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The reference to the military career
was briei, and one portion of il should
q form his monumental inscription, when
IN other days the redeemed and saved
Republic shall form n vast escort TO hi
ashes when his own State shall take them
from the keeping ofthe Episcopal Church
in this diocese into her own bosom, and
when the shafted marble shall point the
children Of his flock, from the land lo
died for, 10 the Heaven he reached.
lie was congratulated npon tho honor
gained In being promoted to tho highcst
grade in the Provisional Army.
To which the Warrior Priest replied !:
"HoHoR, SIR! HONOR THERE Is NO
HONOR ON EARTH AS GREAT AS THAT OF
BisnoP OF rIiE Church or CHRIST"
Let those words. shine in gold amid tho
snow OF the marble, and let the world
reverence the Washingtonlike spirit,
! that regarded the performance of duty
beyond the rewards of honorl--the apos-
tolic spirit STOPPING from the grand inter
ests of eternity to the dear interests OF
I time.
Many other were lie points of inter
est; among them, the history OF how the
| Bishop becaltfe the Soldier; and most in
teresting of all, the reference to the Uni
versityof the South which he originated,
stimulated and developed and the per.
Esonal "reminiscences Of his friend and
companion, the orator.
Man Of letters--pastol and father to 20
large a portion Of the august Church o.
| God, which We reverence while we do not
ll,o, f~,l ,trI I...o II I.
efactor Of The needy and friend and els.
vator Of the slave,--his mitre is brighter
than his helmet even so far as the Cross
surpasses the sword.
Not that his bright sword won him no
honor, for in the language OF the orator.
"No-tnatter what was the fate of the rest
of the army, his was never defeated, tho
ssnctiied sword that had lain SO long on
the altar of God, never. flushed in vain.
and where he led until God sent
the bolt of the foe to call the we'll tried
servant home--no weapon that was lifted
against him-prospered."
Lieut.. Gen, Polk never knew defeat,
butthe Christian Polk cared little for that
He was probably prouder of his con
versions in the army than of his military
success.
Other points we intended TO notice, but
this notice is already too long.
At the close Of the deeply interesting
remarks, Bishop Elliott left the desk, and
turning his face to the North ;--In the
name ofhis Episcopal ofice---in the name
of the shed blood that like that Of Abel
called aloud from the ground for venge-
anee on those who lend thu sanction OF
the church 10 this crusade against reli.
gion--in the name of desolated homes
and blackened roof trees, OF desecrated
of altars proianed and the Holy -
trampled in the mire--in the
rame OF murdered citizens and violated
the name and by the authority
of God, .and by the enchanting spell.
word evoked from the presence of tho
and martyred dead--in his
name who closes for this hour the list Of
prelates murdered -
Thus did the Bishop summon such OF
The Episcopal Bishops and Clergy of the
North as have urged on this war to nlcet
him and their victims, alive and dead, at
The Judgment Bal Of Almighty God,
here oanswer
Few hearts there were that did not
thrill as the Bishop concluded "And may
iod have mercy upon you in that dag."
Again the grand swell Of the organ fill
I'd the church, then the cvergreens vert
on the burial case, and the
lead was carried out where the flowers
might bloom and the dews of Heaven
weep above his dust.
Upon reaching the grave Bishopl1lliott
proceeded with usual service, and as he
the words "eartl 10 earth.
lshes to ashes, dust 10 DUST. Bishops
ireen and Lay and Lieutenant General
united in casting earth upon
he coffin, while the roar OF artillery gave
he last salutrof The army to its departed
and we are left the spot aud
he memory.
The Greek hero was something like,
nd the words written for him ale not
'rofared but sanctitied when we used
hem TO day;
'iLeonidas with our hero dead
We nurturod in our glorie's fine
Rest ihee--herc is prondeT grave
Zen in this Southern cline.
We will remember thee as one
Long loved and for a gone
Fnr& &hee will ring the birth day bel,
Dfihee tho ispiug babe shall tell
The eolder closing with The foe
Give for thy sake deadlisr blow.
And she, the sharer Of thy Joys
Tho in her eve aud faded check,
BE read TIE grief that nM not speak
VIII. by thy pilgrim lighted hearth,
Talk efilly deem without sigh,
Tor thou art freedoms now aud fames,
One of the few Immortal names
That were not born u dc.
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must relate -one incident OF the battle
{ the 27lh, as it illustrates alikethe
Rivalry OF Tennesseean and the PER.
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