Putnam patriot., 1909-09-03

tincton oi this country is e. ht teund
 ,e the intelligence, character and con. dtttnn o8 the great working class let us illustrate this with torCv, and fl We cannot compare wsIh pnr S4Stef towns ln the emaise If matter. wc may vcu- tHse sa compare with them n she em- pire ei miud. and challenge them to produce a principle n thcir settlement or progress mere vital than this to the perpetnatien el Ihei1 principles. lt X ihe mind from which the philosopher, the physician. the lawyer, the artist, and the legislator and the objects CT ooea- Sies,s ef their researches and from which the paet barfoNs his beautiful imagery. and from which the sculptor and painter express their noble conceptions, \ hied may he shot upward te the skies hs a
 foreian force but 1t rises, m the true sense ef the word. only when 1t spreads its ewn wiitgs and soars by its own living power, The idea ef human lite, of it's true end and greatness the idea ef virtue as the absolute and ultimate good The idea of liberty. which is the highest thought of political science. and which hy the intimate presence to the minds of the people Is the chief spring of our country's life and greatness
 see Education controlling a mighty power \ spirit of sohricts ruling Ill business and in manners, Religion animated in her heavenly work and the bonds of cur country strengthened by hoiicr attachment Our eagle asecnds and spreads his wings aud a hundred millions oi intelligent and just people dwell iu his shadow For nothing have We more reason te he thankful than the opportunity which Genius has here to spread her unfetlered wings for her uohlest flights, The majesty nt it's rivers the graceful outlines of its mountains. the thunder ei it's catafacts. the clear crystal of its thousand lakes, the depth at is forest shade, the gorz geens richness al it's autumnal hues, or the dreamy voluptaeusness ot ttS Indian
 summer days, If ever nature taught ifs spiration, Genius may hud it here. Ahle commentaries upon the principles Of law. profound discoveries iii science. unequalled skill in the application ot mechanics and constant improvement n all the useful arts prove that nind has
 felt the impulse and has been moving
 rapidly in the best directions Already. too. have we heard the sweet touches
 from the poets tyre. like the fieh sym phonies winch preeede the burst oi song. and every heart has thrilled at the
 sound. because NC knew the hand of
 free hofn Genius swept the chords
 My friends. this occasion and the
 sentiments are not less elevated ar un- alloyed than those which give utteranee te the rejoleinRs of q people at theif
 advancement and success. There are two who some day. being dead, yet will
 speak, and leave place no living man can nil. Theirs k I career that has
 stamped itself ineifaocably upon the his- tory ef their town. Theirs name lhat sheds unfading lttstre on theif
 native home Will t he ai carly dawn
 when the sun is beginning to cast is golden reflections and the light and life
 of the day has relieved the darkness oi
 Inc night Will Il be at noon when
 the pfattle of little children IS heard
 upon the lawn. when the music uf the
 water wheel OF the hum of the ponder ous machinery IS heard III the mill. or
 will it be at the twilight hour, when the
 sun k sinking to rest over the western hill. when the ever flowing stream K
 vending its way to the mighty ocean, and when we perceive that the shadows
 of the night are beginning to lengthen
 and the sweet music of the evening bell
 calls Us h prayer, that some lone wan-
 dercr passing by will pause and Razing upon tins imposing structure say tn hiiu- self. What one thing have ] done that this world should be better for my hav' ing lived
 This hour invites many beautiful les. sons Over the cap stones resting otl those massive columns. arc engraved the words "Touftelette Memorial" typify- ing Unity l. may not have occurred to you that some day Dcnominational. ism, Cfeeds. Dogmas. aud that sort oi thing will be thing of the past Ii may
 mol be in our day. Unity IS one of the
 most conspicuous provisions ot the diyine law It is one of the fnnda- mental principles of our National exist enee. | have failed to perceive In all the bcautlfnl life of our Saviour, from the hour ef His humble birth to the untold aaonies and suffering on the cross. in all His power. in all His teach. HIKE afff TtftANtltNf tNafiilffti trF V iIrt VI impress upon ug the necessity of Unity and 1 must truthfully acknowledge illai | t is beyond my comprehension, when we have nothing to do with our coming
 into the world or going out, that we are simply creatures of circumstance that we should say, We will obey, We will worship, we will plead forgiveness of our sins. providing VIC can do it "A our way" God has never asked is 10 do His business. and ] had always sup- posed that what other diversions Of tastes or desires we might have. thai there was one time when we should all be on a level. and that in our pleading for mercy and in our religious deyotions, and the quicker we follow those sug gestions, greater will be the blessings of our Christian. civil and domestic life. | The lives of the donors of this memorial building typify Unity.
 By nature we are quite dependent upon onr social relationships In in fancy, in childhood and in old age. but there comes time to every person when they launch out on the sea of eternity they must go unaceompanled, and all alone when they meet God. Will there be Unity them During one winter it was my delight 10 visit the Florensine Galleries. where one sees many of the finest paintings of the Great Master. There was one which to me was the most beantiful yet seen in my life. A
 painting of Jesus by one of the great artists. So siYidly did t portray the life of Christ, 50 beautiful were the colorings. so delicate were the lines from the artists brush. so powerful the personality that aoi only thousands of