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WiMJAM Pitt.
Vol. vi,
As a lion cautiously and silently creeps
upon his prey unci then with a leap and a
bound he has it in his possession so "Wash
ington under cover of the night took the
foe by surprise as though he and his
army had instantly sprung from the earth.
Consternation tilled the British ranks.
No greater amazement could have been
produced even though a voice had come
pealing through the vault of heaven, as of
old at Sinai. The victory was complete.
The defeated army were beaten back in
great confusion like a boxer sent reeling
by a staggering blow. From this time on
the war took a different aspect. .Men ev
erywhere were willing to volunteer in de
fense of their country. While but a short
time before men could scarcely be re
tained in the army, yet now when success
was more promising with eagerness and
alacrity they flock to the standard of lib
erty. The athairs of life present a similar
picture.
"When an individual is weak and weary
battling with the wars of oppression, how
few there are who take notice of these
things, and has time to extricate himself
from these cillicultics. But when the tide
of battle changes and circumstance are
favorable, a far different scene meets our
view. When an individual is in wealth
and fortune, friends are plenty, and every
one seems to be particularly interested in
his business. So loo when the result is
doubtful in the great battle of the opposing
elements within the human breast. When
the will is about to give way, how few
there arc to inquire into these things, and
lend a helping hand. Hight in the nick
of time a little succor might be the means
of rescue. Surely we are mutually dependent.
Again, as in the solar system there arc
innumerable worlds revolving around one
common center, so in the battle field (in
the broad sense of the term) is the com
mon center around which cluster us many
battle fields us there are individuals en
gaged in the conflict. While we cannot
guide the affairs of men and nations and
arrest the battles of the world, yctthcre
is this scene of conflict of an individual
character, over which each must preside
for himself. If then, with the weapons
and powers already provided,--. we can di
rect the tide of battle in one case, let us
direct it according to the dictates of our
better judgement And then it is ourkdu
ty to lend assistance' to, the weaker ones
in the coullict. ' Let .us go out into the
high-ways and hedges and inquire how
the tide of battle changes there. We may
be able to rescue some fellow traveler,
who has been passed by those more suc
cessful in the race.
As uplthu hill we travel on
Lending help to fullow-niim,
We gather I an rule one by one
Traveling "foremost in the van."
J. o. s.
WfLLIAM PITT.
"Lives of great men all remind us,"
according to one of our professors, is no
doubt " trite." Some remind us how, by
shunning their errors and missteps, to
right our own lives. Hud the poet said
good and great men he might have been
more correct, but it is not always best to
analyze poetiy; some of its beauty may
dissappcar in the process. No one would
take a character like Nero, expecting that
the loot-prints he has left would be of any
encouragement or hope along life's way.
The lives of some men shine brighter und
brighter according to the distance we look
back to them. Hardly an individual can
read Ihe life of Lord Nelson without hav
iug some emotions, some aspirationsstirred
within him. A character so brave, so
good and pure and withal so noble will
ever be a potent agent for good in life.
While England can boast of many men,
great and famous, during the last century,
among them all there is no single one to
which the people look with more pride
and reverence than to William Pitt. The
' Commoner," as he was called. There it
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