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Show The all-cotrolliug power of religion wai never more strikingly displayrd than in the the cme of Grant's old friend Parson Newman. On Thursday Thurs-day last, at the Round lako camp meeting of Methodists, he declared that ho had come to tho end of all personal ambition, and heuce forth would reserve nothing for self. How differentia this state of mind from that of Parson Newman during Grant's administration. Then his ambition appeared to be boundlees, and bin devotion to sell seemed to be supreme. Ho had the honor of preaching before Grant. He enjoyed the happiness of receifing a commission commis-sion from Grant to travel around the world, and visit the garden of Eden, as an inspector of consulates. He controlled many emoluments, was spiritual adviser at the White House, and gave his name to a beverage that became familiar in the liquor shops of Washington. Even an ambitious am-bitious in in might ba Batiatieci with such success. But now Grant ia out of power. Hnyes will not go to Newman's church, Newman has lost hia political and official influence; and Newman announces that he has given up all ambition. He attributes the change that has tuKen place in his mind to religious influence, aod it is, consequently, to region that we must give the credit. But we fear that if the third term regular republican repub-lican ticket, with Grant as the candidate candi-date for president, should be successful, Parson Newman will again be seized by the ambition from which ho say 6 he hna freed himself. New York Sun. |