The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-04-02
TALKED OFW ASHINC7ON
The Most Prominent Figure Oh Amer
lean History.
REV. COOMBE EULOGIZES HIM
A Few Words Regarding the Savior
of Our Country-A Well Re-
ceived Address

Last Sunday evening large crowd
listened to the patriotic sermon deliv.
cred by Rev. VIM B. Coombe in the
Methodist church. The little churcl
was fairly packed, and was tastefully
decorated in red, white and blue. The
sermon was given i'll behalf Of Wash
ington Camp No 10, P. o. 6. Of A.
and that organization attended IN a
body. The remarks Of Mr Coonlbe
continued for nearly al hour and were
blage, and while The Mail would like
to produce the sermon i'll detail, we
are unable to give but an extract of
the same.
Mr.. Coombe, in part, said:
There never has been and there
never will be an epoch in this world S
history, when great emergencies have
arisen, that God has not some great
man prepared to carry ont the divine
purpose. They kindle q torch that
many centuries cannot Guench ; they
conquer new foe or plant a new re-
public, on found new civilization.
They serve most and therefore are
greatest. The world cannot forget
Abrahaln, Moses, Paul, Leonidas,
Cromwell, L,ncoln and Grant. Here
is ii group OF names which in their re-
spective spheres were stars of the first
magnitude, but we offer no apology fol.
adding another name 70 that galaxy
OF worthless, patriotic Washington.
About seventy miles from the beau
tiful and picturesque city Of Washing
ton, down on the famous Potomac to
the state of Virginia, is the birthplace
OF the boy, of whom il is SAID "He
never told lie and who afterward
became the FEATHER OF his country. )"
his country! What magic words !.
What q world of meaning is com
pressed into them. Words never to be
comprehended until passing from
this new world into the celestial world
above "We shall know even as we are
known.
Sacred forever the land of our faith
ers. Standing before our fathers
graves, we might well say what Web
ster said, when standing before Wash
lEgtOn's tomb, Put thy shoes from
off thy feet for the ground where Oh
thou standest is holy ground
1t is Of Washington as man and a
citizen that desire to speak this even
ing. l take it for granted that every
one before me is familiar with him us
an historical character. I cannot say
how you regard him, but to me he
seems like some natures laws, simple
III themselves, yet, on examination,
found to contain all the phonomena
with which we are conversant. His
influence, widening like al advancing
stream until it expands into all So
ciety; his name touching every shore
his memory fragrant as the rose. It
was perhaps this fact more than ally
other that led Lord Brougham, after
reviewing Washington influence in
the history Of free institutions, to ex-
claim: "He was the greatest man of
ours Or any age. Indeed his colossal
greatness seems to elude our ANALYSIS.
When summer goes away, it leaves
behind golden sheaves and laden fruit
trees. But he, dying, left behind
republic, and the splendor of the char
acter he took away with hi1l fully
equalled the splendid freedom of the
republic he left behind.
John Milton pronounced Sipio "The
height of Rome. - The man we cele-
brate is the height Of our nation and
Of the worlds lopitical leadership. If
and incorruptible integrity in
greatness il entire devotion to the
welfare of a people constitute any ele-
lnent OF greatness if choosing q great
cause and subordinating and sacrific-
ing ones self continuously to it's serv-
ice; if high patriotism and almost un-
errlng wisdom constitute greatness,
then Washington was surely great |
man. BY the competent of the world, |
he IS everywhere regarded as great. |
In the vast galleryof political history,
the historian has placed no name |
higher than his. Guizot says: "Of |
al great menWashington was the most j.!
ylrtuous. Green, the historian of |
the English people, writes: mo no.
bier figure ever stood in the forefront
If nations life
Washington was not only great
nan He is also among the very best
If all the worlds good men. His piety
nay be read when he says: "ReasOn
md experience both forbid us to expect
hat national morality can prevail in
exclusion of religious principles - He
Who reads Of Washington S deeds and
them, that he may become
/ wiser and a better citizen thereby, is
n fact paying good heed to his mem
ny.
Washington was not only great
nan, but he was also a great patriot.
edward Everett said: 1.-THE genius
# Washington was the genius of pa
riotism. If Plato stands for pure
hought, if Cicero stands for oratory.
I Croesus stands for wealth, and Lin
oln stands for emancipation, Washing
on stands for civic devotion and is of
Ill patriots, most compact. For his
ountry he felt the same abandon of
nthusisam as David felt for his harp.
IS Milton felt for poetry, as Mozart
cit for music. When only 22 years of
ge he held majors commission. and
rossing the Alleghenies on his first
Quincy west, visited the French posts
N the Ohio and in the name of the
'overnor Of Virginia demanded their
vacuatiOn.
In 1774 he became national char
cter. That year he was appointed
lelnber of the Continental Congress