The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-10-05

In early life. aboard the sloop-of. wac
Nntchez. impressed by the words OF Chris
tian sailor, lie gave his spare time for two
weeks to tho Bible, aud ut the ond OF thai
declared openly, Hencciorth' under al
circumstances, | will act for God" His
last words while dying Mt the Astor House.
New York, were. If thank God for all HiS
goodness to me. II has been very gOoi
to me-" When he entered heaven, be did
not have to run Il blockade, Tor II was
amid tho cheers OF Il great welcome. Tho
other Christian admiral will bG honored
on earth until tho days when the llres from
above shall lick up the watera from BE-.
meath nnd there shall be no more sea
Oh. while old oceans breast
Bears white sail
And Gods soft stars to rest
Guide through the gale
Men will him ne'er forget,
Old heart OF onk-
Farragut, Farragut--
Thundorbolt stroke.
According to his own stntemnut. Far.
ragut was very loose In his morals In early
manhood and pructiced all kinds OF sin
One day he was called into tho cabin OF his
father, who was II shipmaster. His father
said, "David, what are you going to be
anyhow" He answered ~ am goin. To
follow the sea-" Follow the sea D." said
the father. and be Kicked abou; the
world and die in u foreign hospituly'
"No." said David. "I am going to com.
mand like you" "No Z" said the father:
"a hoy OF your habits will never command
anything And his father burst into tears
and left the cabin. From that day David
Farragut started on n new life.
Captain Pennington, an h0nored elder
OF my Brooklyn church, was with him in
most OF his battles and had his intimate
friendship, aud he confirmed what had
hoard elsewhere, that Farragut was good
and Christian. In every great crisis II
life he asked and obtained the Divine di.
rection. When in Mobile bay the monitor
Tecumseh sank from torpedo and the
great warshlp Brooklyn, that was to leud
the squadron, turned back, he said he
was at loss to know whether to ad-
vance or retreat, and he says: "I prayed.
% God, who created man aud gave him
reason, direct me what to do. Shall go
onf' And voice commanded me, Go
on, and | went on" Was there ever u
more touching Christian lette- than that
which he wrote to his wife from his flagship
Hartford2 my dearest vile, writo and
leave this letter for you, am going into
Mobile bay in the morning II God Is my
leader, and 1 hope He is, and in Him |
place my trust II He thinks 1t Is the proper
place for me to die, am ready to submit
TO His will in that as all other Things. God
bless and preserve you. my darling, and
my dear boy, IL anything should happen to
me. May His blessings rest upon you and
your dear mother
Cheerful to the end, ho said on board tho
Tallapoosa In the last voyage he ever took.
ut would be we'll IL died now in harness.
The sublime Episcopal service for th- dead
was never more appropriately rendered
than over his casket, und well did all the
forts of New York harbor thunder MS his
body was brought to the wharf, and well
did the minuta pung gOuud and tha halls
toll as In Il procession having in its ranks
the President of the United States and his
cabinet aud the mighty men OF land and sea-
the old admiral was carried. amid hun.
dreds of thousands OF uncovered heads on
Broadway, and laid on his pillow of dust in
beautiful Woodlawn, September 30, amid
the pomp of our autumnal forests.
awe hail with thanks the new generation
OF naval heroes, those of the year 1898. We
nre too near their marvellous deeds to fully
appreciate them. century from now
poetry and sculpture and painting and his
tory will do them better justice than we
can do them now. A defeat at Manila would
have been an infinite disaster. Foreign
nations not over fond OF our American in.
5titutions would have Joined the OF her side
and the war so many months past would
have been raging still, and perhaps II nun
dred thousand graves would have opened
TO take down our slain soldiers and sailors.
1t took this country three years TO get
over the disaster at Dull Run at the OPEN
ing OF the civil war. How many years It
would have required to recover from IL
defeat ut Manila in tho opening of the
spanish war l cannot say. God averted
the calamity by giving triumph to our
navy under Admiral Dewey, whose coming
up through the Narrows Of New York hur.
hor day before yesterday was greeted by
the nation whose welcoming cheers will
not cease to rosound until tomorrow, and
next day in the capital oi the nation the
jeweled sword voted by Congress shall he
presented amid booming cnnnonade and
embannered hosts, and our autumnal
nights shall become II con1agration OF
splendor, but tho tramp OF these process
sions ana the flash of TINT sword and the
huzzG of that greeting and the roar of
those guns and the illumination of those
nights will be seen and heard as long as II
page of American history remains inViogle
Especially let the country boys OF
America join in these greetings TO tho
returned heroes Of Manila. 1t Is their
work. The chief character In all the
scene Is the once country lad, George
Dewey, Let tho Vermonters come down
and find him older, but the same modest,
unassuming, almost bashful person that
they went to school with and with whom
they sported ON the playground. The hon
crs Of all the world cannot spoil him. A
few weeks ago ut banquet in England
some of the titled noblemen were af-
fronted because our American minister
plonipotentiary associated the name OF
Dewey with that of Lord Nelson. AS we'll
might we be affronted because the name
OF Nelson is associated with that of our
most renowned admiral. Tho ono man in
all the coming ages will stand rs high as
the other. SO this day symputhizing with
all the festivities and celebrations of tho
past week and with all tho festivities and
celebrations to come this week, let us
anew thank God and those heroes of the
American navy who have done such great
Things for our beloved land. Come aboard
the old ship Zion, yo sailors and soldiers,
whether still in the active service or hon
orably discharged and at home having re-
sumed citizenship. And Ye men of tho
past, your last battle on tho sens fought,
take from me, in Gods name, salutation
and good cheer, For the few remaining
fights with sin and deaths and hell make
ready. strip your vessel for the fray. Hang
tie sheet chains over the side. Send down
the topgallant masts. Barricade the wheel.
Rig in the flying iib boom. steer straight
for the shining shore, and hear the shout
of the great Commander OF earth and
heaven as He cries from the shrouds, ITO
him that oyercometh will give to eat OF
the tree of life which is in the midst OF tho
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