Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-21
WASHINGTON THE
JOSHUA OF AMERICA
Father of His Country Subject
of Address by Or. c. c.
Earle.
Rev pr. c. c. Earle. pastor OF

Rev. Dr. C. C. Earle. pastor of
Bethany BAPTIST Church. made splen-
did address on Gcorgc Washington last
night
"t;eorse.s father. Augustine. he
said married twice. and he was the
urst born 0f the second marriage 1t
Is impossible to say too much OF his
mother. Mary Washington, for of all
the great mothers Of great men. none
over surpassed her. Ills father died
when George was eleven. hut not be
for,, he had left lasting inpr. ssions on
the soul Of the boy. When he was four
Years Of age. his cousin brought him
- tinc appl, His father had great dit
n,ulty to prevail on him II divide with
his brothers and sisters hut at last
sucCeeded and told him the Almighty
would give hum plenty of apples in the
fall. On fine morning he led George
10 the orchard. the trees hcndInE with
q great crop of luscious apples lie re-
minded him Of his former experience
with the apple and sad, See how the
/ ord has rewarded you. and II is re-
lated that George sand See If | am
ever stiugy again.
In a similar way did this wise father
teach his son that God was the in
tvlhgtnt loving. divine Father. Creator
al Heaven and Earth. ON Il purposely
prepared led in his garden he traced
thc letters of his sons name. and SOW
lug seed ia them hc covered II with
care and smpothcd the ground with a
roller In short time little green
plants spelled silently George Washing
ton Ii wa~ not long befor, this
wonderful slpht tauEht the e>t u III"
amazed child .NsaIu aud aStin hc read
ms name, hut could tot cNllalH the
luzzl, lie sought his father, who I'M
folded IN, tru;h Of the pru, csS ans. then
Itu, c,d,d ~ t,a,h him how the in
trle Mind had planned i!,aN,u ana
,aith. sun. moon and stars. 4td aii ihe
,ul,l dcS.Eu ANA beauty !, ihc UNI
N.ls, t;,orE, never forgot hr>c carly
I,s~ur, from his father anu through
al hi> suosyqucu, phcnoHynai career,
h was urn believer IN I'll" Iuldanc'
,I cod IL his own hic ami ii the un
totdlns history of TIN nation
i'll l.a+ H. wrote, .N, would have
starved il pruvidcnc, had not s,nt 4
trader from ohio to our r,liot. In a
letter to his brother after Eradd"cS IS
d.t,4t he vIotr: rs III, AN-ioWeftM
I4sJ,,nsat4uu Fl IrotldcHce has.
l..u protected hcyuud Al. haran rt
I, 4uty and tNptcuon. ioT h,i.
laur l4..,ts thru4Eu my coat IN. 1--WE
horses shot unu,l me | escaped un-
Lurt. although death was l,vchng my
companions on every side of mc.
When he wrote - Lieutenant General
cage OF the II,Ish Army hg said.
MAY that God 10 whom you appeal
Jalge between America and yoa.
N rltlug OF the evacuation II Jersey lN
III, British troops on the itE ~ July.
. he declared il II bc y peculiar
Istgh of Providence IN 1919 hc said
lHtt al> ouly hope Was u that l'ToNl-
,..n,, who had So often taA,n Is up
F. sen b,I,tt 81 every otE, htl., ana
Jared Lhc Il4n! remarkable latcr-
-tt4oHs III the DiN .ne government lD
hours of ouI deepest distress and
!. nncss have been toe luminous ~
t,i ii, 10 doubt the happy issue 81 th,.
sent ,aat!el- In LIS y, wrote 4"
Il. n,ltf \,lS,u If Virginia The hand
...N .aei., has b,tn 50 conspicuous
4t .l.~ taai hv must p, Wors tna.
.i.,r that ia,RS talth. and ntuis.
wicked thay mas not sratitud.
San i, aeknotvl,de, his Obligations.
h, .Ap,,tcd no help from tind apart
4 uudivld,d .,rN!c, on his part
in n..a ia!th and wurk were insel-
G,. S4d hc I! Insk, freedom
.uts,t. ~, must ua,aln il ~ tn
-~.n- ~ Heaven On ult united and
-Irous effort