The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-12-11

SleeperS wake! voice S calling;
1t Is the Waterman the walls;
Thou city OF jerusalem
For lol the Bridegroom comesi
ARISE, and take your lampsl
Halleujah Awake His kingdom ID at handS
Go forth to meet your Lord
I Discourse.
Manly and gentle, pure and noble hearted,
Sweet her days of peaceful youth and beauty;
Sweeter than peace, or days, or years. is Freedom,
Thoughts our brave heroes.
Wars wild alarm drove sleep from every pillow.
Slavery, rampant stalked ahwart the broad land!
Prompt, M the call of country ana Of duty,
Flew the brave heroes
Darkly the clouds hung DER doubtful conflict;
Out shone the rainbow-Lberty TO all mon!
Lo now country grand enough to die for
Peace to our heroes
Rear we for them no cold sepulchfal marble.
yreslLin our hearts their very selves are living,
Bearer and now, ever loved and cherished,
Risen In gloryl
10 Haiel1jah Chorus, from Handels Messiah.
Halleujahl for the Lord God Omnipoten reignethThe
Kingdom Of this world Is become the Kingdom OF our
Lord and Of His Christ and He shall reign forever sud
over, King cekings, and Lord Of lords.
IL. Benediction
IL. Voluntary on the Organ
The pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. J. E. Thompson
was assisted IN his hbors by Rev. Mr. Duryea, who
offered up eloquent and impressive prayer, beseech
ing the Almighty that the nation might learn TO guard
with holy the blessings dearly purchased and
tha. friends might be raised up to assist all who
wounded during The late war; well to comfort and
help the widows aud orphans Of those who had fallen
The gentleman also read the following portions Of
Scripture selected Tor the evening service-sixth chap
second Book OF Chronicles from the thirty second
verse; forty sixth Psam st chapter second Book Of
samuel and the forty ninth chapter Of lsaiah from the
Rev Dr. Joseph E thompson delivered the address 10
tive memory Of our departed heroes, oil which the fol-
The war which burst so suddenly upon came sud
denly to close One day the crash OF shot and shell
thoa like a rctrcatiag; thunder cloud, came
fairrer and fainter the retreatng crashes Of tho
c!airsed there were no rcjoicings and no iilunin-
a,ions the grief Of the nation great for its
ments Of the hundreds Of tnousandsof those who had
forth tn the light at his bidding. Had Abraham
LncoCs lived be would have long aco appointed !, day
the celebration OF services for the memory OF those
who had fallen during the war. II the war had been
wnged against foreign Power It's Close would have been
marked by striking event. All 1t was though
thou sands or soldiers we're mustered out OF tho scr.
vice, thousands were also kept undor arms. Although
the oonfederacy the revoltcd broken the
links OF the old Union restored Though armed
resistance had ceased, martial Law was maintained SO
Il that the return OF peace could not DO definitely
fixed having taken place on any particular day.
Tho soldiers welcomed by army corps nj Wash
ngton, but adequate notice had been taken OF that
large army whih sumbers a. 6ettysburg, Ch,tti.
nooga ChancellorsvIlle Cold Harber, In the dreary
shades of Acg.crsonvc and scores o. battle fields
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have been pcynly welcomed by their fsiends but IL Is
Of the ivn; alone the nation should think but OF
those who ara waited for in vain IN mary ahome on the
distant pra and In the ous districts OF the
East--in those homes where Johnny does not come
marching home again. The reverend gentleman
the Pilgrim Fathers and or thor patriots who
fell during the Revolution. The first the price paid
for religious liberty and the latter the prc- paid
by the nation political liberty and self government.
So the cost Of fe.cn mankind greater than that
for which Mr. Essn first called seveniy.ivc thousand
md f.utt mill n al N
more than hes hundred thousand lives and three thou
sand millions Of dollars But the people, ut the call Of
have now engraved their shield the motto
of 'cqual rights TO man" The spontaneonsaess
Gcc was very remarkable Every appeared
10 have a accrand clear sight into the merits OF the
lives and hbcry The South had ver counted
that the Of the North would 20 forth TO She battle
ned leaving their stores and workshops to save the sur.
stantai realities Of Justice and TIRE dom Ito speaker
in high terms iued TO tho checrulness and patriotism
OF soldiers contrasting Il with the mpressmen sys-
tenn by which the rebel armies wer ,. marianed In tho
leId when the statistics Of the Sanitary and Chris
tan Commissions published there will, he said, DO
figures which will he great surprise many in this
country and alsa TO many In England They will show
that fully ninety per cent Of The men who enlisted
in the Union aies were American cit,zeifs; they sere
not only American chzcns by nationality, but ass in
courage and patriotism. tAppausc) Not only in lsfe
did they prove y, mcycs hcroos but also in the ~ son
pens of Andersopsiie, Belle lsla and Libby. To those
who have fallen In defence Of tic nation Is ny .debt
OF gratitude forhe examples TREY had shown Of andnr
lerOlEu.
without murynur and checrfally gago their lives for
the honor and integrity OF the contny or this class
tho number is,pyards OF thre hundred Thousand In
Washington ia2 white and 32S co3red soldiers have
been buried: Alexandria 2Iwhe and ~ coorcc.
Around Richrond the number was upwards OF 1000;
around Nashville 3i631; at Spotts!tvana sse eravss
were found aad IT'S Afterwards Inferred by Coofe
| More. when tic whole member comes to ~ counsel
up will DO sonnd tina. my .hIes 90
Col More, az Washington who Is row enpagl ~ prcparing
statistics on.this subject NO igares are ys' given o.
that the high priest Of freedom and The high priest OF
eloauence Abraham Lincoln and Edward Everett should
each paw tribute TO fallen brave He closed with
eloquent peroraton the vrtsns OF the fallen and tina
lessons those three hundred thousand graves should
teach " tho American people
Sermon by Rev. Dr. sehon, or Nashville.
snsa audience assembled In Cooper institute yester
i day morning in response 10 announcement IN the
morning papers ,hst tho Rev Dr. schon, Of Nashville
Tenn would deliver discourse. The revorona gentle.
Is The Missionary Secretary OF the Methodist Eps
copa Church South, and Is physically and intellectually
Enc specimen Of an arstocrato Southerner Afer In
| troductory devotional exercises, In which Dr. Sehor
invoked tho blessing OF God upon the President Of M
United States and prayed that all causes Of division
aficton might be removed, and all the blessings 0
peace and prosperity might be enjoyed by our comma
country, no announced his text to DO th
sixteenth verso OF the 6rst chapter OF RI
mans:-'sFor not ashamed OF the Gospel Of Christ
for Is the power Of God unto salvation 70 every or
that beovsth 70 the Jew FIRST and also 70 the Greek
he said :seme little mIsconcep'on may be snsertans
on the part Of some who are hsss This morning 70 hc
The speaker have no subject 70 present 10 you tod
but the Gospel Of Jesus Christ A citzea Of our cor
mon country, representing true, aesrtain scctic
OF thai country appear before you without incnda
70 take any part either In discussing tho causes whit
led 10 sad aud sorrowfu var, or speaking IN any ma