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ODEUATlON and determina
tion are the two' dominant
characteristics ot which time
has not Tobbed Washington.
Of them, the first Is the one
which has deprived him of a, great
deal of the appreciation which hns
toeen lavished on less deserving char
acters.
What ever the vices of the man.
they were always held within re
spectable restraint. Whatever IUb
•virtues, he never gave them undue
prominence.
So it Is that, after more than a cen-
Jesus
the Teacher
and Healer
BT REV. WILLIAM EVANS. D.D.-
Directov ol Btlile Court*
Mtxxlr Billie Inftilule. Qucago
tury, there has come a tendency td depreciate the
ability of the one man who, more than any other,
would naturally he axaltsd. For a long time it was
fteW that hia fame was farttfsfr.wf Svwuuuv tv-wv
real oaths at the battle ot Monmouth. That was
Bucceeded by the present epoch, which has chosen
to regard him as a lovable gentleman, with enough
horse aeusq not to make a fool of himself and, by
a 1 series of events over which he had no control,
to become the father of hla country.
And yet It Is doubtful If another character of
the age Is more to be admired for tta many-sided ,
excellencies. As h man, warrior and statesman.
Washington yields to no figure of hla time.
What place Washington held, in his own day,
must ndw become a matter of Interest. Shortly
after his death, Felix Faulcon voiced the opinion
of the French parliamentarians when bo ad
dressed the legislative assembly as follows:
"The'tomb has claimed him who was ihe model
of republican perfection. This is not the time to
trace all this truly great man lias accomplished
for the liberties ot America, tbo generous lnspira-
- tlons which ho Imparted to the French who were
attracted to his school of arms; the sublime act
which will over add laster to his memory, when,
after having exerted hla taleifts in giving liberty
to hla country, he voluntarily relinquished su-
, preme power to concnal his glory in the obscurity
\of private life.-
Naturally, Napoleon was attracted (o the great
general who led an army of ragamuffins to vic
tory, after a long campaign of almost unparalleled
vicissitudes, and whoso power was attested by
tho fact that nouo of his general, oxcept Wayne. ;
accomplished much after they left him. When
the news of his death reached France, tho first
consul Issued the following order:
f “Washington la no more! That great man
fought against tyranny. H$> firmly established the
liberty of his country. His memory will evor he
dear to the French people,'as It must be to every
friend of freedom In two worlds, and especially
to the French soldiers, who, like him and the
Americans, bravely fight for liberty and equality.
The first consul. In consequence, orders that, for
ten days, black crepe shall be suspendedi to, all the
standards and flags of the republic."
At almost the same tho Gazette de France Bald:
"Washington Is dead! The news In the time
of the directory it would have been Imprudent
to announce. Now, the heart may with confi
dence abandon Itself to all the generous emotions
of the eoul, and we may dare to weep at tho tomb
of a great man. A general funeral service has
been ordered In America, and this will be ob
served by the citizens of every nation. No period
has eustalned a loss so Irreparable as the end of
the eighteenth century."
This concluding sentence may bo taken as gen
erally' expressing the estimation In which the
"father of his country" was then held. Since
ttten; with that flash tendency to appreciate hlgh-
soun’dlng phrases rather than sound statesman
ship. It has become the fashion rather to exalt
' the orators and the writers, who had secondary-
roles, than to accept the verdict of colonial times.
It Is doubly strange, too, that In a country
, ^rboso citizenship Is rapidly alteriug, because or
' the large and continuous additions from, foreign
lands, should have no one great work, not even
an essay, v which-vitally and vigorously presents
the character of Its first great general, statesman
and citizen. ~ , s ‘
When reading the first president's letters, It
seems strange that bli correspondence should
never have excited more attention or study. By
comparison they are almost unknown when one
considers for example how much attention and
controversy has been directed of lata, years to
lives and writings of Hamilton, and Burr.
Very strange lh Is, , Indeed, that the corre
spondence of so commanding a character as
Washington should be, s°- little known to the
ninety and more millions ^f people who owe their
liberty and prosperity, to him. And to the fact
that fiiH letters are 'so
little read may ho at
tributed the ( further
fact that his fame Is
that of a successful
general rather than of
a broad, constructive
genius, whose all-seeing’
statesmanship guided a
new nation of his own
making to greatness.
Also, It is probable
that no man who wrote
’'an much as he did put
BO little on paper that
is open to criticisfli.
Bead a dozen or more
volumes of his corre
spondence, as compiled
by Sparks, and you will
find not one epistle
which doeB not hear
tribute to his love of freedom. b‘s 'visdom and
kindliness of heart.’ All of them show **y “ e
never failed in anything of consequence he under
foots Without exception, they bear witness
tho thought, the careful consideration, the s.miiW
Judgment of Ihe writer.
With these qualities dominant, there Is lack.ng,
as u matter of counve, the bias, tho egotism, - *»
proneness to give way to the passions, that have
caused so many able men to fall-
Above all, there Is an abounding love of free
dom, an all-powerful desire to serve the best In
terests of his fellowmen, that cannot fall t0 t0U< -'J
the heart of any one who cares to read the old
volumes that have been shelved in favor ot so
much less worthy material.
Take him, for Instance, aa a soldier. His
earlier show that ho realized fully tho difficulties
of the taska ahead of him. First of all, hla breadth
of vision proventod hla array from being divided
and subdivided by the claims of the various cok
onles that the troops they ralseq should be de
voted to their own defense. As he wrote to the
governor- of' Connecticut: «
"I am by no meana Insensible to the situation
of tho people on the coaafc. 1 wish I could extend
protection to all, but tho numerous detachments
noceasary to remedy the evil would amount to a
dissolution of tho army, or make the most im
portant operations of tho campaign depend upon /
tho piratical operations ot two or three men of-
vrar and transport*.”
Again, when he was rocrultlng hla forces, he
was dismayed by the Tact that not all the peoplo
were animated by motives as high as bis. To his
secretary, Joseph Reed, one'of the closest of his
friends, he wrote:
"Such dearth of public spirit, and such want of
virtue, such stock Jobbing, and fertility in all the
low arts to obtain advantage of one knld or an
other In this great change of military' arrange
ment, 1 never saw before, and I pray God s mercy
1 may never see again. What will be the end of
these maneouvers Is beyond my scan. I tromblo
at the prospect. . . . Could I have foreseen
what l have experienced and am likely to ex
perience, no consideration upon earth should have
Induced me to accept this command.”
His letters during the winter at \ alloy Forge
are models of their kind. But nothing he wrote,
during his period of command, bears higher trib
ute to his character aa a man than hla letters to
General Gage that “the, officers engaged In the
cause of liberty and their country^ who by the
fortune of war have fallen into your hands, have
been thrown Indiscriminately into a common jail,
appropriated to felons.”
General Gage Insolently replied that but for his
clemency tho captured men would have been
hanged, and mado^counter-charges that British
captives were mistreated. To this Washington
replied with the following letter:
l addressed you, sir, on the llth instant. In
terms which gave tho fairest scope for that hu
manity and politeness which were supposed to
form a part of your character. I remonstrated
with you on the unworthy treatment shown to
the officers an* citizens of America whom the
fortune of war, chance or a mistaken confidence
had thrown into your hands. Whether British er
American' mercy, fortitude, and patience are moat
prominent;' whether our virtuous citizens whom*
the. hand of tyrranny has forced into arms to de
fend their wlvet. their children, and their proper*
ty, or the merciless instruments of lawless domi
nation, avarice, and revenge, best deserve the
appellation of rebels and the punishment Of that
cord, which your affected clomoncy has forborne
to inflict: whether the authority under which \
• act is usurped or founded upon the genuine prln-
/ clples o^ liberty', were altogether foreign to the
subect. I purposely avoided all political dl$$ua-
slon, nor shall X now avail myself of those ; ad*
* -vantages which the sacred cause of my country,
of liberty, and of human-nature give- me ■ over
you; much less shall l sUxip to retort and In-
vective, but the
intelligence you
say you have re
ceived from our
army deserves a
reply- f have
taken time, sir.
to ruake ( a strict
Inquiry, and. find
Ht has not the
least foundation
In truth. Not only
your officers and
soldiers have
T& -' .e-rA&rtx?-?'- beca treated with
JP t Iwe tenderness
due to 1. llew<!tizcns and brethren, but even
those execfaVle parricides, whoso counsels and
aid have deluded their country with b.ood, have
been protcctea from the fury of s JuBtly cnrag d
people. Faf from compelling or permitting thei
■ ' inbarrM&ed with tho numbers
cure Pet'
Some one has
eaid that In this
lesson we spend
a Sabbath with
JesuB. Wsgo with
him 'to church, lis
ten to his preach
ing, watch him,
•when Interrupted
by a maniac, caBt
out the evil Hplrlt,
and then make
the cure &. power
ful aid to preach
ing. After the
service, wo ac
company him to
Peter's house, and
aged mother of
M U B&muol McKinley, 1215
Grand Ave* Kansan City,
Mo, write*: *T can honestly Bay
that I owe my life to Peruna.
Traveling from town /to town
and having to go Into all kinds
of badly heated buildings, ply
ing my trado cm auctioneer, It Is
only natural that I had cold* fre
quently.
“L*a*t December I contracted _
severe cold which, through neg
lect on my part, settled on
cheat I heard of Peruna.
cured me. So I cannot praise It
too highly." .
Tfc»o*« who prefer tablet* to
liquid medicine* can now procure
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assistance, 1 am Bnua.™.. --- -- - ,
who crowd to our carap.-TOmated with the purest
principles of'Virtue and love to their country.
"You affect, sir, 10 despise alj rank not de.ma
from tho same source with your own. 1 canno
conceive one more honorable, than that whirl
flows from tire uncorrupted choice of a brave and
free people, the purest source and origins foun
tain of all power. Far from making it a plea Tor
purity, a mind of true magnanimity and enlarged
Ideas would comprehend and respect It-
j "What may have been the ministerial views
y v\ nai may t
'which have precipitated the present crisis, Lex
ington, Concord and Charlestown can best.Hectare.
May that Ood, to whom you, too, appeal, Judge be
tween A. erica end you. Under his providence
those who influence the councils of America, and
,, a... uirehiiontB nf the United Colonies,
those wno inuueuce ui« .
all the other Inhabitants of the United Colonies,
at the bazai d of their lives, are determined to
hand down to'posterity those just and invaluable
privileges which they received from their sn-
To Washington's high personal character and
his lack of small weaknesses, bis correspondence
all bears toat!»<>ny.
As a Slat- Snan, Washington was as sure, aa
broadminded and as determined aa he was as a
general All ills letters to his friends and to these
who serve,1 him show that his efforts were di
rected toward! the prevention, not only of entan
gling alliances abroad, hut to calming internal dis
sensions and directing tho business ot the nation
into healthy channels.' '*
For a timi the agricultural Interests and the
merchants raw the growth of manufactures with
Jealousy and distrust. But Washington yielded to
no economic -fallacies. Scarcely had the Revolu
tion been t -ought to a successful termination
when he wr ite to tho Delaware Society for I pro
moting Don sstlc Manufactures, In 1738, as fol-
"The pron ottng of domestic 'manufactures-will.
In my conce, lion, bo among the first consequences
which may t Rurally be expected to flow from an
energetic g< fernment. For myself, having an
equal regard for the prosperity of the, farming
-trading am! manufacturing interests, I will only
observe tiial I cannot conceive tire extension of
the latter (i far as it may afford employment to
a great nunjbor of hands which would be other-
wise In a mlnner Idle) can be detrimental to tho
former Od tho contrary, the concurrence of
virtuous Individuals, and the combination of eco
nomic societies, to rely as much aa. possible on
the resource Jof our own country, may be Product-
ive of great National advantages by establishing
tho habits ci Industry and economy. The ob-
Jpcts of your inKitutlon are, therefore, in my
opinion, higher conmendablo: and you will permit
mo to add, Xntie men, that I propose to demon
strate the slmerity ot my opinion on this subject
by the uniformity of my practice in giving a
elded preference to the products and fabrics of
America, whensoever It may be done without n-
volving an unreasonable expense or very great
convenience A t , , .
Along educational lines Washington s Ideas
were equally sure and far-soelng. When the fed
eral commissioners In 1795 were considering the
erection ot a unlverity. he wrote to them as fol-
Iowb:
It has always beoq a source of serious reflec-
tton and sincere regret with me that the youth of
the United States should be sent to foreign coun
tries for thef purpose of education. Although there
are doubtleis many', under these circumstances,
who escape!the danger of contracting principles
unfavorable) to republican government, yet we
ought to deprecate.the hazard attending ardent
and susceptible minds from being too stronger and
too early prepossessed In favor of other political
systems before they are capable of appreciating
their own. .'7.
“For ibis reason l have greatly wished to soe
a plan adopted by which the arts, sciences and
belles-letters'could be taught In their fullest ex-
'toht, thereby embracing all the advantages of
European tuition, with the means ot acquiring the
liberal knowledge whlchv la, necessary to qualify
our citizens for the exigencies of public as well
aa private life; and (which with me la a consider-
• atlon of great magnitude) by assembling the youth
from the different parts of this rising republic,
contributing from their Intercourse and intefi
change or information to the removal of pre*
Judlces. which, might perhaps eomettmea arts*
from local, circumstances." '•
These few extracts have been selected at ran
dom from Washington's correspondence, extend
ing over a period of'25 years. If they, stimulate
._ „.i,s ci flruf.hnnri «tmiv nf
mg U«UI v — *
Juat a few persona to moke a. first-hand study 01
the Ufa’and. writings of tho father of Gila coun
try they will have fulfilled their mission.
a fever, and there spend the afternoon
In quiet and rest. Towards sunset
we eec the people of the village bring
ing to him a great number ot elck
folks on whom he lays his hands and
heals.
The word and teaching of Jesus, not
conscience, Is the' ultimate rule of
| life, the final arbiter in the questions
I Of the Boul While we recognize that
i the conscience Is the vicegerent of
God in the eoul, the religious Instinct
i In’man, yet we must ndmlt that it is
a faculty that can bo warped, drugged,
misguided and silenced Therefore, It
cannot be depended upon as an abso
lutely correct criterion of truth and
conduct. —
A man may say that he needs 'up
other revelation than his own reason,
or that he,will accept nothing In the
lllble saving what accords with hla
reason, thereby making hie reason,
nnd not the revelation of God, Ihe cri
terion of right and wrong. Inasmuch,
however, aB different men have differ-
, ent “reafeons" for doing, bejlevlng and
j Judging things, we become at once iu-
I volved In a maze of conflicting stand-
I nrds of truth and are.left k°P elnsR, >'
I In ^hc dark. 'Reason, therefore, can
not be tho ultimate authority In mat-
I ters of faith and practice.
When Jesus "Christ has spoken,
| there la nothing more to be said
i When',Christ has passed his Judgment,'
there le uo appeal from It Hla words
! are- flmfl and authoritative. Jesus
aaid: "He that rejecteth me, and re-
! qeiveth not my words, hath one that
iidgeth l»ira> the word that.1. have
Spoken, the same shall Judge him In
tho last day." Thus we see that the
word of God Is not only to he tho
standard of our conduct here and
now. hut the standard by which we
shall be Judged hereafter.
Miracles were not tbo principal part
of Christ's work. They were always
subordinate. More than once Christ
expressed the fear that men might be
tempted to. make miracles the most
promlnent part of hla work, and thus
advertise him as a healer of men's
bodies rather than the Bavtor of their
souls. That was the reason 'yhy
again he forbade those whom he had
healed to advertise tho healing.
Jesus wrought miracles merely to
prove to the people that he was the
Messiah., Indeed, the challenge to
cast himself down from the pinnacle
of tile temple was a temptation of the
devil to- make ChriBt miraculously
prove to the waiting people In the
courts below that he was tho Mes-
Blah. This he resolutely refused to
do. Nor were his mlracles^erformed
for the mere purpose of persuading
men. They were tokens of Chrlst'a
willingness to relieve the distresses of
men. In so far as Jesus -was able
thus to help and relieve he felt hlm-
scHcalled upon so to do.
Christ's mission Is ours likewise.
As he was sent Into the world by the
father, so are we sent by the son.
Our fellows are bowed down with
spiritual aliments far i more serious
than the physical diseases of Christ's
day. The soul haa Its diseases Just
as well as tho body. Tho spiritually
blind, the moral leper, tho man dead
to Ihe things of God, all these need
the healing touch of the Christ. It is
| tho duty of the church to see to It
' that people thus afflicted are brought
I Into contact with the great physician,
i Demoniacal possession was common
1 In the day of Christ. Whether It Is
I still in existence, whether or no men
i are still possessed of demons, may be
I an open question. Returned mission
aries from China, India, and other for
eign countries are very emphat|o In
the declaration of their belief In de
mon possession today: Possibly some
forms of Insanity may bo attributed
to this 'source. R may be said that
there Is nothing contrary to our pres
ent-knowledge In the statement that
evil spirits may and sometimes do
gain control over man, and to a great
er or leaser extent govern their ao-,
tfons. “T.bore Is no certainty that
such cases do not occur at the present
time, and there Is much to suggest
that ‘active agents of ewll do beset the
human spirit,’ and this Is the most
reasonable way of Interpreting the
•tragedies of human sin.' and tho 'un-'
explained remainders' of human life."
Modern Bcience Is not In a position to
deny the existence today of demonia
cal possession. Ill-temper, vice, lust,
lasciviousness.' ' drunkenness —these,
wherever found, are Indications, to
say tho least, that Satan Is In control.
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