Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1881-10-01

him the servant of the people, entitled to all the
| homage. the love and respect due to the great
office he held when worthily filed. In this land
OF liberty the Office of president should COM
mand the respect and reverence of every citizen.
| Partizan anlmosity. private grievances. all
| chickering's as to our chief officer should be
buried out Of sight, for in his the majesty.
| the dignity the justice. the humanity and re-
| ligion of liberty. and the laws of free people
are concentrated, and the man who rud ely
touches the person or unjustly assails the char
| after of that Officer, deserves tn wrath OF Cod
and man. In all this broad land, alone. unarm-
| ed. IN peace and safety should lie come and go K,
with 80, 600 OCe of freemen ready to dare and die
| for the president, for he stands watchmsn
| on the tower to protect and defend his people,
| their homes and liberties. Such should be the
of our pres ident. and such the res pect
of our people for his person and OIL ce. May God
| save cur rulers from the hands of assassins
| MAY God save our ollcers and people from tile
| assassins OF character. May love Of right and
sense of Justice hurl from power and influence
! in nation and state every one who defies the
| laws OF God and man, and thus makes way for
misrilc. anarchy and death. Wonderful in
deed has been the career of the man. mOurned by
| nations to-day, and demonstrates to all the
| world the priceless boon of liberty and the
glory Of u free land. We forge no shackles for
limb or mind Of man in this our country. To the
child of-humblest fortune Is opened the path
| way 10 honor and renown. Strange, that . soil
which could produce this man is the birlh-pla
Of such his slayer ALSO Perhaps the restraints
OF home were not the same in both cases. 1 do
hope, for the honor Of my country. when that
part OF this dreadful drama shall be inquired
into it will appear to the satisfaction of all that
it was the act of one who had lest his reason,
and that the light which led him astray WAS not
light from heaven.
In less than quarter Of century We have
seen two Of our chief magistrates fall by the
hands OF assassins. But sad rs 1t seems To-day,
such end, what is it compared to the condi-
ton of those living victims to-day in our land
whose reputati ions have been assassinated by the
foul tongue OF the slandererf Driven from place
and the confidence OF the people they live con-
sciDus Of the fact that to them there is NO day OF
justification until we stand before the great
white throne OF universal judgment. Shall these
scenes recur again in our land? Let US hope
that the children esery where IN our country will
be taught thus day that crime of every sort has
its chief source, first, in disobedience 10 the
laws of God; second, disobedienoe to parents.
Dol andress a parent here to-day who is uncon-
scio,s of his or her duty to God, who every day
and hour denies His sovereign right to demand
our obedience to Him ? IL SO. arouse from your
sfsmber, and. would We save ourselves, our
children and our neighbor's children from the
hands of assassins. from the ruin Of character,
name and family, ihplore the forgiveness OF our
Creator, and resolve that from this time forth
we and orr CHILDREN shall fear God and obey
Him; und that our children shall and must learn
The lessen OF obedience to parental authority.
.s.-t.y
generally no epect for God. nor law, human Or
diyine. AS man thinketh SO is he. No man,
no woman, child or family can rise higher than
the conception they have of God. ON. what II
soul slevating, character-ennobling power is the
belief. worship and trust in the God of the bible
This one characteristic of the dead president,
shining forth in all its humble faith and child
like trust in the last days oi his life robs this
tragedy OF its sting and bids the nation trust in
Ged.
z It is true as spoken by another: '"To say
nothing of more deyeut sentime ent, view OF
God as railing over all the empires of the wsrld,
controlling their destinies and moving them
forward with resistless energy toward the full
flmsnt Of His own august designs and their final
censuMmatiOn, is fitted to fill the nations with
mingled admiration and fear, aud constrain
them to bow at His feet under q thrilling sense
Of His magRifcence and glory. How deeply
our fore fathers fel this. and how interviewer
with it, they possessed the fnal spirit of true
christians We need not rehearse. To something
Of this spirit this land must return, OF no laws
no love OF freesiom, no power, no patriotism can
save US from ruin. Our fate is sealed unless, -
u nation, We cultivate the fear of God The
Prince who sIts supreme above all thrones, King
eternal, immortal, Invisible, who bids prlnci-
fpa
OF the American people. This is our consolation
In the day of anxiety and fear. Amid the clouds
that sometimes envelop His throne, God is still
governing this nation. and though He may con-
found our connsels, and defeat our hopes. and
summon our rulers to the dust, yet is He not less
worthy of our confidence"
Oh. let us strive 10 keep our homes pure. and
teach our children 10 love and honor their rulers
by placing no man in power office who is not
worthy the confidence and love of our homes,
for the ruler is net a birch TO good works hut to
evil dOers. f
Is cage, from whicn at last.
Like hawk, my soul hath passed;
Love the animate, not the room;
The weaver, not the garb-ihe plume
- " the falcon, not the bars
Which Kept him from the splendid slars.
Loving friends. be wise. ani dry
/ Straight way every weeping eye!
90 What ye lift upon the bier
Is not worth u WiStful tear.
'ris an empty sea-shell-one
8I5 Ont of which the pearl has gone.
The shell is broken-it is there;
The pearl. the ALL the soul Is here.
'Tls an earthern jar. whose lid
Cod has sealed, the while it hid
q! That treasure Of His treasury.
A mind that loved him: let It lie;
Let the shard be EARTH once more,
Since the GOLD shines in His store.
"Fhe hope OF our country, the pride cf our
land Is in The homes that are in it; the sacred,
blessed. love, sanctfed christian homes OF
our common people. Not an our free aud noble
Institutions, only rs the pure homes of our peo-
pie are beneath and behind those Institutions