The Boy Patriot Part 10

There was more such work for Blair Robertson, and for it he steadily labored.

Peace came with its illuminations and festivities. The sword was laid aside on sea and land, yet Blair might still be serving the country he so dearly loved. His example, his fireside talk, and his glowing words in the a.s.semblies of his people, might ever cast their weight in the right balance. The outcasts and the immigrant were still to be so trained and enn.o.bled as to make them fit citizens of our free and happy land. Above all, by his prayers and his holy living, he might call down on his home and country such a blessing as ever encompa.s.ses the dwelling of him who feareth the Lord.

To be such a patriot was the aim of Blair Robertson. Would that there were many so to live and labor. Then might we be sure of victory over all our enemies, and of the abounding blessings of lasting peace.