, 1869-05-31

A44 WILL Uul} AtE0ES VI uEAfcu 4GI the
dome Of our temple; then We should have a
service that all would te g1al to attend, church
from which none would fee! excluded, and such a
blessing as seldom comes to the poor little syna-
tton. '0 '''~~' ''' '''''~ f'''e'~
But simply touching this as something that
derouflE hope may zone time conc to pass for the
good OF the church and the commonwealth alike,
cannot but feel that better still than tie time Is
the spirit that brings US together ami makes rs
one, as IN this great multitude there ,sas one
mon reaches OF life there should not be vast
difference In the thought and feeling Of 9 mutt
1nde IKE this thlnE 1t IL best there should te-
The denl Levels Of uniformity % most Of the ques-
tious that come home to us the lurking places
Of nalar5a, and only the mountain ranges ot
dive tsity are the businesses Of health. -.
REt a. on this summer sunday. the sun draws
this whole green world to look up and drink
IN his li9hs and nre, SO The glory that burns and
shines In the deeds Of the men who arr resting
here and all over the land, and In the eca Iraws
us as the sun draws the woF1h. And as these men
were Mode one in thnt cause for which they g0Tc
their itfc, We are made one IN our Loyalty to their
yer! dust When We come here. thoux6 We hare
| never sccn the face Of one huriel beneath these
brothers ard sons. When the youth loft his home
and bis mother TO defend his country, he was
adopted BY the whole motherhood OF the republic,
anu eserp home made him one OF tra OWE. So
we cast the fnWesa on the graves OF our Kindred,
and from tells low green bill! our hearts yearu
over the dust Of all sfaye soldiers that fought and
1e1l. ITS cunSecration that reaches wherever
man ls Laid, whuse heart beat for this mighty work
that Cod Ease III 10 10 IN this generation. UDe
gseat M simple aEt,c!S P Vas Their whole cree that
good enough TO live and light and die toz. Il Is
good enough. as We gather mere, to MIKE Us fofse:
thapEfulnees 10 God for raising up such men.
They died that we might live. They gave their
l!1e 4 Iansom for maay. 50 it is wei that We
graves, and speak Of their grea. devotion.
Bas It has seldom been ny loi IN al the years Q.
ny P1nltr to feel IL 70 ensf5 Sneaa 70 any
bare thought Of the great houor that came 10
me 10 your request, that should address ron,
lect such man as am for this work. 1t is one
Of The touching things that have come to US from
The old tune that when man wanted to move q
hetore them and held up POOR stump from which
the hand had gone IN the defence OF their homes.
iie said no word he simply barred the MANNED
sought. So have though, % yos had had
better hare done to-dav, not 10 take me or nny
man Ike me whose WORK IN the strife for which
these men fell Was 30 poor and thia, but to take
one o1 your OKn veterans, man who went out
when the trumpet called our nation 70 battle and
stoou fast fighting for the land, who endured
hardness like a good soldier until the war Vas
orer. and then coming back quietly TOOK his
place ny citizen, doing his duty with tile smart
Of his old wounds about him, but never complain
ing or thinking that God hah given him 1he nArtle1
LOT. such a man might stand mute. or slmrlg say
these ~ the g1aYes Of M eomEa.es and then 20
beside would eyer touch us with an eloquence
like that. One mute appeal from matmed arm
pointed down at these green mounds, Il We had
these graves deeper with summer blossoms than
they have ever been covered with winter SHOWS.
soldiers Of t6e Ren"'aa::c, you cannot suspect
shed oiood 10 shake the heart OF every true
American. That Was the power you should have
eeized for this great occasion. l wen. TO the
tended IN steamboat and hospital, but you
Wresi!ed With the agoiues of wounds
could cor! a,zae no, ,' 'eel /, Coz knaEs ny nea1l
ltndcrTcach your pains. AL the tales Of the old
hero!sm had ever heard failed out III The face OF
your quiet endurance, and you taught me new
lessons OF what u man do, wllel God helms
him, IN any strife. The graI.lcst sights shall
erer sec on this earth saw In Your camps and
yGa a. nv IT, neSay ely %g rssoaon 1n sue,e
soldier that has held NE up to rtand here and tr7
70 sfeak to you by the grarea Of yolr comrades.
" advantage, as do Try, rests IN the lndnlfe
elo1aence Of your mere presence | fall lack on
your reserses-mine In The description, yours in
the demonstration. l can only tell Of the things
thai sou and yours hare lQne.
And SO 1t cannot be my business, IN the light OF
1ns confession, To Catalogue these deeds US tile
substance Of nls poor discourse. They stand in
thsis oMn strength and a!: ens!is1ned III q glors
70 which my words can nt,l no lustre- Neither
c2n Pretend to touch any lesson Tor those that
haFe taken Part 1n these Frcat transactions. So
long Us the chaplaln falls back while the soldier
lights the battle, think there Is ycry little room
ioI tho chaplain 70 talk 10 the soldier, either Of
.Ei ,,a.y or glors; @ ! was at the rear when you
fires Of the battle shook the common heart vii
not pretend to come to the irunt and LET yon aas
TO tue rear now when the ha,tle Is over. WITH
some nob}c and beauilfnl exceptions. Of which,
alas cannot claim to he Que, the ministers uf
america have earned no right, in the war THAT Is
their luty.
But beside the soldier, to-ar. stands tile ctti-
zen, ana have thought that II could speak
mav become man In 1ny nns;1ion ~ ~ rn a., 'ae, -
that shall he content. want to cntc mo sn,r;t
II can, OF that great time In which The so,atcr
terrible uniodnxs for tie isjne gonI that At VA " IN n
it.rom frst to last Within few years tnr chcni. ~
'st has found the sweetes, iJe Of heaven n ia that
depths Of tie car Tnis the n tr.nsrn @ ~ ,a
~ mas born IN lie heart Of that ,iarkuess. s so
there ts If We hare The WISDOM TO lul It. The lrlt
which Hr have come And ,htnr W. ah,l NV
IL We consider three things that ionch us nsturt
is we thlnk OF The men whose lust il buried he.
them esc,sWhere qe Eere' a' 'a"' lucy III" au uke
! ! Tns Tns in1c ,Ine neiqa;e net9ss
: fhe trne trae pasff1oss patfn5s =, ,,,z ,o,,
IN, y men,,n, ngG ea'tp1s ,pa ,x o. tnis M laad
,rn ~ Ie -, ~, taat 81 tnesc tnEee great things al
al s5 N Rqhe5g t6 s1 T. ths @ an
man Will more readily testtfy ihun The sllier hIr
self, who hears me- It wns the cnmunn onai;rv
found on both sides. This, indeed was ,,ss,ix *
te desired, II such a contest va tneytatc ~ ~
that through which ne have come. Now thnt an
years have gonc aud Ill the old snrencsu has a,oe
splendid heroism displayed h Puritan an,i cav
aler alike, and would not, for auy prtcc. have If
possible that half the great family, when thn nnar
rei came to the solemn arbitration OF the syor.l.
should turn out poltroons aud CowarlS. snI
while il was as essential that the Puritan shnui
win, In the last battle, as It always ia fhaf
those that stood for TIC wrong Is still thc ornn,1
IN ~ fhn ,,ie++,-o - -, eA,S htAAd