The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-10-28

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Europe. the happiness would have been
too much for mortal man to endure.
He had no idea that the time would
come when q nation Of sixty million peo-
pie on this side of the sea would be Joined
by all the intelligent nations on the other
side the sea for the most part Of wear
reciIing his wonderful deeds. 1t took
centuries to reveal the result Of that one
transatlantic voyage.
While studying the life Of this Italian
navigator, / am also reminded Of the
fact that while we are diligently looking
for one thing we find another. Column
bus started to find India, but found
America. Go on and do your duty dill
gently and prayeriully, and if you do
not find what you looked for you will
find something better. Saul was hunt
ing for the strayed animals of his fathers
barn-yard, but met Samuel. the prophet,
who gave him crown Of dominion.
Nearly all the great inventions and dis
covcries were made by men who at the
time were looking for something else.
Prof. Morse, gone to perfect himself in
chemistry. on returning happens TO take
the packet ship Suliy from Havre, and
while in conversation with a passenger
learns Of some experiments in France
which suggest to him the magnetic
telegraphy.
He went to Europe to learn the wis.,
dom of others and discovered the tele-
graph. Hargreaves, by the upSettlng OF
a machine and the motion Of its wheels
while upset, discovered the spinning
jenny. So, my friend. go on faithfully
and promptly with your work, and II
you do not get the success you SEEK. and
your plans upset You will get something
just as good and perhaps better. Sail
ahead on the voyage of life, keep a cor
rect log book, brave the tempest. make
the best use Of the east wind, keep
sharp lookout, and l warrant you in the
name Of the God of Columbus that il
you do not find just what you want OF
an earthly nature you will find Heaven,
and that will be better.
What was wornout India, crouching
Under tropical sun. compared with
salubriouS and radiant and almost Him
liable America, and what is all that this
little world in which We live can afford
you compared with that supernal realm
whose foliage. and whose fruits, and
whose riches, and whose population, and
whose 1randeurS, and whose worship,
end whose Christ make up an affiuence
that the most rapturOus vocabulary fails
to utter.
Another look 1T that career OF the ad-
miral Of the Santa Maria persuades me
that 1t is not to be expected that this
world will do its hard workers full JUS
tice. II any man ought to have been
trested we'll from first to last it vas
Columbus He had his faults. Let 9TH
ers depict them. But greater soul the
centuries have not produced. This conti-
nent ought to have teen called Columbia.
after the hero who discovered it, or Isa-
bellianA, after the queen who furnished
the means for the expedition. No The
world did not do him justice while
he was slive, end why should it be en-
pected to do him justice after he was
dead? Columbus in . dungeon! What
. thought! Columbus in irons! Whist q
spectacle!
The wife Of Robert Murray, after
whom Murray Hill. New York, was
named, never hAs received proper credit
for detsininR 1t very rich luncheon
the officers or the opposing army until
Washington and his army could escape.
Mrs. Murray saved American independ-
ence. How the wrong men and the
wrong women get credit that does not
belong 70 them, while Gods heroes aud
Gods herOineS go ungarlanded. You
have heard Of the brave words of dying
chieftainS, but you probably never
heard OF what . private soldier SAID,
fallen st RoSaca and bleeding under
shell wound in his mouth. and who,
through suffering dreadfully from
thiFsL when . cup Of water WAS offered
him, declined &c drink, saying, MY
mouth is ell bloody, sir, and it might
make the tin cup bad for others" The
world knows little or nothing Of the
brAvest words and the bravest deeds.
In one OF the last letters which Colum-
bus sent to bis sOB. be wrote this lamen-
tation: Il receive nothing OF the re-
venue due me. / live by borrowing
Little have I profited by twenty years OF
service with such tolls and perils, since
At present / DO not own roof in Spain. |
II desire to est or sleep. have no re.
course but the inn, and for the most
times have not wherewithal 90 pay my
BILL" Be not surprised, my nearer. il you
suffer injustice. You are in the best Of
compsny-the men and women who
wrought nightly for God and the worlds
improvement, and got for it chiefly mis-
representation and abuse while they
lived. although sfterward they may have |
hAds . long row OF carriages st the
obseQues end gilt edged set OF reselu-
tions unanimously adopted for the ccn-
solstion Of the bereft household. Do |
your full duty, expecting NO appreciation |
in this world, but full reward IN the |
world to come.
And nov, while Am thinking Of this I
illustrious chip captain Of Genoa let ne !
bespeSk higher appreciation for the ship |
captains now ia service. many Of them /
this moment on the Sea, the lives OF tens /
of thousands Of passengers in theis keep |
ing. Whist IN swful responsibility 10
theirs. They 20 Gut through the NsfToWs I
or start from Queenstown or South
ampton or Glasgow not knowing Whist
cyclone or collisions or midnight perils
are wsitina for them. II requires bravery
to face IN army OF men, bus fer moro
bravery TO face On army OF Atlantic sur
ses led on BY hurricanes.
A more stupendous scene 10 not 70 b
witnessed than shat Of . ship captain