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Toast of Rov. II. D. Smith at the
Bryan banquot, given at Jlonklns
villo, Ky:
Mr, TonslnuiHlor and CJontlcmon:
Wo aro horo becaiiBo one oC tho fore
most inon of our tlmo has como to
visit us and honor us by sitting down
with us for an hour at our littlo
feast. Wo aro horo to say to him in
all sincerity that his visit enriches us
as a community and as individuals.
This hall will speak to us hcrcatfer
whonovor wo shall assomblo in it,
of this night and of those fair ideals
for tho church, for tho state and for
humanity for which ho stands and
has stood. Thoso stroots of ours
along which ho passed this afternoon
will horoaftor bo fragrant wjth sug
gestions of him; for wo ourselves
shall romombcr his going along them
and toll our children of it until it
shall bo a tradition horo, cherished
until tho latest day of our civic life.
And tho tabernacle yonder in which
ho has just spoken will seem to us
whonovor again from tlmo to time wo
shall sit in it, to minglo with its
treasured echoes of tho voices of
Moody, Jones and Pentecost, that of
tho voico of tho statesman-preacher
of our generation a voico which has
quickened tho pulse of a nation and
sont thrills of pleasure and of power
through tho English-speaking world.
Wo aro horo to grcot our guest in
admiration of his body as of tempered
stool, his throat as of tireless brass
and his tonguo of gold which havo
dono so much to make him one of tho
noblest orators of the modern world.
Wo aro horo to speak such small
part as delicacy will permit us to
speak in his presonco, of tho grati
tude wo owe him for unselfish public
sorvico. Wo aro horo neither to ap
provo nor to disapprove any specific
item of a political program; but we
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jaro hero as good citizens, wo trust.
of the great republic to greei uu w
tho host citizens of that republic. Wo
would honor tonight, not the ink of
tho partisan platform, hut tho blood
of heroic patriotism not our view
not another's view but the courage
ous maintenance according to his
abilities and opportunities by each
man of his own view of what is best
for his country.
Wo aro hero to greet a man, not
an official.
It is told of one of Mr. Bryan's
daughters that she camo to tho trol
ley lino to board a car to tho city.
Just before she arrived at the track
sido a car passed. Sho ran after it.
The conductor from the rear plat
form signalled frantically to her that
another car was coming on just be
hind her, but In vain. She still ran
after tho car. So the conductor
stopped it and took her aboard. And
then ho asked her why she had run
after his car with another going in
tho same direction almost at her
heels. Sho answered sweetly, ''Oh,
that is easy. I was determined to let
tho folks know that there is at least
one member of tho Bryan family that
can run for something and get it."
And now let us reply to tho gentle
jibe of the story. The hills met to
elect a king, so runs tho parable. A
foot-hill nominated Pike's peak.
There was great applause. But when
it subsided, a wise wind-swept,
lightning scarred old height, a verl-
lauio Ulysses among hills, spoko to
them and said, "You cannot make
him king he is king." And then
pointing upward with his finger, of
granite to the sunlight like a great
band of gold and the snow like
diamonds sown thick in it, ho added,
"Do you not see, Heaven has crowned
him already."
We are here to remind Mr. Bryan,
and more especially ourselves, that
there are two kinds of human effi
ciency. One is called power and is
due to an accident called inheritance,
or to another accident called elec
tion. Tho other is called influence,
and is duo to character. The one
lasts for two years, four vonrs nv
oven for life. The. other lasts for
ever. The one has to do with
statutes, expedients, makeshifts; the
other has to do with changeless
principles rnui is tho builder of tho
substructions and the vitalizer of the
mimes of nations, societies and civi
lizations. Wo acclaim in our guest of tonight
the man of influence whom no office
could lift nor any failure of office
depress from his present place in the
minds and hearts of his country
men. We aro here tonight to celebrate
the titanic. wrestler with oppression
who for more than twenty rears has
helped to push back in this land and
in the world, the lines with which it
restricts human endeavor and to
"make the bounds of freedom wider
yet."
We are hero to'pmiif. ?n t;ln t,
session by our nation of a political
loader of the first rank, who when
he goes abroad to see the world is
found turning again and again from
tho capital with its seductive adula
tion to tho mission compound to note,
that ho may report it to his fellow
citizens at home, how tho garrison
and far flung lattlo line of God do
on the frontiers of His Kingdom.
We are hero, Mr. Bryan, to exult
in the simplo Christian man that
you are and to honor ourselves by
calling you neighbor, friend, brother.
And when your battle with tho ene
mies of your country and ours grows
bitter and perchance discouraging
may you hear One saying "As I was
with Moses so will I be with the
Christ." f mJm' thU Servant
And now, sir, there is but ono heart
in this company and it calls out
to you "hail, and God bless you
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of equal strength get hold of a smal
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equally." Lifo.
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