Evening star., 1901-09-03

try that there is something better than
selfishness. and summons them with the ir-
| resistfble call Of duty to the unselfish life
of patriotic endeavor.
From the calm height of the Washing
ton monument men and things below ap-
pear In proper proportion; they are seen
through the distance of space, as through
the distance Of time, and with the serene
eye OF history. True and relative values
appear. We see, too. how out of all the
wrongs and all the difficulties and all the
dangers Of the past, even through the
mighty agonies of the civil war, the nation
has been led constantly into a larger place
and to better things. Looking westward,
up the beautiful reaches of the Potomac,
curvtng towards the sunset, We remember
how George Washington rode there look
ing with the eye Of the first great Ameri-
yond the Blue Ridge and the Alleghenies,
to that promised land which he sought to
have us occupy, and We remember how,
step by step, in spite Of all obstacles and
all encouragement and all defeats, the
idea Of Washington has been carried out
until his principles represented by his
flag, have been spread over the islands OF
the sea in the uttermost parts of the earth,
far beyond his fartheSt dream.
Tribute to Warrington.
"As we look to the southwark, toward
Mount Vernon. where he lived and died.
and yet still lives. we think how his ideal
Of republican freedom, his example as
republics into being south Of us, and how
his teachings made the United States the
protector and the friend Of everyone of
them, without making the United States
the enemy Of any other country. Then,
when we turn to the eastern windows.
looking out to the hills, beyond which lies
the Atlantic ocean, we see the influence of
Washington and his example In the repub-
lie OF France, in the republican aspira-
tions Of other European countries. in the
democracy which Is the real government
Of Great Britain. We see his doctrine OF
peace-keeping by arbitration, first set forth
in treaty form under his direction by John
Jay in the famous treaty with England,
then denounced and since admired, en-
throned at the Hague by all the world,
and we see that his humane and enlighten-
ed maxims of government, national and in
ternattonal, once innovations are now COM
monplaces. Pessimism seems out Of place,
optimism seems natural, as we reflect in
the city Of Washington upon the achieve
ments of the nation Of washington under
the principles Of Washington. Clouds cover
the zenith, rain even falls from their dark
ness. but the sun, shining over Arlington
where lie men who died that the republic
might live, arches the Capitol with a glori-
GUS rainbow, beautiful reminder Of the
covenant Of God with his people.
$50, as we stand here in this rainbow
city, looking out over our country and the
world facing the new occasions which have
brought new duties, frankly admitting that
with unsolved problems at home we must
solve even greater prODlenlS dDTOdu, rear
izing that we have been brought with the
suddenness and completeness of Providence
into leadership among the nations, with all
the responsibility and all the peril, as well
as all the privileges and opportunities that
it involves, we shall not be towards who
falter. We will not blink our shortcom-
ings, our difficulties. or our dangers, but
we will remember the wonderful way in
which we have been brought through great
er trials and tribulations and the good
which we have been enabled to do for our
selves and for all mankind. even In the re-
cent past-in China as In the dominions Of
the sea. We do not shut our eyes to the
clouds and darkness over US, or even to the
rain falling upon us, but we see shining
through it the rays of the sun of righteous
ness; we see beyond it the rainbow of the
promises Of God. We hear His voice saying
to US, only be right, be strong and of good
courage. go forward in the way Of my
commandment We are persuaded that IL
we obey, in spite Of everything that may
oppose us. in spite Of our own faintness and
faults. we shall come OF conquerors and
more than conquerors through Him that
hath loved US"