Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-01
ministery. and conduct Thy people into
the Way of salvation

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rightly administered, laws are enacted ant
Judgment decreed, assist. with Thy hol.
spirit of counsel and fortitude, the presi
dent of the United States, that his ad
ministration may be conducted in right
eousness, and be eminently useful to Th.
people over whom he presides, by en-
couraging due respect for virtue and re
iigion; by faithful execution of the laws il
Justice and mercy; and by restrainin:
vice and immortality. Let the light o
Thy divine wisdom direct the elaboration
OF congress, and shine forth in all the pro
ceedings and laws framed for our rule ant
government; so that they may tend to thu
preservation of peace, the promotion o
national happiness, the increase of in
dustry, sobriety and useful knowledge
and may perpetuate to US the blessings o
equal liberty.
We pray for his excellency, the governor
OF this state, for the members of the as
sembly, for all judges, magistrates anc
other officers who are appointed to guare
our political welfare; that they may be en-
abled, by thy powerful protection, to dis
charge the duties OF their respective sta
| tons with honesty and ability.
We recommend like to thy unboundeC
mercy all our brethren and fellow citizens
throughout the United States, that they
may be blessed in the knowledge anC
| sanctiied in the observance of thy most
holy law; that they may be preserved in
union and In that peace which the world
cannot give; and. after enjoying the bless.
ings of this life, be admitted to those which
are eternal
Finally. we pray thee, o Lord of mercy,
to remember the sou of thy servants de
parted, who are gone before US with the
sign OF faith and repose in the sleep OF
peace; the souls of our parents, relatives
and friends; Of those who, when living
were members of this congregation; and
particularly of such as are lately deceased
of all benefactors, who by their donations
or legacies to this church, witnessed their
zeal for the decency of divine worship,
and proved their claim to our grateful
and charitable remembrance. To these,
o Lord, and to all that rest in Christ,
grant, we beseech thee, place of refresh
ment, light and everlasting peace, through
the same Jesus Christ, our Lord and
Savior. Amen"
AT DODGE AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN.
A large crowd assembled at the Dodge
Avenue Presbyterian church to hear Chan
cellor Il. w. Everest, Of the Garfield Uni
veTsity, yesterday morning. His address
commanded more than sual interest and
synopsis of 1t is given as follows:
The safeguards Of the republic are in
telligence, morality and patriotism. The
general intelligence of the people is the re-
suit of educational facilities-public
schools, libraries and current literature.
Morality is secured by home-training
Sunday schools, church work, and the en-
forcement of righteous law. Patriotism
arises ir)m overall sources; from the char
acter OF our country, so broad, so various
in climate, SO rich in mineral wealth, so
blessed in the productions of field and fac
tory, ami so strong in the sixty millions
of its people; from its glorious history, in
Guiding the planting of colonies in this
new world, the achievements of our indie
pendence, tne triumphS of liberty and
union over slavery and secession, and the
new nation now with no discordant eie-
ments, moving as one people along its
prosperous way; from its institutions and
the large liberty for individual culture,
progress aud distinction
As a further means of cuitivating patr-
otisrn, we observe this, Washington's CEN
tennial. Throughout our nation oday elo-
quent lips VIII reciie the story Of our ma
tons origin, the story of Washington the
story of a marvellous century of progress
The soul OF every worthy American citizen
must thrill with feelings of wonder, pa
tri0ti IN and gratitude to heaven for what
100 wears under our constitution has ac-
CON lshcd.
TINS national holiday and these decora-
tons, are mainly in honor OF Washington,
OF whom 1t Is said that he was the great
est of good men and the best of great
men" Men are relatively great or small.
The grandeur of the movements in which
he had part cannot be appreciated ex-
cept in the light of the present We must
not see Washington as the leader of small
continental army. but as the father of a
great nation; must see MIN not as at the
head of thirteen original colonies but
rather as colossal figure standing under
heaven ali ablaze with star-crowned
states; we must see how he will rize higher
still as the nation expands and towers in
the ages to come.
The great questions which patriotism
asks today is this, How shall our repub-
lie be preserved! How shall it be so vital
lied that it may see the completion of an
other hundred years." Death is the law
for nations as well as for individuals The
more highly organized any institution may
be, the more easily it is thrown out of
balance and destroyed. We are walking
in the pathway of the Roman republic
one and half millions Of slaves one mil
lion of pauper Romans, and few thou
sand wealthy mobiles into whose Golfers the
Of ali the conquered nations were
flowing The few welding the power of
money to Cypress, and the many crawling
to ignoble graves We must see to it that
our public schools lose none of their
and that the intelligence of
Americans shall gov IN America. The
ballot must be taken from the
ignorant and given to the
intelligent, foreign or native born,
black or white, man or woman.
Moral character must be made to stand
higher than political availability or
Doodle.
Above all, we must hold up for admira-
ions and installations such men as Wash
ngton. Let him be the ideal of American
statesmen. He was a religious man, and
ar away may the time be when one who
Ices not believe in God and the certain
triumph of right shall set in the highest
place.
He was an honest man, and may Heaven
1--WE US such men for rulers-men who do
lot buy and sell votes, who do not bow to
he third house of congress, the lobby and
Who do not take brides to blind their eyes
herewith.
He had high sense of manly honor. and
lad he been approached with price for
lis honor, he would have said, rs thy ser
ant dog that he should do this"
In official life, how pure, how magnani- |
nous, how patriotic! How modest in |
lis aspirations, how simple in his |
epublican ways, aud how earnest for the |
Welfare Of his country.
AS Washington and his associates have |
'assed away and have no actual part in 4