The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-05

that surrounded them, and with pro-
| phetlc eye the fate that awaited them.
! they decided that man was created for
nobIer purposes, and that the time for
| action had come
Casting loose from the trammels of
the past, they buckled on their swords
and swore by their lives, their property
and their sacred honor that this land
and its people should be free.
- From the opening shot of the Revo-
lutlonary War until its glorious close,
through the dark and dismal days of Val
ley Forge, Brandywine and Germantown,
the bright and heroic days of Trenton,
Monmouth, Charlestown and Fort Moul-
trle, and until the capture of Burgoyne
ratified the Declaration of lndepend-
ence, through sufferings and perils,
! through blood and tears, they kept our
| flag flying, they fought and conquered
and kept their VOW.
1t is said the blood of martyrs is the
seed of the church; it strengthens and
| solidifies it. Ii is the blood of the
| patriots of 10 and III that has given
| us this great country we have to day,
this noble heritage; and my friends,
what great and glorious country is
this of ours! Men from the uttermost
ends of the earth sigh for our land as
Moses and the prophets of old sighed
for the Messiah. Here we have a refuge
for the oppressed, labor for the in
dustrious, happiness for all who seek
and strive. Our civilization, institutions
and laws are of the best and noblest
type that wisdom, learning and pa
triotism could devise. Indeed we have
everything that makes for the COM
fort, happiness and freedom of man.
"Ours is land of progress and OPP
pOrtunity, a land where the humblest
man may aspire to and, if he has the
ability, attain any position, for here
all avenues of advancement and emolu-
ment are open to him; he has but to
strive and the prize is his; and it is
our boast that our greatest men, our
country's best and noblest sons, came
from the ranks of the common people,
the names of the men whom we love TO
dwell upon with reveration and with
pride those names that are best re-
membered and will never be forgotten
whilst our flag flies or our country en-
dures-the names of men who first saw
the light in humble homes, worked on
the farm, and got their education in
the village school.
''Ours is a land of youth and hope
hope that springs eternal in the human
heart, whether that heart beats in sor-
row or in joy, is robed in silk or dun
garee. this hope that abides within us
is the God-giving force that nerves men
in the cause of right to do and dare,
and it raises them from the trough of
despond to the pinnacle of success.
cit is a universal blessing voueh-
safed to all, and ever strongest in our
darkest and saddest hour. 1t is. the
silver lining of the cloud Other things
die and pass away; it remains. Other
things change; it is always the same.
1t clings to us even to the portals or
the tomb, for in the night of death
hope sees a star, and listening love
hears the fiutter of an angel s wing.
''Mv friends, before closing permit
me to offer a word of praise to the KIND,
generous and patriotic American under
whose beneficent and fatherly care your
lot is cast. If good and generous deeds,
if love of his fellow man constitute
man the nOblest work of God, then Mr..
Henry is that man; if love Of country,
her institutions and her flag is the
highest type of an American, then he
is that American. and it is well to re-
member that he and all of us stand
beneath the sheltering folds of a flag
whose every bar stands for justice and
the right. whose azure field reveals the
armament. in that it has neither spot
nor stain, and whose stars shine IN
freedom s light for the oppressed in
every land.