The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-24

| again the drcamers rise and tell their fas-
! clnating vision, and men smile or sigh, ac-
| cording to their natures, but with each
| repetition OF the dream the vision clears
and strengthens, sinks itself more deeply
into the heart of man, aud thus grows
toward liz realization OF the good time
! coming Each inch forward Il due TO the
impulsion Of men who in their day were
called drenmers.
Owe are living and rejoicing today in
the realization oil innumerablc advantages,
which once were TO all but few impossi-
biIltics, or even incOnCeivabilities but
which 10 the few doomed up rs glorious
dreams. The physical facts OF our cyilizl.
ton illustrate my meaning. What would
! our gundiathcrs have thought of the man
who said that within a century their
children would ride without any horse to
draw them, would ride at the rate Of forty
miles an hour, would live in Philadelphia
aud do business daily in New York, would
cross the ocean without sails and cross IL
in q week, would thread the Atlantic with
a wire and along that wire buy and sell
and send aud receive messages? What
drcamcrs, the men who should have
prophcscd Of the host Of miracles without
which we could scarcely get along toilyl
II people were committed 10 the insane
asyiums in those days n easily as they
are now their friends would have
had no need 10 ask their pOstoiIice
address. In the minds OF unknown
men clmc the thought Of powers which
should greatly benefit mankind, which
should ameliOratc the condition OF the
poor while they enlarged the resources Of
the rich, which should bring the wheat
fields OF the world within the reach 81 the
poorest man in the most uvorcrowdcd city.
which should cheaper all necessities and
make all races brotncrS
look at the political facts OF our civil
izaiion. Going no further back than our
own generation how ?epoytcrously wild a
dream would have been that OF a mnn who
in 1850 should have told his fellows that
ere he died he should see great Barbar-
ossa come back 20 restore the German
iaihcrland It's petty and discorlant States
reunited IN living empire. aud Germany
standing proudly ~ the leader OF Europe;
a figure - imposing in politics rs in art Is
the gigantic statue unveiled on the shores
Of the Rhine the other day.
Look nc the social facts OF our civilza-
ton. Aud here the success OF the ideal
isi Is ~ siupendous that We must again 90
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When men now Of thirty years were cooling
In their cradles millions Of human beings
were the chattcls OF the soil in Russia. A
couuiry-loying gentleman saw much Of
the lives Of the land scris, and, bordering
their condition aud woes, wrote about
them IN charming, graphic tales which
soon became very popular among his
counirymen. In these tales. with wise
indircctncsS, he sought 10 plead Tor the
poor Of his people, ia the hope that they
might be humanized. One day the Czar
read a book Of the writer's; and the scales
fell from the rulers eyes. Ia due time a
ukasc appeared which broke the ictters OF
the scris. A few New Englanders lifted
mp their voices, aud said that slavery was
wrong Then came the rebellion, aud
there vas fought with complete success
one Of tie most astounding revolutions OF
history.
Thus, you soc. ideas win. Sentiments
conquer Aspirations liit the earth. aud
enthusiasm pulsatcs H. The ideal l. God.
Have faith In him. be loyal 20 your
ideals. We measure not our cause by our
success, but our success by our cause"