Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1893-03-02
INFLUENCES.

ing. We are all, however bravely
we are struggling against the cur
rent, drifting in some direction.
Scientists tell rs that even a cans
non ball, if shot from the equator
towards the North Pole, will swerve
to the right, and if shot towards
the South Pole, to the left caused
By the rotation Of the earth.
The Gulf-Stream, the trade
winds, the tides, all, with greater
or less degree, influence the cours
OF vessels.
The sun lights and heats all
planets the moon lights the earth
and controls the tides. Thus, in
the material world, we 6nd every>
thing influencing and being inhus
ence | by every other thing.
In the social world the dress o.
the President of France exerts a
powerful influence on the business
and financial interests of the mas
ton, and Indirectly upon those of
the world.
The cannon ball goes North or
South, as the cannon is directed, in
spite of the influence Of the earth,
under the greater influence of the
powder. The steamer, under the
stronger influence of steam, moves
against the wind and tide. The
sea, Notwithstanding the influence
Of the moon, under the mightier
power of gravitation, rolls back in
to its bed. Necessity compels the
millions to disregard the toilet of
the French Presidents wife.
In the moral world there are as
varied and FAR more powerful in
fuences rs there are in the material
world; as much so as the spiritual
il superior to the material. Hugo
warrates that, under the more
powerful influence of patriotism,
the ragged, bare-footed inhabitants
of st. Faubourg guarded the un~
told wealth of the French Empire :
one crown alone that WAS in an
open box, being worth 100000
francs. Under the stronger ins
fusnce, cupidity was laid aside,
want was forgotten, hunger was
staid.
Carlisle tells us that during the
French Revolution, when was be-
ing erected that great structure on
which the Constitution was pros
claimed and the worship of reason
inaugurated, q man was eeea to
lay off his coat and place upon it
two watches, studded with jewels
and of great value, and plunge
nadly into the great :hrong to en-.
gage in the patriotic work; and
that there was no one of that vast
assemblage who was base enough
TO touch the precious jewels.
Patriotism was supreme and all
lower passions were for the time
drowned.
In a heroic era, under the en-
nobling influence of patriotism, 1--WE
pronounce it with q long Al the
poorest and meanest man or woman
would not touch the costly crown
or moot precious jewel; while in a
sordid age, under the corrupting
influence of greed, we find the
proudest men of France bribing
and being bribed with a few paltry
francs.
A recent historian says that the
Influence of Egyptian, Grecian and
Roman civil cation ale not to be
spoken of, in compar;s N with the
influence of Christianity, or OF
even Judaism, upon the lives of
men and of nations. What are the
dominant influences controlling
our individual and national life?
May we not, on this Sunday
morning, pray God that He will
enable u.s., az individuals and as a
nation, to pitch our tents upon a
higher plane of Christian living,
and to enter upon an era of purer
patriotism and broader statesmans
ship in our political lite. Sordid
desires, unholy ambitions, selfish
aims, all base and degrading infus
ences, are around and affecting Us.
Let Va, with the right motive
power within ua, with a high and
noble aim actuating ne, seer for
more propifious times. and, while
not ignoring, master all diff
culties.
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