Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1869-05-14

slumbers no bugle notes will ever TO
them sound again the reveille. Where
shoulder to shoulder rests each rank
| AS at their posts still standing
Subdued yet steadfast, as they sank
| To sleep at Deaths commanding.
No battle banner DER them waves,
No battle trump is sounded
| They've reached the citadel OF graves,
And here their arms are grounded.
Their haloWed memory meier shall die,
! But ever fresh and Vernal,
Shall wake from flowers the soft, sad sigb
/ sRegrets--regrets eternal"
A vast concourse of people, aside from
those in procession had here assembled te
participate ia the solemn ceremonies. The
cadets in open order and with arms pre-
sented permitted the procession to pass
through their ranks within the sacred en-
closure. In the centre of this halIowed
mound fresh green cross had already
been erected by loving hands, bearing the
inscriptions {" Faithful unto DEATH" and
"Our Dead" Another cross of smaller
dimension was borne in procession and de
posted near this.
The ceremonies were opened by the fol
lowing prayers by Rev. GEORGE PATTER-
SON, compiled in part from ancient collects
and other prayers:
| o God, the Father III our Lord God and Saviour
Jesus Christ, Lord. whose name is great, whose
nature is blissful, whose goodness is inexhausti
bic, thou God and Master of all things, who art
blessed for evec who art great. eternal, wonder
full in glory, who keepest covenant and promises
for those that love Thee with their Whole heart,
who art the life of ALL the help Of those that
flee unto Thee, the hope of those who cry unto
Thee cleanse US from our sins, secret and open
and from every thought dispeasing to Thy good
ness-cleanse our bodies and souls, our hearts
and consciences, that with q pure heart, and q
clear soul. with perfect lova aud calm hope, we
| may venture confidently aad fearessIy to pray
unto Thee. Lord we beseech Thee, let Thy favour
be present to Thy poor people who supplicate Thee
this day; that what by Thy Inspra' ion they faith
fully ask, by Thy speedy bounty they may obtain;
through Jesus Christ Lord. Amen.
Grant, Q Lord, we beseech The, such heart
unto Thine oppressed and sorroIing pc 1p!e, tn Al
as they are brought together this day by thsir no
cessites and mseries to seek Thy favour, they Wy
by their own free will be determined to keep Thy
| Commandments. Rem 0r1er them in all their
sorrows, sanctify to them une fearful visisations
which they have received let the cry Of the
| Widows the Fatherless, the Oppressed, and the
Afflicted of our land enter into Thine ears and
! when Thou nearest answer them out of the album
| dance Of Thy loving mercy endue their souls
with patience under their affection, and with re-
signation to Thy Blessed Will; comfort them with
sense of Thy goodness; lift up Thy countenance
| upon them, and give them pesce through Jesus
| Christ, our Lord. Amen.
o God our Father, Who wilt not suffer to
| be tempted above what we able to bear, sue
| cour us, that the fearful temptations OF these
| times may not overwhelm US. Have mercy, O
| Lord, upon Thy people; those that ready to
| famish for want. do Thou feed them those shat
are bound to beds Of PAIN loose them those that
| are in prisons and bonds, release them those
that lie smar ing in their pains and wounds, cure
them those that are distract in their thoughts,
| settle thom; those that are in perils of their
estates and lives, preserve them. Thou Who didst
| freely distribute Thy comforts and cures to all
| the miseres and maadies of men when Thou
vast upon earth, have mercy upon all, and help
| them. Far near, with or from us, 0 Lord,
| have mercy upon all Wheresoever they are,
| whosoever they be, do Thou help and comfort
| them, supply them and succour them; have COM
passion on them and heal them for Thine own
| Sake, our Blessed Saviour and kedeemer. amen.
/ 0 Lord. Who hath taught US that all our doing
| without charity are nothing worth !; Send Thy
Holy Ghost and pour into our hearts til at most
excelllent gift of ch srity. So that we may freely
| forgive our enemies all the injuries and wrongs
| which they have done INTO us. Even as We ask
| forgiveness at Thy hands for our innGmersble
! sins do Thou, 0 Lord, forgive them and US.
| Have mercy upon them and upon US save them
| and us by the Precious Blood of Him, Who is the
Saviour of mankind. Mercifully grant unto US
all, time for repentance, fruits meet thereof, and
| profitable end in true contrition These and
other mercies for them and for Us, we humbly
ask for the sake Of Jesus Christ our Lord, to
! Whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost, be
ascribed all glory and honour world without end.
| Amen
Then followed tho address of Col. r. Fl.
| CowAN, the orator of the occasion. In
opening Col. CowAN said he he had come
in obedience to the invitation of the
Ladies Memorial Association, because it
was ole that no true Southern man had a
right to decline He felt that he could
make no offering worthy Of them or the
dead heroes, but came even as the little
children gathered around him-as the
smallest and humblest of them all came to
lay it's garland upon the grave of the dead
hero, feeling that it would be as accepta-
BILE in the sight of an oppressed and bleed
/ ing country as the offering of the proud
est and most beautiful of them all. In a
similar spirit and confidence he had come
to pay his humble tribute to the memory
of those who died the friends of freedom.
! He thought of our dead heroes as Mr.
Webster once said of the heroes of Bunker
Hill. that "the record of their illustrious
actions are most safely deposited in the
universal remembrance of mankind" The
| glorious deeds of our horoes had already
erected in our hearts monument mole
enduring than brass and more beautiful
than marble. And more than this
Wherever the art of printing is known and
!. their deeds can be committed to paper,
the knowledge of their services has been
carrie3, and history mas charged itself with
the duty of making them knowa to all