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Show • OLD BnowN. I. SuccESS goes royal-crowned through time, Down nil tho loud applauding days, Purpled in Jllstcry's silkeoost phmRo, And brave with many n poet's rhyme. While Unsuccess, his peer and mate, Sprun~; from tho same heroic race, ll<'got reu of tho same embrnco, Dies at his brother's palaeo gate. The int:oh•nt Jnngh, tho blighting sneer, Tho pointiug hnnd of vulgar scorn, 'J.'hl' thorny path, nnd wrcrlth of thorn, Tho muny-heudod's stupid j eer, Show wh<'re he fell. And by-n.nd-by, ComrR lli::~to ry, in the waning light, Her pen-nil> worn wiLh lies, to writo Tlw f1Lilnrc into infamy. Ah, Ood! but hero n.nd there, there stands Along the year~, n. mnn to sec Hcncath tho victo1·'s bravery Tho 8pots upon tho lily hands: 'fo rentl the secret will of good, (Dead hope, nnd trodden into earth,) That boat tho brrast of f'trife fi-r hil'lh, And died birth-choked, in parent blood. II. Old Lion 1 tangled in the net, named and spent, and wounded sore, n ound, thou who ne'er lmew bonds before: A captiv<', but n. lion yet. Death Jdlls not. In n. later time, (0, slow, but nll-n ccompli~hing I) Thy shouted name abroad shall ring, Wherever right mnl•os war sublime: When in tho perfect scheme of God, It shall not bo a crime for dreds To quicken liberating creeds, And men shall rise where slo.vcs have trod; Then he, tho fearless futuro 1\Inn, Shall wash tho ulot and stain away, Wo fix upon thy name to-dayThou hlli"O of tho uoulest plan. 0, patience I Felon of the hou I Ov<'r thy glu~stly ~ullows·trce Shall climb the vine of Liuerty, With ripened fruit ami fragrant flower. WM. D. HOWELLS. .. II. SERMON BY JAMES FREEMAN CLARKE.• THERE is but one subject upon which we can think this morning. La t "\V cdnc, day, a man was sentenced to death on a charge of exciting Ian's to In, urrection, of Treason again. t the State of Virgin ia, and of l\iurdcr. Probably many tcclmical objections might fairly he rai~cd again t the verdict, and against the conduct of tlte Court. But his conviction was a foregone conclu ·ion- it cottltl not be avoided. l\Ien "'ho do !':UCh thin cis as he did, F-eL their life on a. cast, and mu. t be ready to !':tand the hazard of the die. H e was thu' ready- he is r eady. From first to la::-;t lte has shown no wavering, no desire to ,ave his lif•. Ilis whole course has bc<'n so convincingly con~cientious, manly, truthful, and heroic, that his enemies have been com pellet! to lwnor him. E or the fir~t time within our memory, the ''"hole North and • outh seem to be united in one opinion and one sentiment-the opinion that this attempt of Brown was uuwise and unwarranted- the sentiment of re .. pcct for tho man him elf, as a Ilero. You ha,·e heard little from thi pulpit upon the subject of Slavery for !:icveral years. In that time I lw ve scarcely al- * Entitlr~cl , "Causes nnd Consequences of tho AlTair nt IIttrpcr's lfcrry;" preached }Jl the Iulliauo. Place ClJU.pol, llu!:! ton, on Sunclay moming, Nov. 6, 18fl9, from l\lo.rk vi. 26:- " And Herod frarod J oltn, knowing that be was aju ·t nwn." 27"'- (317) |
