Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-03-07

for tns now vest lie, Old political issues pa
hur.ei, let odd gruiyes die. Let new theories
Oa auncasd. With the coming in Of n new
nation mt the gates OF Castle Garden every
vnlg, and the wnaat hla and corn crib OF oar
land enlarged with every harvest, and vast
multitude of our population still p,unSei III
illiJararv to be eiucatel. AMI moral que,-
tlOas ABROAD involving the very existence of
our Republic, let the old political platforms
that az worm eaten h1 dropped an1 plat
forms that s'lall ha made of two planks tha
one the Ten Commandments and the other the
Sermon on the Mount lifted for all OF Us t.
stand on. Bat tn .ce Is lot of old politi-
clans grumbhng ellaround the sky who don't
want new solth. a new north, new east or
new west They have some old war
speeches taat they prepared in 1e5i that in
all our autuTnal elections they feel called
upon tointliCt upon thu country. They grUwi
louder and louder III proportion as they are
pushed back further and further and the
Henry W. Gradys come to the front. But
the mandate, | think, has gone forth from
the throne of God thaNa new American ma
ton shall take the place 0S>the old, and the
new mas been baptized for Go1 and liberty
and justice and peace and morality and re
lglon
And now our much lamented hiend has
gone TO give account Suddealy the facile
and potent pen is laid down and the eloquent
tongue is silent What? Is there no safe
guard against fatal disease? The impersona-
tion Of stout health was Mr.. Grady. WHAT
onpactness OF muscle! What rrldy com
plexion WHAT flashing eyel Standing with
him in group Of twenty or thirty persons at
Piedmont, he looked the healthiest as his
spirits were the blithest. Shall we never feel
again the hearty grasp of his hand or be
magretlZed with his eloquence? Men OF the
great roll. men of the pen, men of wit, men
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call came, 50 must you when your call
comes. When God asks you what have you
zone Win your pen or your eioquence or your
wealth or your social position, will you be able
TO give satisfactory answer? What have we
been writing all these years? II mirth, has
II been innocent mtrth, or that when tears
anl stinSs and laceratas' From our pen
have there come forth productions healthy
or poisonous? In the last great day when
the warrior must give account Of what he
has done with his sword and the merchant
what he has done with his yard stick.
ana the mason what he has done with
his tcowel and the artist what he has
done with his pencil We shall have to give
account Ot what we have done with our psI.
There ara gold pens and diamond pens and
pans of exquisite manufacture, and every few
weeks see sOmA Lew kind of pen, eaCn said
10 ba better than the other; but in the great
day os our arlaignn ent before the Judge OF
udlcS and dead that will be the most beauti-
ill pen, whether gold or steal or quill which
never wrote n pTofane or unclean or cruel
word. or which from the day it was carved
OK split at the nib, dropped from its point
kinduesS and encoura cement and help aud
gratitude tn God and benediction for man.
May God colfort that torn IN Southern
home and all the homes of this country and
ot all tne world which hav3 been swept
by this plague of influenza, which has
t.esDened sometimes into pneumonia and
sometimes into typhuS, and the victims OF
which are counted by the ten thousand! Sa.
tal who is the prince of the Power of the
Air, has been poisoning the atmosphere in all
! nations. Though it is the first time in our re-
membran"e he has done the same thing be
fn"a " 1906 tho ""~Sc!-soa.- a.. uf Cailu
Eyypt destroyed the life of ten thou.
sand in one day, and in Constantinople in
RIA three hundred Thousand people died OF it.
! ] am glad that by the bette" sanitation OF our
| cities and wider understanding of hygienic
laws end the greater skill of physicians these
Apolyonic assaults upon the human race arc
being resisted, but peStileutial atmosphere is
! still abroad, Hardly family here but has
| felt its lighter or heavier touch. Some of
the best OF my hocE fell under its
! power and many homes here repre-
sentel have been crushed The fact il
the biggest failurs in the universe is this
there is and the friends who have gone there
are many and very dear. O fearful eyes,
look up To the hills crimsoning with eternal
mora! That reunion kiss will more tk-...
make up for the parting kiss, and the vel.
come will obliterato the goodbye. "The
Lamb which is in the midst OF the throne
shall lead them to living fountains Of water
and God shall wips away all tears from
their eyes" Till then o departed
loved ones, promise us that you will
! remember us, Us we promise to remembe.
| you. Ard some Of YOU gone up from this
city by the sen and others from under
southern 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 day 5
work and our lips have spoken tho last adicu
And now, thou great and magnificent SOU
or editor ana orator! under brighter SAT
we shall meet again. From God thou camcst
and to God thou hast returned Not broIe.
down, but escended. Not collapsed, bat irra
dated Enthroned oncl Coroneted om
Sceptered onel Emparadised cne! Hsi
and fareweui