Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-12-17
A VISION OF A NIGHT.
WHAT COLUMBUS MIGHT HAVE SEEN
HAD HE DIVINE SIGHT.
The Cargo Of Master Christopher-A
Vision of Four Centuries-A Develop
mrnt little Dreamed of by the EK-
pIorer Who Uncovered These shores.

documents: TX Ferrns." "Christopher.
"Christ i,earer.' The name Is typical OF
the man. Daring mariner he was, and a
lover of adventure and versed in geograph
ic and scientific lore These things all
moved him much. liut over and above
them nil he was religious enthusiast.
His luminous eyes the whole countenance,
bespoke the fervent spirituality within.
He was made of the stuff OF which mar
tyrs were made or perchance those who
for cunscience's sake made martyrs of /
others. He hal much IN common with I
both Sayuunrula ana Loyola. And So, /
while he wished for adventure and TO ex-
tend human knowledge OF the world. and /
Ia enlarge the dominions Of the sovercigns
of Leon and CASTLE. his chief desire was In
bear the cross To the uttermust ends OF the
earth and to bring hitherto unknown re
I gions and peoples under the sway and into
/ the fold OF the one true church.
/ He signed himself X Fcrens"
4 Ii was q prodigious boast Of the Roman
cnnqueror To the timorous boatman, "Quid
timcsY Casarem yehisr' What do yOu
fear, You carry Casarr' But this stern
/ admiral Of the unchartcred seas quelk-d
every doubt and every rising fear and
every gathering mutiny with the far
proudcr boast what do You fears You
carry Christ" But besides its message el
Christianity thai little vessel bore such
freight as never before or since was slowed
away in hold or cabin ArgD Navis with
its Golden Fleece sinks into insignificance,
and the ship that bore the pious hut rccre
ant Eneas 10 the mouth Of the Tiber and
the l.avinian shores was hut feeble pro
rotype
Jean Paul Richter, in his inimitable
wedding Discourse of ADAM portrays
ls.s. fF.ss
with amazcmcnt through the centuries
upon his own multitudnous descendants
and upon himself therefore, sort OF
condensed embodiment ~ all the genera
tions that should people the earth. Thus
Columbus might well have looked upon
his little craft n bearing above its quiver-
ing keel the promise and potency as
Herbert Spencer would say. of all the
, future of our half the world Thus az he
paced the deck in the weary night watches,
to his prophetic vision the banner Of the
mast head changed from the crimson and
/, gold OF Spain TO the meteor flag OF
i England then 10 the Pine Tree banner,
then 20 the stars aud stripes The rattle
of the rudder chains spoke first Of the
claukling uf slave fetters and then OF the
: clash Of steel that sundered them forever,
{ The weather worn ropes Of the rigging,
) stretched athwart his visionary prospect,
seemed a promise Of the network of elect ric
wires and cables that have become Puck )
girdle around the world.
The very ships themselves. the three
cOrkleShell galleons or cstraycls, or what
ever they were called, were such no longer.
But this was the Bon lIonrme Richard OF
Marlborough head, this WAS Old Iron
sides yariarm To yarlarm with the Guer
ricre, and this the Hartford in the harbol
Of Mobilc The parchment scroll in the
strong lox In his little cabin was no more
a patent from their maicsties Of Leon and
CASTLE II began. when in the course oi
human events aud the first among its
many signatures was the big, bold writing
!. Of John Hancock. Nay, il bore later
date. it said, "All men ARE free and its
signature was that Of Abraham Lincoln
And the crew, too. who were they, as h'
looked upon their sleeping forms thai
September night, And what did he see II
them Herr stern faced Puritan. here
dashing Cavalier, here a plethoric Dutch
man. Here was black skinned captive
!. Here were two martial forms-the one il
IN blue, the other in gray. Here lay on
s whose hand seemed already grasping an
n Harvesting the thunderbolt Hers la
Il another whose hand scented pointing I
the vessels side where the prophetic ca
n caught the sound Of IA great, rushing whes
- that laughed both wind and tide to scorr
40 Here lay one upon whose placid brow th
> sunlight seemed To trace in golden char
re acters, First in war. first ia peace, first
I'm the hearts of his eountrymen," and by hi
IL side one ON whose patient suffering fac
no was written with malice toward non'
n with charity for ALL" and still anothe
M upon whose firm fixed face WAS writer
ch Give me liberty on give me death"
Nor were these all In darker corners {
he the cabin he could see the narrow brow
o. the cunning glance the itching pain
". There were the bctrayers of nation
ri honor. the plunderers Of peoples brit
tn right There were those who would prov
ed false to trust, who would sacrifice publ
Is, good TO private gain, Falsehood an
re, treachery and theft and unclegnness lurkt
ne in the shadows. And the admiral falter,
nc. and asked Of himself DO / indeed be-
z's the Christi"
to Such was the cargo which the little We
ere sel bore the most momentous to huma
eos ity since that earlier voyage was ended
les Mount Ararat. Aud not only did II be-
ne such freightage 70 the New World, but
OF bore great treasure from the Old, al
les robbed it OF them forever. IL bore awi
from Spain her valor and chivalry and le
the pruudest and strongest European po
er TO sink into ibsigniiicance. IL bore fro
the every other land the best and hrightf
for Young hearts and brains and stronge
AXIS arms whose labors would now be lost
the the fatharland and would build up a n'
alt fatherland beyond the deep. That wa
the dering track across I he sea marked pat
pad way by which the chosen people shou
DO. make new exodus and leave the land
nat bondage desolate.
,ols As he looked hack along the foami
the wake he might see strange squadr
the following hard and fast There came
Is MAynower, there the Halfmoon. Th'
and came fleet OF uoisome slave ships. TIL,
the came long lines OF emigrant ships. Th'
came innumcrable craft. each great bla
hulk n hundred times the size of the Nil
with ribs of iron and with hearts OF q
and rushing across the ogean ia fewer da
OF than the weeks uf his adventurous voya
: OF But this was the flagship. he the admi
4 10 OF the whole mighty navy.
rev "X. Ferens' he wrote his name, In
hia, hour OF religious enthusiasm. But IL
but had beheid in truthful prospect the r
ntly import Of the cargo that he bore, as re
he ized in these 500 years, what would lac hi
rich writtent-H Bert Lewis In Penningl
Seminary Review.