The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1917-02-16

of mcn-Settlers like YOU. anu not 81
many as are now before me-followed
George Rogers Clark through unimag-
Unable hardships across the wintry
prarics from kaskaSkia Ia Nincennes
Last week | passed 10y the crumbling
timherS of the old fort and found their
bullets Sunken in the logs inside the
emhraSures. Some of YOU men In this
audience were with him I'm that ter
riblc march and daring assault. II is
useless to say that we will never for
get what You have done for us. Gen
cral Clark is now Il pennilcSS and pal
sled cripple i'm his sisters home. DO
not expect that republic which has
no rewards for the leader will hc less
| forgctful of the man in the ranks.
You have not entered ON this death
lcSSly heroic struggle with the wilder
ness with the expectation of material
reward alone: YOU have come here
| from the old quiet places In Virginia.
i'm Massachusetts, in Connecticut, in
! Pennsylvania and New Jersey because
you have the fighting spirit In you:
and YOU stay here because the fighting
spirit stays in YOU.
| "'For which Of you. intending to
| build tower. stitch not down first.
ana countcth the cost. whether he have
! sufficient Ia finish itT
LEST haply. after he hath laid the
! foundation. and is not able to finish IL.
all that behold IL begin to mock him.
"'Saying, This man began 10 build,
and was not able 10 finish."'
The tower that you have begun Ia
! build is an invisible tower: new ana
mighty nation. Today you sit down to
count the cost of the building, to see
whether YOU have sufficient with which
to finish the vast editice. What is the
Cost2 The world watches you. and not
only its generations Of today hut those
| unborn generations who will weigh
your work to see whether IL was good
or bad. | know that you have counted
the cost and are willing, ready 10 pay
IL: n treasure of sacrifice. n treasure
Of blood and wounds and dreadful
agonics and bitter tears. But YOU will
pay IL. You will pay IL To the utter
most, holding yourselves 60 the grim
account with iron Wills, forcing your
selves on with unconquerablc resolve.
"Not Of YOU shall II ever be said :
| After he hath laid the foundation, and
is not able 10 finish IL, all that behold
IL began 10 mock him.
"'Snying, "This man began to build,
and was not able to fniSh."'
For the tower which you build IL
not built with hands. but with souls.
$50 likewise, whosocvcr he be- Of
you that forsakcth not all that he hath,
he cannot be my disciple.
"'Salt is good but If the salt have
lost it's SAVIOR, whercwith shall IL be
scasonedr
"All Of you know how hard II In Ia
get salt In this new country-how we
have To haul bushels OF salty earth
from the spots which the red deer of
the forest have discovered, the deer
llcks.' You put this salty earth I'm nm
ash hopper pour water over II and
catch the wnter I'm trough nftcr II
has leaked through the dirt. And then
you boil the salty water down I'LL
there is left little Of the precious
mineral with which we can preserve
our meats. You all know how labo-
rlOus and tlrcsome II process II IL, and
how much the salt means 10 the set
tier. How the cattle moo for tnste
Of IT. What would our children do
without milk
1--WE can all understand this manner
OF speaking: Salt Is good but If the
salt have lost it's savOr, wherewith
shall IL be scasoncdr
"Thnt great soldier, Christ, means TO
say that he looks TO his followers not
only 90 begin great tasks, but 10 con
tinue in them; for there are no greater
| soldiers than the soldiers who fight In
n good cnusc. The man who stops mid
way In his fight Is like salt that loses
its essential quality. There is no
| longer any reason for It's existence
Better not be at all, than 10 ccnse from
being strong. For then who is left TO
! give new strength 10 the salti There
Is no one for you 10 fall back on-you
! have chosen certain work In life and
you must stick Il out 10 the end.
IL want you 10 remember this
! through all the great struggles which
are left before you. Today we are
waiting, md waitilg for the appear
ancc OF terrible foe. They may come
| 10 raise the war-whoop or they may
come In peace. But however they may
come they will find us ready, like the
wise king whs hath consulted and
| found himself ready 20 meet the force
! that cOmcth against him. For you
! have learned 10 fight the greater strug-
giles OF the spirit. You have learned To
be cool, temperate and steady, first OF
all; and having learned these virtues
Of mnullness and pluck and mystery
over self, you will add 10 them the su-
prcme virtue OF tenacity: 10 keep, 10
hold, 10 grip as in Wise the purpose
10 which you have consecrated your
| selves.
"And then, some day. the tower of
this new and beautiful nation Will
stand as a dream made visible. The