Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-10-02
the pension awarded is an everlasting
Changing Scenes.

the pension awarded is an everlasting
heaven.
Changing Scenes.
Sometimes off the coast of England
the royal family have inspected the
British navy. maneuvered before them
for that purpose. In the Baltic sea the
czar and czarina have reviewed the
Russian navy. To bring before the
American people the debt they owe to
the navy go out with you on the At.
lantic ocean, where there is plenty of
room, and in imagination review the
war shipping of our four great con-
aicts-l716. 1872, 1865 and 1S9S Swing
into line all We frigates. ironelads. fire
RATS, gunhoats and men-of- -warl There
they come, all sail set and all furnaces
in full blast. sheaves of crystal tossing
from their cutting prows.
And now all the squadrons of all de-
partments. from smallest tughoat TO
mightiest man-of-war. are in process
sion, decks and rigging filed with men
who on the sea fought for the old flag
ever since we were nation. Grandest
fleet the world ever sawi Sail on be-
fore all ages! Run up all the colors!
Ring all the bells! Yea, open all the
portfolios! Uulimber the guns and load,
and fire one great broadside that shall
shake the continents in honor of peace
and the eternity of the American I'm
iont But | lift my hand. and the
scene has vanished. Many of the ships
have dropped under the crystal pave
ming in and out the forsaken cabin,
and ether old craft have swung into
the navy yards. and many of the brave
spirits who trOd their decks are gone
up to the Eternal fortress, from whose
easements and embrasures may we
Joy upon a nation in reunited brother
hood?
FoOte and Farragut.
All those of you who were in naval
service during the war of 1865 are now
In the afternoon or evening of life.
With some of you it is 2 o'clock. 8
o'clock. o'clock. 6 o'clock. and 1t will
soon be sundown. If you were of age
when the war broke out. you are now
at least so. Many of you have passed
into the seventies. While in our Gu
ban war there were more Christian
commanders on sea and land than in
any previous conflict, | would revive
In your minds the fact that at least
two great admirals of the civil war
were Christians. FOote and Farragut.
Had the Christian religion been cow
ardly thing they would have had moth
ing to do with it. In Its faith they
lived and died In Brooklyn navy yard
Admiral Foote held prayer meetings
and conducted Il revival ON the receiv-
ing ship North Carolina and on Sab
baths, far out at sea, followed the
chaplain with religious exhortatiOn. In
early life, aboard the slOop-of-war
NatcheZ. impressed by the words of a
Christian sailor. he gave his spare
time for two weeks to the Bible and at
the end of that declared openly,
"Henceforth, under all circumstances,
| will act for God" His last words
while dying at the Astor House, New
York, were: Il thank God for all his
goodness to me. He has been very
good to me-" When he entered heaven,
he did not have TO run blockade, for
it was amid the cheers of great well
come. The other Christian admiral
will be honOred on earth until the day
when the fires from above shall lick
up the waters from beneath, and 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 oak
Farragut, Farragut-
Thunderbolt stroke,
According to his own statement, Far
ragut was very loose in his morals in
early manhood and practiced ali kinds
Of sin. One day he was called into
the cabin of his father, who was
shipmaster. His father said. David.
what are you going to be anyhow"
He answered, II am going to follow
the sea-" Follow the sea-" said the
father, land be kicked about the world
and die in foreign hospital?" mo"
said David; Il am going to command
like you No." said the father; ~
boy of your habits will never command
anything" And his father burst Into
tears and left the cabin. From that
day David Farragut started on a new
life.
Christian Sailors.
Captain Pennington, an honored eld-
er of my Brooklyn church, was with
him in most of his battles and had his
intimate friendship, and he confirmed.
what had heard elsewhere. that Far
ragut was good and Christian. In ev-
cry great crisis of life he asked and
obtained the Divine direction. When
In Mobile bay tlAs monitor Tecumseh
tank from torpedo and the great war
ihip Brooklyn, that was to lead the
squadron, turned back, he said he was
ut n loss to know whether to advance
or retreat. and he says: Il prayed. % |
God, who created man and gave him
reason, direct me what TO do. Shall ! |
On on And yOicp commanded me-