National Republican., 1888-04-29

have come here TO ihten TO an American
while he talks about happy hours but alas
Tor that home at ChiecilWrst ~ And all
heads were bowed and the tears rolled down
the checks Of the people Then thought,
"Ihis is one grief, one agony"
lt was not because that boy was the son
Of an empress Il was not because that boy
died fighting for the English government; u
was because he was "the only son OF his
mother, and she widow OF one blood
all nations-high, low, titled, unleaned,
rich, poor. Oh, the democracy Of religion.
That is q very beautiful inscription over the
door In Edinburgh, the door Of the house
where John Knox used to live. IL Is get
ting somewhat dim now, but there Is the
inscription 1T for the door of any household:
"Iove GOd above all and your neighbOr as
yourself" Oh, ! think wcmust be brothers
and sisters all. think that all nations must
bclongto one family, and that tllcy must have
the same great mother-God. BY one grelt
bridge of sympathy Providence IS taking the
German nation and all nations over from
Emperor William to the Crown Prince, the
grandson who viii soon take the throne
Had the crown dropped from grandfather to
grandson the political shock would have
been terrific, bur the crown stops six weeks
or two months on the brow Of cancerous
cruciiiNion, so that the crown will have o
new conservation, ,sand by the time II Is
put upon the next brow, all Germany,
all Europe, and all the world will he ready
to cIy Long live the cmpcrorm Aud
what beautiful thing IL was that the pres.
cnt empress should have attained the throne
though she keep II only for few weeks,
So may all Christian women rise to en-
thronement, II not political, aircctional, for
there are as many thrones rs there are hearts
TO love and admire. Aud what lovely
thing that England's Christian queen is to
set foot In the German palace while yet
her Christian daughter Is at highest po-
sitionl May IL result In eternal alliance
between England and Germany, until inso-
lent and cruel Russia shall repent for her
Siberian outrages aud the winter castle of
the cZars shall he consecratcd TO God, as
are the castles Of Windsor and Bilmoral.
But what most imprcsscs me with recent
occurrences Is that when God calls us we
have to 20. One would think that death
might he satisfied with taking one cmpero'
aycar. No, he takes one IN March and
comes after another IN April. We send out
on both sides the sea the most skillful ply
siciaDs and surgeons to drive the invader
back, hut he comes right on, and all around
us are the fallen. Three eminent doctors
sign the bulletin from one sick room. Six
doctors sign the bulletin from another sick
room. The medical ingenuity of the last
300 years flashes its electric light on the
But no avail. To show us he Is not TO be
resisted death takes not only the eminent
patient, but the eminent physician
attending him. The fact Is, when
our time comes we must go. II you
and were sick am sure we would have
good medical attendance aud good nursing,
plenty ofwatChers, and plenty OF attendants.
The world is naturally very Kind to the sick.
We who have good homes would have sym
pathetic though trembling hands to hold
ours in the last exigcncy. We all have
those who love us rs we love them, but
when the time fixed by the meriful God ar
rives we must be of. There is no need of
our getting nervous about it or fretting
about 1t. All we have 10 do is TO keep our
hearts right with God and do our best and
then be uniluttered. Within a few days It
has been demonstrated that the mightiest
surgery in Europe and America cannot de-
tain man when his time is up.