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Maipr.Geueral Charles George Gordon

Olel, now NcHeTul o|
Gordon Pusha-but most faInillarly. known
Us Chinese Gordon. He Ia about hlty;lhree
years OF age, anu entered the itoyai Esl,
gineers As a second lieutenant In lS52 IN le4
ic gained great distinction In The Crlnca.
In 1850; when little over thirty years Of age,
he went 10 China, where, placed In command
by Stavclcy, he broke the neck OF the great
Tneping rebellion, and achieved q position oi
| almost nnrivnllcd influence. On The ll.h OF
May, 1854. he had completely suppressed that
formidable movement, and In December OF
the same year he was gazctted a I. L. (Coin.
made n'aaec captain t i'm IN hI ISL MAJOR in iSG2. and lieu.
tenant. colonel In February, 1851. Speaking OF
his career IN China, Never" snld the Times,
did soldier oi fortune deIort himself with a
nicer sense OF military honor; with more
gallan,ry nytinsL the resisting. and with
more mercy towards the vdnquishcd; with
more disintercSted neglect of opportunities OF
v0tion to the objects and desires OF Ills "
Government" In lh14 he was appointed by
Nubar Paslia NOW prime minister OF Egypt)
Governor.Gcnernl Of the Souhan-n province
equal In size to one-third OF Errope-with
the object OF suppresslng the slave trnde. and
establishing communications throughout
that vast region. His management of the
affairs Of the Soudan was q marvel OF admin
istrntive ability, and his name became ut
once Il terror to eviI.doeIs and object of rever-
ence among the wild tribes OF the country.
In 1879 he resigned this position, and returned
ricw Of 1870. entitled "Col. Gordon in Central
Africa" based on u book which been had pub
llshcd about him. said: "llc tCol. Gordon
Is Il man, in short. OF u rare nature: he be.
licved both In God and in himself, and In
that belicr this hook shows that lie has been
able to accomplish dectB which few other men
would even have thought OF attempting"
At the close of the Chinese campaign the
Emperor OF China made him a mandarin Of n
very high order. decorated him with 81 yellow
jacket and u pcacock's fcuiht r. OF which he
made hand was entitled to IL reward OF
| Il m NM ,rI,.I tn ,--yt tao ,, u~F-,-l a. -n.--
When the cotton famine prevailed In Ian.
casliire, In order to contribute something TO
the relief fund. he took u lurge gold medal
which he bud received In China, scratched
to Canon Miller.
The conspicuous trait In General Gordon's
character Is lis implicit belief In God to
= which tho Edfn6urqh Rcrtcw refers. IL is u
faith reminding us of that of George Muller.
His reliance under all circumsta ,ces IN tho
Soudnn was apparently not on his troops or
any human assistance but he went forward
idea TINT God would see him through.
Death he seemed TO court. Personal ambi.
ton or objects he seemed to have none. The
story Is told of him. when he was tnke en- pris.
oner I'm Abysinia. and brought before King
John, that tina monarch received his captive
sitting on his throne, or whatever piece Of
furniture did duty for that exalted seat. a
chair being placed for the prisol.cr considers
bly, lower than the seat Oh which the king
sat. The first thing Gordon did WAS to seize
that chair, placed 1t alongside that OF his
majesty. and sit down on II; the next thing
and would only treat with him ns such. This
somewhat disconnected his snblc Majesty
but ON recovering himself he said. DO you
know, Gordon P.sha, that l could kill yo"
aware Of 1t, your Majesty" said the Pasha,
do 50 ut once. II 1t Is royal pleasure. lam
rcndy." This disconnected the king sill
more, and he exclaimed, what, ready TO be
IkillpdI' 'Cprtuinly' rpplia6 fhn pusha Z. al
am always ready TO die, and so fur from fear
Ing your putting me 10 death, you would
confer a favor on me by so doing. for you
would be doing for me that which I AIN pre-
cluded by my religious scruples from doing
for myself-you would relieve me from all the
troubles and mislortunes which the future
ma have in store for me-" This completely
par, Then my power has no terror tor you? p
None Whatever" was the Pusha's laconlc re-
ply. His Majesty Wars COMPOUNDED.
more strong than God?' II 70 up to the
Soudan alone, with Il Infinite Almighty God
10 direct and guide nc. and an glad to 30
trust Him rs to tear nothing, and, inueed, to
feel sure OF success"
Writing 10 his brother OF the difficult tasl:
Of disbandlng 1900 unirusworthy Turks and
and Bn~shi-Bazonks, anu replacing them by
better men. lie asks:
who that had not the Almighty with him
could 10 that? ! have the Almighty with
me. and l will do 1t. Consider the etfert OF
harsh measures among an essentially Mo
hammcdan population carried out brusquely
by Il OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES which touch tho
pocket OF every one. Who that had not III.
Almighty with him would dare to do TINT
Will DO II, for value my lite us nnught, and
should MY leave much weariness for perfect
| unaided have before me; but 1t sits rs q
feather on me. as Solomon asked, l ask wis.
dom to govern this great people: and no
| y nd Whyo RPCallyp yulIla not the iu1l no.
Sides l am quite as averse To slavery, and
even more so. than most people. l show 1t BY
sacrificing myself IN ih0se lands which arr
nc paradise. l have naught 10 gain in name
or riches. l do not cafe what man may say
l do what I think is pleasing to my God, and
as far as man goes, | need nothing from any
one 800 have become what people caI
a Ereai 's srsrx d, !; e., trust God Will pull n'
This reminds us of Havclock, and OF oul
own S%toncwall Jackson.
Again he writes home:
NJ anxiety Is not for my life, for ] dice
years sgO to all ties in this world, ind to nj
It's comforts. %lonors, and glorics, but for ny
sheep In DarIour and elsewhere. Coo
has given you tics and anchors 10 this earth
you nave wives and families. !. thank God
have none OF them, md am free. =
break the neck Of slnve-raids, even II It. cos
me my life. Would my heart bl
broken II ! should he oustrd from this com
mald? Should l regret the eternal camel
riding, the heat, the misery l am forced t.
witness. the d%iScoinforts OF everything arount
my domestic life? Lonk ut my travels IL
sever months. Thousands Of miles OH cam
You are only called on ut Intervals TO rely on
your Cod; with me, | ain obliged continual,
to do 70. | mean by this, that you nave onll
when you feel yourselves utterly weak nov
and then. l am constantly in anxiety. III,
body rebels against This constant leaniny OF
God: II isu heavy strain on II; 1t causes up
'. M it IA IN ,nns llNl r,n st,4 .-.s -.-l .I,
lake him us my help, who utterly dcSpise
money, name. glory, honor, one who ncve
wishes to see hls home agnin, one who look
To God ny the Source Of good and the Control
energetic spirit, and one who looks on dealt
az q release from misery; and II you canno
find him, then leave ME alone. TO carry my
self Is enough for me; 1 want no other bag
n one" he says Mt another time, cha
anything to make him reilly weary, n III
heart Is In Tune with God and he has health.
But 1t is his inuiffelence to the opinion to tn,
faith. "lf 1t be Gou's will. why will you kec,
caring for what the world says? TRY, OF
try to be no longer u slave to 1t. You cal
have little, Idea OF the comfort of freedom
and He will make s~traIghtyou mistakes.
" = Here I am u lump OF cay. Thou art tn,
Porter. Mould me as Thou In Thy wisdom
wilt; Never mind my cries. Gut my lIfeiot
: -FN " ~ No i'h II OuU i III VI
Thy unchanGing guidance during the trial.
This was no Idle talk with Colonel Gordon
When he went up to London they could no
lIonlsed. He would talk in the most Interest
Ing manner NJ his mothers frcside, but II
public he was dumb. Tho newspaper hav,
said too much already" was his answer t.
public. He would not lake the chair mt pub
lie meetings, and he refused the banqu et< unt
dinners te ndcred him. 81 have enough" he
said. "call In the poor and The sick" Wher
II relative wrote an account of his life ant
submitted IL 10 him.. he tore up the manu-
script. and threw It In the fire.
This is the man that has now gone TO thu
n strang thinge that the British Government
has permitted him to 60 there alone, or mt leas
very iinperfectly protected. Sir Samuel Baker
writes to the Times that his position (an4 rs
pecially as he bears a large sum Of money IL
mot only, extremely dangerous, but also 6
direct challenge to disaster" Rumurs are ir
circulation that he will find the sheiks and the
people In n different mood from that Of hi
former experience. The tribes between Sua
kim and Berter. from whom he expected g
warm welcome and safe escort. are ~tiercely
hostile. When he left Cairo, General Sill
Evelyn Wood likened him to the Chernlici
Bayard, without fear and without reproach.'
II will hold the balance even," he said as he
set out on his journey.
We are glad to see that Mr.; R. Worthington
Of Ns " icak C759 R%roaSd rxsay has Just Gfongh!
OuG NlI. -SIlOit I1NhCS 'plOIy I" ClllnfSt
Gordon"-a very beautifully printed volume
of i07 pages.
This work thc author says was published
without the consent, or even the knowledge
Of General Gordon"
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