The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-02-24

DattleS, the french were pressing up
on the English with courage of des-
peration. One ofWellington's generals
came riding through the smoke Of
battle and requested that the soldiers
might be withdrawn from a certain
dangerous point in the line but Wei
lington's reply was" stand firm. The
officer rode away but in a short time
he came again and protested, saying
the soldiers were in great peril and
would all be killed. Wellington re-
piled stand firm" The third time
the officer came seeking retirement
Tor his brave men but again the Iron
Duke replied stand firm" Then
turning around and lifting his sword
above his head in salute the officer
answered You'll find us there" and
after the battle every man of that
doomed brigade was found lying up
on the battle field where they had
fallen with their face To- the toe
That is obedience. That is triumph
That is conquest.
Young man, young woman, fight.
ing III the battle Of life with the leg
ions Of geometrical arcs and angles
and triangles and with the hosts of
Latin dcclensions and conjugations
and with the serted ranks Of histori-
cal dates and places. stand firm.
N
all Succumb Ia your persistent EN-
deavors II you in meeting them stand
firm. Success follows obedience and
obedience is success.
Such a life was that of the man
whose anniversary we So Justly cele-
brate this day and in whose honor
we assemble.
IL would he utterly impossible for
me i'll the short time allotted To give
a complete and comprehensive view
of the life and work Of this great
man, therefore we must content our
selves with mere outline and re-
Ceivc some inspiration perhaps
from these brief slimpscs as we pro-
coed
When the biographcr sits down Ia
tell the story of noble life and re-
count the things which inclined the
heart ~ the doing that winch would
leave an impression on passing ev'
ents and establish an example fol
those coming after. to point to aud
commend, It is no easy task To sep
arate the transient from the perma
nent and record those things only
which time will show were not borr
Ia die bu, in the following years will
grow brighter and beckon the way
farcr from the path Of storm an,
gloom into the way that ends at tn,
gate Of glory.
II is difficult tn estimate the powe
aud influence Of a man in his ow,
age and generation.
Great men grow greater whe,
weighed in the balance of time
When by the power oi their charac
ter they project themselves into tn,
future the magnitude oi their wori
is more fully realized.
George Washington was not
dress parade nan. lie was neve
prominent because Of design on hi
part, but because what he modesto
did commanded attention and pu
his name in the mouths OF peopl
and they accorded recognition cheer
fully and voluntarily.
lie was descended from sterlin
ancestory Of Britain whose quaiit
was iron in Drawn and brain.
George Washington was boin il
Westmorland county. Virginia. Feb
ruary %. 1852.
Thus his advent into the worl,
was in an age of great men an,
aud when great men were needed
lie was star of the first magnitud
in the galaxy OF mighty statesmen
He had within him those sterliul
qualities and character which forme,
the backbone and lateral framework
upon which the Drawn and sinew q
our civil and moral government ha
grown to such gigantic proportions
That sturdy granite character whicI
came with our Puritan fathers @
New England, that love Of civil lib
erty and moral purity which cam
with the brave Hollanders of Ne,
York and the Scotch Of Marylan,
was also manifest in the dashing in
trepid cavaliers of Virginia of WHOM
Washington. Madison. Marshall an,
Patrick Henry were leading repre-
sentatives.
Washington arrived upon the stag
OF action at very opportune time
According to the will Of God. whel
he was most needed. His early lif
was spent in seeking an education
which i'm that day was no easy mai