Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-25

respectfully, y. Ii. EsTlL ITteluthls
DoxArIoSs FOR BUILDISG THi WEST WING oF
THE ORPHAS HOUSE.
II. i. Reppard. lumber.
Dale. Wells X Co., lumber.
j. j. McDonough. lumber.
Ha>lam & Hawkins. lumber.
I. l.. kinsey. lumber.
ID. Z. Bacon X Co., lumber.
Bacon & Brooks. lumber.
K. ID. Walker, one stone sill
&. &. Casey 4 Co.. 500 in bricks.
savannah. Florida and western Hallway
freight bills.
CITY and suburban Railway, freight bills.
= T.. Goodwin, dTayage.
EX-Presidcnt Joseph :. Fay. $1,000 %
, Edward Lowell 800 %
Mrs. g. ". J. DeRenne 200 90
d. r. Thomas 100 "
VIM. GaTraTd - 90
Wv. MacEall, Jr. % %
I. VI. Cunningham 20 %
A. Minis sons 80 W
/ J. A. Roberts II 80
THE ADDRESS.
The President then introduced Rev. L.
NJ. ROyd, who for nearly an hour kept the
audience deeply interested in his eloquent
address. Mr.. BOYD said:
JIr. President, Gentlemen Of the Union So
cisty: We are here to-day in obedience to the
most generous emotions that warm the human
heart, to recall the charity OF the dead and APP
plaud the magnanimity of the living; here, too,
on hallOwed ground; here beneath these grand
old oaks. who stand in maj esty, with flowing
beard. like Druid priest or ancient patri-
arch-stand as patient sentlnels on duty. to
watch the progress Of that benevolent enter
prise; stand to-day to clap their hands in
gladness to know that this home Of mercy has
grown from swaddling bands to its present
giant manhood. We, too. with them, can re-
joice. and though q feeling of sadness forces
itself upon II, a. we refer to the generous
dead we are proud al the evidences Of success
before Us. but prouder still of that living tenn
pie which is worked the lives and virtues
Of more than two thousand orphan boys,
who have drawn their lifes blood
from that faithful mother. whose
10 thousands more-that living temple, stili
growing in proportions Of beauty, more
splendid then tuTreted pile or brazen shaft
they may crumble into dust, bat the great
deeds OF good men live forever.
When / see around me this goodly company
and before me more than score OF cadets in
the camp Of instruction for the campaign Of
life. and when | remember that even now
life's battle Is begun, and that these boys are
already enlisted, 80 many and varied are the
subjects that crowd upon me, | am sadly at
fault to make a suitable selection. Bear with
me, then. if AT the sacrifice Of sentiment |
violate the predispOsition of custom. and en-
deaVOr to address you plain, practical truths,
emphasizing them with illustrations from the
lives and characters Of our own great:
Georgia- heroes and heroines, living and
dead.
Mystic fingers are ever ready to weave
about the brow OF distance gaTands Of enchant-
ment: and hoping mOrtals are but too prone
10 look TO other days and other men for excel
lence and fame. Deem me not unklnd If |
warn YOU of the deceitfui glamour.
and assure YOU that the worlds estimate Of
greatness is sometimes partial and unsafe.
The greatest lives Of our greatest men, though
bright a. the sun, are like that sun marred
with blOts when closely inspected. My heart
has been thrilled with the recital Of the daring
deeds OF Achilles. the splendid feats OF COur
DeiLiOn. forgetting that they were famous
often in barbaritv. | have read with rapture
the cOnquests Of Julius Cesar, Unmindful of
l. agpFa f1esr mob
of empires and the destroyer of kings, when
at the meridian splendor OF his earthly glory.
forgot not to crush the only heart that ever
loved him. and drove the beautiful, but un-
fortunate Josephine to a premature grave
For every man that persisted mid Russian
SHOWS. he crushed a hundred hearts in the
hamlets or halls of vineclad France. No, 4
hundred times no, the ambitious. blood
thirsty monster j. not hero. The hero saves.
he does not clay: il Is his province to
make alive rather than destroy. / can point
YOU TO true hcrOism and find shining examples
IN our own land.
II was saFl Of an ancient Greek city that an
OF her sons were brave, and all OF her daugh-
tiers were Virtuous. May not apply the en-
nObllng dlctum as an enCOmium for our living
and an epltaph upon our dead. II we have
not classic Greece we .haye great Georgia
We may not have the Greek boy who swore
when he entered the armies of his country
Il will not disgrace the arms she gives me
nor desert the place have to Defend butNe
have the BOYS OF to-day whose hearts burn
with the same devoted patriotism. We NAV not
have LeOnidas TO defend the pass OF Thermopv-
la against invading hOrdes, but we have the
brave men and virtuOus women TO drive back
khe hOrdes OF vice and save the lives Of I'M
mortal beings from suffering. | am lOathe to
be considered indelicate or given to adulation.
but / feel that the occasion permits me to al
ludc TO the tue hcrOism displayed in
lives and deeds around Us. The true
hero il benetactOr. And who are
our benefactors: And we have them here
First. the faithful disciples Of that philosophy
which teaches GLORY to God in the highest
and on earth peace and good will towards
men, Then, second on the catalogue the pro
tectors Of the people, the practicers Of phvsic.
see the monuments OF their greatness in the !
admirable sanitary arrangement we enjoy
and our public hospitals. Who more faithful
or az faithful. when pestilenCe hung over tAs
city as pail, and yellow fever waited rs "a
hungry harpIe at every door: on phvsiC8ar,S
who served then and have studied since who
discover truth by research. Ii is said ae who
makes two blades OF grass grow where one
grew Is benetactOr; much more 50 the man
who sends sunlight into dark ALLEYS cleanIi-
ness into close. filthy tenement houses, etc
Their illustriOns dead have left their InaDtles
to fall on as illustriOus living, true benefac-
tors who 20 to beck Of suffering and come 10
the call OF sorrow. Next those men who have
endowed our schools and those vino now "a
successfully conduct them, the educators OF
youth. These public enterprises. though
great. need not eclipse less expensive charities
The modest Sister of Charity may now be
keeping her silent vigil in st. JOsephs In !
Urinary by the unknown dying sufferer. who |
in his delirium returns like the tired hare to !
the home from which he started.
Unfortunate children of unknown genera
tiOn are to-day happy in the beautiful man |
sion on Jones street. God will bless the noble !
fOundress of the "'Minnie Home" who was not I
only alive to the wants OF outcasts but active
to afford the aged an asylum, the infrm and /
destitute an opportunity to provide, even if (
partly. for their support.
And so the industrial Home" stands "A
declaration of the worth, activity and faith of
Mrs. Green and the ladies OF the independent /
Church. | would be worthy of censure if
failed to point to another benefactiOn, viz: the
building of the Georgia Historical Society," ]
and the Abrahams Home for aged and HELM
less ladies. These are enough TO show that
we have herOism at home. sean not distant
persOnages and other cllmes but study
initiate and applaud in your own hearts and
lives, their self-sacriice and devotion to II %
leading principles of everlasting truth.
Allow me now to NOTICE some OF the eleDts, MS
that were combined in characters of the ~ eat
and insist upon those that mainly contr ibu
ted to success-iirst realizing the necessB y of
patient. persistent. intelligent energy.
Life is the law of God; death is the vto' Iafion
Of it. Life is action; action is the Keynote in
the anthem Of triumph, the grandesL sphere
in the universe OF God. rushing along its ap-
pointed path through the limitless realms of
space. and the delicate daisy by the margin
OF these still waters, turning its modest cheek
to be kissed by the first beam Of tine morning
sun both alike act their parts in the economy
of divine arrangement. Mans life does not
rise with rapid impulse as the mountains are
thrown up DF NOlcdnlc force. but rather grow
BY steady accretiOn, like the continents from
coral beds. on which are blooming velnal
beauty while mountain peaks are bleak and
barren. 80 have developed characters we love I
to honor. 30 came 1.-THE poor mans friend" (,
whose life will be to Georgians a perennial !
benediction. YOnder, hard by the sounding
sea. from early morn to dewy eve. the clink /
of the anvil was the treble to the bass of the 7
sounding sea in natures sublime choir Yon-
der the blacksmith laid the corner stone of
that tower of character winch stood firm in I
the storms of adversely. and, like the light /
house on Tybee's beach. not only resists oD- 4
pressing power but gives its brightest light |.
in the darkest hour Of the mariners peril. :
Look at the man, and steer by his light. Imi-
tate William NJ. Wadley, the poor mans
friend, the railroad king Of the South. Poets
may be born, but heroes are made.
Try to find your place in life. II you can
not command regiment, take your muskct !
and go in the ranks Colonel Baylor. at the
first battle had his men armed with old flint
lock musketSa When the enemy was pressing
him, his men complained that the guns would
not fire. This Colonel Baylor reported to Cen !
eral Jackson. He replied: 'If you WIN ex-
anime, you'll find the old iint-lock musket
has the finest bayOnet IN the world. Give +
them the bayOnet, Colonel"
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