The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-08-10
am truly yours,
Il. w. HILL.

prove uselul 10 some, contrary 20 my own ucslie, 1
give it for publication,
am truly yours,
Il. w. HILL.
TExr-"I have fought good fight have tin
ished my course, have kept tho faith. IL Tim,
iv,7.
The particular occasion on which We
assembled to-day is one not peculiar to us,
for go where you will in our beloved land
and you will find Mt almost any time, pub
lie assemblies convened to show public
sympathy with friends who are afflicted
and bereaved almost beyond endurance,
as they term it, because n dear ono is no
more-in moment hurled from T'imo to
Eternity i'll the wild fury of the battle field.
Not here, where kind father would
have lifted his lifeless body and having
pressed it to his bosom, would have laid it
gently down to he dressed for its quiet
sleep i'll the homo burial place; not here,
where II loving mother would have kissed
his dying lips, and all alfeCtonate sister
wiped the damp death sweat from his cold
brow; not here where every tribute of res
pect would have been paid him 10y loving
relations and kind frieuds No, but away
yonder far from home and loved ones he
| fell, Fell by the the well directed missile
of the enemy; died soldiers death, was
| buried in a soldiers grave. Yes, and he is
now wearing the soldiers crown. Aye
the never fading crown which Jesus put
| upon him when his glorious spirit entered
| the mansions of eternal bliss crown OF
rejoicing, "a crown ofglory, II crown of vic
tory, because he had fought the good
| fight" he had finished his course" aud
| kept the faith"
Such was, such is Francis C. Powers
THE memory of his virtues shall be CRATE
full 20 us ALL"
eyes the memory of his virtues,
OF his principles so NOBLE
OF his high aud manly feelings,
or his true and generous friendship,
OF his soul abhoring meanness,
Clinging to the good and lovely.
He has left record with as
Deeply, beautifully written.
Not on white and fading paper,
Soft and quickly failing paper,
Not on baselcss storied marble,
Soulless time corroding marble;
Not on shining brass or silver,
Heavy gold or glowing copper:
Not ON ought that fades or crumbics,
Not on ought that rusts or sullies,
But on substance far more lasting
Than the solid earlhs foundations,
Than the lofty granite mountains,
II, has craven it in lcttess bright
Upon our souls for ever"
Yes, gone though he is, the way of al
the earth, yet he liveth--liveth in sur meu
ores and in our hearts. Well do we re
member his high Christian deportmen
- g.,
Never did you find him in any meanness-
never would you miss him from post q
Christian duty. While there the day Q
calamity fell upon his country, and as 500
as her calls for hel became urgent he CAV
himself to her noble service.
For almost three years God most special
ly blest him and spared his useful life
So in this sense this noble young christian
, fought a good fight, In this sense III
finished his course" and in this sense h
"kept the faith, for he was faithful, trut
high minded patriot. Yes but thank go
that by his gra9e he fought better fgh
he fought the fight of faith that faith b
, which he overcame the world-that fat
by which his heart was purified. Yes an
he finished better course than the cours
of this temporal exisience-he finished til
christian course, he rnn well the race thu
was before him-he bore every cross, el
q dured every atfi;ction with patience, fC
! the Joy that was set before ilin--and thu
having lived christian life, he died
christians death aud kept unsullied tn
; faith Of the gospel Go to then ye wee
3 ing friends, and wipe away every tea
drive away every thought of sadness; yol
loved one has fought his last battle, he ha
gone to his rest. You mourn not as thoi
who have no hope.
'Why should your tears in sorrow low
When God recalls his own7
lie bid him leave world of woe
For an immortal crown"
Now | turn to you, my dear friends
Christ, holding up the life and death
this young christian hero the most sUlen
and precious lesson of the text and pr,
S you to look well to them. AS christian
you must light good fight" you have
X course to finish ''you have faith to lee
:, which things if they are not well done, yC
" will be when your life is ended, of all M
the most miserable. You must take 1t in
the account at the beginning that the chr
tian life is warfare it is therefore th
= Paul says to timothy''war a COOL wa
fare" la this world there is a continu
NbiASol HStNSCH ilOiilSoo lhl Dlll DElW c
religion and inhdelity, and antil the hr
triumph when the kingdom will be deli
cred up to the Father, this war must
). waged. We cannot here rest from our
bors, no but because the christian is ho
and separate from the world and aspr
after immortality, the world the dopravi
Of his own heart and satan himself a
ever arrayed against him.
We must have great tribulation-'
must struggle CT perish---we must conqu
or die, surely then we ought to take I
advice of paul the aged" and "war
iy good warfare" "fght the good fight
e, faith"
~ We must put on the whole armour
= God, that we may be able to stand the "
OF the devil. For we wreste not agaii
flesh and blood, but against prinoipalit
o, against powers, against the rulers Of
darkness of this world, against spirit
es, wickedness in high places therefore,
must have our loins girt about with tru
and have on the breast plate of rigbtco
20 -R.F. wAAx's Poem.