The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-07

to the same duty and service the hand of a sister. the all-embrating heart of a patriot! ~
 And does not this welcome meet, its due response? Not In the feeble, made quate words of limited meaning, the in- finitely incomplete expression of recipro- cation and appreciation, but in the emo- tions which quicfens every pulse, in the tear which glistens in every eye, in the glow which mantles every cheek, in the noble memories which throng every mind, In the loyal love which springs from every breast to meet the spontaneous friendship which greets us. The welcome We have received voices in unapproacha- ble terms the enthusiasm of Montgom- cry and its Chapter and in reply heart speaks to heart in the priceless language which no thought can formulate and no words can translate. s
 The prophet has said that enthusiasm in every different age assumes a different form. but we'll he knew, he who lived close to the suffering heart of humanity, he whose genius could lay bare the mind of both tyrant and victim. that no mat ter what the form of enthusiasm may be, 1t Is but the mere outward seeming of the ancient, undying zeal. Could we un- dertake the gigantic task involved in even
 
 but reach the affirmation of the assertion that Through the ages one increasing purpose runs." the full development of humanity into what we have been taught to believe its original god-like beauty. Freedom alone is the means to the &C., complishment of this purpose, for free- dom alone is to the human soul what the breath of heaven is to the body-the purifying and expanding element of life hfa fFrnIx vtpr DpI L., II dered, hampered and delayed by the pas sions and sins of mankind; tyranny and oppression can never effect it's death or obliteration. Crushed and apparently lifeless in one period or cline, 1t arises in renewed and intensified strength in another age or country. sustained and | awakened by the divine enthusiasm in the soul of man. the fire from on high whose | food is patriotism and whose flame is glory.
 The history of the world is the record and the romance of this enthusiasm, its | manifestation in one age or country de- termining the form of it's reappearance in the next "Our todays are built of our yesterdays" and the meaning and value | of every present has been wrought for it by its past. The character of nations as that of individuals is the result of by gone experiences re-acting upon the soul
 
 have been, what we shall be by what we are. Let the dead past bury it's dead" is the adjuration of the poet but | a past that Is dead is a past of humilla- | tion and abasement, a past that needs | to be buried is past from which the 1 conscience shrinks in shuddering and in shame, the past of a soul whose salvation must be purchased at the frightful price of oblivion. But thanks be to the God of I hoe ,loa 1Ho. l tiny of nations, the insprer and nearer of | the prayers of our fathers, the past be- 1 queathed us by the American Revolution, | is not past whereof the national consci- ence need be afraid but 1t Is an inheritanc which the present accepts with pride | that it treasures with joy, that it remem- bers with reveI ence: an inheritance so rich in honor, so fair in fame. so prod | igal in renown, so hallowed with genius, that the nations of the earth who brand ed it's creators as savages and traitors, vie in defcrence and homage to a great ness which owes its origin to that true nobility of blood, that enthusiasm of American manhood, and womanhood which like the innocent and ardent cham pion of Israel, slew with the weapons of faith and righteousness the giant of wrong and oppression, and clad in the beauty of purity and patriotism put to
 
 This enthusiasm of American personal ity and nationality endures and 1t shall endure as long as there floats above us l the star spangled banner of our love; and | as long as floats that flag with its assur- ance of a strength born of the stripes of struggle and suffering and the promise of a freedom as boundless as space and as resplendent as the light, it shall be re- membered as the gift of the Revolution; as long as floats that flag it shall speak to us and to the world in tones attuned to the majestic poetry of heaven of the mar tyrs of the eighteenth century, who in their sublime simplicity of faith and dire extremity of danger. lifted their eyes above. and beholding in the Armament the declaration of Gods glory. saw that | freedom was the sole reflection of It's in- | effable glory and bequeathed to their chil- dren and to mankind the eternal symbol of their sacrifice, the perpetual pledge of their faith!
 The welcome of tho Peter Forney Chap. 1 ter in It's overflowing bounty of cordial ity and hospitality. wealth of sweetness and graciousness. It's treasures of unfad' ing lovelincss and beauty. its assurance ot a kindness that Is unfailing. of friend. ship that Is unfaltering. cannot be for. gotten. Its benediction of good will shall stay with us like the haunting melody of a song of childhood, carrying us far back into a shedowy land where the pathway: are known only to each dreaming heart and leading us far forward into the Great realm of reality, the future of our coun. try with Its mighty destiny of freedom and enllghtment. where the pathways arc marked by effort and endeavor. where the magic of dream Is converted Into the marvel of deeds. where enthusiasm 1: wrought into thought and action where love finds itself in national duty and ser INio