The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-02


disappeared beneath the waters. They
were modern saints.
SANTIAGO SAINTS.
Let us look nearer home. At Santa
go Bay it Wus decided To- block the en-
trance to Santiago hurbOr youne
man 2S years of ag" was selected To
command the enterprise. Instantly it
became known volunteers 10y the hun-
drcds offered their lives. II the Du-
portunity were given the sailors of the
whole navy would have volunteered.
The chance was given only to a few.
In the silence of tho gtdrlcss night the
brave young men set forth upon their
mission. Nut a word wls uttered
Words are worthless in the shadow of 4
great act. In the diStanc" they saw
the giant MORO froWnirg uron them.
Into the valley Of death they went.
They were ready TO die f." the flag.
Th" result We know. Tho story thrill
ed the heart of the whole world. Hob
son and his men are some of our mod
crn saints.
One moro licture---last out not least.
\ mother Is left a widow She fights
the battle Of life 50 that her younS
children may live. Her days and years
are days ana years of sacrifice. She
suffers IN silence. She finally COnuucrs.
and women. The mothers hair is now
grcy. Sacrifice with the rnorrng skill
of . great artist. has adorned her face
with the lines Of holy beauty She -
modern saint and is a type Of thous-
anls of the mothers of our land.
Such illustrations as I have given
could be multiplied almost without end.
They all teach the one great truth,
that sacrifice is the CrCwning act of
. h.. .
of others the better viii he our claim
t. tho title of modern saints
In the absence of Colonel r. J. Fit2-
simmons, y. j. Duffv responded briefly
to the toast "Othor Celts."
Rev. Or. II. II. Harris was substitute
cd for Major Everett Warren, who was
t. respond to the toast "A Wclshman
from a Yankees T"nt of View Dr.
Harris was given as his theme "The
Welsh Pulpit"
He said it was fitting that the Welsh
pulpit should have a place on a pro-
%ramme arranged by a Welsh society.
Tho Welsh pulpit played an important
part i'm the progress Of the Welsh pco-
pie. All the glory that Judge Edwards
claimed for the welsh could rightly be
traced to tho influence eXerted over
the Welsh nation by the Welsh pulpit.
The fact that in Wales there were
four services on the sabbath and three
sermons at each service is an evidence
that the Welsh people rejoice in being
influenced by the pulpit. Wales is rot
only lanC of song but a land Of
churches"
one OF the hest things of the evening
was Theron =. Osbone's response to
the toast The True Office of Poetry"
That it was worthy Of him is saying
sufficient in this community where his
ability is so well krown This is an
excerpt from his speech:
OFFICE OF POETRY.
Poetry is something that produces
an effect. 1t does not depend on
thought, rhyme or rhythm. 1t is some
thing that accompanies the lines. an
invisible presence that thrills and cap
uVates. Your argosy may come
frelghted with the spices and prefumes
Of the tropics. You may admire the
stately prov, the shining sails, the
glittering appointments, the ripping
waters in her wake, but these are not
the treasures she briLvs. Only he
who enters into the ship, unseals the
packages and opens the jars may know
the wealth of the tropics. one of our
own pennsylvania poets has bcauti-
fully said that echo is the sentiment
that heralds the approach of tumult
to the valley of silence. So the poet s
verse is the herald that brings the
message Of things supernal tp the in
most recesses of the soul"
Poetry is what nature speaks TO
man. 1t is the language of the flowers
and the voice Of the hard rocks. It
is that which when absorbed and made
part Of the poets being may be
breathed forth with power for the ele-
walton and advancement Of the race.
" Breathe it upon the cold arguments
Of philosophy ana We nave an insight
into things "nterEal. almost God-like.
Breathe it upon roligion. politics.
philanthrophy and reform and We
have the song of civilization. y few,
months ago the poet-laureatc of Eng
llnd lifted up his voice and said: Let
us have done with worn out tale,
tn" tale of ancient wrong ana be
brothers as the members of the great
Anglo-SaNon race should be And it
has done more To obliterate the ami
mostly existing between America and
England than all the arguments of a
hundred years.
DR.. J. Francis Jones, professor Of
biology at Marietta college, Ohio, one
Of the guests Of the evening, spoke of
the preservation of Welsh literature
and the movement to establish chair
of Celtic literature at the college. Tom
Beynon followed with a solo, Across
the stream" and was cncored and
sang "Four-Leaf Clover"
MIR. VIDAVERS HIT.
Nathan Vidaver, esq, made his first
after-dinner speech in Scranton, hi,
subject being Forensic Oratory," and
spoke as follows:
When was Informed that your ban
Iuet CCmmittce had been kind enough
10 select my name as one OF tonight s
speakers my first Impulse was - de-
cline tn" newspaper talk To- the cf
feet that Chauncey Depcw would meet
with opposition in his feht for the
senate deferred me for an instant from
branching ont into Tho post prandial
orator. but when ! considered wnut
my audience would miss | felt that |
must sacrifice myself, and thus s.I
an example Of altruisT thar VIII su
laundering down ages to come.
! have pundercd long and deep On
the question why | was selected rpr
tho particular subject assigned tn me-
ana have been unable To beside. Al
first / felt confident that ii was be-
cause nature had endowed me with n
large and rocmy voice. but maturer