Connecticut western news., 1892-10-13

whom Murray mn, New forK, was named, never has received proper credit for detaining at very rich luncheon the officer of the or, oeing army until Wash ington and his arIly could escape. Mrs. Murray saved American independence. How the wrong men and the wrong women get credit that does not belong to them, while Gods heroes and Go .'s heroines go ungarlandedl You have heard of the brave words of dying chief tains, 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 othersp'
 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- tion: q receive nothing of the revenue due me. I live by borrowing. Little have profted by twenty years of serv- ice with such tolls and perils, since at present do not own roof in Spain. If I desire to eat or sleep, l 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 TOW of car riages at the obsequies and gilt edged set of resolutions unanimously adopted for the consolation of the bereft house hold. Do your full duty, expecting no appreciation in this world, but full re- ward in the world to come.
 And now, while I 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 responsi- 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. It 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 a ship captain walking the bridge of a steamer in the midst of 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 a 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 Salvador 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 aheadl Land ahead! Nearer and nearer we come to heavenly wharfage. Throw out the blanks and step ashore into the arms of your kindred, who have been waiting and watching for the hour of your disembarkation. Through the rich grace of Christ, our Lord, may we all have such blissful arrivall
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