The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-07-05
of Judean mechanic The Great Me-
chanic Of all who made the arch OF
yonder sky tells US what true freedom is:
"The truth not the sword
"Shall make you free.

The truth not the sword
Shall make you free.
I'm the midst of dark ages he spoke
This to man, the truth shall make you
Tree. Here is an obscure man in an I'M
important quarter of the globe me-
chanic with no army at his back, no
sword in his hand he only holds little
and lifting his unaided hand, his clear
voice ringing through all the ages pro-
nounced the word Freedom The Bible
ofeathes into man the true spirit of
free dom. Prior to it's dissemination it
was common belief that the masses
nao no rights the masters were bound TO
respect, but the Bible csme into the
world like the sweep of the cyclones
breath and taught the brotherhood of
man.
The humblest human being created,
though crushed beneath the iron wheel
OF oppression, bears the heart of king.
Every man has patent OF nobility
higher than that of any potentats. In
the nostrils of abject humanity the
.Biole breathes the breath of power and
liberty. What is driving servitude and
slavery from the earth is not force, it is
the influence of the truth OF tod 1t is
easier to gain freedom than to keep it.
May nations have won it and lost IL.
They didn't weave into their constitu.
tion the spirit OF the Bible. The two
great fundamental rules OF freedom are !:
Love che Lord thy God with sill thy
heart and do unto others as you would
have them do unto you"
The speaker then concluded his re-
marks as follows:
I'VE raise this flag that once we feared.
1t was once to me the emblem of
oppression and tyranny. The golden
cross loved 80 we'll has been taken
down, and we life this beautiful banner
up to be kissed by the warm Southern
sun. May it be shielded from the light.
ning's fash and the tempests wrath,
and may the sunlight ever greet it like
the blessing OF God. Let the dead past
bury Its dead, turn we to the living
present and the great future, keeping
step shoulder to shoulder and hand in
nand' with this motto on our. lips and
this impulse in our hearts, Our
country, our whole country, and moth.
ing else but our country"
Two beautiful Bibles and the FAIRS
were presented to the school board by
Rev. q. D. T. Collins, OF the st. James
Methodist Church, in an appropriate
speech.
These were accepted in behalf OF the
school board by hon. Bushrod Rust,
superintendent of schools. who made q
few brief and appropriate remarks.
Rev. G. 5. Stanton then furnished the
sudiencs with n defamation we'll rem.
dered
The flag was then raise on the school
building and amid the firing OF guns
and mar tial music the procession moved
away and again marched through some
OF the principal streets Of the city.
One of the pretty inci1tnts of the
parade was two members of Reliance
Council DIRE ssed in continental uniform
guarding two British prisoners On
either side were two boys, one dressed
In blue and the other in gray, each
carrying United States flag
The beautiful new banner of the
council was much admired and was
carried by e. L. Markham.
The hall OF the council was besuti-
fully decorated. as was many of the
houses along the line of march.