Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1894-08-27

from which he read his speech, or the
books from which he quoted his author.
tiles, and goes to his desk to finish his
neglected correspondence, or to pen an
indignant line TO some reporter, or
sketch the plan for public defense
against the assaults of the people Hap
by when he got his first lawyers brief,
exultant when he triumphed over his
first political rival, yet, sitting on the
very top of all that this world offers of
lraise, he exclaims, "No rest, no rest ~
From Despair to Triumph.
The very world that now applauds
will soon hiss. That world said of the
great Webster: "What statesman!
What wonderful exposition of the con-
stitution A man fit for any position.
That same world said after awhile:
Down with himl He is an Office seeker
He is sot. He is a libertine. Away
with himr' And there is no peace for
the man until he lays down bis broken
heart i'll the grave at Marshfield. jeffrey
thought that if he could only be judge
that would be the making Of him. got
to be judge and cursed the day in which
he was born. Alexander wanted to sub
merge the world with his greatness;
submerged it and then drank himself
to death because he could not stand the
trouble. Burns thought he would give
everything if he could win the favor Of
courts and princes; won it, and amid
the shouts Of great entortainnC mt
when poets and orators and duchcsces
were adoring his genius wished that he
could creep back into the obscuriiy in
which he dwelt when he wrote of the
Daisy, wee. modest, crimson tipped flower.
Napoleon wanted to make all Europe
iremble Mt his power; made it tremble,
then died. his entire military achieve
ments dwindling down to pair Of mill
tary boots which he insisted on having
on his feet when dying At Verse les
saw picture of Napoleon III Lis
triumphs. went into another room! I'd
saw bust of Napoleon as he appe,red
at st. Helena; but, oh, what grief and
anguish i'll the face of the latter! The
first was Napoleon in triumph; the last
was Napoleon with his heart broken
How they laughed and cried when sill
yer tongued Sheridan in the midday OF
prosperity harangued the people of Drit-
ain, and how they howled at and exc
Grated him when, outside Of the room
where his corpse lay, his creditors tried
to get his miserable bones and sell
theml
This world for rest? "AhaW cry the
waters, mo rest herel We plunge to
the sea. j." "Aha!" cry the mountains,
mo rest here! We crumble to the
plain" "Aha'' cry the towers, ''nC
rest here We follow Babylon and
Thebes and Nineveh into the dust.
No rest for the flowers; they fade. Nc
rest for the stars; they die. No rest fol
man; he must work, toll, suffer aud
slave.
Arise Ye and Depart.
Now, for what have l said all this
Just to prepare you for the text, "ArisC
ye and depart, for this is not your rest
am going to make you grand offer
Some Of you remember that when sole
was discovered in California large com
panies were made up and started off Il
get their fortune. Today / want t
; make up party for the land of gold
, hold in my hand deed from the pro
prietor of the estate, in which he offer
to all who will join the company 10, OOC
shares of infinite value in city whos'
streets are gold, whose harps are gold
whose crowns are gold. You have rea(
of the crusaders-how that many thou
sands of them went off to conquer thu
holy sepulcher. l ask you to join I
grander crusade not for the purpose O
: conQuering the sepulcher of deaf
Christ, but for the purpose of reaching
! the throne of living Jesus. When al
army is to be made up the recruiting
, officer examines the volunteers. HI
| tests their eyesight, he sounds theii
; lungs, he measures their stature, The1
must be Just right, or they are rejected
| But there shall be no partiality in max
{ ing up this army of Christ. Whatevel
) your moral or physical stature, what
| ever your dissipations, whatever you
! crimes, whatever your weaknesses,
have commission from the Lord AL
/ mighty to make up this regiment of re
t deemed souls, and l cry, "Arise u
g and depart, for this is not your rest "
e Many of you have lately Joined thi
= company, and my desire is that you ma,
A all join it. Why not? You know il
a your own hearts experience that wha
{ / have said about this world is true
j that it is no place to rest in. There ar
5 hundreds here weary-oh, how weary
weary with sin, weary with trpnblu
weary with bereavement Some OF yoI
= have been pierced through and through
] You carry the scars of thousand con
3 Aicts. in which you have bled at ever,
f pore, and you sigh, "Oh, that had tn
= wings of dove, that might fly ava,
/ and be at rest!" You have taken tn
/ cup of this worlds pleasures and drum
r it to the dregs, and still the thirst claw
0 at your tongue, and the fever strikes T.
e your brain. You have chased pleasur
a through every valley, by every stream
| amid every brightness and under ever
! shadow, bas just at the mpment Ynal
' you were all ready 10 put your ham
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