The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-04-04

During the past winter I have gone
hurriedly through one hundred biogra-
phies Of the cartis greatest men. These
unique leaders included statesmen,
prophets. poets. philosophers. orators.
merchants. manufacturers. teachers. au-
thors. who have built states aud shaped
commemorative. Few things arc moro
fascinating than the intimate story or
the inner lives Of these mountain mind
cd men. 1t is impossible to escape from
their charm. Our recognition OF our In
debtedness to them explains our ceiebra-
tions and memorial days. We make long
pilgrimagegs to the birthplace Of Frank
lin. Washington and Lincoln. We pay
enormous prices for g. manuscript writ
ten by Grant. Webster or Hamilton.
Young lawyers hang upon the walls OF
the office the portraits of Story and
Marshall. young soldiers never tire OF
talking about their brave generals.
How Statemen 1.-Two.
Blu. the explanation of these ono hun
dred biographies Is thiS:-nnen want 10
find out the answer to certain questions
How did this hero livec What helped
him carry ibis burden2 =; The$3answer is
very simple: You, find 1t in*'the life Of
Lincoln: One day he stood In, the snow
on the steps Of the littletfdepot; in
Springfield Illinois. He told his friends
he was going to Washington to attempt
a task which was greater than that
which had devolved upon Washington.
He only asked them to pray unto that
God who would go with him upon his
way and stay with them and '"be always
and everywhere present for good" And
ther, in a flash We understood that Lin
coin like Moses. endured by seeing n
God who Is invisible" And here Is
the man who built modern England
Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell was a far
greater man than Shakespeare. Earl
Morley was quite right when he said
that mot Shakespeare. but Cromwell
was Englands greatest achievement"
It was Cromwell who overthrow tho doc
,trinc Of the divine right OF kings. who
Instituted an elective parliament. and
was the father OF the middle classes.
What a giant was Cromwell! For years
he carried Great Britain upon his shoul-
dcrs. What was the hidlngs of his
power? He simply lived in the faith
that God went before him and that He
cncnmpcd upon his right hand and upon
his left
And here Is General Gordon. murdered
b. the Arabs Mt Khartn"nn. When the
English general relieved that city they
found blood stained BfOle that Ms
servant had taken from tho body Of his
master. And what was the passage that
Gordon dearly loved? It was this: God
is our refuge and strength. aver y pres
cnt help in time OF trouble Queen Vic
toria received that blood stained Bible
Us a present from the governor general
Of Egypt. The Great Queen counted 1t
her most sacred possession. An Unseen
Helper In time OF trouble enabled Cor
don TO endure famine. threats. wounds.
and death Itself. And among all these
noble volumes there Is not one hero who
does not tell US that the thing by which
no lived was the" sense Of an ever pres
emit Cod" who had appointed them to
their life's task and who was loaning his
earthly representatives his divine wis
dom and strength. and who had pledged
himself that the GRAND Of truth and lib-
erty should be successful GRAND.