The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-10-14
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. IA, 1892.

centuries have not produced, This con-
tinent ought to have been called Colum-
bia, after the hero who discovered 1t, or
lsabelliana, after the queen who fur,
nished the mems for the expedition.
No, The world did not do him Justice
while he w,,s alive, and why should it
be expected to do him justice after he
was deads Columbus in u dungeonl
What thought Columbus in irons?
What spectaclel
The wife of Robert Murray, after
whom Murray hill, New York, was
named, never has received proper credit
for OBTAINING ut a very rich luncheon the
officer of the opposing army until WASH
ington and his army could escape. Mrs.
Murray saved American independence.
How the wrong men and the wrong
women set credit that does not belong to
them, while Gods heroes and COTS
heroines 90 ungarlanded! You have
heard of the brave words of dying chief
lains, but you probably never heard of
what a private soldier said, fallen at
Resaca and bleeding under a shell
wound in his mouth, and who, though
suffering dreadfully from thirst, when
cup of water was offered him declined
to drink, saying, my mouth is all
bloody, sir, and it might make the tin
cup bad for othersr
The world knows nothing of the
bravest words and the bravest deeds. In
one OF the last letters which Columbus
sent to his son, he wrote this lamenta-
ton: II receive nothing of the revenue
due me. | live by borrowing. Little
haze proiited by twenty years of serv-
ice with such tolls and perils, since at
present | do not own roof in Spain. If
l desire to cat or sleep, have no re-
course but the inn, and for the most
times have not wherewithal to pay my
bill"
Be not surprised, my nearer, if you
suffer injustice. You are in the best
Of company-the men and women who
wrought nightly for God and the
worlds improvement, and got for it
chiefly Misrepresentation and abuse
while they lived, although afterward
they may have had long row of car
riages at the obsequies and a gilt edged
set of resolutions unanimously adopted
for the consolation of the beroft house
hold. Do your full duty, expecting no
appreciation i'll this world, but full re-
ward in the world to come
And now, while am thinking of this
illustrious ship captain of Genoa, let
me bespeak higher appreciation for the
ship captains now in service, many of
them this moment ON the sea, the lives
OF tens of thousands of passengers in
their keeping. What an awful response
bility is theirs! They go out through
the Narrows or start from Queens
town or Southampton or Glasgow not
knowing what cyclone or collisions or
midnight perils are waiting for them.
1t requires bravery to face an army Of
men, but far more bravery to face an
army of Atlantic surges led on by hur-
ricanes.
A more stupendous scene is not to be
witnessed than that of ship captain
walking the bridge of steamer in the
midst of a cyclone. Remember those he
roes in your prayers, and when worn out
in the service, and they have to command
inferior craft or return to the land and
go out of service, do them full honor for
what they once were. Let the ship COM
panies award them pensions worthy of
what they endured until they start on
their last voyage from this world to the
next.
Aye, that voyage we must all take,
landsmen as well as seafarers. Let us
be sure that we have the right pilot, and
the right chart, and the right captain,
and that we start in the right direction.
1t will be to each of US who love the
Lord voyage more wonderful for dis
covery than that which Columbus took,
for after all we have heard about that
other world we know not where it is or
how it looks, and it will be as new as
San Saliva or was to the glorious captain
of the Santa Maria. "Eye hath not seen
nor ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart of man" May the light from
that golden beach flash on the darkness,
and we be able to step ashore amid groves
and orchards and aromas such as this
worlds atmosphere never ripened or
breathed!
Aye, fellow mariners, over the rough
sea of this life, through the fogs and
mists of earth, see you not already the
outline of the better country Land
ahead! Land ahead Nearer and nearer
we come to heavenly wharfage. Throw
out the planks and step ashore into the
arms of your kindred, who have been
waiting and watching for the hour of
your Decentralization. Through the rich
grace of Christ, our Lord, may we all
have such blissful arrival!