| Show A French Sermon with Dates I A French sermon is like a French speechIt never names a historical event but only the date of it if you are not upto dates you get left A I French speech Is something like this I Comrades citizens brothers noble parts of the only sublime and perfect nation let us not forget that the 21st of January cast off our chains that the 10th of August relieved us of the shameful presence of foreign spies that the 5th of September was its own justification before heaven and humanity hu-manity that the 18th Brumaire contained con-tained the seeds of its own punishment punish-ment that the 14th of July was the mighty voice of liberty proclaiming tne resurrection tne new day and inviting in-viting the oppressed peoples of the earth to look upon the divine face of France and live and let us here record re-cord our everlasting curse against the man of the 2d of December and declare de-clare in thunder tones the native tones of France that but for him there had been no 17th of March in history no 12th of October no 19th of January no 22d of April no 16th of November no 30th of September no 2d of July no 14th of February no 29th of June no 15th of August no 31st Of May that but for him France the pure the grand the peerless had had a serene and vacant almanac today to-day I have heard of one French sermon which closed in this odd yet eloquent way My hearers we have sad cause to remember the man of the 13th January Janu-ary The results of the vast crime of the 13th January have been In just proportion to the magnitude crf the act itself But forit there had been no 30th November sorrowful spectacle The grisly deed Qf the 16th June had not been done but for it nor had the man of the 16th June known existence to it alone the 3d September was due also the fatal 12th October Shall we then be grateful for the 13th January with its freight of death for you and me and all that breathe Yes my friends for it gave us also that which had never borne but for it and it alonethe blessed 25th December It may be well to explain though in the case of many of my readers this will not be necessary The man of the 13th January is Adam the crime of that date was the eating of the apple thee sorrowful spectacle of the 30th November No-vember was the expulsion from Eden the grisly deed of the 16th June was the murder of Abel the act of the 3d September was the beginning of the journey to the land of Nod the 12th day of Octobercthe last mountain tops disappeared under the flood When yOu go to church in France you want to take your almanac with you annotated an-notated From Mark Twains Stolen White Elephant |
