Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-16

ed his way to the throne and placed |
upon the altar of Rome all western
Europe. In honor of his success his |
enemies raised his great rival over
him. For the wreath of victory they |
gave him the gauntlet of battle. He ac-
copied the challenge. Rome tremble1 |
in the vortex of civil war. Caesar con-
uuered. He continued to rise in the |
grandeur of his greatness until re
struck the crown of universal empire
from Alexanders head and crowned |
himself the greatest military genius of |
the world
Bruce of Scotland Fought Against
Odds.
Bruce of Scotland fought against
tremendous odds, and his purpose to
make every tarn and fell, burn and
crag, lock and ben, citidel of liberty
or Scotchman's grave resulted III
Bannocllburn and the freedom of Scot
land Through dangers innumerable
and over obstacles unmeasured he
marcLed his unconquerable clansmen
to victory. Any Scotchman whose
heart is not fired by the heroic deeds
of Robert Bruce is unworthy the glory
that fingers above the heatherclad
hills Of bonny Scotland
In Westminster Abbey, not long ago,
a gentleman said, This is the grave ct
Oliver Cromwell 1t was not his
grave, but the place where he slept
for time among kings, the greatest
king of them all. For Cromwell thece
is no room in Westminster where Eng
lish greatness sleeps. And this is we'll.
II n, 10 WI, IN,yt ,,rr mo
women everywhere. He is a world
| figure. He was stupendous man. He
pushed kong through the iron gate
| of death and made himself king.
Among great men he was greatest. He
struggled through adversely to leader
ship and renown. He swept away that
brothel known as the English court
and established in its stead court OF
purity. He won over difficulties that
would have overwhelmed lesser
man. The mountain on Cromwell was
his inspiration.
When the Mayfower with its sol-
rowful freight was driven over tha
wild sea to an unknown world men
dared not to dream of the outcome
They spoke of it as
That fated and perfdious bark
Built in the eclipse, and riggc1
with curses dark"
. not knowing that it. was Gods arb
bearing to new world the germs OF
q higher civilization and the future Of
a race. But think what was before
that hadful Of men and women. Tht
sea YVES unkind to them. and seemed
to exert itself to make for them wa
terry grave. The New England coas
was inhospitable to them. The inhab
, Iitants of those wilderness wilds, WILDE
than the storms that shook their for
est homes and fiercer than the coli
!, that decimated their tribes. fell upo,
them to ruin and destroy. They spen
their first winter digging clans ant
/, graves. Trusting in God, they await
, ed the coming Of the song birds an
, the Towering of the trees. Their ps
thence and suffering We're rewarded
O Am erica, the asylum of the oppresse
; and tho hope Of the race, is thei
# Nan1ec Wear, a Glory of Their Own.
) Not among the least of the result
G of the coming of liberty lovers to tht
I continent are the names they hay
! given tc history. These names wea
: glory all their own Those who Dor
L them were great, not because they II
: herited lands and gold or emolument
: and titles from a race of kings beyon
e seas. but for the reason that they ma
:, tered difficulties, made their oppo
d tunities golden by ceaseless toll, wer
> courageous in the face of environment
$ ard by heroic endeavor, advanced tn
, interests Of the race. America wit
/ it's all but nsurmountable difficult
II was the crucible that God used to te:
. the sterner qualities of a people who
II He called to the largest service II
y man. From this crucible have CON
Washington. the IMMORTAL hero ar
a father of his country, Webster, the i
$ tellectual athlete graced with the po'
g er OF speech, and Lincoln who BOZ
n, the burden Of the commonwealth, vii
IS his own hands, lacerated and torn
ie the strife OF battle broke the letters
d. slaves and made for himself a nan
70 above that of warriors, statesmen al
- kings Immortal triumvirate; the,
st shall live forever.
lo 1t IS fitting that the one hundred
n anniversary of Lincoln's birth shou
~ be celebrated in way so as to &C
as attention to those qualities which
n possessed in such a remarkable d
ID gree as to distinguish him from all b
it fellows It is fitting that the NOV
Id ment should be with those men w
NJ answered his call in the hour of Il
n nations peril and at his command, Il
lie lowed the flag when it streamed wi
1t more than rainbow beauty through t
Sc surging clouds Of the dreadful stoi
nd of battle. 1t IS fitting that every ha
~. let and village, and city where the fl
or of the union waves, should unite
ut extolling the merits and exulting
n the achievements Of the first Anne
I'd. can.
IS None Greater Than Lincoln.
N Speaking from the moral and rel
ious standpoint, what stimulates
III the force that make for right a
aggressive living more than a gre
nd life? The Word Of God suggests Il
vi question for it is portrait gallery
NJ immortal characters Any great
IN apprises us of the possibilities witt
ais ourselves. Great men live that the