The Jamesburg record., 1897-05-01

of arms on the delicate fabric Of constitr
'lonaI freedom. America holds higher
pace IN the galaxy Of glory for her
heroes. They have borne their nuisssnt
arms not for gaining empires. but in
hooler ambition-for the kingdom of man
and for human liberty"
Then the speaker dwelt at length on
'he following characteristics of the great
General: his tenacity of purpose: his self
dependence; his magnanimity and the
religious side Of his character. In con.
clusion he SAID Chiefest of all his in.
imliaDe characteristics l reckon his in.
oo'hltahe perseverance. From Belmont
10 Appomattox he marches with steady
steps. The schemes Of enemies. the mis-.
taxes OF friends. the malice of rivals fall
about him as harmless as the bullets On
the battle field. From defeat he wrpsts
victory, from contempt and traducement
ne weaves garland of praise. Like a
hgure OF destiny he moves through his
career until last even stupidity cannot
misunderstood him nor envy refuse him
fonor. Among the secrets of his success
none Is more profoundly indispensable
than TINS ability to "h0ld on; ''To fight
1t out on this line ifit takes all Summer" :"
He held on at Donelson, he held or at
Nicksburg, he held on in the WILDERNESS.
Even in that last Of all his earthly cam.
paIgns, against an enemy more stubborn
than Lee, he stood his ground until he
had accomplished his purpose. At Mount
McGregor he fought with death, not for
victory, but for time, and he gained it
time to complete his book of memoirs.
the sale of which should leave his wife an
honest competence.
No picture is to me more pathetic than
that OF the dying soldier, sitting on the
porch Ot his cottage. his wasted form
propped mp on cushions aud flooded with
the gold of the dying SUI. While dis
ease within and the counsel of friends
without urged him to cease aud rest, yet
he held on with the old bulldog tenacity
until his task was done. What picture
for the hordes of shily-sballylng youth
of this day who complain OF lack of op-
portuuity.
And this perseverance is just as ndis-
pensabe for the attainment of moral vic
tory and grandeur of soul as it is for
worldly greatness. We may not glide
through this world on quiet scas, with
our siIken sails always filled with the
wind of favor. There are storms and
adverse currents. There are islands to
pass where sing the sirens of insinuating
desire, whence are borne upon our senses
the benumbing vOluptuousness that
would ul to the sleep of death and stifie
in sweetened sin the stalwart virtues Of
righteousness. There are straits where
the soul must steer between the breakers
of affiiction and the whirlpool of doubt.
There are times when in the darkness
we have lost our bearings, and amid the
fury of the tempest, hope will not wake,
prayer will not rise, friends flee, God
himself seems to veil his face, and moth
ing is left for US but, with tenacity of
purpose to ''hold on Is there one here
that feels his grip on the eternal realities
of the unseen relaxing, his faith slipping
away. the ardor of bis early Christian
experience dwindlng before the corrosion
of worldliness =? If such there be, may
not the iron determination OF this soldier
who cluug to his purpose with clutch
like fate. that he might gain earthly
things. inspire you with zeal to stand by
YOUR God, your conscience. and your
nrinciples for few short years that you
NAV gain the victors crown III
eternity ? "Quit you like men De
strong - Through the heat OF suItry
summer set your face like hln'
toward God. Through the fires OF SICK
meas and friendship betrayed, through
tba scorn of enemies. through the quick
sands and pitfalls of temptation, go on
For in that fatherland toward when We
nress none wear a brighter badge OF hohol
none more radiant crown than ne "he
shows the scars and wounds or lohs
hattie. Here on this troubled globe IL Il
dacreed that the gloom of night shal
cover us as often as the hopeful day; ou
wonder on the everlasting heights 0
g,orv the sun never sets, and the shVel
noaks stand always bathed IN the lheiia'
hIe sheen from the throne OF love
"Tberefore my beloved BRETHREN ne y
steadfsst, immovable, always abounoln'
in tbe work of the Lord, for as much a.
We know that your labor is not IN vain II
the Lord"
An Affidavit.
rbis is to certify that on May lltn,