The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-18
Green be the turf that rests

memory Of such heroes Green be the turf that rests
But must orbear. The emotions which thrill us at
preston in language We give utterance to the
ffeeHSs fS %hich oppress u.s. and yet, like an inward
vent. ~ '0 :"
1t hao pleased a-wso Providence to deny success
70 to-, cause In which tho blood of brethren was
Spit We would and submissivey bow
whole case to his waSom aDd | would
and ana patiently Nv ait it's ultimate developments We
obedisnty accept the situation wh He alots us and
enaesvor honorably to meet the obligations and
sensible to the sancy of oaths and trust may have
grace 70 conform to every requirement. Of conscience
But while thus in sincerity feel and speak, Justice
TO the dead and fidelity to truth alike compel US to
absence Of success does not of ITSELF determine the
question Of the righteousness unrghteousness Of
PLnSpes We cannot close to the great
which starts out from the pages OF history-hat
WINS The While .G struggling for existence branded
from contempt and glorined in tho eyes
he Of 9 n5 tina,
OF applause have by reverse of fortune. experienced
great struggles for the maintenance Of
IN the history OF tho English people, such the
the Al erican Revolution. Nor the argument, from
tho apparent favor frown of Providence be deemed
Church Of God heraelf somemeS been subjected to
which drenched her in blood, and brought
wrong wrong whatever may be the outward and acc
dental which accompany them and 1t is
an ineradcable faith OF the human heart which SO
oS oSa be but f the sspuSh1e Of hope that truth
Of an an S
may at last re'appear in the morning glory OF
The blood the precious. priceless blood of our brett
rem may aeem to us TO have been drunk by the
Of 81 pnos srs 81
they conterded and for which they died NAV in
In of
principles and live to less mankind tho bones OF
dust. -AN'N'A'0 in'o
..Truth struck to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years Of God are hers.
Ladies' Of the Memorial Association the suggestion of
this affecting ceremony originated in your delicate and
get that the name Of Woman was to the sonbsrn
n soidefs heart II Is no wonder that as he lived for
as Rsss
he lived your hands softly minisere to him when lying
that the hands should gently lay upon his Iast
resting place the touching memorials Of a peope's
drums bare rumpets is heard above the graves
OF deaa but long they shall be surrounded by
shall bedew them with their tears they viii not be be
wanting in the noblest and truest honors which the
human heart can pay.
The Choir then sung tho following ode by HENRY
T1MnoD. the Poet Laureate Of the South:
ODE.
Sleep. martyrs Of fallen cause
Though yet no marble column Graves
Inc pilgrim here to pause.
In seeds Of laurels in tie earth
The blossom Of your fame is blown;
And, somewhere, waiting for It's birth,
The shaft Is In the stonel
Meanwhile, behalf the tardy years
Which keep in trust your storied tombs
Behold your sisters bring their tears,
And these memorial blooms.
Small tributes! but your shades will smile
IN More pro proudly on those wreaths to-day.
Shall overlook this bay.
oop angels hither from the skiesl
There Is no holier spot of ground
Than where defeated valor lies
By mourning beauty crowned!
Mr. G1RAnDEAu's address nearly finished when
Rev. W. 8, BOWMAN the other orator of the dav ar
rived. Owing TO the misunderstanding of hackman.
the carriage had not called for him the proper
and he was thereby greatly delayed. The hurry and
confusion consequent upon such q contretemps would
sny time but wien it is considered tat Mr.
was only recently selected to M the place of Rev.
der which he labored can be appreciated However.
audience, who listened to the following address,
| ADDRESS OF REV. W. 8. BOWMAN
Among the instincts which do honor to human nature
to respect the dead and consrains us to re-
gard as relgously sacred the places their repose
fury by Of mighty revolution All seem hto to
die away as they mble around the graves Of their
away on the peaceful eands of the shore. 0'''' u''
In every of the world the nobest purest and most
have been manifested the sepulchres of the de-
parted. Solomon says: ''I man live many years and
be not filled with good and also hdpe burial say that
nm untimey birth ts better than he Tho ancient Fgyp
tans were most careful in embaming and caring for
their Dead and were not for the ruthless and nSuis
tive hand OF the antiquarian, muitudes Of their dead
| would have slumbered through thousands of years
down to the resurrection morn, in the gorgeous tobs
which the hand Of grateful love had provided for Them
christianity In It's early history, condemned the wild
and hypocrtica expressions Of grief performed mostly
by diBtn terested persons who hired make q
noise ut funerals but Of Its distinguishing charac-
tertstcB has ever been to teach
for the ashes and the tombs Of the dead Indeed the
Christian religion furnishes with the most powerful
incentives to the performance Of the duties have
come here this afternoon to discharge. 1t teaches
that the sacred dust In these graves constituted
temples in which dwelt the minds and the immortal
spirits Of men like ourselves 1t teaches that
Of these temples ct least habitaons of the Holy
GhoBt YEA more 1t teaches that this dust itse
immortal, and that when the Archangels trump shall
sound the reueiie Of God Almghtys day, these Blu-
boring heroes-called to life by the omnifo summons
sba burst their sandy cerements and awake with Joy
to those principles OF TRUTH Righteousness JUS
The earnest and tho pledge Of this glorious fact s
given us by the great Author Of Christianity Himself
Standing upon the Fragments Of His shattered tomb he
procaims to astonished universe, "I am He thsi
hveth and was dead, and behold 1 am alive forever
more" And looking down benignantly from the BATTLE
ments Of heaven, he to the martyrs who sleep al
our feet, "because Live ye shall live Also"
Men OF wisdom and renown deem It an honor 10
themselves to make long pgrimages to the crumbline
ruins Il ancient Greece and Rome. With uncovered
head and solemn men they walk through broken arches
81 oer mounds of moss-covered debris In meditaye
and reyerenta silence they contemplate the fallen pilla
tho broken column-the prostrate wall And atl h..