Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-02-26
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W men was Well ueServeu bv inc kaHaHt
young officer who had risked his life for his
country, and brought home an honorable
scar.
"But there was another side Of tho picture
that we saw. Ii was this. On tho same train
upon which came the Lieutenant, came also
q young soldier--a private in the same regi-
ment, perhaps wounded, perhaps not, but
worn and wasted by the terrible fever OF tho
camp moro deadly than bullets, moro df!.
cult to endure lie too was from Barring ~,
aud had returned to his old home us speedily
as possible, to see his wife and children. be.
fore being mustered out. We saw him leave
the depot, and 90 silently and alone down
the street. No one cheered him; no ono
that we saw greeted him; two Of the car
,iages that went mp to the depot for the lieu.
tenant, passed hitn on the way, returning
empty; still he trudged on weariy, bent be.
meath the weight OF the heavy knapsack and
blankets he carried on his back, weak, evi-
IDENTITY, and sick with the ievcr--aye, sick
unto death uemuloasly, yet chceriu'ly he
walked down the street to his home, though
alone. This was on Friday. On Sunday
morning he was. mustered out Of the service
by Death Ills name was Lyman Tcrrill,
of TO +, and he was enlisted from Winstcad,
in our own county.
"We have no comment to make on tho
contrast. II was sad picture, and yet, as
we have said, Only too common"
| IlorE IN Con, TIE Brsr IIoLprAsr.--Fa.
nous Is that history of Cynegirus, valiant
! and thrice renowned Athenian, who being in
a great sea fight against the Medes, espying 4
ship Of the enemy's well manned. and flied
| for service, when no other means would serve
he g,aspcd it with his hands to maintain the
! fight; and when his right hand was cut on
he held close with his left; bat both hands
being taken off, he held it fast with his teeth
! till hc los, his life. Such is the holdfast rf
him that hopes in God as long Ms there s
any breath he hopes Tho voice Of hope is
according to her nature, God is my hope. In
the winter and dcadRest calamity, hope
springcth and cannot die; nay, she crie,it
within herself, whether live or die, though
| walk into the chambers of death, and the
doors be shut upon me, | will not lose my
hope; for shall see the day when the Lord
shall know mo by my name again, right my
wrongs, finish my sorrows, wipe the tears
from my checks, tread down my enemies, full
fill my desires and bring me to his glory.
Whereas tho nature of all earthly hope il
like o sick mans pulse, full Of intcrmission,
there Deihg rarely seen SPeFdte Wasrt on ths
inscription, but it is subscribed Gazette .t.tl!
ces. ...
Everybody wants to be saint, suppose
Well, the law hero is clear and specific. God
would not involve SO important a matter in
too much mystery. You have tho rule all
wrapped up in the smallest compass" First
the blade, then ear, then tho foil corn in the
ear" One who has just commenced the
Christian life is not saint, nn more than The
infant is the man, or the acorn is the oak
He is only the beginning, of a saint--a very
good brginning. undoubtedly livery promis-
ing, very beautiful, still only germ that may
never be perfected. ,tH
Let us adorn the Judgment Of God, and
instead of searching into the particular rca.
sons and ends Of them, let us say with St
Paul, (Romans ri 23,) How unsrarchable
arc his judgments, aud his ways past find
ing out T. II he who was taken up into thc
third heaven, and bud such multitude oI
> revelations, and was admitted so much nearer
TO the secrets OF God than we are, durst not
r search into them how much less should we.
,, who only converse here below. .-- 7Rlotsoa.