Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-26

| with this II will bn your privilege to
commune, and there, too, Is tho inteiisc-
tual storebouse Of the INFINITE from which
YOU may draw at will. Are you lonesome
In moral sffort, look through tho clouds
and sec the numberless hosts Of the mar
shalled spirits of just mon made per-
feet. Above all see tho face Of Him who
was and is and is to come and know
I TINT he is more than all else beside Are
| you In solitude. because Of defeat? Be-
hold the glorious company Of the martyrs
to defeat Are you lonely In Triumph
Look UP through your tears and see the
spirits of those who have been humbed
by responsibility.
| DO not take IL FOR granted, though, that
| you arc always right whenever you are
| In minority among men. There are too
many faratics In tho world who latter
their misguided souls that they arc light
because they stand alone The man may
be right and the crowd may be wrong
The crowd may be right and the man
| may he n fool. Besr in mind that It is
possible to be lonely IN the great as
| sen1bla&e and II Is possible 70 be lonely
in isolation. The great truth 10 be re-
memhered Il that whether in the throns
or In isolation. tho man OF honest in
| chile army OF the invisible world and
with such support, defeat is impossible
What source Of conscious strength
this should be to you seniors beloved, as
| you buckle on your armor 20 begin the
battle of life in this new are Of the
spirit!
This nation of America Is prcf-ssedly
| Christian and the faith OF It's people in
| the power OF an invisible but ever living
! God ha., led US always to believe that
He Ia our friend and ally and lie has
| never disappointed US. In the awful OK
element attendant to L!ncolns assassin
alton when there was prospec, OF create
| slaughter to follow. God hushed the tenn
pest. In the fearful storm after Gar
| fed : murder God put his foot on the
| neck OF the cyclone. In the dire tragedy
OF McKinley's untimely death the wheels
Of commerce stopped while nation sang
| Nearer Ny God To Thee" and He did
| come nearer. God will continue to stand
| by tho country so long as the country
stands true to him AS much 10 the in
| dividual as to the nation, do these poten-
| t!aites OF the spirit world remain ever
! true. No such inviting day to live has
| been offered to youth since time began,
young men and young women, as that
which throws open wide ITS portals now
TO you.
We should meet life with something OF
| the splendid laughter that sounds in the
voices Of Wagner's Siegfreds and Br,in
| hides. It is more constant more daily
| consec ration we must have. The world
draws us away. Immediate necessities
paralyze our vision and destroy our per-
spective. We must retire into the soul
and listen to the quiet voice that forever
speaks the eternal lessons. To return to
the great realities of life-ths Is genius.
| One rises in the dark before morning
and goes down TO the shore. One looks
out upon the water with that grey chill
upon the heart which makes the he
ginning of the day the most homeless
hour OF all But in an instant the grey
| Is warmed with a faint tinge of red, the
rays OF light like the eternally fresh fin
gers Of Aurora stretch themselves over
| the eastern sky. Behind. the mountain
peak grows, with rosy light, !nconceie-
ably beautiful. Steadily. moment by mo-
ment. light deepens into light; the rosy
colors blend into gold; and soon the day
| In all its splendid fullness shines master
fully upon us.
To some OF us our epoch is the dark
stagnation of night, But the very chill
OF the shadow is prophecy of the day. To
| those who are awake. the rosy light Is
unmistakable. their work has begun, for
n new day had dawned.
Awake then, beloved. heseech YOU
and see the dawning of this bright new
day of the worlds great promise, Go
forth, filed with the love of the perfect
Christ. panoplied with the power of an
unconquera bic God, and the armies be-
hind the clouds will help YOU on to
eternal triumph. Lonely though YOU be,
| it will vet be yours ever to be comforted
by the society OF the hosts invisible and,
as the mountains of Glencoe push their
SUBMITS into the clouds, your stature
will be heightened to that of the perfect
man.
The year 1865 critical one in the
history of America, The fate Of the re-
public hung upon the issues of the few
great battles of that year 1t was the
year of invasion of the North and the
bloody drama of Gettysburg. In No
vember tho Army Of the Cumberland
under General Rosecrans was penned up
within the environs of Chattanoogs, in
the valley OF ahe Tennessee. at the bases
of Lookout Mountain and Missionary
| ftluHe IN tnlS CrlSlS General tTdUt game
to tho rescue OF the bcieague:ed forces
with the armies OF Hooker and Thomas.
In the graz morning OF the Path OF
November Fighting joe Hooker led his
forces UP the rugged. rock ribbed, tim
bered, chasm-rent SIDES OF Lookout Noun
tain TO contend with the enemy for the
commanding peak. All day long General
Grant waited with General Thomas on
the Heights Of Orchard KNOB for tidiugs
of the battle. The roar of musketry, the
boom OF cannon aud the cheer Of SOL
disry resounded throughout the day but
the commander-in-chief Snew not how
tho contest WAS going for tho low hang
ing clouds obscured his Vision. Late in
tho afternoon though. the mists cleared
AWAY and Grant saw the Confederate
forces OF General Bragg fleeing, and the
Stars and Stripes planted en- tho sun
| crowned summit of the mountain. That
was a battl fought for tho glory OF
America and IT wss fought beyond the
clouds.
Forth into the conflict OF life. young
people, you are about TO go. When the
lonely days come, In the crush OF COM
merce or IN the solitary piece, when the
tide Of battle seems to be running against
you, l beg that you stop and listcn. II
yours Is the bood-red banner OF the
Cross. the armies Of King Emmanuel
will he on your side and they are al
ways invipcible Out OF tho siences you
Will hear with your spiritual sense the
rumhlng movements of the les'ons Of
your uncomfortable allies and wnen the