The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-11

. SIII. 41dSl OlAC VA yO~A 40 ~ S~AS
of a universe, and all you say and do
somehow vibrates to the extreme of that
universe in all directions. promise ev-
erlastiug renswn to those who will go
forth with Christian and sympathetic
words After the battle of Copenhagen,
Nelson, the admiral, went into hospital
and halted at the bed of wounded
sailor, who had lost his arm, and said, J
.'Well. Jack, what is the matter with
youg" and the sailor replied, Lost my
right arm, your honor" and Nelson
looked down at his own empty sleeve
and said: We'll, Jack. then you and |
are both spoiled for fishermen. Cheer
up. my brave fellow And that sym
pathetic word cheered the entire hos
pital.
Before you die you can, out of your
own misfortunes, cheer Ii hundred souls
and start amending echoes. You can
no more appreciate the farreachlng re-
suits of your life than Columbus could
see this continent from arctic to ant
arctic. l say this not to make you
proud and arrogant, but to make you
tremble with your responsibilities. and
put you on your guard as to what you
do and what you say.
While studying the life of this Italian
navigator | am also reminded Of the
fact that while we are diligently look
ing for one thing we find another. Co
lumbus started to find India, but found
America. Go on and do your duty dill
gently and prayerfully, 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 IA
/ theirs barnyard, but met Samuel, the
! prophet. who gave him a crown of do
| 1ninion. Nearly all the great inventions
and discoveries were made by men who
at the time were looking for something
! else. Professor Morse gone to Europe
to perfect himself in chemistry, on re
turning happens to take the packet ship
Sullv, from Havre, and while in CONVEX
sation with 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 upsetting 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 some
thing Just as good and perhaps better.
Sail ahead on tie voyage IF life, keep a
correct logboOk, brave the tempest, make
the best use of the east wind, keep a sharp
lookout, and I warrant you, in the Lame
of the God of Columbus, that if you dc
not find just what you want of an earth,
lv nature you will find heaven, and that
will be better.
What was wornout India, crouching
under a tropical sun, compared with
saIubrious ana radiant and almost Il
limituble America, and what is all thai
this little world in which we live car
: afford you compared with that superna
realm whose foliage, ana whose fruits
and whose riches, and whose popula
5 ton, and whose grandeurs, and whose
worship, and whose Christ make up al
affiuence that the most rapturOus vocab
ulary fails to utter?
Another look at the career of that ad
2 miral of the Santa Maria persuados M
= that it is not to be expected tina: thi
5 world will do its hard workers full JUS
/ tice. If any man ought to have beef
I treated we'll from first TO last it was Co
t Iumbus. He had his faults. Let other
depict them. But a greater soul tn
' centuries have not produced. This con
g tinent ought to have been called Colum
4 bia, after the hero who discovered 1t, @
a Isabelliana, after the queen who fur
I nished the means for the expedition
4 No. The world did not Go him justlc
$ while he was alive, and why should !
q be expected to do him justice after
was dead: Columbus in a dungeon
/ What a thought Columbus in irons
= What a spectacle!
/ The wife of Robert Murray, afte
r whom Murray hill, New York, wa
7 named. never has received proper cred1
K for OBTAINING at very rich luncheon tn
e officer of the opposing army until wa
5 ington and his army could escape. Mr.:
Y Murray saved American independence
Y How the wrong men and the wron
e women get credit that does not belong
n them. while Gods heroes and God
T heroines go ungarlanded! You nav
It heard of the brave words of dying chic
e tains, but you probably never heard
n what a private soldier said, fallen
/ Resaca and bleeding under she
wound in his mouth, and who, thong
e suffering dreadfully from thirst, when
Ne cup of water was offered him decline
If to drink, saying, MY mouth is a
:, bloody, sir, and it might make the II
Ne cup bad for Others!
Y The world knows nothing of Il
W bravest words and the bravest deeds.
" one of the last letters which Columbt
d sent to his son, he wrote this lament
t ton: Il receive nothing of the revenr
e due me. l live by borrowing. Lift
IS have 1 profted by twenty years of ser
1T ice with such tolls and perils, since I
Id present do not own a roof in Spain.
lie | desire TO eat or sleep, have no r
he course but the inn, and for the mo
rs times have not wherewithal to pay II
bill"
to Be not surprised. my nearer, if yc
er suffer injustice. You are in the be
We of company-the men and women wi