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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
SUDDEN BREAK FOR FREEDOM.
FOUR PENITENTIARY CANDI-
DATES OVERCOME JAILOR
FRIEDMAN.

There was n wholesale attempt at Jail
delivery Sunday morning. but only one
succeeded in getting away. This one
was Dock West, the negro who at
tempted to kill Policeman Thomas Raj
ston some time ago. and who was found
guilty OF two charges of felonious as
sault In the Corporation Court last
week and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary.
The plans for escape well laid. the
principals being West, George Harris,
Frank Prout and Newton Andrus. all
penitentiary candidates. The prisoners
are given the freedom of the corridor
each morning until after they have
washed. AS usual, on Sunday Turnkey
Friedman turned the prisoners from
their cells and was in the act of leaving
when Newton Andrus and several other
prisoners jumped upon him and held
him while West escaped through the
jailor's office. The prisoners had ar
ranged n plan by which Andrrs was TO
hold the TAILOR While West took his pis-
tol from him, so the other prisoners
could escape without fear of being shot.
West. however. did not attempt to Sc
cure the revolver, and without waiting
to ascertain how his fellow prisoners
were succeeding. made successful
dash for liberty.
Captain NJ. II. Prince, who IS confined
In room over the .sergeant's Office
saw West as he WAS escaping ana rave
the alarm. Some of the TRUSTEES" came
to the assistance of .Jailor Friedman,
and after a short struggle with Andrus.
quiet was again restored.
Sergeant Lawler, Deputy Cain netec-
tive Snowdcn and MIR. James f.. Prince
started on n hunt for West Sunday
evening and succeeded in locating him
in a thickc; on Princess Anne road.
The desperate was too sly for his pur-
suers. however. and managed tn escape.
He was seen again yesterday morning
and the police think they will land him
at his old quarters IL O. short while.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
SHOT FROM THE PocoMoKE
AN OFFICIAL. ON THE VIRGINIA
OYSTER POLICE BOAT KILLS
4 CHAHHER

Relative to the shooting of sydney
Evans 10y n party on the Virginia oys-
ter police boat Pocomo<c Il special dis
patch in yesterdays baltimore sun
SAYS:
WAR has again been declared be-
tween Smiths Island. Md, and Tansicr
Island. Va.
Disputes have periodically arisen
between them for ten years and blood
has been shed over territorial rights in
the waters bordering on them. Flood
has been shed again and. as on all
former occasions the life OF a Mary
lander has been taken.
THE victim was sydney Evans. Ii
years old son of Captain Mitchell
Evans. He left his home, on Smiths
Island carly Saturday morning TO net
crabs. While at the mouth of Tyler
creek he met Il battcau commanded by
tho mate OF the Virginia oyster police
schooner Pocomokc.
Persons who We're near by say that
some one in the Virginia boat hailed
the boy. y rifle shot was fred ana the
boz irll in The bottom OF Tie boat With
a bullet through his head His boat.
win his body. was then lowed by the
Virginia authorities 10 Tangicr Island.
THE shooting has created intense cN-
element and indignation, rs ,ie boy
had Violated no law. and threats of
revenge are heard on every hand"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
PRINCE CASE TODAY.
DEFENSE, WILL WAIVE ENAMI-
NATION-OTHER COURT NEWS.

DEFENSE WILL WAIVE EXAMI-
NATION-OTHER COURT NEWS.
The case of Captain NJ H. Prince.
charged with the murder of Charles j.
Cannon. will come UP before United
States Commissioner George L. Bow
den this morning at IL o'clocl, for pre-
hminary examination. 1t is certain
that counsel for the defense will waive
examination and the prisoner will be
rccommitted to Jail. Whether he will
he sent 10 the Newport News Jail or be
recommitted to the Norfolk city Jail de-
ponds upon Commissioner Bowden.
ASK FOR COMMISSIONERS
The Atlantic Terminal Company.
drought its counsel. yesterday asked
Judge Hanckel to appoint commission
ers 10 condemn lots on DcI;ree avenue,
Atlantic City Ward. owned by c. A.
George ID. Dey and ~. T.. Seldner. This
is the property which the Corporation
Court has held. in the Injunction pro-
cecdings of George ID. Dcy VS.. the At
lantic Terminal Company. is damaged
by the erection of the Sewcll's Point
Line Vaduct over the y. Il w. Rail-
road tracks on DcBrcc avenue. The
property owners asked Judge Hanckel
10 give them until to-day to consider
the proposition of appointing commits
sioncrs.
CASES DISMISSED
The cases of Levy Bros. ct ais. VS..
Atlantic and Dauvlle Railway Com
panY: Jeanette Shockctt rs. ]. NJ. Bar
ton: II. Hutchinson rs. j. NJ Barton;
Wilson and 3rattou vs.. G.. :. Briggs
We're dismissed from the docket of the
Corporation Court.
PROPERTY TRANSFER.
y deed was recorded Yesterday trans
fcrring from the Norfolk Company TO
NJ. NJ. DENLY. a lot fronting % feet on
the south side of Olncy road, lS2 feet
east of Cooley avenue: 81 $50.
THE POLICE COURT.
Albert porney, interfering with an
officer: fined So.
sam Obey. colorcd. breach of the
peace fined 80.
Henry 8ishop. colored. stealing an
umbrella; four months in Jail.
Henry Harris colCrei. breach OF the
peace; fined $3.50.
Walter ELLIS, colored enbezzlemcnt
discharged
Alice Brown, colored. drunkenness.
profanity ana nuisance; fined Sl050.
David Ice. begging on the street; or
dercd out nj the city.
Pat Anthony. sailor, assaulting
Mollic Davis and Ruby Ford: fined Sill.
Johnston Hickey. drunkenness. sleep
ing on the street and resisting arrest;
fined $3.50.
Charles Wynne. colorcd, sleeping on
the water 'front.': fined $3.50.
Susie jones and Victoria Knight.
breach of the peace; fined S. each.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
SCHOONER WAINWRIGHT
ECKEC.
AND DISMANTLFD BY
THE STORM AT NEWPORT
NEWS

il will be remembered that the
schooner Geo. G. Wainwright, OF Nor
folk. Captain j. c. Mattox. from Pc
tcrsburg. with lumber for Newport
News. collided With the barge Brady
off HoGg Island Friday night ana was
badly damaged. In this collision her
bowsprit. jibboom and forward gear
were carried away and her bows
smashed. the Brady striking fun ahead.
The work of destruction thus begun
was continued at Newport News sun
day when the Wainwright was caught
in the sudden hurricane that struck
there. The Wainwright was laying on
the south side of Pier a. discharging
Il cargo of lumber. and ut the height
of the gale both masts of the vessel
were snapped OFF close to the deck.
and the heavy sticks fell with Il crash.
carrying ratlncs and rigging with
them, the miZzen- mast smashing in the
port side OF the deckhousc and doing
other minor damage.
The only other damage reported on
the water front was that If the &. x o.
warehouse on Pier j. Tho wind tore
the tin bodily from the roof in spots,
and IL will have To have Il new roof.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
FLUSHING THE BRANCHES.
Effect of Contracted Channel on Natural Operation of
the Tides

1t ia stated by people who claim to
know that the tide in the Western
Branch is about one hour later and
much more sluggish than It was before
the erection of long piers. 1t is also
stated that the contraction of the
channelway will result in delaying the
tides and decreasing their volume.
Thus the matter of contracting the
channelway should be viewed from n
health standpoint, as the health of
Norfolk. Portsmouth, Berkeley and the
entire section of country now affected
by tidal flow in the various branches
OF the Elizabeth river is liable TO be at
fccted by any interruption OF the tides.
1T is matter too we'll known to call
for argument that the tidal flow is the
great protection of the health of sea
coast cities and cities near the sea on
tidal waters. This is the condition of
the three cities here on the Elizabeth!
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

The daily tides sweep up to and be-
yond the cities, ana as they recede
they bear away to tile bay vast ag-
Sregate volume of refuse matter that
would be Il menace TO health II IL We're
not disposed of.
j; we choke up the channelway with
long piers the result noted in the
Western Branch will probably he re-
peated in the entire local river system
and much of the dangerous matter now
carried out and disseminated until 1t
becomes innocuous may linger in the
sluggish branches to tester, rot and
poison the air and waters.
1t is quite Gear that II the available
opening for the ingress of the tides Is
lesSeneu. the volume of tidal water will
he decreased. and also there will be less
room for the cgresS of the qontami-
mated waters that seek the bay. AS
our population increases there will he
Il proportionate increase of effete mat
ter that finds it's way into the Eliza
beth river and its branches.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
DANGEROUS OERELlcr.
MARINERS WARMED AGAINST a
WRECEED SCHOONER OFF
CAPE HENRY

Mariners are warning one another
against II dangerous dcrclict u Is the
wreck of the three inas,ed schooner
William Kennel. She lies, with only
one mast left and exposed, in L. feet OF
water off Middle Ground Shoals. near
Cape Henry. The schooner had a cargo
of cement, and WAS bound here in the
early spring. She is supposed tn have
struck n s,rnken barge there. which the
government had failed To remove.
Mariners say that she lies directly in
the course of the smaller vessels in ana
out this port. ana that if not blown to
pieces and destroyed by the govern
ment that she. in time, will wreck
other vessels.
y captain who arrived here yester-
day. who doesn't care to give his name.
said his vessel passed near the dcre-
Hot
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
ers. no other Instructions should be
DECLINED TO TALK.


DECLINED TO TALK.
Judge w. n. Portlock said, when ask
ed for an interview, that as judge OF
the County Court of Norfolk county
the matter might sometime be brought
before him, and as lie could not differ
entiate his views as Il citizen from
those of Il judge, 1t would not be proper
Tor him to speak.
MIR. Walter IL. Taylor. City Attorney,
said he did not know enough about the
matter to express an opinion.
CAPTAIN WASHINGTON TAYLOR.
Captain Washington Taylor said he
mad decided views on the subject. but
Tor personal considerations as we'll rs
other reasons he could not talk.
lie was glad to see paper public
spirited enough to take up a matter of
great Importance. he said. without ref
erence to the merits OF the particular
case in point.
MIR. w. II. EDYE,.
Mr.. w. ii. Edge. of the United States
Shipping Company. said new pier
was badly needed at Lnmbert's Point
TO accommodate the vessels that coal
there. lie did not see any obstruction
in building an additional pier.
Let us have II pier of some kind. -
he said no matter what kind or how
we get it,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
TWO Horses Frustrated.

owned by Mr., Davis. the cXprcssman
was overcome by heat n; thc corner oi
Sotetourt street and Mohray Arch. y
block of ice was used on il and the
horses life was saved
y horse belonging To Mr. Campbell
the coal dealer was Frustrated by heat
yesterday afternoon at the corner OF
Brooke avenue and Granny street
PROMPT assistance walls at hand and the
horse was able to walk away.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
Reforo You Travel.

North or West. call upon the under
signed for lowest rates TO all points
via Baltimore and Ohio railroad (Royal
Blue Limo. Bay Line. Washington
steamers and Chesapeake Line: finest
fastest and safest trains in the world
ARTHUR G. LEWIS.
6 p. 4. Baltimore & Ohio X. l..
(Under Atlantic Hotel)
fel7-cod.tt
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

PROPOSALS FOR BulLDlNGS AND
1 SEA WALL National Soldiers
Home. Va. Trcasurcrs office, August |.
1890. Sealed proposals will be received at
This Office until noon. FRIDAY. August
3lst 1885. for furnishing labor and mate
rial for building and completing on the
grounds of the Southern Branch. National
iiomc for u. v s, one Quartcrmaster's
Brick store House one two-story Franc
Residence and Sea Wall. Plans can i've
examined. and printed instructions. and
specifications and blank proposals will he
supplied upon application 10 this Office
Bids must be accompanied by a certified
check payable TO tn" undersigned Treas
urcr. for at least i've per centum of the
amount thereof which check VIII he for
fcited to the National Home for -. y. S
in case the successful bidder refuses or
fails To enter into contract rs required:
otherwise. TO be returned To the bidder.
The right is reserved 10 reject any %" all
proposals. or 10 waive infurmalitios there
in. Envelopes containing PROPOSALS should
he eudorscd--"i'roposals for g. ~. store
house" FOR Frame Residence. or FOR
sea Wnli' as the case may be. ana adj
dressed to The UNDERSIGNED. WM.
THOMpSc%. Treasurer Approved: -
Il. WOODFIN. Governor. aus, l.22-St
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
Excursion TO NIagara Falls.

The next personally conducted tour
TO NIAGARA Falls. Buffalo. Geneva and
Watkins Glen. via Baltimore and Ohio
railroad GRoyal Blue Limo, viii leave
Norfolk Wednesday. August l5th.
Round trip. $1,000; limit OF ticl;e,s II
days. For particulars and descriptive
matter apply to Arthur G. Lewis. S. i.
A.. under Atlantic Hotel. Norfolk Va.
nni0-5t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
FuneraI Of Mrs. l.. e. rarrolI.

The obsequics OF Mrs. Laura Bryan
Farrell. who passed away at her home.
No. la bermuda street. Saturday.
We're hlcd from tn residence nj o'clock
sunday afternoon The services We're
conducted by Rev. John II. Dickinson.
rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Chapel.
The remains were laid To rest in Elm
wood Cemetery.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
vlsltto Norfolk Friends.

Mr.. Vim. II. Sanborn and Lieutenant
a. l.. League lave returned home
from q visit to Norfolk friends. MIR.
Sanborn viii he remembered by many
as the first grain inspector here for
the Norfolk and Western elevator. He
severed his connection with the COM
pany eleven years ago. He is now re-
tircdsfrom active business pursuits and
resides in Boston, Mass.
Lieutenant League is the commander
of the harbor police steamer at Baiti-
more.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
Summer EXCURSION rio,.ata

Are now ON sale ut lowest rates TO or
points via WashinGtCp and Raltin,ore
Steamers. and Baltimore and ohio
Railroad, t1toyal Blue Limo. For detail
ed information apply TO
ARTHUR G. LEWIS. S. p. A..
tf Under Atlantic Hotel.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
coto the Mountains.

for 3 DAYS. Excursion Via n. & w. R'y.
S3.j0 round trip. Peaks OF otter and
Roanoke. Leaves Norfolk Tuesday. Au-
gust 18th, 1880 a. m. j. f, HERMAN.
Manager auS,5 Z, 10, II, 14-6t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
lsyrs Exn,nincd rrcc.

DR.. A. Week manager OF tile optical
department. OF the Gale jewery Conn
pany will examine your eyes free De
fective vision and complicated cases
specially Invited TO call ie2e-tf
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
Tocrur 4 coID IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Ouin.ne Tablets
All druggists refund tn, money " e fails
TO cure l. W Groves signature 70 on
each ooN. sc.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

All transient advertisements in
serted i'll these columns must be paid
for In advance.
Rate, one cont per word each in
seItion, minimum, - cents.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
BUSINESS CHANCES.

r WILL BE IN NORFOLK TUESDAY.
l. August nth. for the purpose of es-
tablishing II branch OF Washington Rust
ness. Want to meet an active young man
who can take $1,000 interest and manage
ment. Salary ana profits. chance in q
lifetime. Address II. G. SAILORS this
office. auli-2t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

Newest Discovery" extracts teeth
painlcssly. y. y. Dental Rooms only.
No 1924 corner Main and Talbot sra.
N T.. OF monument; established ncally
20 years. l1nnes. Dentist. New phone.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
Tuesday, August, l4th, 1900.

Tho elegant steamer Mobjacl leaves o.
u. $. S. Co. wharf. Norfolk $50 a. m
Portsmouth Gas. and Bay Line wharf ut
Il. III. Returning leaves Hicks wharf
about y. in. The beautiful grove near
the wharf has been secured for the pleas
urc of the excursionsts. a fine band of
music engaged ana pleasant days out
ing Is promised ali who go
Tickcts-Adults. s1.oo; Children under ID
years soc. au5-eod5t
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
FOR SALE.

y1OR SALE-DRUG STORE, IOCA-
n ton and business good. Address
DRUG STORE" care NifgniIn-Iilot.
U'OR SAI.E.-STEANfER CRESCENT.
IL 80 gross tons. Apply to l.. JOHN
SON, Crittendcn, Va. jy2i-lm'
NOR SALE.--A TRUCK FARM CON
T. tanning nincty-eisht acres. situated
ON Mason's creek. one mile from the
Ocean View depot. Large dwelling in
good condition. Land in nigh state Of
cultivation. Oyster front. can be had at
low figures and ON very reasonable terms
For particulars apply to w. II. SAR-
GEANT. JR, Room 81, Lowenborg Build
inE. jy2S-lOt
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
FOB RENT.

T1oR RENT. LEASE OR sA1E-LOI
Il of land. i25X50. fronting on Mahone':
Lake; is high and dry. Enquire l76 Der
muLa street mal2-tf
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
AGENTS WANTED.

$l,aOO G iaz aM MARn s DHG,
selling our campaign ties Greatest sell
ers ever introduced Territory going.
Write Immediately. Full line white and
fancy rubber collars Enclose stamp.
DEPT c. NJ ~ NJ. MEG. CO. Springfield,
Mass,
je77tu.th su-3st
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

Mr.. Ivor \. Rage said he had con
dcmncd the present piers on many oc-
casions before ana was glad the Viz
pinian-piiot had mako a fight against
the further obstruction OF the harb0r.
The piers now existing ought to be
cut off now, ana not in the future. he
said "No new pier should be butt 50
far out as the existing ones. The nor
folk ana Western is no doubt Interested
i'm progress. but in the progress OF the
Norfolk and Western railroad. We all
favor progress. but il is not progress
To ohstruct the harbor. The piers
should never have been built. Ger
tainlv no more long piers should be
built"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

Sold ,h-ou-Acu. N. ~~,i. Tor-z- D-uc ,In CuyS.
Co.r.. .ror- IL" - 80 ,'-'' fu-t iumnt.. iir.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
MIR. GEORGE II. DAWES.

the present piers remain there is no
harm in building another pier the same
length. lie says he is not we'll enough
posted to say whether the Port War
denis line should be changed or not.
He believes careful consideration
should be given the proposition before
any other piers are built, and II the
present piers are too far out, as thought
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
MIR. J. o. REID.

Mr. Jesse @. Reid. Councilman from
Brambleton Ward. and prominent
merchant. said:
las citizen and merchant Interested
in the development of Norfolk | am
very sorry to see any movement to-
ward further ohstructing the harbor
here The building of this new pier
will certainly be an obstruction, 20 my
mind. was going down the harbor
on boat with a large number of Nor
folk county truckers several weeks ago
and every one Of them condemned the
building of the pier so far out. 1t was
crime and Il shame to have built it,"
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14
SPECIAL NOTICES

1 AIDES HAIR GOODS. NO CHEAP,
IL trashy goods or work done at my
establishment ! guarantee al goods sold
BILE Hair Parlors over and 1oc Store
Main street. u years at one address.
aul4-1Wt
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

~ ROE. HARVEY IS AUTHORITY on
I'LL Diseases of Blood, Torpid Liver.
Kidney Trouble. Inflammation of the
Bladder and other organs. Thick and
Scaidy Water. Private sanitarIum. Con-
ruIt him ut his Office. 42i Church street.
iei5-ly
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

~ oTTAGE CLOSE TO PRINCESS
" Anne Hotel: CUISINE excellent: bath
ing free rates reasonable. Address y. b.
c. Virginia Beach 1tT
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

NJ ORFOLK DYEING CLEANING
u and Repairing Co.-Ladles' Suits
Cleaned: Gents Suits dyed. 500: cleaned
and preaued. 75c.: pants pressed. i0c. car
petS n speciality. al Main New phone aOl
Old phone 1855.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-08-14

COL. George Mcintosh. when asked
ton. said that he thought the Port
Wardcn's line is ont too far now: that
il ought 90 he fixed nearer shore. but
that it ought to be permanently fixed
so that all riparian owners could build
out to it AS many piers as they wished
and with the certainty that their
structures would he permanent. lie
suggested that the matter he carefully
examined into by experts and the line
fixed so as to provide for future as
well as present needs. Personally. Col.
Mcintosh thinks the line should be
placed much farther shoreward, hut lie
the Reid Board of Harbor Commission
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,vERr1sER: HONOLULU. DECEMBER 1880.

chief of the Continental forces. led the
armies or the paIrIOts Ia their stern
struggle Tor the right, IL was the Lord
OF hosts, the God "a Battles, VINO fai.eu
hot to lead -George Washington. In the
midst OF darkness He showed him light
IN the depths OF winter he kept lin
warm. Across the frozen river he pi-
ioted the way, until, at last, not with
precious gems, or with gold or with
silver, but with the better crown of a
nations admiration and gratitude. He
rewarded and made glad the hero whom
raltn and hope had made bold and
strong. Thus, liberty, nurtured by
hardship, sprang forth armed from the
CONNECTS of war Thus for u.s. and by
the added devotion and self-sacrifice of
the many thousands who have not only
fought and natientlv suffered, but who
have surrendered their lives in their
.country's cause, the right of govern
ment OF the people, by the people. for
the people," has not persisted from the
earth. Entrusted with freedom, as We
are today, and beholding all down
through the checkered course of what
Is now our nations history, with the
working of man, the higher working of
Almighty God, what then shall We say
when We speak to our children and re-
mind each other OF the political bless
LgS which we, as a nation, at this Time
ENJOY, other tnan this. What hath God
wrought" and again, This heritage Of
independence and OF liberty is the work
/ Of God, and if is marvellous in our
eyes.
/ In the foregoing mention of the va
rious causes for national Thanksgiving,
/ let no one suppose that / have forgot
ten to include the highest blessing ina.
I can possibly come to man, that of an
enlightened conception of God and the
privilege Of praying to Him as the
i.sfl t.
a gift for which we may, with proprie-
ty, praise the Lord; but i have not
Thought best to emphasize 1t, or to dwell
at length upon it, because, from its
very prominence and recognized value
II needs no emphasis. No one can gild
pure gold: nor can the diamond gain
added brilliancy beyond what God has
given it. And the Christian religion is
gold, is the fairest of diamond, is the
most precious of gems. To wear II as
a crown the most powerful ruler Oi
earth may with propriety be proud. an,
the nation which possesses the priv
; lege of acquaintance with the Gospel 4,
Christ need boast of nothing better
, need desire nothing more. When yo,
have come to that you have come to tnt
climax of all that is good. for through
/ the influence of religious faith, and TIL
: consistent practice of the Christian Nir
+ tues, not onl-- are individuals but Who'll
r nations made immortal That is tn
. light that WHITES. That is the powe
that transforms. That is the hiddel
!. virtue that resurrects and makes a.
5 things new. My brethren in Chris
[ friends and fellow citizens. let us pri2
. beyond all price the knowledge of Co
5 which the Savior has given us. Let u
. all, upon day like this. lift UP bot
2 heart and voice in a humble expressiO
= of gratitude.
Now to God" etc.