Washi ing ony foud lect Official” * * * * I can assure these gentlemen (officials held responsible for suffering at Valley Forge) that it is a much easier and less distressing thing to draw up remon- strances in a comfortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets. However, though they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, | feel super- abundantly for them, and from my soul I pity these miseries, which it is neither in my power to relieve nor prevent. — General Washington ECAUSE George Washington be- lieved sincerely in the inborn, in- alienable rights of men born on this soil, or transferred to it, spiritually as well as physically, to the fruits of freedom and in- dependence; because he believed that this nation was to be held by them free of all oppression, whether in the form of unjust taxation or any other infringe- ment of the interests, welfare and principles of the inhabitants, he receives today the homage of the millions who enjoy the heritage of the free Amer- fea for which he fought and which he helped es- tablish, In this he was at one with other great men bred in the new. free spirit and atmosphere of the 'olonies. He did not seek to set himself over them, but to work with them, contributing as his part in the struggle his military genius and ex- perienve and his carefully trained executive ability. His ideal was the common good. For that he gave his time and strength unstintedly, Throughout his career the one reward he sought was that he might partake, “in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good faws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart.” Washington, althougn possessing wealth and po- sition, although observant of forms and cere- monies, was in the best sense a demoerat, a man who sought the same privileges and opportunities for every one of his fellow citizens which he en- ved, and who devoted his gifts and energies to at end. That they might have them, he not only ex- pended freely his energies of mind and body, but fie constantly exhorted his fellow countrymen to prepare themselves for the high destiny that he foresaw for this country, first, by raising and equipping an adequate: army, a task that fre- quently hung leaden on his hands, and, secondly, by properly safeguarding their rights after they iad been won. George Washington received less eduecation— in school-—than most lads of poor parentage do today. He left school before he was sixteen years old, and, except in mathematics, in which he had advanced through geometry and trigonometry, his education did not extend beyond that which boys usually get in the grammar grades of the publie schools. What he studied he knew, however, as his carefully kept notebooks attest. He mani- fested a special aptitude for surveying and for military affairs. This taste led to his having royal middy’s warrant, obtained for him when he was. fourteen vears old, and only because of his mother’s reluctance to have him go to England was he spared to tight for the colonies instead of becoming an officer in his majesty’s service. He had been out of school only a few months when he got his first job-—as a surveyor. It was a good one, too, for Lord Fairfax, having noted the lad’s mental equipment and his intrepidity, gave him a commission to survey his wild acres in the Shenandoah valley. So well did Washington accomplish the arduous task that he was made a publie surveyor. Almost coincident with his en- trance upon a private career young Washington flentified himself with public interests. Fond of athleties and sports, as well as of military affairs, he joined the local militin, and when nineteen years old was made a major. When he was still in his twenties he won his first eoloneley in his gallant, but disastrous, first campaign against the French. It was there that he first tasted the bitter fruits of unprepared- 1088, . When Washington went to Philadelphia as a member of the Second Continental congress he wore his provincial uniform, an instructive ex- pression of his feeling in regard to the erisis that was to come—in its way a fulfillment of prophecy —-for during the session he was put at the head of the irregular army near Boston. He found that army. not only without discipline and equip- ment, but without powder. Men who had enlisted only for a few months ran away. Washington ardently appealed to the continental ard pro- vincial congresses to provide for longer enlist- WA SEIYSTON, ZHE SOLDER» id system were fitted out Marblehead vol- including much- noon the seas and » enemy's supplies, were ogi overland into the a long period of waiti nd the British evac- needed powder, England would Conservative and Washington now favored t$ radicals, who sought entertained the idea of “since I heard of the which were adopted in consequence of an accommodation,” His stanch attitude was maintained in t! F with trouble-makers in his “I know the unhappy predicament in » accommodation of a own weakness and injuring the cause such that T have had to use art to conceal it even ‘edd him so sorely that he stern- : that we can no way assist our enemies © making divisions among ourselves: * bleeding country depend upon har- all united to oppose the common ake this name honorable and to preserve and he will be the best soldier : who contributes most to this glorious whatever his station or from whatever part t all distinction . countries and provinees thereof be lost in the generous contest who shall behave with the ind 3 gobd humor to each other. + so lost to virtue and love of from the service In disgrace.” tioning to congress that no dependence eould be put in a militia or other troops than those enlisted and embodied for a longer period than our regula- » heretofore prescribed. " not entirely lost, if their defense is permanent sta and subjected to no control cannot be “There is no situation on earth less enviable or rson who is at the head of troops regard- r and discipline and unprovided with The difficulties that have I have been in the my mind constantly upon the stretch: JOY STAR AND NEWS, MOUNT JOY, PA. LAY PAE WIYLER QUARIZRS AT VALLEY FORGE the wounds which my feelings as an officer have received by a thousand things that have happened contrary to my expectations and wishes; the ef- fect of my own conduct and present appearance of things so little pleasing to myself as to render it a matter of no surprise to me if I should sts ind capitally censured hy congress induce a thorough conviction in my mind that it will he fmpossible, unless there Is a thorough change in our military system, for me to conduct matters to | give satisfaction to the public, which is all the recompense I aim at or ever wish for.” This unhappy state of things was almost wholly due to the feeling manifested in several sec tions of the country, persisted in to the hampering of Washington's campaign and to the detriment of the cause. Congress was finally prevaile d upon by Washington's representations and the tardily dawning consciousness that war was inevitable and that, being so, unpreparedness meant ca- lamity. On December 20, 1776, he wrote to the president of congress: “Short enlistments and a mistaken dependence upon our militia have been the origin of all our misfortunes and great ace umulation of our debt. . . . I beg leave to give it as my humble opinion that 88 battalions are by no means equal to the opposition you are to make, and that not a moment's time is to be lost in ralsing a creator number, not less in my opinion and that of my oflicers than 110.” . . . In my judgment this 18 not a time to stand upon expense; our funds are not the only object of consideration. It may be thought that I am going a good | deal out of my line of daty to advise thus freely. A character to loose, an estate to forfeit, the in- | estimable blessings of Uberty at stake and a life devoted inust be my excuse.” Far from holding himself aloof and wanting to keep all power in his own hands, Washington welcomed co-operation. After ne had been invested with the dictatorial powers necessitated by the emergency of public affairs, the council of safety of New York apolo- cized for certain measures they had taken in re ard to New York troops which were later dis- covered to have been an infringement on his au- thority. Washington replied: “I should be un- happy in the belief that any part of my letter to vou could be construed into the slightest hint that vou wish to interfere in the military line. Heaven knows that T greatly want the aid of every good man, and that there are not such enviable pieasures attending my situation as to make me too jealous of its prerogatives. Rather than complain of vour late efforts in the military way, vou deserve the thanks of us all, and I feel myself happy in this opportunity of returning yon mine in the greatest truth and sincerity.” At Valley Forge, where Washington's troops were almost naked, had few blankets and scanty fond, hie was inst “the moved to resentment ag gentlemen, without knowing whether the army | was really zoing into winter quarters or not, reprobating the measure as much as if thay thought the soldlers were made of stocks and stones and equally insensible of frost and snow, and, moreover, as {If they conceived it easily prac- ticable for an inferior army under the disac- vantages [ have described ours to be to confine a superior one, in all respects well appointed, within the city of Philadelphia and to cover froin depredation and waste the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. . . . I can assure these gen- tlemen that it is a much easier and less distress- ing thing to draw up remonstrances in a com- fortable room by a good fireside than to occupy a cold, bleak hill and sleep under frost and snow without clothes or blankets. However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly for them, and from my soul I pity those miseries, which it Is neither in my power to relieve nor pre- vent.” Washington made persistent efforts te get a zuarantee of half-pay for his officers after the war, himself having no personal interest in the | measure ; he had declared from the first that he would never profit by it to the amount of a single penny. He deprecated constantly the jealousy of the military part of the government by the civil department, “If we would pursue a right system of policy,” he wrote to a member of congress, “in my opinion there would be none of these distinctions. We should all, congress and army, be considered as one people, embarked in one cause, in one interest, acting on the same principle and to the same end.” In 1793 Washington, in his second term as presi- dent, wrote to congress that, while he sought peace and urged a faithful discharge of every duty toward others, he recommended prompt measures | but for enforcing just claims. | not only for defer “There is a rank due the United States among other nations which will be withheld, if not ab- solutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult we must be able to repel it; If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.” | he wrote. & CI The Pre-eminent One By REV. B, B. SUTCLIFFE { Extension Department, Moody Bible Institute, CHicagn | | TEXT-That in all things he might have | the pre-eminence.~Col. 2:18, This is the fundamental truth which underlies all of God’s revelation to has done, is doing mary object In all things Christ might have the pre-eminence, The Object of the We are danger- ously near the time when we God as the object of his counsels. But before ever time began it was Christ who was daily God's delight pleased the Father that in Christ should all fullness dwell (Col, 1:19). Not man but Christ has been made heir of all things (Heb. 1:2). After time will be passed this will still be true, as is stated in Eph. 1:10, “that in the dis- in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth” The error of humanitarianism rises out of a de- attempt to put men in Christ's place. Humanitarianism is nothing more than the exaltation of man, leading to his deification and the enthronement of the human above the divine. Mankind can come into the purposed blessing from God only as Christ is given his proper place—that of being the pre- eminent object of God's counsels. And what is true of the human race is true of the individual. That life is blessed in the measure in which Christ is pre eminent therein. As the Object of the Scriptures. The object of the Scriptures is not to give the world a history, although the only absolutely true history in the world is found there. Neither is the Scripture a scientific book, although wherever the Scripture touches science it touches it with a true hand and is never unscientific. Neither do the Scriptures set forth a system of philos- ophy as the object for which they were | written, although the deepest pfhilos- ophy is found there. The pre-eminent him they would never have been writ- ten and we read our Bibles to little purpose if we fail to find him upon its by saying in Jno. 5:39: “Ye search the have eternal life and they are they which testify of me.” Eternal life is the Scriptures spake and so missed the eternal life for which they sought. and psalms the one radiant object in Jesus the Lord. He is the only key which will unlock the mysteries and the only light making plain the dark places. As the Object of Our Faith. Our eternal destiny does not rest a certain person. It is not the faith but the object of the faith that counts. bank and lose my money. I may have much faith in a rotten boat and lose my life. And I may have first-class faith in some other object than Christ, such as a good life or charitable deeds, saved (Acts 16:31). If it is justiflca- tion I want I am to believe in him and | be justified from all things (Acts | 13:39). Freedom from condemnation, | eternal life, sanctification, all that has to do with my spiritual well-being hangs on my faith in him. No wonder, then, that we read, “this is the work of God that ye believe on him whom he | hath sent” (Jno. 6:29). He is to be the pre-eminent object of my faith, Will my reader stop and ask from the heart, “Am I really trusting in Christ alone or is some other object pre-emi- nent before my faith?’ He must do all for us or he can do nothing for us. “If ye be circumcised Christ will profit you nothing” (Gal. 5:2). Adding any- thing to him and his work makes him to be of no value to us. He is to be the alone Savior, Justifier, Sanctifier. { God will give all things through him, nothing apgrt from him. The error of humanitarianism will come in when any other object than | this pre-eminent one is before us. We will be kept from the leaven of the Pharisees when we seek for him alone | In the Scriptures, and the eternal in- terests of our souls will be safeguarded and made sure when he is the supreme | object of our faith. ist art all I want; 1 in thee I find. Thou O Ct More than 2 When from our days of feverish, | anxious toil we come home at night | we have doubtless | | defrauded God of a part of his re- | too tired to pra sources upon which he depended more than upen our direct activity.—N. R. | Best. man, What God | and will yet do, 1g | done with this pri- [ overs, But wait till she sees all our view, viz, that in | Father's Counsels. | place man before | (Prov. 8:30). And all during time he | is still the pre-eminent one, for it has | pensation of the fullness of times he | will gather together in one all things | nial of this truth and the consequent | | Speaker lit in your pocket for a dollar.” Thea object of the Book is Christ. Without | pages. He rebukes those of older time | Scriptures, for in them ye think ye | Through the books of history, prophecy | | type and symbol, ceremony and pre- | diction is this pre-eminent one—Christ | on what we do with certain things but | I may have splendid faith in a poor | | days might oceasion talk Indinnapo- and lose my soul. If it is salvation I | | need I am to believe in him and be | Lungs Are Weakened By Hard Colds Atle CASARA QUININE Pomo” The old family remedy -—in tablet form-—safe, sure, easy to take. No opiates—mno unpleasant after effect, Cures colds in 24 hours—Grip in 3 days. Money back if it fails. Get the enuine box with ed Top and Mr. Hill's picture on it 24 Tablets for 25¢. At Any Drug Store England enthuses over our first: boys in the line. As we grow more sensible, we refuse drug cathartics and take instead Nature's herb cure, Garfield Tea. Adv. Naturally. “Does the new question department you started work all right?” No: Itind it won't answer.” important to Mother re Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, that famous old remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of 22k In Use for Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Found an Oyster. Bili-—Did you go to the oyster sup- per at the church? Jill-—I sure did. “Were there many there? “I found one.” " RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and 14 oz of glycerine. Any druggist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. Full directions for mak- ing and use come in each box of Barbo Compound. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or greasy A and does not rub off. Adv. A Bright Dutlock. Lady—I'm sorry, doctor, that I hae to send and ask you to come such a long way. Doctor--Don’t mention it. I happen to have another patient in the neigh- borhood, so I can Kill two birds with one stone,” The Evanagelist’s Joke. At last Sunday morning's revival service in Atchison Evangelist Bob Jones asked all his hearers who were had the revival was being held to raise their right hands. Hundreds of hands vaved in the air. “Now,” said the “tnke your right hand and put, andience laughed and then “came across." —Kansas City Star. An Uncertain. ~ rthday. He is a trifle absent-minded, but a most dutiful brother and he congratu- lated himself that he had never yet missed sen) ‘ug his sister greetings for [ her birthds Feeling that her birth- in him and he is in the Scriptures. | They would not receive him of whom | day was i .minent, ‘but not certain whether it was the sixteenth or seven- teenth, he dispatched his usual card a few days ago. To make certain of avoiding mistakes, however, he omit- ted the date, A few days later he received a note from his sister, saying that she real- ized she was old enough to be called of uncertain age, and so she presumed the date of her birth was growing cor- | respondingly uncertain, but three | birthday cards from him in one month was a little too much, even for her, and would he please change from birth- day to Christmas or Easter greetings, as the little town in which she lived was very gossipy, and so many birth- lis News, Cereal Food Different from the usual run of toasted or steam- cooked cereals, Grape-Nuts is baked in giant ovens— baked for nearly twenty hours under accurate con- ditions of heat, so that the whole wheat and malted barley flours may develop their full, rich sweetness. You don’t need sugar on Grape-Nuts. “There’s a Reason” gs
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