Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-02

country make ready In advance the,,
gold, tools, seed corn and equipment
Nat they may begin the life In the new
land properly furnished. ID there no
suggestion here as to the prudent man !,
laying up treasures In heaven aud ssa}l
Ing on In advance as courfers Of
mortality those whom he has bel
1t Is a little thing that you succeed ma.
tertslly here; 1t is the great thing that
you have built men ana served the
higher principles OF right that gives you
place and position hereafter. Today
deal sternly with yourselves and ask
whether you have struggled unto blood,
like those heroes of old Of whom the
world was not worthy.
The Illustrious Dead Witnesses Of Our
Battles.
Sometimes the illustrious dead are
witnesses against men. Concerning
certain ones who had betrayed tho
great convictions II II said the stars IN
their courses fought against them. In
q moral universe II could not be other.
wise. i ut W uO kTuWn
the vineyard with indignation watches
his successor misuse the Vines that
should have rtpened clusters for gen.
erstions yet unborn, The merchant
who POUNDS great business, the edu.
Gator who builds q great school, the
architect who foun& nRwe g. Paul's,
the statesman and soI1N who saved
the Institutions OF their country, the
teacher and parent who built them.
seltes into their children and pupils
ell these OF Necessity have stake In
s3Hety. The very thought that their
Ne work Is 10 be overthrown Is painful
So great therefore, Is the interdst OF
our fathers IN the work OF their chill.
dr-n that oftcntimcs they draw near
10 the Iattlements OF heaven 10 dis.
Germ how things so with us upon earth.
| What II there u an invisible world
within reach Of an outstretchcd arml
The blind man Is always near unto the
world OF flowers td faces and stars.
but Il Is hidden. Perchancc the IN
seen realm IS here, but because We
have no faculty to discern remains IN.
known.
Perchance we are always under scru.
tiny OF the greatest souls How could
It be o,herwise1 Noble teachers oh
serve with deepest interest how their
students carry themselves on com
mencemcnt day. Artist masters an.
ticiT~te with eager anxiety the day
when the paintings OF their pupils viii
be hung. Homer In his "odysscy''
makes the old hero Laertes e1lt
when he saw his son, ody Aseus, and
his grandson, TelemAchus. outdotns
each the other In deeds OF bravery.
The French artist has thrown upon the
walls OF the Beaux Arts his Covert OF
Gsnius."
vks csss> u osatsA
The greatest men Of all the ago ere
assembled In the gallery. Herr are
the jurists. Moses and rhocton and
their fellows: here are the phiioeo-
phers. Plato and Aristotle and Bacoa
md Newton; hero are the artists. froR
Phidias aud XeuIis to Rodin ~
Rembrsndt; hero are the orators
tnown for their cloIuence. and the
,oets with their books In the hand. and
,erc. too. are tho martyrs Of liberty,
standing In the gallery. those who are
Judging men and ranking them look
Town into the arena. Now they ap
iiaud the achievement Of some noble
'outh. and now they are ashamed Of
ONE leader who for q ribbon OF .
wedge NJ silver has been q traitor to-
ward his followers. and now those
Who have 10 great q stake In our In.
titutions eiult over some brave deed
md worthy act
| But this IL no artist vision. II, In
'eed. there lie q meeting place OF the
ioble dead. this IL the necessity OF log
c-thAt the great who have gone are
'onc~rned with the fortunes OF our
attic. Re not deceived. Always you
IRE under scrutiny. In the empyrean
above stand all you loved or lost
| The Great Asslsa
Among that company Of men made
perfect stand your noble father, the
face OF your radiant and beautiful
mother. and there. too, stands that
great. dear Presepcs who has Oiled
all your career with prov,dential inter.
ferences In behalf Of your manhood.
And II perchancc you were . general
sstraytng his soldiers. Q strong man
seo,ling his followers. q friend betray.
~ his friend. then the hour win come
when you will call upon the mountain,
and rocks to fall upon 700 and hide
you from the face Of God and the In
disnation Of those who belong TO ths
beloved csnnunity that Christ cans
his church.