The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-14

And hid their eyes AMI wep.i aai some did
Their ehlos on their eleneheI hands, and
smiled
, Aud others hurried @ and fro. aud "a
Their Wnrrsl plies Win tle. an BOXED up
with mad disqut-iuie ou the dull sky.
The pail OK past worl3
this great and good man. risin. im uea sura bly,
above he men Of d DAY aud rtueratou-
recogulz ne the simple truths fbat there nav
be differences aut errors of opinion without
erime--patrlots without intolerance. ana cone
querors without reveHge-t1ucled aud pcne-
trated DIV our sorroWs, sud appIeciatiug our
dangers, and the dangers 90 The whole countr
out OF the abundance witt. which be was
biesset--dOnated three mi lions aud n half
SS,5ld,O0Ol OF dollars ia tlus. to be used
without reference % race, Cuiur or condition.
( % promote and establish education iu the
South. The thanks 81 Congress aud the gold
medals presented TO him hy tAc government ia
the name OF the American people. tor ibis un-
paralleled bene6cencc. was but "a feeble
expression Of The praise aud honor he de-
I served.
/ No other aot that marked the dark scene. Of
I the war, or its appalling close, was So grand
\ and glorious. IL was worthy 0f the ecstacy
OF tae living Tyre
"How er IL pc. a. seems TO me.
! Tis only noble 70 be good
Kind hearts are more than corUuets
And simple faith cham Norman blood
Il wore the features and the aspect Of a
divine sanction. when the waters had Hbated
and the survivors Of the detuRc went forth
with trembling steps 90 tread again the
chastened earth, gracious Omnipotrnce in
sptred them with courage aud confidence by
painting In colors OF matChless beauty me
raiu-bow, on the Bonded heavens. as "a pcrpet-
ual token Of peace aud safety and So when
the HOod-tides OF FIRE ami blood which dtsola-
ted the South, subsidized, aud the despairinr
aud dlsOrganized elements of society under
took to adjust themselves o. their new and
strange relations, the testimonies OF the cove
napt were renewed again upon the clouds that
darkened the sun, through the bcue6ceut
hands OF George Peabody. directed by the
wisdom and the goodness OF God.
History and song, the pencil and the chisel.
may unite in unlawful conspiracies 10 com
secrate crimes-marble may he piled upon
marble till Alps on Alps arise, to cammemo.
rate deeds Of blood, oppression and folly. but
the works of GOd-the works 1f man for man
rejecting he very image ami attributes Of his
Maker need no such memorIais-they are
lndestcuctiole, Immortal, like the Creator
himself
The Crimean war produced many historic
names and deeds, hut "who. asked Edward
Everett, bore OF the acknoWleig od palm Of
that tremendous contest Not emperors and
kings. not generals, admirtls aud engineers,
launching from tmpregnable tortreSses and
binEing entrenehmsnts, the three bottled
bred up IN the privacy of domestic life ap-
pearing on that dread stage or human action
aud suffering, IN no higher character than
thatot "A nurse. Florence Nightcngale's noble
display OF energetic masculine hcuevolence
mingled and sotteued with all the tenderness
OF womans love, eucrcled her brow wi tho
only enduring wreath OF the Crimenu war--a
wreath which will preserve its bloom when AN
the lsurels of the Alma and Inkermuu and
Balaklavn, the Redan and the MalakotT. have
faded II Everett Speeches, !, 52f-3 H.,
$50
Our own war between the States. enlarged
the boundaries Of martial glory, aud gave 10
Fame her prOudeSt models; but who would
exchange the imperishable and uustiued
wreaths of George Peabody won by philan-
fhropic deeds, deeds born Of love for man A4
man and radiant with the sunshine and smiles
Of heaven for those darkcned with the shad-
lws of mans inhumanity to man. and
with the blood of brothers
'Abou Ben Adhem may his tribe increased
Awoke one night from leep dream OF peace
A I'd saw within the moon-light ina his room
Making j, rich like lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book OF gold-
Exceeding peace had made Ben Aihem bold.
A nj to the p-eseHce ina the room he said,
What writest thou the vision raised its
head,
Aud with look made Of all sweet accord.
Answered, The names OF those who love the
Lord
And is mine one T. said Abou Nay, not so'
Replied the angel Abou spake more low.
But cheerily STILL and said, 4 pray thee then
Write me as one who loves his fellow men.
rhe angel wrote, and vanished. The next
night
h came again, with a great Weakening light
And showed the names whom love Of God had
blessed
A nd 10 Ben Adhem' $ name led all the rest "a