Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1863-11-27

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Dental goodness, and the progressive rich
er and tairer dc0slopmsut Of Thy supreme,
universal ard everlasting administration.
10 behalf Of oil humanity wbUse ideal ID
diviue, Whose frs, memory 10 Thy imsge
lost, bn, whose las, hope is Thy image re.
stored, aud especially 10 behalf Of our own
nation, whose history hss been go favored
whore position 10 so peerless, whose miss.
ion 10 % sublime, and whose future is %
attractive, We thank Thee for the unspesk.
able patience Of Thy Compassion and for
the excesding greatness Of Thy loving
kiudness. In contemplation of Eden,
Calvary, and Heaven, of Christ 10 tbs
God, on the cross and On the Ihfone--nsy
more, of Christ as coming sg.iu in all
subduing power and glory-we gratefully
proloug our bomags by this altar of sscri-
fee, on this field of doiiyerauce, on this
mount Of salvation, within the 6sry and
bloody line of these munitions Of rocks
looking back to the dark days of fear sod
trembling, and to the rapture of relief tbA,
came after. We multiply our tLsuksgiv.
ings, aud confess our obligations to renew
sad perfect cur personal snd social conse.
Grafton to Thy service and glory. o.,
had i; not been for God for 10 our enc.
mics they came uDrssis,ed, multitudiuous,
mighty, ausbed With victory sud sure Of
success. They exul,ed on our mountains
they rsvellsd in our valleys; they fsasted ;
they rested they sleps; they awaked ;
they grew stronger, prouder, aud boldsr,
every day; they spread abroad they
concentrated here they looked beyond
this horizon to .hs stores of wealth, to the
hauuts Of pleasure, and to the seats Of
power in our Capital and chief cities; they
prepared to cast the chain of slavery
around the form of Freedom, and to bind
life and death together for ever. Their
premature triumph was tho mockery Of
God aud mau. Ous more victory, and all
was theirs. But behind these bills vas
heard the feeblsr march of Q smaller bu,
snll pursuing host; onward they hurried,
day and Eight, for their couo,ry and their
God; foo'sore, way~Oro, hungry, thirsty,
faint, (but DOT 10 hears,) they came to
dare all. to bear ell, and to do all that 10
possible to heroes. At first, they met the
blast on tho plain, and bent before it like
the trees; but then, led By Thy hand to
these bills, they took their staud on these
rocks, aud remained ss 6rm aud immo ovs.
bio as they. 10 vain we're they assaulted 4;
eli art, all violence, oil desperation failed
to dislodge them. Bsfflsd, bruised and
broken, their enemies retired and disap.
pesrcd. Glory to God for the rescue
But, Oh, the slain, 10 The frsshaess and
fullness Of their young and msnIy life,
With such sweet memories Of father and
mother, brother aud sister, wife and chill.
dren, maiden aud friends, from the coasts
beneath the Eastern star, from the shores
Of the Northern Lakes aud rivers. From
tue homes Of the midway aud the border,
they came here to die for US aud for man. i.
kind. Alas how little We can do for
them. We come with humility Of prayer,
With the pathetic eloqueuce Of venerable
wisdom, with the tender beauty Of poetry,
With the plaiutise harmony Of music, with
the honest tribute Of our Chief NJ gissrate,
sod With oil this honorable attendance,
but our best hope is Thy blessing. Oh
Lord our God, bless Us. Oh. Our Faith.
er, bless the bereaved, whether absent or
present. Bless our sick and wounded
soldiers and sailors. Bless all our rulers
and people. Bless our army and navy.
Bless the efforts to suppress this REBEL.
Ion, and bless all the associations Of this
day, and the place aud scene for ever.
AS the trees are not dead, though their
foliage is gone, so our heroes are not dead,
though their forms have fallen 10 their
proper personality they are oil with Thee,
aud the spirit Of their example 10 here.
Ii fills the air, it fills our hearts, and Is
long as time shall last it will hover on
these skies, and rest on this landscape !;
and the pilgrims of our own land, and of
oil lands, will thrill With it's inspiration,
and confirm their devotion to liberty,
religion, and God.
hon. EDWARD EVERETT then delivered
the Grafton. He narrated the deeds of
the three days which had made this spos
hooored groand-d denoun ced the REBEL
ion itself, in profound, logical, historical
argunent-acknowledged that his apprs-
tensions had led him "perhsps too long
to tread in the paths Of hopeless eompro-
mise"-decared that whom the Rebel
leaders were subdued, the honest masses
would return to their allegiance, and
concord will prevail. Wsquots
the conclusion of bis Oration:
"And now, friends, fellow.citizens Of
Gettysburg and Pennsylvania, and you
rom remossr States, let me again invoke
1our benediction, as We part, on these
,onored graves. You feel, though the
occasion lie mournful, that it is good to be
,sre. You feel that it was greatly suspi.
nous for the cause of the country that the
men of the East aud the men of the
Vest, the men of nineteen sister States,
TODD side BY side, on the perilous
idges Of the battle. You now feel it
,ew bond Of union, that they shall lay
lde by side, till . clarion louder than
oat which marshsllsd them to the combat
mail awake their slumbsrs. God bless
ne y mon it 10 dearer to % for the blood
!. :, 'ooso brave men shed in its defence. |
% spots on which they stood snd fell /; !
'"''0 P'sssant heights; the fertile plain