The New York herald., 1869-05-31

WAS the gQod angel Of our armies and our neets. s
AND now, ladies and gentlemen, have the nor h0nor
70 present Rev. Henry W. Bellows. who VIII oon'ei
the memorial address for this anniversary.
ADDRESS BY REV. HENRY W. BELLOWS. ~,
Tne reverened gentleman took for the text OF ms ~,
discourse the nth verse Of the Goth CHAPTER OF te s
BOOK OF Kinga:--" Let moi him that girdetn Oh h,s
harness boast himself as he who putteth II on" Jt
would he recOllected that Aminldab, King OF sIra,
Ahab King Of israei-6aving with him thirtytwo
kings and their iorces-threatening Ahab with
instant and utter destruction. At the flrst caal-
up his silver and gold, his wives and children,
Aha0 refused TO yield to these demands. Aminliap
then demanded % further and more degrading con con
compiled with, and put his army in battle array
awaiting the return OF his messengers. II was then
while awaiting the moment when he should order
the advance. Aminidab indulged In excesses. drink
ing wine with the thrty-t kings who accom-
panied hlm and whom he had subsidized. Ahab
the chosen youth OF Israel, fell suddenly
and Unexpectedly on the uncommanded and
confident horde, attacked them with vgor, routed
them, pursued them and smote the enemy, their
horses and chaiOts and slew the Syrans with great
slaughter. so that Amlnidab barely escaped with
his life. This was lesson ever TO be remembered
through life He well remembered that beautiful
and glorious summer morning when seventy thou
sand men swarned IN the avenues OF the national
capital and crossed the Potomac on their advance
march upon the enemy then intrenched at Bull Rum
1t was most gallant array. The banners
were new and costly, the men proud and
confident, the officers breathing with enthusiasm,
the infantry proud and confident In their new uni
form. the cavalry imposing in their gay caparisons
all smiling, and the light OF victory the eyes OF
all-the very earth shaking under their martial
head and the air resounding with the cheers OF the
people whose cause they went forth to battle
columns marching 1Orth-generals, lIeutenants and
and the very drnmmer-bOys OF this well appointed
bridge ever dreamed OF repulse or defeat, the very
Any one who should have ventured
nrnnhpsVlpH off baya hapu
laughed at as a false prophet. None looking upon
that army OF patriots deemed defeat possible.
Yet because OF this very confidence and inexpe-
rence, this very ignorance OF the pers and panlcs
and the difficulties OF the actual battle field. that
undervaluatlon OF the enemy was due the defeat
tnat followed: The contest came the clash OF arms,
the terrible deathy struggle, and then the panic,
The flight and the demora lizatlon OF the cheering
host That had gone forth. This was the lesson ex-
empiined-"Lef not him that girdeth on the har-
ness boast himself as he that putteth it Or" The
reverend gentleman elaborated the text at
considerable length. Concluding, he said from
every grave decorated yesterday, to-day and to-
morrow, let us hear the voice saying 'Be ye faith
ru unto death in uph0ding the imperilled cause OF
truth, OF duty, OF justice and OF hOnOriO be good
soldiers, willing TO put the harness or righteous
ness and TO do battle for the right" From the
graves OF the iustrous and gallant dead comes up
a perfume that iills the air IRON the Atlantic to
the Pacific. And the country they died TO
Is grateful for the heritage freedom they have
oequeathed TO all succeeding ages Of this great land
IN the future. The example they have set Will ever
and herosm in defence Of freedom and OF human
rights. The reverend gentleman was listened to
with deep attention to the end.
There was then singing by the choir; q recitation,
the ''Dying Soldier" by Professor W. H. Pope the
terminating with closing hymn written
for The occasion by Mr.. VIM. Oland Bourne and
benedctOn. Numbers Of the audience waited to
shake hands with General Sickles, but In a little
bie the Academy was deserted by the celebrants OF
The evening AS the cemetery itself at the hour
BY the thousands who III the morning had stood
over The graves OF the loyal dead