Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-11-05

OF AUSTRALIA. IOHler IL trtnket 1
picked up in Pompeii But this picture
is my treasure. 1t was painted by a
Spanish master and was placed upon
the walls of Mexican cathedral. One
| night that picture was cut out of its
frame and carried away, as Dolly Mad
ison ordered George Washington's pic
ture to be cut out of its frame when
the English invaded the national cap
ita in 1912. That picture must be
worth at least $4,000. myself paid
$4,000 for it. Yes, value that picture
above all my other possessions. 1t cost
me so much money"
Self Sacrifice.
But though the value of some articles
may be judged by the criterion of sill
YER and gold others are sometimes
| judged by the higher standard of flesh
and blood. If in order to save your
country you had to sacrifice upon the
field of battle an arm or a leg or an
eye, would you not on account Of that
sacrifice love your country more than
it, like John jacob Astor, you merely
made to it the gift Of an artillery bat
terry, or, like old Cornelius Vanderbilt,
you fitted out for II n man-of-war? II
In order to save your child, who had
been gripped with the poisonous bite
of a dangerous serpent. you had placed
your mouth against the bleeding lips
Of the wound and sucked that poison
into your own system, would you not
love that child more for whom you
| wi fr ho
If you had given to her mere Offering
of silver and gold? Yes. yes! OF course
you would. The law Is universal The
greater the sacrifice we make for our
loved ones the greater becomes our
love for them.
This premise is granted Where, then,
can you find richer deeper, truer sacri-
fees and therefore richer love than
that exhibited by widowed mother
toward her helpless children? Tender
ly as you and love our children, does
our love glow with such fervent heat
as does that of the widowed mother
who has toiled and contrived and de-
MED herself for their welfare! In or
der to raise them she has TO pay for
their educa ton and food with the price
of blood. Does not that young girls
GRADUATE ton day address mean more to
her mother, who perhaps had to scrub
for it as well as sew together the white
dress in which it was deliveredi Dur
ing the civil war a soldier boys arm
was amputated. After the lad came
out from under the influence of the an
aesthetic he asked the surgeon if he
might see his arm. The nurse handed
it to him The boy looked the arm
over very carefully as he said: Good
by, old arm You have been a good
friend to me. Those fingers have work
ed for me very hard" Then turning.
he said to the surgeon: Doctor. do not
think / am coward or that ! regret
the sacrifice. If necessary ] would cut
off my other arm to save my country.
| never knew what II truly meant to
love my flag until despatched 1t with
my own blood" So, q widow. by your
very sacrifices I sec with what intensi-
ty you love your children because Of
the self denial and the toll you have
given them. BY the very sacrifices
which you have made for their phys
ical intellectual and spiritual develop
ment l congratulate you upon the
heights and depths and intensities of
your maternal affections. 1t is one joy
to plan. garden within a stone wall
inclosure for your own eyes to see. II
is greater and "A holer happiness to
plant flower garden that others may
enjoy also.
Certainty of Gods Promises.
The consecrated widow is rich be
cause she has been able by personal