The weekly Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 1882-188?, 1884-03-13

NNt'Ai'A'h BAHSlIR t'illI' INV VI HOiA'"
full thousands, but the chief object of in
terest hearing not the sound of gun anC
beholding not one uplIfted hat of rever
ence. "a failure - say thousands o
people.
To-day make most emphatic protest
against that misleading cry of failure.
shall show you now that De Longs ex
bt1eSlQQ. III four respects at least, was
magnlicci'f TtrerN
In the first place, it denN>~gstrated be
fore all nations, and as neNs- bcsaEp
that our holy religion may be carried
into great worldly enterprises, esp. ciaily
in those which are scientific. Christ was
not more certainly on board the ship on
GaIIlrc than he was on board the Jean
ncttc. The zee journal of DE Long tells
tremendous story. The diary records
that on the first Sunday out the men were
gathered together, the articles of war
were read AMI then De Long says ~
read the divine service, aud what
pleased me much was to observe that
every man not absolutely on watch vol.
unfairly attended" ! see on every Sab.
bath tn, rcrold Read divine service. !"
/ come To the words, Owe are in the
hands OF God, and unless He intervenrs
We are lost And now | come to the
Hst sabbath they spent on earth :-"133l
day; everybody pretty weak; read part
of divine service" Too weak 10 read
more than IL part. Far ?wav from home,
hungry and freezing and sick and dying,
they cried unto the Lord III .heir dis
trcss, aud He took them right out Of n
cold earth into warm heaven. Pro-
., f,,tur,, hyaI, OF
up the banners of Emanuel on the pin
nacles of iceberg TIL all nations saw the
crimson standard Was there no signih-
canoe in the tlct that or monumental
mi VI Ir-f,I Delta Engineer Melville
atterward over the IGlnb of these men
put up cross on the coio forehead o.
the world the beautiful symbol of our
glorious religion? Oh, = was a glorious
success for DE Long and his men that
they could carry this religion into great
worldly undertaking, all nations and all
ages to witness.
Another Creat success in this De Long
expedition was IN the overwhelming ex-
ample of courage which it has set tor the
world and for the church. Remember
1t was not going ont to fight men. It was
not like tire courage which Is demanded
OF the colder going into battle. 1t was
more difficult courage, because t was
contest with the dumb elements. The
soldier when in ordinary battle knows it
Is possible that the enemy may be
cOwardlv and run, but the icebergs are
never pauicstruck and they are never
afraid. The soldier knows 1t is possible
that the enemy may be destroyed Ivy a
flank movement, bat the Arctic Ocean
was never thanked. The soldier knows
II Is possible that the enemy may get cut
of ammunition, but the Arctic always
has enough ice for shot aud ice for guns
and ice for ihunderous bomharlment. It
was courage against the dumb elements,
which show no quarter and never sur
render and never die. In our times,
when God wants to give an example of
courage, he sends cut Livingstone on n
Stanley into the tOrrld REGIONS and into
the Arctic Franklin or a De Long and
M Amber anf a Collins aud all their
gallant crew. | am so fad there are
giants still livlnE-men a lie TO conquer
hunger and cold and ply steal woe. that
they may give the round earth to the
glorious cause of geographical discovery.
We have found at lat how the world j.
bounded. 1t Is bounded on the north
and the south and the cas- and the west
by courage of man aud the greatness OF
God. We want more of that kind OF
courage i'll CIR churches. This glorious
example of courage which De )hg and
his men gave to the world and to the
church made their expedition forever
and forever magnificent success.
Another success of this polar eXpCdi-
tlon Is III the fact that it has persuaded
the whole world that it is now time t.
stop pushing i'll that direction. 1t is q
great thing for the world to know when
it has struck the impossible. Never unit
now has every reasonable and enter.
prlslng man been willing to call halt
The impression has come upon 5S177T7-7 7r-77SS,
hopeful of Us that Goj<SOrs not mean
the race to move agTfur:her that way.
HelIher private munlticence nor gov
ernmeutul authority pay another dollar
Of allow another life to be lost in Arctic
expeditions, except in enf r rises hk,
tle Gre, lv relief party. G. ID has some
reservations. He must have some path:
w'lere He can walk alone without being
Questioned 10y human inQuisitiveness.
The fourth success for tue De Long
party was in the demonstration which
tLev gave to all the earth-a moustra
tluu more powerful than was ever befor,
Civeu OF the TACT that the dead. are ours
WAY this long funeral march arounC
half the world, from Siberia to Russi,
aud from Russia to Germany and from
Germany here. chile one body is shippe,
at our port fer Liverpool and has to b
two weeks mole i'll the march of death
Why rot allow these gallant men to s!eel
where they fell? Neither private no
governmental lArgess can build any sucl
suprrdous monument for them "a ar
ttI'ae M. flied splendors around the Noru
Pole. bnd there is no sarcophagus lik
that d eternal congealment! Lieuten
ant CipD and his men, whose bodle
will nber lie brought back, are sleeping
TO-DAY In grander Westminster Abbey
Still, tke voice of humanity says, Bring
home g. Of those recovered to their owl
land. pGt them beside their kindred.
Never since God hung the world o.
nothing has He so impressed us rs b.
these eight thousand miles of obsequie
with the nations uncovered saying
''Godspeed to the procession. Let dus
G. back so far as possible to kindre'
dust, and if there be any of the dead IN
GAINED let the United States govern
4 N mt be a mother to the homeless dea
agd gather them into the Naval Cemeter
s. at Annapolis where she has gathered $
many others. Do not say what grea
haste Of lisel' There has been no waste
M if these men had lived one hundre
tars they never could so thorough
ke impressed upon the nations as the
Me- Low impressed it the triumphan
and electrifying fact that the dead ar
r-rrr.
As we close this yolumn Of crystal
Biography let Us rejoice that anothe
volume OF human suffering Is ended
Niue-tenths of the shelves OF the world
library are filled with these volumes c
suffering adorned with vignettes repre-
santina Inart--s' stakes ana arctic eS
peditiors. Overto ping 8 other 7olume
OF this library Is the ice journal nf tn
worlds greatest Explorer, He who pu
ont against tie Arctic sufferlngs OF thl
world tia; He might find passage 10