The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-04-23

took their positions conscientiously.
They both had as much 20 do with the
starting Of the war between the north
and the south as any other two men. A
million brave northern and southern
dead We're put in the grave trenchest
but the two illustrious and honest men
L have mentioned were in good health
long after the ending of things at
Appomattex, and if those who ad-
vocated measures recently that
would have brought war between
our country and Spain, or England
or Turkey, had been successful in bring
ing on the wholesale murder, they
themselves would now have been above
ground, as hope they viii be, to ceie-
brate the birth of the twentieth cen.
tury. If God had not interfered we
would have had three wars within the
last two years-war with England, war
with Spain, and war with Turkey, this
last joined by other nations trans-at
lantic. To preserve the peaceful eGui-
poise which such men are disturbing we
need a Divine balance, for which all
good men on both sides the sea ought
to be every day praying.
What power put its hands upon
astronomy in JOShua's time and made
the sun and moon stand still? Joshua
", II: Then spoke Joshua unto the
Lord Prayerl As giant will take
two or four great globes, and in as
founding way swing them this way or
that, or hold two of them at arms
length, so the Omnipotent does as He
will with the great orb of worlds,
with wheeling consultations and
circling galaxies, swinging easily star
around star, star tossed after star, or
sun and moon held out at arms length,
and perfectly still, as in answer to
world is a pebble.
Another reason why we should obey
the Paulina injunction of the text and
pray for all that in authority is, that
so very much of our own prosperity and
happiness are involved in their doiugs
A selfish reason, you say. Yes, but
righteous selfishneSS like that which
leads you to take care of your own
health, and preserve your own
life. Prosperous government means
a prosperous people. Damaged gov
ernment means a damaged people.
We all go up together or we
all go down together. When we pray
for our rulers we pray for ourselves,
for our homes, for the easier gaining Of
a livelihood, for better prospects for
our children, for the hurling of these
hard times so far down the embank-
ment they can never climb up again.
Do not look at anything that pertains
to public interest as having no rela-
ton to yourself. We are touched bv
all the events in our national history,
by the signing of the compact in the
cabin ssof the Mayhower, by the small
ship, the Half-Moon, sailing up the
Hudson, by the treaty of William
Penn, his the hand that made the lib
erty bell" sound its first stroke, by Old
Ironsides blowing the high seas. And
if touched by all the events of past
America, certainly by all the events of
the present day. Every prayer you
make for our rulers, if the prayer be Of
the right stamp and worth anything,
has a rebound of benediction for youa
own body, mind and soul.
The most of them are dead; those
who in 1851 moved in that procession
that marched from the city hall of
Washington down Louisiana avenue
to Seventh street, and then through
Pennsylvania avenue to the north gate
of yOnder capitol, to lay the corner
stone of the extension of that capitol.
The president who that day presided,
and solemnly struck the stone three
times in dedication, long ago quit
earthly scenes, and the lips of the
great orator of that hour are dust, and
the grand master of that occasion long
ago put down the square and the level
and the plumb with which for the
last time, he pronounced cornerstone
well laid. But what most interests me
now is that inside that cornerstone, in
a glass jar, Theoretically sealed, is a
document of national import, though
in poor penmanship. 1t is the penman-
ship of Daniel Webster, which almost
ruined the penmanship of this country
for many years, because many thought
if they had Daniel Webster's poor pen
it might indicate they had
Webster's genius. The document reads
as follows:
IF it shall hereafter be the will of
God that this structure shall fall from
its base, that its foundation be up
turned, and this deposit be brought to
the eyes of men, be it then known that
on this day the nation of the United
States of America stands firm; that
their constitution still exists unjm-
paired and with all its original useful
ness and glory, growing every day
stronger and stronger in the affection
of the great body of the American peo-
pie, and attracting more and more the
of the world; and all here
assembled, whether belonging to pub
lie life or to private life with
hearts devoutly thankful to AL
mighty God for the preserva-
tion of the liberty and the happi-
ness of the country, unite in sincere
and fervent prayers that this deposit,
and the walls and arches, the domes
and towers, the columns and entabla-
lures now to be erected over it may en-
dure forever. God save the United
States of America. Daniel Webster.
Secretary of State of the United States.
The prayer that the great expounder
wrote to be put in the cornerstone at
the extension of the capitol / calculate
as our own supplication: ''God save
the United States of American only
adding the words with which Robert
South was apt to close his sermons,
whether delivered before the court
at Christ church chapel Ur in West
minister Abbey, at anniversary of re-
storation of Charles II, or on the death
of Oliver Cornwell amid the worst
temptest that ever swept over England:
ITO God be rendered and absorbed, as
is most due, all praise, might, majesty
and dominion, both now and forever.
Amen"
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not forget that there is some danger os
your being thrown into it,-Ram's HorR,