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jryi Li" THE INDIAN ADVOCATE 417 JPe Christian's; emblem. 77s biautinl oration teas thlivu cd on All Saint's Day at 'the oicavon o the blcim? of the uezu ctot ei cited in our farith cemeloy, Sacxd ftait, Ohht" k .3 '1 "Jfor mj part ob fatbits tfjat 3 srtjoulb gloi in anptftfng ., gaUe tit tlje Croa? of 0m JLota 3ft&ng Cfjrtet," (ST PAUL TO THK GALATIAJsS, C. f V. 14.) , early Beloved. Significant symbols and-em- uitjnib nave, m every age and every, clime com- t'1. S ;Hv;, . cair memorated and transmitted to posterity events j y the most important and events the most renown ed. These mute reminders, these simple inanimate signs eloquently tell the story of heroism and devotion, the histo ric grandeur, the coveted glory, and the cherished tri umphs of Church and State, politics and society. 'Thus, the proud eagle, gorgeously emblazoned upon the Roman flag, infused into-its valiant defenders that love of coun try which naught else could ever inspire. The beloved crescent gracefully floating upon the waving breeze 'cade the Saracen's scimiter leap from his very scabbard, and beckoned him 'dn to triumphant conquest. The French paled and trembled'- before the scorching flames of the Austiians, until Napoleoi',waved aloft the. emblem of Franc$. . What save, thatjfotense lov,eof.Fatherland, which the tri-colored hanh&ofeGermaW' evoked, .hurried on her gallant son? trf'defftng&qnd' vj&tory, - with -an enthusiasm afid Mntoxittatiorr thatrid the battle-field of Napoleon and a proclaimed Willi&Wthe crowned sovereign , of United 'GefmShy.' Fo'rwiore, than ,300 years, the golden harp beauteously'embrokjered on Erin's green banner nerved the keart,aji4 stirred thesoul of the Celt with the fond hope, "'that, fcne,sjiia-burst resplendent is flashing on high, and that th .daydawn of Erin's freedom is nigh. How often, too, beneath our own staij-spangled banner has not the