The Washington times., 1904-06-26

ton. On the instant the congregation
felt the force of his personality. As
pastor his sympsthies were so quick and
his voice so soft that mis- people gathered
about him out of loyalty to his person
atty AS q preacher his voice rang 50
resonantly, his leadership as a y arrior
against sin was so infectious. and his
simple manliness so inspiring that these
same people fought with him for his
causes sake.
Fighting for the Union.
Hale's cause in those days was patri-
otism, and to his New England mind
that meant The Union: 1t Must Be
Preserved" Boston echoed with d.
atribes against slavery. The same COM
munity that in 1885 had mobbed william
Lloyd Garrison for his anti-slavery
speeches now out-Garrisoned Garrison.
And Hale gave the agitation spirit and
reason by powerful sermons from the
pulpit Of the New Old South Church.
The guns of Sumter were still sound
ing. almost. when Hale was assembling
the women of his congregation to pro-
vide clothing and bandages for the vol
unteers OF Boston. The flannel shirts
on the company who fell martyrs at
Shiloh In the gray Of the evening and
saved the day for the nation" were
from Mr.. Hale's society.
While the excitement was still fresh.
everybody Hale could get his hands on
worked for the soldiers While the war
heightened into a matter OF years, Hale
kept them all in the harness. While
Richmond fell he had the men OF his
/ church finish the motto over the pulpit
so that while once it read GLORY TO God
in the Highest It now read also Peace
on Earth and Good VIII to men" Final
! ". after the grand review in Washing
ton when the men of Boston marched
through the streets on their way home,
the same society which fitted them with
flannel shirts. dispensed to them coffee
and sandwiches.
'The Man Without Country"
BY this time the central purpose of his
life. ITO Help" had become known
through many agencies He had written
a book on the bass of Clement L Val
landigham's exile, (which had for its OBJ
jet the awakening of patriotism
throughout the whole country and
| which he called THE Man Without
Country" 1t found a hearing every
where. Even the authors preaching,
done in its pages frankly and sturdily,
did not discourage the sale Of the work
Much writing followed The columns
OF all the New England newspapers. the
| Atlantic Monthly" and the North
American Review" which he had helped
establish, and publishing houses all over
the East were open to him. He used
nearly all of them He published an
other book, Philip Nolan's Friends. -
with the same patriotic object He sent
out a sermon for sincerity in society and
honesty IN politics. My Double, and
How He Undid Me-" which set the whole
/ nation laughing while it burned its
double lesson down deep.
But his heart prompted him mosi
to write for his faith. Two Of his books
gave a new impetus to religion. One ol
them Ten Times One Is Ten set forth
! simply the fact that the whole worlC
might be Christianized IL each Christian
were to labor with ten others, and 81
on. The other work ne called In Hi
; Name" and wrote K to intermingle TIT
, example Of the Christian life with IN
terest In the telling of a story. 1t deal
with the Waldenses and their faith ant
II has been classed with Kingsley
! | Hypatia.
, History, Patriotism, and Religion
: Year after year his activities seeme'
Hnitless. He slept nine hours and al
l., five light meals day, and all the res
a OF the time he turned to account A
= essay here, an extra sermon there. a
5 an address before this or that society
le an Independent, trustworthy investiGa
II ton of conditions everywhere. gave III
he influence with many communities IN u
s. interest Of many causes. Harvard mel
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