Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-02-23

war those enemies voted to him an q
army made up of men who had enlisted I
for few months or year. No sooner
would Washington plan a battle or
campaign than he would find that
large part of his soldiers discovered
that their terms of service had expired
and that they were entitled TO pack up
their things and go home. 1T is I'M
possible for me in the compass of
letter" he wrote to his brother in 1116,
ito give you any idea of our situation
and of my difficulties and of the con-
slant perplexities | meet with, derived
from the unhappy policy of short en-
listments and delaying them too long.
I am worried almost to death with the
retrograde motion of things and | sol
EMMY protest that pecuniary reward
of 100000 a year would not induce me
! to undergo what / do, and, after all,
perhaps. to lose my character" Yes,
yes, some of the mightiest battles
/ George Washington had to wage were
| against his enemies at home and not /
against his enemies from abroad. So, /.
| nv brother if you are ever going to
| accomplish anything for God and the
worlds betterment, you will find that
| some of the people who ought to help
the most are those who will try to I'M
dermine you; that the man who should
be pushing you ahead will often be
the man who is trying to stab you in
the back.
Here, for instance, is a true gospel
minister trying to preach Jesus Christ
in the village or the city church. Who
is the greatest enemy he has to fight?
The saloon keeper? The proprietor
who runs the low playhouse? The in
fideI who never sets foot inside of
church? Oh, no. The greatest retard-
ment of an average minister's work is
not to be found outside but inside the
church. 1t is perhaps the church men,
Der who refuses to be reconciled to the
minister because the congregation
,, called him instead of another man to
the pastorate What is the greatest OBJ
stacle that mother has in the right de-
velopment of her children? Is it the
bad example set by her sons class
mates or her boys employer? Oh, no.
: 1t is the bad example set by the boy S
= own father that does the most effective
damage And so, wherever we go, we
:. find that our greatest struggles must
), often be waged against those people
who ought to help us instead of trying
to destroy us. And one of the chief
reasons why we honor George Wash
:, ington today is because he went forth
= bravely and faithfully to do his worE
:. and did not swerve one inch from the
~ right path, no matter what his enemies
at home might do or say.
The Duties of Peace.
RI George Washington knew that tn
H. duties of peace are of vital importanc
~ and farreaching in their results. A
no president elect he lifted his hand owe
in the opened Bible and promised to III
,c. hold the constitution of the Unite
mo- States with as solemn a consecratio
in | and reverence as when he drew h
to sword as the commander of the Rev
va Iutionary armies. He knew that tt
ve work of the pen was just as lmportal
as the work Of the sword. On his wa
We to Inauguration he made this sugge
o. tive entry in his diary: April l6, Ia
vo About 10 o'clock | babe adieu
t,v Mount Vernon. With a mind oppresst
no with more anxious and painful sens
I'D lions than | have words to express
&C set out for New York. with the be
Tho disposition to render service to n
ION country, but with less hope of answe
tho ing its expectations" AS he sto
MD taking a last farewell of his below
a Potomac and with anxious eyes tri
,,s to look into the future George Was
of ington fully realized that his acts
tho first president of the United Stat
would make or destroy a nation. A
.on- yet some people suppose that the Oh
vas great work George Washington did
INT his country was as a soldier and I
- as a statesman, as leader of arm
oo, and not as leader in the greater We
,,,os of the initiation and administration
,yor laws.
I'm AS George Washington's memory
,sh- cherished for what he did as the ii
ho president of the United States, so ~
- our memory be honored for the BRAY
- ;f deeds of heroism accomplished by
in times of peace. We may often
able to serve our country and PEG
-, in the store and the home as unselh
80 ly and bravely and nobly as If we d
see . -. - 5000,
stice heu 'ui>'ioi ~, W.,
Here up " .ne =,
Here ueoise .,ls,, H. AZ VIC;
house of burgesses for his gallan
during the French war and for hav
@ saved the remnant of Braddocks ar
w he could not speak word. He st
I'D in the aisle, stammering and bl,
ing and trembling all over like a CT
: ~ With that, Speaker Robinson, motto
~ his embarrassment, came to his res
'h !" and said: ''Sit down, Mr.. Washing
sit down. Your modesty is equa
your valor, and that surpasses the p
ANS. er of any language that | posse
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