The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-06-07
ruNERAL 10.


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sssasslfs A. ~ Heagtiig = iisaaef ssusn g tht
, salief y MezsAdsn
tnA ths irra stafi faaarn tysft fussT tfsr ~
sariiY q tss hHsss ~ asi8 arssff wn& fgir sifei
ayafs ~ h.allf y ~ haass e hstAaa asart. ~
thtif stsef seisrf
wives start e. tsuily = shlluFi spart ~ tisir
stsss sfaff An 'ts hufies thsi reuain every
fspasil ApsFf end tbssF sisss slssft
II Y evident from ihs sontexi that The
mosrning here spaken ~, a. wide spread ard
deep. 4 the ihnarninr IN yiew n Sin. ,hs sin
of the Jewish nation In crucifyine ihe Mes,
sab. A. II shall lcok On him whom iis mad
rulers DID sanurge and pierce they shall Ia
Snent for him ~ ore iamensesh for an only
son. and he IN bitterness as one Is IN bitter
ness for a hss-boFn. nay mourning COM
.&14red is.thaf ereaf National Sorrow ia ,he
history q the Jews. when - ths hsfsls-heid
their beloved King Josiah fell morislly
wounded The army ~ Jadea scattered hv ihc
forces ~ the Egyptian monarch. the blow
struck which soon eulmnated n the over
throw n the eapissl and the captivity af The
people Then al Hadaiirimman IN the val.
ley of Megidjon was there great mourning.
reachinR 70 every family n the land: per-
sonal. household and national mourning:
mourning IN the royal family. mourning IN
the family of The propheis ard n ihefamily
Of the priesthood. and not only there. but in
the humble families in the land. that could
boast Of no ancestral and distinguished lin
cage save ihsir common citizenship in Israel.
7 All ranks, ali classes and professions. ell the
families that remAin and their wives anart.
The grief entered quite every household prp-
clnct. Il weighed upon each individual
heart. In the privacy Of home. in The soli-
1 ;ude ofthe chamber; every family apart, aud
their wives apart, they pour out their tears
before Col. Nor have ihe people If Jndea
been alone in these times Of nstional. house
hold and personal grief occasioned by the
/ ravages Of war.
The history OF man is history Of deprav-
/ iiy. Of the encroachment Of the mighty upon
/ the weak and defenceless. Of thrones Of pow
er built upon the ruins Of the innocent and
/ the capiured--of The holy sacrifice many
have been disposed to make, even 10 the ex-
I posure Of life unto death, TO defend the right
I and the weak And strange as il seems 10
/ Us. impossible as il seemed that 1t should ev-
er occur in this age Of the world, and in our
own highly favored and christian land, still
I we are in the very heart and fact Of another
such national sorrow, sorrow too that
/ reaches every family and quite every heart
/ AZ last the boR has fallen upon us. as ma
I ton. and step by step has the dread messen-
ger come nearer and still nearer to us until
/ the wall is not simply for national calami-
/ ~. but il il a bitter household cry, tears and
/ gioans in secret over broken families and
sundered ties, over fathers and Husbands,
brothers and sons, struck down in moment, /,
until
/ The sir Is ftll Of fEewes for the dying
And maurnings fir the dead
The heart ~ Rachel for her children CRYING
VIII not be comiortod"
We have cad of such calami,ies in history
We have thought they never would beiall us.
and yet they have come and we ourselves are
the people drinking the bitter cup Of woe,
aud our families are mourning in grief and
bitterness apart
Abroad the sword bereaveth at home there Is death
The trampled earth returns sound Of fear.
hollow sound a. ii walked un taInhs,
and lights that tell 0f cheerful homes appear
Far of, and die like hupe amid tho gieuius
mourniul sind across the landscape 1ics
md the wide atmosphere Is hill of sighE.a
And again we meet on an occasion OF na-
tional as well as household sorrow. For a
common affiietioB has linked heart to heart
aud when one member suffers We all DO suf-
fer now When the Patriot falls, even tho
We know not his name, one dear to us falls.
When cue IN the family group dies in de-
lending cur common Mother from the des-
perate assault Of mad hands, then the child.
ren all suffer. and altho' there are thAe here
to-day, to whom this sorrow comes with
heart-reDding trial, tho fther. mother, wife,
brothers, sister, and linked friends, must
ana DO mourn as We may not, yet we all do
mourn Our hearts do ache, in the fall Of
the brave, self-sacri6cing one, who has fought
bis last battle, and whose death slumhers no
cannon roar will ever again disturb. We
meet 10 interchange our sympathies, to offer
cur gratitude 10 God for 50 noble life, for
so brave death. TO comfort as we may sor-
rowiug and torn hearts. gather up new
stfsngthsfor tie remaining ,riais Heaven has
N store Tor us,and over the graves Of our fall
en heroes eonsecrate ourselves anew and ailh
more cheeIiulness 10 the cause, for which they
have she'd their blood, in the earnest prayer
that they have not died in vain, eithcr 80
far as cur Patriotism or onr CopnRy's well
fare is concerned. For while we nf6urn, We
mourn not as those who have no hope in God,
bat as those who accepting at His hand the
price II blood a. the ransom of our final de-
liyefsncs stiil hfpe on, suffer on, pray on,
that lie who affiicts and ehastens us ior our
sins. viii purge us Of our guilt. and save US
q the last. free. happy, united country,
for cur children and our children's children's
possession We can but mourn, zee mHd
Noarn, when The hand OF Heaven Is upon us,
the cur dear cues die in the cause Of truth
and righteousness, tho they are voluntary
martyrs, The they die willingly and brasely,
witheuI q regret that they have given their
liie Tor their country Yet we can bat weep
and mourn, when the noble. self-sacriheing,
the brave soldier Of his country falls. falls
q our SthaI takes our place in the fearful
contest, bears bis bosom 10 the thaft aimed
- Us, rushes into The spot where We might
have been. Yes, We may we'll weep aud
moarn. and We will. not for him, for he dies
eroHned with enduring fame. but for cur
selves. aud yet IS We mourn We rejoiceFthat
any have been willing 10 give themselves
thus. We esn never pay this debt Of graii-
tasss @ parents aud friends yield them up,
81 70 'hese who 60 and die. The emotions
then Of this heur are net al painful, they
are net. even le these hereayel ones Tho
they mourn and must weep, their mourning
i mixed with much that is comforting
There are gleAms Of light IN this nigh, II
their sorros, and - with as ail there il a
hAiloved joy. even in cur mutual sorrow---
Let nc @y werd Of this eonlitg gled emotion.
III Our mourning and lameniktion are deep
II Is ever sad 70 lay the young man in his
grave. ,he ycung man Cited fer usefulness,
whose character Is 50 far formed and mstur-
ed Alright as 10 give signs Of promise in the
tpbers q LIE Ia which be may move. 70 be a
prep for pzreSial affection 10 lean upon,
tightening tie cords ef aomes'ie relationship.