The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . red before them for that purpose. In the Baltic Sea theCzar and Czarina have reviewed the Russian navy. To bring before the Ameri-can people the debt they owe to the navy, I go out with you on the AtlanticOcean, where there is plenty of room, and in imagination review the war-shippingof our three great conflicts—1776, 1812, and 1865. Swing into line all ye frigates,ironclads, fire-rafts, gunboats, and men-of-war.
The pathway of life ; Intended to lead the young and the old into paths of happiness, and to prepare them for a holy companionship with him whose kingdom is as boundless as his love . red before them for that purpose. In the Baltic Sea theCzar and Czarina have reviewed the Russian navy. To bring before the Ameri-can people the debt they owe to the navy, I go out with you on the AtlanticOcean, where there is plenty of room, and in imagination review the war-shippingof our three great conflicts—1776, 1812, and 1865. Swing into line all ye frigates,ironclads, fire-rafts, gunboats, and men-of-war. There they come, all sail set furnaces in full blast, sheaves of crystal tossing from their cutting prows. THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. 447 That is the Delaware, an old Revolutionary craft, commanded by CommodoreDecatur. Yonder goes the Constitution, Commodore Hull commanding. Thereis the Chesapeake, commanded by Captain lyawrence, whose dying words were: Dont give up the ship, and the Niagara, of 1812, commanded by CommodorePerry, who wrote on the back of an old letter, resting on his navy cap: We havemet the enemy, and they are ours. Yonder is the flagship Wabash, Admiral. CROSSING THE BAR.—From the Painting by Hamilton Macallum. Dupont commanding; yonder the flagship Minnesota, Admiral Goldsboroughcommanding; yonder the flagship Philadelphia, Admiral Dahlgren command-ing; yonder the flagship San Jacinto, Admiral Bailey commanding; yonder theflagship Black Hawk, Admiral Porter commanding; yonder the flag steamer Benton, Admiral Foote commanding; yonder the flagship Hartford, DavidGlascoe Farragut commanding. And now all the squadrons of all departments,from smallest tugboat to mightiest man-of-war, are in procession, decks and rigging 448 THE PATHWAY OF LIFE. filled with the men who fought on the sea for the old flag ever since we were anation. Grandest fleet the world ever saw. Sail on before all ages ! Run up allthe colors ! Ring all the bells ! Yea, open all the port-
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