The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-21


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 For many bllghts and many tears, Blessing she is; God made her so, And deeds of weekday holiness Fall from her noiseless as the snow, Nor hath she ever chanced to know That aught were easier than to bless"
 Across what but four short centuries ago was a mighty ocean waste, but now well nigh populous with the ships of nations, We wait our message of con- graduation.
 Not the hollow, and perchance pleas ing platitude, but hearty wish of joy, and prosperity, and long life; hearty as the manly hearts from which 1t comes.
 Coming down to-day from Scot lands highest nook, and rushing through her wales, and spreading over lake and rivulet has been the voice of jubilee; and England has been wrapt within the folds of coronation memo ries enhanced by song and prayer, Long live the queen!'
 And British sons resting upon Ameri- can soil and breathing the air of an adopted land, have not forgotten the old home with its queen, full of years and honor. sat
 Men become citizens of a country not their own by birth, and become loyal to it's laws and interests, laborers for it's good, the bulwarks of its prosperity; they become an integral part of it's com monwealth, but they cease to be men, cease to be of the quality which makes them strong, when they forget the land that bore them into the light of day, the land of their nativity
 If forget thee, o Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; If I do not remember thee let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth" Our old home with its dear old scenes cannot be obliterated from the mind; | God never intended that such should be; memory knows no blank: and thus as we gather here tonight, you show no lack of interest in this your foster land, | but would present your hopes, and of fer up your prayers, for the mother of 1 the land that gave you birth. The oneness of spirit is the worlds | strength; the unity of purpose is the worlds talisman of prosperity; the brotherhood of all mankind, is the ban ner that leads to victory, and on from victory to the approval of almighty God.
 Foes from within, and foes from with out, will be filled with fear when men present such position, and the enemy of all virtue will be forced to say. Be hold, how good and pleasant thing it l is for brethren to dwell together in uni ty."
 As we look backward upon the years l of Victoria's life, we'll nigh the four of l strongly come to us the words, My son forget not my law; but let thine heart keep My commandments; for length of days and long life, and peace shall they add to thee.'
 History has in her at least one char acter, upon whom it cannot bestow it's usually harsh criticism.
 Britain's arms have sheltered many daughters that have done virtuously but the one of whom we speak excellest them all.
 As our text would say in it's litera rendering, she hath done with strength she hath acted with vigor and industry and also virtuously.
 And it is no overstepping of the pro- per bounds when we select these words for our jubilee service, for they are the commendation of gracious woman.
 The respect and love that Victoria has won from the people of her guiding and from the people of all nations, i: but the tribute that must of necessity come from the observing of virtuou! life.
 I care not how hard may be the hear of man; I care not how low creature may have sunk in his own individua life, or in his estimate of life; care no how prejudiced he may be against one who does not, and will not come dowi to his level; virtue, integrity and homo must command respect
 "He Is a freeman whom the trutl makes free;" and he is a coward whom the truth forsakes.
 This virtuous quality that has mad the British queen what she is is qual
 ity, that if not scrupulously guarded falls back to give place to ruin that i
 irretrievable
 Virtue in its fullest sense knows n
 servile fiattery; the praise of man whil
 willingly given to Victoria, has neve been able to do what, alas it often does
 tell her only what she is; but it ha served to admonish her as to what sh ought to be in the sight of God. When we come to look over the an ,, nals of personal history, how we SC here and there a shattered form, shat ,, tered by adulation improperly received The praise of the people made Absa : lom traitor, and all because virtu ' lapsed into the arms of self considera tion regardless of eternal principles. :, We honor and esteem the ancien Queen Vashti, whose history the Hol
 Bible records, even though she were de / throned; when we know she though more of virtuous principle than of ac | ceding to the wishes of even a. kin : heated with wine, and loosing the mod
 esty that becomes not alone queer but a woman.
 And we honor Victoria for that sam
 unfailing virtue, preserved against a
 forces, and say tonight, with all feel P ing for good women, that though man t daughters have done virtuously, tho
 excellest them all
 In Victoria has been found, as we ia k to find in any ruler that preceded he
 the great truth for which the peopl : clamored, and are still in sections of tn S nations clamoring, that the powers (
 government are a sacred trust of tn 7 people, and are held for the people, a
 the means of all government, and nc l the end and sum total of all govern | ment