Year: 1879

were now joined together when for centuries they
had been at enmity and that enmity had made itself
felt in England in its literature It's armies, its ma
and its whole people. To speak well OF French
man was almost to deride yourself. Th re had been
enough treasure expended between these two nations
to have given every peasant house to live III and
an education. That had been for hundreds OF years
the spirit OF these two adjacent peoples Through
the policies OF Bright and CoDden and such true
statesmen England formed commercial alliance
with France, and tor nearly quarter OF a century
they have lived hand in hand in peace with
another The lion and. not exactly the lamb but the
leopard, had lain down together.


When the latest heir of the imperial throne sought
a homo he sought it in England and found 1t. he
entered her armies, having been cadet in her mill
tary school, and III gratitude tor his military educa-
tion volunteered to enter that unrghteous war
which, as usual, Great Britain is wagng with the
ends of the earth. The flag of Great Britain is the
most typical flag that ever waved. 1t Is the cross
emblazoned on u ground of blood II there has ever
been kingdom earth that has in 1t the cross ana
the power of the cross 1t has been Great Britain. II
there has been nation since the time OF sacred
history that has buried the world in blood il has
been Great Britain. The a field of blood is
the most embiematical and typical flag that hoats
to-day in the sun OF heaven Yet it was Great britain
that had opened her bosom ana gave her sympathy
to this young Frenchman. He had become. as II
were, of her sons, loved and honored; Tor ne
seems to have been young man rich III genius ana
altogether wanting in ability though OF that he
too young TO have made proof. In TINS nation.
two such nations, divided only by language ana
by water, that have been in antagonistic
relations through long years, is there no sign
or token of the way in which the people
are going? Is there sign OF gradual
progress and simple kindness and benevoence? Look
at the benevolence shown in Great Britain and al
most universally felt the world over. do not sup
pose that there is anywhere the hand OF Hberaty
open AZ there is in Great Britain, not in
own country Our people have not had the chance to
develop that Great Britain has had. The interior


life of that island is the most liberal exposition of
charity that has been known in history. And here,
on such an occasion the burial OF this young
Prince not suppose that ut last in that grave
was also laid to rest that uniform spirit OF inerter
ence which has made her at once the almoner, and
had n which
the people have been oppressed?


THE WIDOWS GRIEF.


At Chlselhurst the central figure not Victoria,
the Queen and Empress; it was Eugenie Her youth
spent in Spain, brilliant and beautiful. BY un-
expected developments she was transferred By the
Then suddenly the scene shifts and from the very
top of power she is refugee; not wanderer. but
guest in Great Britain; and, now widowed mother,
in all her glory she not great she is to-day
in her desolation. They gather about her from the
Court OF Great Britain-the noble Queen who has
is easily opened in sympathy and sorrow
to others, and all her royal sons and
daughtersn-aw. This poor uncrowneu woman
lett upon the kindness OF foreign nation-they
made procession from the throne and the palaces to
the doors Of her humble dwelling; they wept with
made her weep there. too. There no pearls. or
necklaces liaras that of such priceless value
as the tears that shed by her and hers. Yet.
sublime in her grief, and by this last trial OF
DEATH made citizen of the world in the relation OF
every heart, she stands to-day in her deep desola-
other mothers who have broken their hearts over
the cradle and is not removed hairs breadth from
10000 OF her widowed mothers who are moro pitt
able and less able to speak their sorrows.