The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-05

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sanctuary. because her slaves. sentinel in
tie silent esbils, OF gasSd AZ her chamber
aoUr. puts ; iasaek uI&tI 5 tsssiIy besween
her and danger.
4 catch another vision. The crisis Of
baitae soldier strnek. staggering. fallen.
/ see save, scaisiIBg through the smoke,
winding his black arms aoou1 the fallen
form. reckless 81 the hurting deash-oe3d-
ing his tFnsty face 10 catch the words that
trem5se on the stricken lips. 20 wrestling
meantime with agony that he Moald lay
down his lie IA hts masters stead see
him by the weary bedside. miuistering
with accomplishing pasience. praying
with al MS humble heart that God vii
LIT his master up, until deafn comes IN
mercy and in honor 10 still the soldiers
agony aud seal the soldiers life. see
MIN by the open grave, "a ute, uncovered,
suffering for the death Of him. who IN lie
fought against bis frersiom. | see him,
when the mound il heaped and she great
drama 81 bis life Il closed. turn away and
with d0wncast eyes and uncertain step
start out into new and strange fields, laiter-
ing, struggling. bat moving on uaiIi his
shambsing figIIge is lost in the light Of this
better and brighter day. And from the
grave comes 3 voice, saying: Follow
him Put your arms about him IN his
need even AS he put his about me- Be bis
friend AS be was mi ne And out into this
new world strange TO me as TO him. asz-
zfing, bewildfEiug BOTH follow And
may God forget my people-when they for
get these
Whatever the future may hold for them
whether they plod along in the servitade
from which they have never been lifted
since the Gyrenian was laid hold upon By
the Roman soldiers. aud made to bear the
cross Of the f4inting Christ whether they
find homes again IN Africa, and thus hasten
the prophecy Of the psslmist. who said:
And suddenly Ethiopia shall hold out her
hands unto God whether forever dislo-
Gated and separate, they remain q weak
people, beset by stronger. and exist. as tbe
Turk, who lives in tbs jealousy rather than
IN the conscience OF Earope--or whether
in this miraculous republic they break
through the eisgte of twenty centuries, and
belying universal history. reach the full
stature OF citizenship, and In peace main
tain tive shall give them utterinost
justice and abiding friendship And what
ever we DO. into whatever seeming es-
arrangement We may be driven. nothing
shah disturb the love we bear this republic
or mitigate our conservation in its service
Mr.. Grady closed with a magnificent
peroration Tivaling his great discourse on
the Puritan anu The Cavalier.