The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-27


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EtaI GettysburS address. ..Iti is for ms.
the living. rather. to be dedicated
here TO the unfinished work which
they who foughr hereshave thus far
so nobly advanced. It IS rather Tor
US to beshere dedic1ted TO the great
task remaining before usNthatif from
these honored dead we take increas-
ed devotion to that cause for which
they gave the last full measure OF
devotion; that we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have died
in vain: that this nation, under Cod,
shall have new birth Of freedom:
and that government OF the people.
| by the people. for the people. shah
not perish from the earth
my fellow citizens. mighty things
have been,worked out since the close
| Of our Civil war in 1865; and yet we
are entering upon an era Of ctscoy
| cry and development Of which past
lglories were only shadows, and what
| of that which is to follow. Progress
Is the law OF all the ages a point
which was yesterday invisible is the
[ goal OF today, and will be the start
| ing point tomorrow. We look into
/ the future and hail the coming of
the morn, radiant and effulgent,
when this beautiful world which we
now inhabit viii be abIaze with the
splendor OF new discoveries which
~ Ii Al.
living, were they in their fullness to
break upon US now It seems to me,
my friends, that more potent today
than at any other period in the
worlds history, are more manifest
| all instrumentahties for the better
ing of the conditions Of the. human
face May the ightnings spare the
walls of our glorious civilization.
and may peace, like ninisterinS
may the shadows Of the centuries
continue to hover gently over our
people and our state.
Worthy Examples.
\ The rush and enterprise and en-
! ergy of modern times, my fellow
citizens. have done much that is
good They have carried along edu-
cation, morals. religion, government
and law But in these driving times
preme. Everywhere its naNms rule
i-everywhere its dictates are obey
led. Pity lifts its eyes, but touhces no
theart. Conscience parts its lips as
lii to speak, but it. too, is unheeded
land unheard- Charity extends her
Ihand to bless and often b1esses not.
This great power or that something
we call business" dictates and is
1 obeyed- It's mandates usually are
To- ic1a FyA Ivy
teryene, but most generally are
helpless. Labor is often slavery. al
though no overseer cracks his whip
and no master Yields his rod of pow
FER In these strenuous, aggressive
times nothing is considered unless
/ it is founded upon we'll established
PRINCIPLES of business; and when this
| vital. living present shall have be-
! come the dead and distant past, may
succeed us shall find in what our age
has done many examples worthy OF
! imitation.
Two facts. like the hands OF God.
uphold the world today One IS
! Faith-the other Is Work The
i power to believe and the, power to
work maks the genius and destiny
/ of nations and men, The man who
trusts and works and does not falter
! pushed along vigorously both htera-
ture and science. and mighty has
been the interposition of human
/ thought Hence much that we have
done is bound to be endorsed Would
to God that we as people had
learned more fully the lesson as we
4 have journeyed on, that is not the
1 piling up OF massive estate, that it
is not so-called royal blood, that it
is not great learning or official posi-
tons that make true manhood, but
rather IS it a life of noble deeds, of
true merit, Of unse1f1sh devotion to
the unseen and to family and to
home. and a walk and conversation
void of oenses that constitute true
1 worth True greatness, as Il view
! it. lies in the consciousness of an
1 honest purpose in life. because eeveryt
man stamps his own value upon
himself. for one is great or little ac-
cording to his own will. The Ideal
! citizen, therefore. Is he who does
something in his day to make the
\ world better. broader, nobler and
! grander
! MY countrymen. pardon me for
one thought more than shall be
done It isgthIs- Let ussnot believe
! in death. but lmm ortality- Let US
riots has been given suhc places as
suit the full grown energies OF heav-
I en- Let us believe that nothing can
/ bereave them oftthe records they
made here that they are now some
thing far advanced in state. and that
/ they are wearing brighter crowns
/ than man can ever weave for them
/ Generations on this globe of ours
may come and go and follow one an