The record-union., 1892-11-25

! " IGdlu III SdTlanuS Oh decoration IlaV III
| memory OF our patriot dead.
! The highest eulogy paid to our country
! Is the fun pOked at our miniature army
and navy. Well does the world know
/ that l ncIe Sam could cali into line and
equip in few months the grandesJ and
/ DraVest army that ever trod the earth.
/ And III recognition of this fact, when he
J really knIts ms brow and iroWnS sternly
/ upon usurpatiOn and encrOachment, the
haughuiest ruler and most arrogant dIplo-
mat are IN haste to retire or mako repa-
ration. our lag, like the star OF Bethle-
! hem-emblematlcO OF peace and liberty
IS received and honored III every part OF
/ the world.
/ Again, we bless GOD on this Thanks
giving Day that it is our privilege to live
IN TINS present age-this age OF all other
ages.
We are living, We are dwelling,
IN a grand ana awful time.
IN an age on ages telling
20 be living IS sublime.
The closing century has been freighted
with more marvellous conceptions and
Witnessed more revolutionary discoveries
than any other score of centuries since
the dawn OF creation.
Every branch OF learning. every field
OF investigation, every department OF
inventive and creative genius, every line
OF human endeavor is contributing to our
NOlAi4OIL anu COllN CulCict.
The numbering old stage coach has
given way to the majestic train, with
It's palace cars and cushioned seats
and dining halls and sleeping berths.
| rlvaLng the splendor of Oriental palaces
and dashing from coast To coast.
| through valleys and over mountains
and across frightful chasms and
over mighty rivers, at fifty miles per
hour.
The little sailboat, creeping along with
the tides and currents and lacking with
/ the wind, has disappeared for the ma
Jestlc steamer that, with her hundreds OF
tons Of freight and passengers, plows her
| way rom New Ork to Liverpool in i've
days. The progress III the methods of
communication can be realized when we
remember that the treaty of peace signed
between England and the [ nited States
at Client Decem Der n, 1914, did not reach
the United States in time to prevent the
terrible battle OF New Orleans, which
was fought the Sth day Of the next month.
But to-day the most minor details Of ma
tional legislation have scarcely been for
muIated before they are received in every
part of the civilized globe, and scarcely
have the last echoes OF the statesman's
voice died away in the halls OF legislation
before thousands of busy hands and
nimble fingers are arranging it for the
daily press IN every city in the land. A
lew tSuIuIl It's ago IblI5IOUS ana historic
literature was in the hands OF a few
priests and schoolmen, while in this age
hundreds Of volumes OF books are bound
each Gay, and presses are rolling off their
ten thousand sheets per hour and scatter
ing literature and current news all over
the land at prices that come within the
reach of ali.
But not alone in the mechanical and
scientific fields is this progressive march
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Of human thought and life we see the
same marvellous advance
Jean Paul Richter said if he were to
write the epitaph of the twentieth CEN
tury he would write over its gateway.
Here IS the way TO virtue and 10 wis
DOM" These words no doubt seemed to
MS contemporaries as but a vain fancy.
but friends, the dawning of that century
IS already breaking a few years and it is
here, and it is ours to thank God TODAY
that the world has moved far on toward
| the realization of the poets dream. And
now, while We enjoy the accumulated
| wealth Of human knowledge and exDeri-
ence which the stream Of centuries has
poured at our feet; while we are permitted
TO stand as we do upon the threshold Of
new century, century that must be-
rich in thronging events let us not be
forgettul of the abundant opportunities
that crown our lives, and let rs pledge
ourselves upon lllS 1nan kSgIVlng morn
ing that we will hencelorth show 0nr
gratitude to God and perfect our faith i'm
God by consecrating our lives anew in
their whole flow to his service Bv
launching into every enterprise by which
we may aid in bringing beauty and SYM
metry out Of moral deformity; by striv-
ing to so increase our precious Inherit
ance that we may present it to the com
ing generation, richer and fuller in all It's
departments. with a larger liberty, a
broader civilization and a brighter hope
Citizens OF Sacramento, the work hence
forth committed to your trust in the
future of this city ana valley is peculiar
from that Of those identified with its
earlier history. IL was the work ofthe
first settlers, many OF whom are among
us to-day to execute primarily the first
great commission God gave to man. ito
subdue the earth" How bravely and
faithfully they went forth to this work
and executed their duty we have but to
look up and behold.
1t was given to them q wide vase of
unbroken prairie, clothed in but natures
own garb, and although but little more
than a quarter of a century has passed
away, it is now embellished with ali that
betokens advanced civilization.
| believe it makes man stronger and
Drawer for the duties that await him in
the highest plane of citizenship 20 feel an
uOHeSL pLlO6 III II6 Sleit0 anu CITY OF MS
choice.
You remember that when the Apostle
Paul was apprehended at Jerusalem and
addressed the moo that surged about
him, this natural pride of city was the
first impulse that seemed to possess
him, for he declared: II am a Jew of
Tarsus, city IN Cilicia. citizen of no
mean city,"
Therefore if 1 should speak in terms of
praise Of our beautiful and prosperous
city, l trust you will understand that it
emanates from no desire to boast or flat
ter, but purely to stimulate an honest
PRIDE and noble purpose to so shape the
future destiny of this city, that not only
TINS but coming generations who shall
live within her borders may take pride
in the fact that they belong to mo mean
city" We have resources and adyant-
ages that can make Sacramento. in Doint
of thrift and prosperity, one of the fore
most cities in this great State. Her shops
and factories and mercantile institutions
have grown TO proportions that are a
guarantee to future prosperity, while her
beautiful homes and prosperous schools
are unsurpassed by any city of her size in
the land. Surely we may say in all
truth and modesty, this is ''no mean
city, But in shaping our future course
let us remember that shops and factories.
and storehouses, and stocks, and money
are but means to an end, and what end is
there but to build and embellish home