The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-28
IN THE DAYS OF LONG AGO
CO.umbu; and His Achievements ElO-
qusnly Discussed.
BY REV. WILLIAM ROLLINS
a Sermon Which Deals With One
Of the Most Interesting Chap
tiers in the history Of
lime.

| 15.5. IN art, literature, religion and dis
| covery, throws into obscurity any OF the
| centuries preceding II. Some might eN-
cept the first century, but TO us there IS
no exception. Among the immortal men
Of that century Columbus commands
prominent position. Born somewhere
| about 1iii, he stood in the very blaze OF
| the revival of learning and shared in the
| first electrical shocks that walked the peo-
pie out of their long sieep. There were
| epoch making men IN those days. Eu-
rope was trembling with her new life
shocks, and tins new life was expressing
| itself IN many ways.
Zach country, however, had its domi-
nant thought direction. In Italy il was
art; IN Germany, religion: in England,
! literature; in Span, exploration. Born
| IN the seaport town of Genoa, Columbus
took to the sea almost as naturally as
bird to the air. HIS father an obscure
| wool Combcr, could not give the boy such
an education as he desired, still We are
told that he spent a time IN the university
| of Pavia. lie eXcclled in mathematics
and as a draughtsman, and his maps ex-
| cited general admiration. lie was en-
dowed with a genus for navigation. After
| leaving school he spent 10 years at sea,
| without when superintendent his name
would never have been known in history.
| Although an Italian by birth, he proifered
his services to Spain IN the execution of
the great purpose that had dom mated his
mind and filled his ambition.
| At that time men felt the need of n new
continent Tor the fuller development of
| their ideas. Population was congestcd
| along the western shores of all the old
world countries, the soil was impover-
1
| people beggared. There were hints of
! undiscovered worlds which had come
| from tue anclents, and Marco Polo's
| fascinating description OF Asia and Its
| vast riches had gwen a new impetus to
| navigation. The Portuguese were Sc
| TIously contemplating making an effort to
| find thls golden land by sailing around by
| the cape OF Good Hope. Columbus firmly
| believed IN the sphcrlcity OF the earth, be-
| hcved he would find IT IN westerly voy-
| age, and SO India ana the roundncss OF
| the world were continually before the eye
| OF the enthusiastic Genoaese. The idea
OF the spherlciy oil the earth was not
| original with Columbus, but 10y convers-
ing with old scamcn he gathered some oil
| the facts winch m.gntIly INSPIRED hlm.
| But genus has rarely been united with
! a p,utnorIc pocket book and n was som the
case oi The IaustrIous navigator. lie
| turned to SPAN and sought to create
! enthusiasm IN the hearts of Ferdinand
aud Isabella; but Ferdinand would not
| cuthusc As he could not sec any return OF
| gold aud Jewels. SICK at heart and
| wCaricd win hopes defeated Columbus
| was ABOUT To seek assistance from Henry
| VII ol England and Isabella cried out, 81
| wiz pawn my Jewels and furnish the re-
| QuIrcd ASSISTANCE and thus, through the
| influence oil Woman, was the new world
brought to hlht. WHAT pity that
| isabella could not have seen what
| SIN WINS conf ributiuU a the elevation
| ol woman when she turned the adverse
| tide IN favor OF Columbus; what a pity
| that she could not see the woman of to-
| day, intelligent, self reliant, struggling
| hard toward absolute freedom, the ballot.
| When you think of lsabela's fiery zeal in
| eNpellIng the Jews from her domain in
| li1S; when you study her unrelentlng
haired of the Protestant cause; think
| again of her enthusiasm III flung out
| Columbus Tor discovery and let this inn
| portant Tact he ven Tor her other
| faults.
| ION Aug. ., 1892, Columbus started on
| his voyage, and on Oct. l., of tho same
| year, he landed aud sang inc "Ge Deum'
IN celebration of the discovery OF the new
| word. TINS, Charles Sumner declares To
| be the greatest event IA secular history.
| Columbus, TIL his death, labored under
| the mistaken idea that he had reached
| India. lie did not know that he had
| found "A land IN COMPARISON to whose eN-
tent and wealth India paies INTO iusIgnIii-
canoe. SPANS love for gold impciled
| Columbus To acts that otherwise would
not have been SO g.arlug If they would
have occurred At all, ana his actions were
approved toy priests, bishops, scholars
and statesmen. They were IN accordance
witn the times.
at Is a singular fact that almost every
nation has GAINED the crown for having
discovered America. Spain says she DIS
| covered II m the 18th century, the North
men claim to have discovered II IN the
the llth century, the Welsh before the
Northmcn and the Chinese before the
| Welsh, even So early As the 9th century.
BUT If you mean 10y discovery the intro
ducuon OF European people, European en-
| lghtenmcn. European religion aud poll
tics, aud the founding of new cIyluzl-
ton, then uuqucs,ionably Coiumbus was
the dlsCoverer.
"But. cries out another, il was a mere
| accident and SO does not deserve such
cncomlums as have been bestowe /. Then
upon tue same ground you would deny
| praise to all the world > beueiactors. The
astronomer finds worlds he has not been
looking for: ArchImedes steps INTO the
bath, his foot dI>places water and he dis
covers a new physic law. GllvanI goes
| into the kitchen to make broth Tor his in-
valid wife. couple OF frogs legs lyIng
on the table come IN contact with "A copper
wire. he notices a twitching IN the legs
and so vo.taic electricity Is discovered
| Gaieo enters the cathedral OF Pisa
| and notices the vibrations of
hanging lamp and so the time measur.
ing pendulum Is discovered. Newton is
asleep under an apple tree; an apple
droI and strikes hum and the great law
of gravity Is discovered. Watt Is before
the fire warming his hands when the lii
of the tea kettle begins To dance and the
expansive force of steam Is discovered.
Marshall. IN 1919. Is cNctvatiug for a mill
race IN California aud finds "A nugget of
| gold. and 80 on.
"Does society withdraw lis praise from
these men because they were not looking
for what they lound2 splendid acc dents.
Cal II accident n You n ID. but prefer TO
call II proyi leuce. I uc discovery Of Amer
lCa has gwen women opportunity for
wealth and leisure which was little known
before the 10Th century. be has given A
free field for tu" Developments Of the great
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