Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1892-10-26

trv, so whole flock of promises and hopes,
golden winged and sOnglul, this morning
aIight around us, assuring III that we are ap-
proaching the glorious period of American
cyangelihntlon.
The great Italian navigator also impresses
me with the idea that when one does a good
thing he cannot appreciate its ramiicati0ns.
TO the moment OF his death Columbus never
knew that he had discovered America but
thought that Cuba was part of Asia. He
thought the Island Of 1liSpaniola was the
Ophir of Solomon. lie thought he had only
opened new way to old Asia. Had he
known what North AMI South America
were andlarc, and that'he had found country
three thousand miles wide, ten thousand
miles long, of seventeen million square
miles, and four times as large as Europe, the
happiness would have been too much for
mortal man to endure.
lie had no idea that the time would come
when nation Of sixty million people ON
this side Of the sea would be joined by all
the intelligent nations on the other side Of
the sea for the most part of u year rcciting
his wonderful deeds 1t took centuries 10
reveal the result of that one transatlantic
voyage. So it has always been. Could Paul
on that June day when he was dccapitated
have had any idea of what effect his letters
! anu llt NtNVUHl VI MS NV M'u'u HaNt WI
| ChriNtcndomE Could Martin Luther nave
| had any idea Of the echoes that would ring
through the ages from the bang of his ham
mcr mailing the Latin theses against church
| door at Whittcnbcrg?
Why talk about unlmportant thlhes'
| There are no unlmportant things lnhnlty
is made up of inlinieSmas. On clear
night the smallest dewdrop holds n star
! Each one OF YOU IS at The centre OF UNI
| verse, and all you say and do somehow
| YihrntcS to the extreme OF that universe III
all directions promise everlasting renoWh
| to those who Will go forth with CHRISTIAN
and sympathetic words Atter the balllc OF
| Copenhagen, Ne'son, the admiral, went INTO
hospital and halted at the bed OF wounded
sailor. who had lost his arm, and SAID !:
"WeIl Jack, what is the matter with your
and the sailor replied, lost my right arm,
your honor" and Nelson looked down at his
own empty sleeve and said: "Wcll, Jack,
then you and are both spoiled for fisher.
| men. Cheer up, my brave fellow" And
that sympathetic word cheered the entire
hospital
! Before you Ile you can, out OF your own
mlStortuhes' cheer hundred sous ana
i start Unchu'hS eChoes' lou can no more
appreciate tne 1arreacli'he results OF your
lie IMAM ,o'u'hous couih see llilS Gon.llie, J,
from arctic 10 antarcllc, i say tt'is '.ot 10
make you proui ana arrogant Di ~ 10 'lHkS
you trcmDlc WIN your Responsiveness, anu
! Put you on your su"iu 10 " "n"' w" w
am Wlat you s"y' r,,, ,o,,o,,;,,,. 49,,
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uer lroplca, Suni eonnpartu mlii 'a'np', nm'
ana rauaht a'u "isto,' iii,l't ,i, n.l.Li'n
ana Whnt - az Nv. 'uli .l...u WIN '';. ~
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. Illnl SllDtTilul TtNlIll WHOSE lOltGt, anu
WHO'S i'ui's' n1' losu ,iIm,s, anu IT,
popumt''n, anu Mnose Il n "iu'",S, "n' non o
WorHh'p, am "nost unt,sS nan A. a.,
Si!luel''u enS' i'o'V i"p'"4'"' 'o'""''S
i"',N W uVaet A.,
Aoti,ei n'oM w VIZ .arooi W .,'"S ot i, ~ ~
VI VIic 7"'ltn n"I "a ''uo ny ,iiH'
hou ~ We S,,T, n'av o"' w." W." Wv w.
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IL was Io.u','' ,H nv m"n ms .'u'H ~
otutls ucii., .n'iil' nui S'c"1E. SUI, o,'I
/ centuries naNI iio' piou"ee',i inH eoh.'
'eio 'uSu' w .i,N' "o.. .",'n' ni
AFTER Tue nero VINO discovered IT, or lsaoeill-
ana aI'rr .he queen VINO lurriShed tne
means lOr Ihe eXpci'tloh NO. Inc W0rIu
dld not 90 MN Jusucc Wh'ie ne was awe
ana why should II he expected TO 90 MN
/ justice after he was dead? Columbus IN a
| dungeon: What q thought. Columbus III
irons? What a spectacle
The world knows nothing of the bravest
words and the hravcst deeds. In one OF the
last letters which Columbus sent to his son,
he wrote this lamrntatOn: Il receive moth
ing of the revenue due me. ! live by Dor
rowing. Little have | prOlitcd by twenty
years of service with such tolls and pcrIs,
since at present do not own roof in Spain
! If | desire to eat or sleep have no recourse
tIn I'M, for i,,,ny have t,pt