Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-02-21

| to overweening vanity. All others have
descended to oblivion, but we, we shall
have better fate. When will men come
to understand that Napoleon promulgated
an everlasting truth when he declared "No
man is necessary?' Not even Napoleon
Fated to construct an empire on shoulder
ing, CORY chaos; destined 10 supplant the
hell.fire rabidness of red republcanism with
masteriul government, to subvert the riot
rule Of flends incarnate and found q sys-
tenn which though the product of Unsuitable
ambition was yet the most beneficent and
the only form practicable for the material
with which he had to deal, the final chapter
in the narration is st. Helena--more like q
romance than history. Not necessary. No.
Not as unit, not as million. A man who
will do or say the thing as well, better, per-
haps, than you, is close behind you, wait
ing for the instant in which you shall fall.
OF what measurable value is a memory
which depends for perpetuation upon stone
monument and a graveyard legend? On
the field of Waterloo is such monument.
On all its sides are chiseled the names and
rank Of officers, but not one syllable to tell of
the heroic deeds of those who did the real
fghtang. A long list of General This, and
Lord That and Earl The Other, but not one
sign to hint that on this eminence the rank
and file bore the fiery charge, recoiled, raj
lied, fell, reared hecatOmbs; in this vale
were massed, shattered, reformed; here
dashed desperately into the jaws of death,
did, suffered, died, saved the field at was
lucky the Prussians came up just them"
says one long after the battle mot at ALL"
says my lord, 1--WE had already beaten the
French We always did beat them" We!
Nsop's fly, sitting on the rim of the chariot
wheel, eXclams admiringly, "What dust
we do raise y Again, zoe! Foolish one.
Do you aoiM to be remembered so ? To wear
laurels won by others? But see, the winners
are not remembered. So history connives
at hlsehood, and robs the valiant of their
due, The evidence seems to be incon-
testible that America was discovered by
Eric the Red, an Icelander, in the year 9S5
Besides the circumstantial details given in
the history of the Early Kings of Norway, q
recent volume by Marie A. Brown contains
arguments and citations that are sure to con-
vince tens OF thousands that for four hun
dred years Columbus has received honors
which were never his due. Yet the big
parade of 92 will go on, and silver -tongued
oratory will crown not Erickson, but Co
lumbus.
ONE knows. There is the hope OF Justice.
"rhese poor prosecuted Scotch Covenant
ers,' said to my inquiring Frenchman, in
such stinted French rs stood at command,
"fls sen appetaient @'-"A Ia fosterite," in
terrupted he, helping me out. "-Ah, mon
Sieata, non, mile fois, non! They appealed to
the Eternal God; not to posterity at all
CetaH dit6rent. (Carlyle) Posterity, though
short of memory, may do something, if on
ly to preserve some intimation of filial rev.
erence. Three hundred millions of Chinese,
with their emperor at their head, visit an
nually the tomb each of his father and
mother A worship acceptable to Him who
traced on the tablet the command to honor
Instructive to some who speak derisvely or
ompassonately of "the heathen."
One chance there is for victory over the
obliviousness of present and succeeding
generations, a triumph which is AZ stable
as it is glorious. 1t is to make that tei
which will soon cease of mention Philos
ply teaches that pebble cast into the
ocean on one shore is felt upon the other
thousands of miles away. Didactic, dem
onstra6le, perhaps, were efficient instru-
ments available. lnfintesmal the influence
the waves forget it, leviathan never knew
it, physics teaches it, natural law explains
it, reason accepts it. Recovery and posses
sion are latent in ao0rk That was a signi-
ficant and fitting motto which studious
minister pasted in every one of his books,
so that on opening any of them his eyes
HttDftttbHt
negGttb0r dttqttd fdct0n1uS quo p0Ssalaus Oste1s
dere nos oiriSso-Snce to live long is denied,
let us do something by which we may show
ourselves to have lived Sir Christopher
Wren had st. Pauis Cathedral in his heart
before he drew il out in Portland Stone
Unimaginative Charles III. with his veto,
impractical prelates, stupid officials tied up
in red tape, blockhead masons and car
penters, jabbering like apes about tbe impos-
sibility of what one man meant TO do.
Smaller enterprises, but all of them grand,
magnificently he accomplished, and one
hundred and sixty seven years ago they
buried him under the choir Of the majestic
pile, with this epitaph, familiar now to ALL
81 m0nun,entum requiris ci,cumsptce. Oh
what glorious and ndestructble fame is
that for the consecrated worker that sur
vivors shall point TO tioing men whom he
has edited and say, "If you ask for his
monument, look aroundw
IL was a stormy night when faithful
preacher found for his audience single
sinner. To him he preached, him he saved
and in him sent forth missionary who in
turn saved hundreds, some of whom in their
turn saved thousands. His name is not
known thousands know the fact. Who
can measure the weight and influence OF the
pebble that's felt from shore to shore We
were not appointed to be remembered,
but to work. At it, then Set seal to
your testimony; believe in your destiny
put forth all powers; seek not to be
happy, seek for your work. care not
whether you are known or shall be remem.
bcrcd cast in the pebble it shall be felt
from shore to shore Compel at least this
witness, that the world would have been
weaker and worse for your absence from
the system. Your work will be felt ages
after the worker has been forgotten
Public Grange Meeting,-A public
meeting Of Montgomery County Grange
will be held in Olncy Grange Hall, We'd
nesday, February 26th, at ] o'clock, A. M.
Brother Brigham, Of Ohio, the Worthy
Master Of the National Grange, and other
prominent members will be present and ad.
dress the meeting. Members Of the Grange
are expected to bring light lunch with
them. The public is cordially invited to
attend.
+. l.. HARTsHoRNE, Sec'y.
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