Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-06-16
NOI\T OF The HOLY CROSS

The sight that enchanted DR.. Talmagel
manent record for the enlightenment Of
future generations. This was his aim.
He has accomplished it, and much more
besides. He has stamped upon each page
his strong personality and Frightened
every paragraph with the brilliarcy CT
his imagery and artistic depletion and
warmed it with the fer7or of his daunt.
less optimism
In the pursuance Of his great purpose
he carefully studied Iohamnlr d.; 51,,
Confuci;nisrl, Hinduism, Buddhism,
fakirisrn, l::lnaisln, fetichisn., c.rn:bul-
ism, fatalis,n, savaSery and al the diff
ferent shades Of fanaticis1n that carse
and dc grade the peoples Of the heather
world. His pilgrimage was cut Ct the
ordinary lines Of travels and his expert
encas were striking ard unique, ard
this fact, supported by his natural orig
inality Of thought and expression, gives
his book q peculiar and delightful fresh
ness and novelty which cannot be found
in Other: books Of travel
With that directne::s and strong ear
nestness for which he is Eoted, the GU
thor plunges at once into tho current of
bis subject and puts into q sentence CT
two his tender leave taking Ct his fam
lily. Its very abrt1ptres5 n:;:kes it ten
derer. He tells Of lis panied thoughts Of
tie possibilities Of misfortune to his
family and casualties to himself that
may transpire during the accomplish
ment Of the long journey that is before
him and stops suddenly with May the
God who holds the winds in one fist and
the ocean in the hollow of the other
hand protect us.
AS a complex instance OF graphic de-
scription, wonderful imagery and Ora
! matte apCstcophe, perhaps DO filter eta
ton could be made than that passage Ct
the book in which Dr.. Talmage describes
his sensations as he stood on Lockout
mountain. Tennessee. and lost himself
in solemn retrospect
Il took carriage ard vcuEd uI
Lockout mountain. Up, Up, up! Stand
ing there Oh the tintop rosssz saw five
states CT the Union Sccl.e stupcrf:ous
and overwhelming! Ooe almost is dis
posed to take off his hat in the p,e scucc
Of what seems to be the gr:ntlest pros
pect on this continent. There is Mis-
! sionary Ridge, the beach against which
the red pillows cf Federal and Confed-
crate courage surSed and broke. Thert
are the Blue mountains OF North and
south Carolina. With strain Of vision,
! there is Kentucky. there is Virginia At
| 3ur foot, Chat taEj.,gn and Chickamauga,
+, the pronunciation Of which proper names
/ will thrill ages to come with thoughts
; OF v:llcr aud desperation and agony.
Looking each way and any way from
! tie top Of that mountain, eartIlworks,
earthworks - the beautiful Tennesse
| winding through the valley, curling and
! coil;ng around, making letter after
! letter S, az if that letter stood fo1
shame that brothers should have gone
| into massacre with each other while Coo
and nations looked OIL.
Il have stood On Mount Washington,
and on the Sierra Nevadas, and on the
! Alps, but never saw so far as from tn;
top Of Lockout mountain. I looked back
81 years, and saw rolling up the side
Of that mountain the smoke OF Hooker's
Etorming party while the foundations o.
eternal rock quaked with the cannonade
/ -Four years Of internecine strife seemed t.
come back, and without any cE1renolegg
ical order saw the events: Norfolk navy
yard On fire, Fort Sumter On fire, Charles
ton on fire, Chambersburg on fire, Co