, 1865-04-25

| uVAE NAIC lA2u &0Ct8 WUW QiY0 l0QXM& kNF IA
erown,pg battlee. and won los ua and ours Il
1femain. '' Gsonos u. sruAsr.
oo1LHor7os.
a collection wss tsken up At the close OF N
Mccabe's addrrs.; the amount realixcd ms l.re,
we arc cot advised Of The e1>ct auoaat.,
REV. n. =. PARVIN.
ask:l as !: p.l,in. Of PAiadelphta. vas The ne,
4 hardly think have tbs right to assamc III.
LIE tna aaa,enec ase p'epated. either IL mind q
platform; 5et let Us carry ont II far - poss1bl:
PC oEder Of exercises al set down IN your or
| Eismn1e. ab4 al:uw.ne now to carry you dlrech
Us fa'hes curse yea II now, amt frcn tracing Il
gene Eal Principle and II can give you, oJ an
posslotil'y. an inslsAt lato tho act1al wnrk, M
stopping to tell You what 1t H. but Illustrating
simply. what II does, ny words will 10, b. IN Ii
| 4 very few ta3 uso, the Chsist:1 toa=aii.lo,
Wts II shso:asc want. Those ct Us who were II
s:nott, tud yet Eber the n:inss cane to rs taa
! Petersburg htr Richmond were Lxco, anl VI
| tnelt down In thoxc rooms, died up With .tore
gtnsrFoliy, .;t then aam9st empty we thanked Co.
e,sc hocralls for tno:e who bad failen, and thos'
! Who were sex ard wonndc,; md whsl
sxs a sSfs1s ef fss sssines ~Ess sFGas &
aud elsrwhers vs saw hit Cod had ,naeea e s4aat
ed not only plenty to Our army. tut pleo.y 10 hi
Commission IN If en'ls for a,G, and tae tre,eur1
V<fsHA ~ - Nf4<NarNC1y fu4 Fuppl{ES U3YE
con'iLurd to fow EScr since. As soon Us va kneW
that re might 60 on In our good work, We rejJlcel
thar God had eireu US this aid. You can
not a q spirit Of ha.n9
Of EaslER to e3y. In response, We have no sture,
to seId } on, nos nuney to bug them With" Nor
can you well Endets.aod the resi- gratitude TO God
with Which, On the id Of april. we Krvsisd thcao
wordr, 'tatep down to Nash1og ton--do not w7tt
ter us to send you any thine-buy everything thas
va: hinston can supply, and We rtls zoe hat The
morning e1shtY-eevsn tc1es went on. ut our hcld-
The great work Of the Christian Commission il
simply the m1nisteEiuy - men in all Ihe1r neads.
1t WIS no eIayeEatiuu> when Il etltenl director
ketd IN relerencsto 70 one OF tho hospitals, '.Your
Christian Commission has saved thons md lives"
ue knew what he asid; be knew that the work Of
tic trlesat.a was 10 be directly any spot Ut the
ut ment; to be h, re When man fill. 10 pick thel
up, to tiEc Up thc,r wut1nls and Il, mister to the
10 their necessities. He knew that thia meant
IT was ~ privilege TO lead On sevcnty-aye de!c-
gates, M their appointed captain, to divide them
up lntot onn1tteee to engage IN the actual work
ol E.iutstering to the Tognded md suffering. We
hI1 not Pcnc on ioEg In this labor when tbe soy
tctE -1yt ihcsca:et 10 ure hundred ana Eisy: thus
ncensinued 10 Increase, or Kept up tho nunb.r
sr1ps 81 men ~fS e were sb ane ha e l0o1 Tdess sE
un'pui-t.on t.bles assisting lie surgeons
rntil they fcl from utter rx1srstiur, 4
G great loa{ q the army bad l1arcasl on, and the
NAAktCA Asu A4A1IAeA H4AA' GAtlu. H1 lh1f II Ii
.nos sufficient merely to nike supplies anu Law
Gown at tie Surgeons tent, tho supplies he cln-
not ttst1isntg; he will thank yoa to bring The
hnnIs that will distribute then, 10 tho men who
arc II necd. Aut two or three o. four DAYS after
d battle there were ttousppds OF men on The Geii-
ioI except as aUr delegates aLle 10 a.
is keep liz s = ,oaseF as9
md 20 hold them back itom Ire very Jaws Of leath
Until the eurecors Should come and minister to
aI.lty viii ~htch ihes Could I'M nu.tse Its e "a. fne
esnp ot Instruction sni i5rmaiion At once II i
Held. II il witS them, ridins 'ue in pa'us. IT,
hottest OF tue Engagement; II attends to the last
dds Il Il 6ara seu @any naa
70 btLa The heats OF the brave fellows who aro
sfyiD: up tbt:r lives on The battle asld, 10 the
different delegates. telI Of these stories, whl:h
o'hetWfsc would be unknown. They are not
m.1ely stories with which TO sratiiy the ear;
hours OF saaness ahd IN seasoQs OF greatest p.iaf
and snrrow, 10 draw that peace w.1en cometn Of
IL wing soEefhtu: ahort those vho haze ELLEN.
own notice. A eostlier il brought IN, wounded
ind laid down. We vr.p h,m Up in hlauket Il 4
a. s stems cold with exposure or loss Of blood be
sid an :, ;. 1o; M Of T. TT aSor On which
u YOU hnve eeen. Jet some Of you may have aeen |
:uch u you ba$s b. en- oa . battis Held. Do voa I
saoT WA: lsisY Church g 'ac as any IL iEis !
1T ls tnken. Tho Pioneer Corps comes IN aud |
+ there Is no 1nmher yard handy. they st1ips @ oat
very pew sitey carry the lunnes that Is in The |
S;ay, 9lGide anu letentng tho nearest hay.stack,
5!th congregation Of wounded msn. Thsy ass
al1ne them contis ,u:liy ont Of the ambulance.- |
me INC has @ lost en arm, another leg. We would |
:et that whole door covered: a youth was |
'5ooght Hlth some others, md laid upon the t. |
,ie: ! saw he was very feeble and administered |
IL eyes. asked his nane; he bfeathed ii 6nt ia |
ne, a:ked bis fathers name; be shooE his |
.ead: asked h1s notte er's name, and be h,ea6ed |
elphio, am sure" knew TINT soma Of Ills reg
uent had come from there. "Yes,H md be rnyn
oe bis mother's name and address. and be closed
cs.1rg to bent The poor fellow closed bis syes. s.
I'd never opened them agnIu- When / pressed
IN By me band, and SAID, !" Do you Know whas
GyDe D. bn IN hs s5y a Of ssas Gas
as warm pressure Of the hand which ceased "a
aassd a ne beating pulse, ond told that man and
GhI,st'sn m na Was pasn3g away. Il Was something
ing to Clip litt'e lock tom his right temple.
an envelope md dircct them to his mothor ;aad
more when we returned 10 Philadelphia. 10
ng that bell. aud When the mother cane fiyinp
lhe g docr n lh11Atn. It Was her own vhafiey, to
r e.
ing to be aale to tell her Of that last pressure or
e hsnd, thnst little mementocs. and Tell the stu-
% o. 1 he1 d5%ipg % son. THIS 's Christian Conm,s-
ousand. It IS TO do Its rork right hero
Iich binds the hsasts ss home with tbs 5earta Of
ana III tb, ri IT, In our BEHALF All
We know 5othine about r!yinz. To give you
g malnpled LEO opefatlons in figures is impossible.
d dead upou the Aeart. nnl is oppo.ed 10 the
e q whal We have seen. and known, und felt,
ID %s confess our nttcr inability to eive to you
ORR, ano the great necessity there il for yoa TO
.ep up youe Contributions with which to feed It.
IS &S'n3 Se s a11 Ct coas Ss a It Ss
i IL RI who lad died IN he ho:pitsi; :q tog
NE 1ss p. sefsss long Jns Of ha!a mile Of
u'd 60 out on this 1abor- To st1nd there, as
q to Do, with nothing like supply Of material
"a Ma'e9 To- SsEs Wess tne p hear w. Indeed op
lows lS With lunches Of straw and hay, been I
.hon, bs1ndsses to wrap up their wounds. Az q
curst aa i;,ero1ens H. of,en IN a:h.lnz The men
teAeo could have the aliehseat Idea Of such an L
'eIgeney, what woua1n would not gre all The =
hnlne ,hIa Il ssr acuss 70 meet NECESSITY 50
re amount Me had need Of: The idea Of our i
wing tnperhnoua amount, which has been o
rs;d @ about. Is fslse. " have always been able 6
pples WEE 80 direct v
9 7s SsEs s e. n hG{ KIN Th9 h., ssfp she:
doTed @otheT IN SEW | York a. % Saa Two 1asa bHoihe
, when ne war broke ont, but they haye both :
n. The *tdowed mother had given her three II
ne: wha: have gou given to compare with that b
:riaess Her home i a blank. She hna :.
g knew whit she was doing. We knew what Il
.se mothers are. could tell yon of one, 4 o.
y IN the highest social position in Albany, =,
t.s addressed to our care, and by mistake It q
ne Into our hands with wagon load, Wish / | Il
1]d tell you how every division has It's four b,
ss waGon Tin II ts,stess BY msske the
ature that said, s1This does not belong to M: Il
. must be private property. The ,deiicacies b
be1 were IT. d9E 'Gm,
y '.k!Dg ~ bottom out, did aot sss i andl L
tasz sszze1 rot please fne rFs,ss st9 = VI
sstt sse tort snd eis etSsts he5 r
!, and rhe wants also 10 relieve Ger son.%w.th a,
ne shame, had it closed, and then sat down n
T5e nnte f. he Ms, che ipsd Der
ha fss sap5ss" ia
sscneer to dnd h1n,. In about fifteen or twenty
,utes the messenger returned. and tatd MaIor b
ne had Just been Killed, at the hesd ol hs regi-
h. what mothers heart Wis beating there. as ~ ~
wn Il That box 90 nicely arranged for him, )"
count1y's defrusei Il was some thing. then. % 81
srose Of It. gave the con ents Of Tie. boI w s
be officers Of the A Majors r. glmsnt: reserved }"
md get her will respecting 1t. - -
Hrote to her, and begged to be allowed to keep ~