The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-02-23

g Ake the Mayhower compact ana enlarge
iull 1nse er6 nessonsl charter; g develop into
q Other Leaders and Statesmen EN- Of his tim sp
nlsp "a m 8 % ~ isss and independent nation
covenank Such are the religious aud political
connections Of the history with which we are
c0 ..a such the way Of harmony in which
en0 supplements and consummates Z previous
rs. the work Of Warrington, the Cavalier,
~ Vel done Yet in II We are TO see that God
W. Worklng f0f the advancement of His glory.
But what was the inner character of the man,
ous @ which this work proceeded. FOR IL was
s. - true q Warrington as of every one, that,
stream will not rise higher than its fountain; 80
no mans work, in moral quality or general ex-
csilsnce. Will rise higher than What be himself
Me may get some prophetic idea Of the child
nom bic parents, and from the parental instruc-
ton given him. His father and mother, though
upright and thoroughly religious Both BY pre-
Ii doms.se an and '1 csrl Psl 1 e. wss
quality q the father. thought toward divine inc
sn,nes, he prepared bed Of finely pulverised
Earth, on which, n large letters, he wrote the
ample au.nty 81 esrden the ssed ef Re
snoothed the bed nicely over The seed
soon came up. and then, plainly writ.
nam. daSx. TRsR a.n The se :oed
discovered il. and Fastening to his father led
him 70 the spot; and there, after testing his
ton that It grew there BY chance, to which the
SON replied that this could not have been. the
father told him that II was his own work, and
nothing In this world: that all the conditions
ana arrangements for the welfare of those living
II u are due TO Gods kindly governing thought
to Ss fsc shst e God ns
ton 20 the world. The mother twas cheerful.
dsvout Christian" And as the father died
moldtng Of his character was left wholly to her,
= -. II nsa ~ no small part been heretofore He
was eminentiy child on whom rested perman-
entiy the marks of . mothers influence. Being
person OF superior strength Of character, that
sn1 1 was largely decisive in his mental
widow, with her little flock gathered around
her. q was her daily wont, reading to them
ssndard z, rnd .vnrs sty out Of some
Matthew Hale's Contemplation, Moral and
Divine The admirable maxims therein con-
ssined. for outward ction as well a. self-gov::
George, and doubtless had great influence In
forming hi: character. They certainly were
exemplined IN his conduct throughout life"
while he lived, in regard to his education: and
while he did not have the highest advantages,
re
business and practical affairs. 1t is recorded
that he was always at the head at school. He
application to his books. He was earnest to
develop and cultivate the mental side Of his
Yet all his intellectual attainment vs.
touched and toned with . high moral sense
This, really, gave the law to his life. He was
known at school quite as much for his upright
boys would S msEs m or u hi:
Wsshineson whatever he :ays is ali hight Veil
low or mean, or of doubtful propriety. He was
careful to hold himself in all his actions and re-
lations 70 the rules of . true department and Of
This appears In code Of morals and manners
which he drew up for his personal guidance
when he was ID years old, some of the particu-
"Every action in company ought to be with
some sign OF respect to those present
"show yourself not glad at the misfortune of
'sUse no representa- language against any one.
"Assoctate yourself with men Of good quality,
II Jon esteem your own reputation, for It II bet
ter to be alone than In bad company.
Undertake not what you cannot perform, but
be careful to keep your promise.
when you speak of God or His attributes, let
IL Be seriously and In reverence.
..Let your recreations be manful. not sinful
labor to keep alive in your breast that little
spark Of celestial fire called conscience"
The judgment has beeu expressed, with good
reason, that these rules-0f which there were
dfty-four in all-lay at the foundation of Wash
ington's character. and were greatly influential
We may specify a. at once conspicuous:
Frst-HiS truthfulness. We do not need the
tradition OF the Ratchet to prove this. He
scorned to tell q lie. He would not "hedge'' or
equtvocate. There was no vein or fiber of de-
ceptiveness in his nature He instinc lively for
bade 70 himself all indirection OF speech and &C.
ton. He was the soul of transparent openness
and candOr
second-His obedience. This was one of the
first lessons he wa. taught 1t is certainly one
n tai oil nf oh Ono
must himself have the spirit Of obedience, il he
would learn to command writer has said:
ooscience must 1 mo AL the virtues that
good soldier, good citizen. Obedience is in a
child nothing but the habitual submission of
n the win ,s to the law Of right since The
IN the place Of God: It was obvious.
~ the foundation of washington's virtues
his life in doing just What he did nc NOT want to
do. In obedience to that sense of right which
was habitual to him. We find the sense of duty
success; He evidently felt that obedience is
strength"
Third--closely allied to this was his seli-con-
himself. ..He that ruIeth his spirit is better
than he that taketh 4 city" Washington had
this superiority; he was self-poised and self
Il seif,rnle into his hands and held tsem
through life. In all the whirl and confusion of
events in the midst of which he lived in his
later years, he never lost his mental and moral
equilibrium.
"fhere he stands in snperhuman calm,
Concentred and sublime! Around him pomp
And blaze imperial, naughty eyes, and words
Whose tones breathe tyranny, In vain attempt
The heayen-born quiet of his soul TO move;
Crowned with the grace of everlasting truth,
more than monarch among kings he stoodp
Fourth-His courage, too, was OF the first
order. He had heroic moral courage He was
not afraid 70 stand up for what he knew to be
cially valued by his mother. this appears. The
horse had never been broken. Leaping upon his
back, he though that by giving him the rein
and urgiug him on even when he began to be
the horse dropped beneath him dead. Greatly
troubled, he manfully FASTENED to his mother
with the tidings. Her reply was. my son,
forgive You, because you have had the courage
70 tell me the truth at once. Had you skulked
away should have despised YOU"
And one who il morally brave is not likely to
lack physical courage, though the reverse is not
true. One has said: II don't believe that Wash
stant exposure of himself in battle was cause
of much anxiety to his friends.
Eifth-We may instance, too, his hrmness.
He was the boy and the man OF the steaofast
heart; of strong, unfaltering purpose; OF
resoluteness of will that would not be dis
cCurarcd or overcome. In all the dark hours,
and successive reverses of the Revolution, he
never wavered, never looked back. Beyond the
night, however destitute OF stars, he always saw
sixth-And there was also his thoroughness,
which by no means Is the least in the list OF
moral qualities. From his earliest days the
element of completeness appeared IN whatever
he undertook. Nothing, says Irving, was
manner He found time to do everything, and
" Bmt with these features OF his character, be-
longing, perhaps, TO the lower, more outward
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