The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-02-26

~ 81 sicatsd and iIiorhl L diestions abroad
inxolk lkiIg tbe very q IA lence of our fe-
p4biic. let the old poliilcal ,platforms
fbat are worm eaten be dropped and
plAtiofms that shall 10 made OF two
1p1aulSs the ono The Ten Command
inonts and the other the sermon on the
Mount, fitted for all OF US to stand on. 4
But there Is a lot Of old politicisnsl
grumbling all around the sly who don't
want a new South, o new North, q new
East or new West. They have some
old war speeohes,that they prepared In
1901, that in all our autumnal elections
they feel callod upon 10 infiict upon the
country. They grow louder and louder
In proportion as they are pushed back
further and further and the Henry W.
Cradys come to the front. But the man
date, | think, has gone forth from the
throne OF God that new American
nation shall take the place Of the old
and the new has been baptized for God,
asd liberty, and justice, and peace, and
morality and religion.
And now our much lamented friend
has gone to give an account. Suddenly
the facile and potent pen Is laid down
and the eloquent tongue is silent
What? Is there no safeguards against
fatal disease? The tnpersonation Of
stout health was Mr.. Grady. What
compactness OF musclel What ruddy
complexionl What flash ing eyes! Stands
ing with him in group OF twenty or
thirty persons OF Piedmont, he looked
the healthiest, as his spirits were the
blithest Shall we never foel again tho
hearty grasp Of his hand or to be mag
netized with his eloquence? Men Of the
greet roll, men OF the pen, men of wit,
men OF power, IL our friend had TO 90
when the call came, so must you when
your call comes. When God asks you
what havo you done with your pen or
your oloQuence or your wealth or your
social position, will you be able to give
satisfactory answer2 What have we
been writing all these years? II mirth,
has 1t been innocent mirth, or that
which tears and stings and lacerates2
From our pen have there come forth
productions healthy or poisonous?
In the last great day when the
warrior must give account Of what
no has done with his sword and the
merchant what he has done with his
yard stick, and the mason what he has
done with his trowel, and tho artist
what he has done with his pencil, we
shall have TO give account Of what we
have done with our pen. They are gold
pens and diamond pens and pens Of ex-
quisite manufacture, and every few
weeks see some new kind Of pen, each
said to be better than the other; but in
the great day OF our arraignment before
the Judge OF quick and dead that will be
the most beautiful pen, whether gold
or steel or quill, which never wrote q
profane or unclean or cruel word, or
which from the day 1t was carved, or
split at the nib, dropped from its point
kindness and encouragement and help
and gratitude to God and benediction
for man.
May God comfort that torn-up South
ern home and all the homes of this
country, and of all the world which
have been swept by this plague OF In
fuenza, which has deepened sometimes
into pneumonia, and sometimes into
typhus, and the victims of which are
counted by the ten thousandl Satan,
who Is the "Prince OF the Power OF
tho Air. has been poisoning the
atmosphere in all nations. Though
1t is the first time In our remem-
brance, he has done tho same thing be-
fore. In 1896 the unwholesome air Of
Chro, Egypt, destroyed the life OF ten
thousand in one day, and In Constantine
pie In l7l4 three hundred thousand peo-
pie died OF It. / am glad that by the
better sanitation OF our cities and a
wider understanding Of hygienic laws
and the greater skill Of physicians these
Apollyonic assaults upon the human
race are being resisted. but the pes
tilential atmosphere is still abroad.
Hardly family here but has felt Its
lighter or heavier touch. Some OF tao
best Of my flock foil under It's power
and many homes here represented hats
been crushed. The fact is the biggest
failure In the universe is this world II
there is no heaven beyond. But there
IL, and the friends who have gone there
are many and very dear. o fearful eyes
loSs up 10 the hills crimsoning with
eternal morn! That reunion kiss will
more than make up for the parting
kiss, and the welcome will obliter'
ate the goodbye" "The Lamb which
n In the midst Of the throne shall
lead them TO living fountains OF water
and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes" Till then, o departed loved
ones, promise US that you will remem'
Der us, as we promise TO remember you.
And some Of you gone up from this city
by the sea and others from under South
ern skies, and others from the homes OF
the more rigorous North, and some from
the cabins on the great Western farms
We shall meet again when our pen has
written its last word, and our arm has
done Its last days work, and our lip
have spoken the last adieu.
And now, thou great and magnificent
soul Of editor and orator. under brighter
skies we shall meet again. From God
thou earnest, and 10 God thou hast re
turned. Not broken down, but ascended
Not collapsed, but irradisted. En-
throned onel Coroneted onel Scep
tered onel Unparalleled onel Hail and
farewell. fui ea