He has pictured for us
the infinite desolation of the man without a country. But
when his time shall come, what will be the desolation of the
country without the man?
"And now what can we give you who have given us so much? We
have something to give you on our side. We bring you a more
costly and precious gift than any jewel or diadem, though
it came from an Emperor's treasury.
Love is a present for a mighty King.
"We bring you the heart's love of Boston where you were born,
and Worcester where you took the early vows you have kept
so well; of Massachusetts who knows she has no worthier son,
and of the great and free country to whom you have taught
new lessons of patriotism, and whom you have served in a thousand
ways.
"This prophet is honored in his own country. There will
be a place found for him somewhere in the House of many Mansions.
I do not know what will be the employment of our dear friend
in the world whose messages he has been bringing to us so
long. But I like to think he will be sent on some errands
like that of the presence which came to Ben Adhem with a great
wakening light, rich and like a lily in bloom, to tell him
that the name of him who loved his fellow men led all the
names of those the love of God had blessed.
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