, III speaking OF the patriotic
life of whom the speaker said that time In
NO wise abated the place he held III the mem
ory of his grateful countrymen.
To mark the perfect men and behold The
upright, was never more needed than now
Nothing more disastrous could occur than to
forget the great men of our country,and neg
leot to pattern after their noble virtues.
What was the secret of Washington's power
how came he by the halo of fame which now
surrounds him? The answer came IN un-
swerving personal integrity, intense sym
pathy for his kind, and lofty nobility of char
acter. Now as ever, men sought after honor
and fame, but there wss a growing reluctance
to pay the price. The young man starting
in life sought to become speedily rich he
disdains the plodding GREER II his fathers.
Think moment of IL 1urce OF true great
ness If the secret of Washington's charac-
ter were sought for, it would be found
in his high personal integrity.
Holding every position from tae lowest 70
tee highest, he was unswervingly honest.
He withdrew his confidence from Jefferson
and from Aaron Burr when he saw his low IN
trigue. 1t was this moral stesdfastness,
this lofty virtue, wrich constituted his
greatness-the bed-rccA Of all nobility aud
worth of character.
So it came to pass IN the last quarter of
the Nineteenth century, brood of smart,
but not morally great men, had sprung up.
SO it came to be believed that men holding
great trusts of.entimes held them as mar
ketable commodities. 1t was great thought
that the early days of our country gave US
unfeigned patriotism. Otis, Franklin, Henry,
were all shining examples of this truth.
Washington lived amid spirit of party
chickering's, and he was maligned and ira
o1 in hH nnlit-
ical history of the country, still he main
tanned his integrity without a flaw.
ANY human life that illustrated the virtue
of undaanted patriotism should bs accorded
front place in the rank of worthless whose
noble characters have graced the world.
In these times men were wont to substl-
tute party for the noble interests of coun-
try. A critic had said of Washington's life
thai not single line could be written with
the peacock feather of vanity, nor could an
action be discovered that had in view the
paltry need of personal renown. The rev.
erend speaker here alluded to the admins
tration of Washington, as showing the high
est type of patriotism, and eloquent alinsion
was ma 5e to his farewell letter.
Reference was also made to the patrio: sm
of Payne, which had been sullied b. Lis
base calumny of the leader of the Cont.uan-
tai army. The teaching of Washington's lie
was that Gods providence Illuminated the
spirit while it directed the will of man. It
held him to the pursuit of glory and not
Ike Napoleon to the selfish aims of wild
ambition.
Into all the lofty lives the religion of
Christ had entered as powerful inspiration.
The songs o. The French revolution were
not to be compared to the hymns that in
spired faith and gave fortitude to the cove
nanters. Washington rested on faith and
confident guidance in Almighty God. A
great character had an Immortality of
influence. He who lived wisely and we'll
made the ages his benefciarles.
Washington had been admitted to the
Indian heaven because he was true friend
to the red man.
1t was not tho wise man nor the men
whose head was full of philosophy who led
the van of civilization, but the man whose
integrity of heart and broad love for his fel-
low enlisted humanity. A merely smart
man was soon forgotten, but Sumner,
Lincoln or a Washington were accorded
the undying bays of Immortality.
The speaker closed with an eloquent tri-
b1te to the high personal integrity and un-
selfish character of Washington, urging in
powerful language reproduction of his
sterling virtues.
Ladies, ITnderwear