The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-26


sided. He had most exquisite sense
of humor. polished by style that was
all his own. fascinating with wit. keen
and sensitive at times. but biting with
irony on occasion; sometimes 40 sting
/ ing and intense that the object al
which II was hurled felt as II he had
hold OF 4 live wire. But there is al
, ways a sweet and gentle lesson rum
ming through all he said or wrote that
is interesting and valuable 4 splen-
did example of gentle humor, bubollng
from Kind and humane heart that
breathes through It all beautiful ser
mon on snobbery. is 10 be found IN
The Twa Dogs homlly that most
everybody is familiar With. ! have
read it may times and always With
tears Of laughter, for see the picture
stTlSingly produced in my own dogs
and In the people | meet every day.
But il one wishes to see the hypo-
critic transfixed by a poniard he should
read Holy Willie's Prayer" Holy
Willie was living personality in the
time of Robert Burns. and that per
sonality did not die when Holy Willie
and the great poet passed away. for
we meet him everywhere; In fact
don't suppose he will ever die.
Notwithstanding the power and no
bihty that we may ascribe to his ex-
Quisitely nodded mind, yet In some
respects Robert Burns was frall and
earthly, and we would tonight make
him more than man II we did not ad-
NIT it, We would not drag the Skele~
ton of his dclinquencies from the
grave and wantonly expose them, but
rather We would point to his century
old tomb, and say: There is man
who. with all his weaknesses, loved
his fellows, and has hung the hard
path of the world with garlands of
beauty. and who, without his frailties,
would be little less than a god. and
we forgive him for the good 'he did,
oven as VIC would be forgiven with
much less to our credit
Though mentally keen and strong OF
fiber. yet the very graces and beauty
of the delicate structure made him
almost morbldly sensitive to either
praise or blame. and so was an easy
prey for the designing, and censurc.
whether deserved or not, cut him 10
the quick But the old Adam In hui
man nature Is the Distinguishing char
acteristic between men and angels,
and the great heart Of the world has
not forgotten, and VIII never forget.
how in the presence Of her accusers
the gentle Christ stopped down and
wrote In the dust, Let him that is
without sin cast the first stone. Some
one sent the poet Whittier sprig or
heather from the home of Scotland 2
poet and Whittier, in referring to the
weaknesses OF Burns, let this gush
from his good and generous heart.
Let those who never erred forget
His worth, in vain bewallines.
Sweet soul OF song, ] own my debt
Uncancellcd by his failings.'
There must have been something OF
the superhuman In the builders oil
Scotland. for there is no name among
all the nations OF the earth that so
thrills and stlrs the human heart MS
the name OF Scotland. There is magic
in the sound, The valleys and The
Highlands OF Scotland breathe an
aroma whose distilled fragrance per
meates the civilized world. The pa
triotic ardor OF her people has been
the theme Of the orator and the poet.
and the painter and the sculptor, Tor
centuries, and their devotion 10 lib
erty, and their love of country has
drenched the hills and the valleys OF
Scotland with blood and honeycombed
them with graves. 1t has found I'M
DasSioned expression from the lips OF
her greatest orators and the pens oil
her inspired poets. Who that can con-
template the address of Robert Bruce
to his army before the battle OF Ban
nockbrn, as suggested by Burns.
without feelings OF klndled patriotism
is a slave. no matter In what country
he may happen to have been born
Scots, wha hae wi Wallace bled.
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your CORY bed,
Or TO glorious victory,
Now's the day, and now's the hour,
See the front o battle lower.
See approach proud Edwards power.
Edward, Chains and slavery
Wha will be traitor knaVe?
Wba can fill a traitors grave?
Wha sac base as be slave?
Traitor, Coward. turn and tieei
Wha for Scotland's king and law.
Freedom S sword will strongly draw,
Freeman stand, or freeman Ia,
Caledonian, On WI me,
By expressions woes and pains;
BY your sons In servile chains,
We Will drain our dearest veins.
But they shall be-shall be free,
Lay the proud usurpers low!
Tyrants tall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow.
Forwards Let us do or die"
But let us quit the scenes OF carnage
and the warriors shouts OF defiance
and listen to the accents of the lover
as he mingles his voice with the low
murmurlng voice OF the brook 1t Is
a recognized human principle that the
bravest are the tenderest. and SO the
| battlc-scarred hills OF Scotland and
her trampled valleys. have blossomed
| betimcS with the rareSt and most
beautiful flowers of romance. and the
| ardent wooinGS of the lover have con-
Quered many j castellated heart,
| though gentle and timid, and Cupid )
| dart has beaten down battlementS that
| had stood impregnable against the
battle-aXes and pixies of previous In
yaders The lovers garlands wreathe
the Caledonlan blade And the poets
neart In Robert Burns, yielding to the
/ occasion, murmurs in cadences soft as
| the signs of Oeolus,