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RIGHT REV. BISHOP E. GRAHAM INGHAM, D.D., ON 



not on selfishness — that is, on truth and right, or endures while these 

 continue to rule. It is governed, not by will, but by good ; not by 

 one mind — of this world — rather by all, as it is for all. It is a 

 popular error — one of the legion of them — to suppose it was created 

 by any knowledge or art or any section of men ; its foundation was 

 the Divine Blessing, and its real glory and wealth. And it follows that 

 it can be preserved only by the same, and by esteeming, seeking, 

 and safeguarding this (far more than traditions, dead forms and 

 symbols, or any material good) still. A People needs to recognize 

 in this their greatest interest and summum honum and keep their 

 trust fixed in God (not gold or steel, Man or might), or they will 

 inevitably fall, if they have, through wise, sober and self-sacrificing 

 forefathers of supposed darker times, been permitted such a place 

 in the Earth. 



" With the Divine Blessing a little one shall become a thousand 

 and a host of Sennacherib or Pharaoh will oppose in vain. Without 

 this, the fame and constant victories, wealth and glory of a Solomon 

 must be blasted or daily menaced — as followed to him, indeed, 

 to the end, after these allured him, as they are so likely to do, to 

 unfaithfulness and pride. But, without this, all will be in vain. It 

 is the greatest of Assets for a People or for a man. All depends on 

 this. And it depends, in its turn, on humility, reverence, doc^ility 

 and obedience to the Lord professed and the Source of Blessing — on 

 loving, awe of, and dependence openly on, the Supreme Majesty and 

 His Faith, Honour and Worship — and on thankfulness and instruction 

 drawn from the past. 



" All varieties and classes of our race have equal rights. 

 Humanity is the only category before Him Who is the Creator 

 of all and beholds us as sinners or as saints. And every region 

 belongs morally to those who were there at first, what or whoever 

 they may be. There is no such thing as right of conquest, any more 

 than of tyranny : they are the same. What we owe to all, let 

 others do as they may, is only justice and love. We shall be watered 

 if we water ; both good and evil will, infallibly, have their reward. 

 Such being the true principles of Empire, we may predicate always 

 its preservation or fall. Marino's tiny realm had to be acknowledged 

 by the despot who threatened every Empire, and was far safer and, 

 after so many ages and in the midst of such a world, still stands. 

 Like the unpretending shop, it survives great establishments, 



