The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-18
OUR: FALLEN LEADER.
{ MEM0RIAL SERMON ON tn z
DEATH OF GENERAL LEE.

DEATH OF GENERAL LEE.
Delivered I'm the Citadel Square Eaptis
Church, on Sunday, October 1e, by tn
Rev. z. T. Winkier, d. d.
The Citadel Square Baptist Church, on Sun
day, last, was elat 1rately hung with black drape
ry; In mou rning for General Lee. A large consre
CATION was present at servicei In the forenoon. INT
choir sang the following very appropriate selec
tion from the hymn:
The voice at midnight came.
He started up to hear;
mortal arrow pierced his frame;
| He fell, and felt no more.
Tranquil amid alarms, %
It found him on the field.
A veteran sumbertng on his arms
| Beneath his red.cross shield
Tie pastor, the Rev. DR.. wlnkler, then delivered
the following ....- 49,
| SERMON: --:.;
Luke a. 81: awe trusted 1t had been ne WILLIE
should have redeemed Israeli ...-.s.5-
NAV we venture to take these words apar
from their original connection, and to approptlate
the sentiment they express to that theme Wnlfn
were, when originally spoken, triou'e ~ .e
ceased benefactor-the tender reminisceaoe Vi :
heroic Life which gathered to itseh huinan lops
and sympathy, and sacrifice, ana Set "n'VA
seemed to have been spent In vain.
We repeat them to-day, when the nags " sle
! world are at ha,f.mast-to.dayr when one'"i tne
most devoted patriots OF our country, Wnen one
of the greatest soldiers OF the age lies dead. AZ
ter witnessing the overthrow Of. the cause for
which he surrendered ease, and wealth, ana ranS'
and tbe fri endshlp OF comrades; the Great Cniet
tain. resigning the tumults OF martial me- anq
escaping from the unoonghs; plandits oi 'tae
world: content with the memory OF q glorious
| mast, and sosced by the sympathy and tender
ministries of wife and kindred, ended his career:
aH. has slept his last sleep, he has fought his last
No sound shall awake him to glory again"
MAY we not turn to his recent grave to-day With
something OF the same tender regret with which
the disciples reverted to Golgotha? The same
national delIyerance they expected from their
leader, we hoped frsm ours; and they found, aa
we do, that "The paths Of glory lead but to the
grave" -,
Yet. as In their case the grave didn silence
the yslee Of gratitude and friendship; neither
should 1t In ours. Those tender recollecttonS
which Jesus blest as they broke forth Into speech
In the way to Emmaus, testify. that not nature,
only, bat religion approves the duty We iowe TO-
the loved, the honored and the santed dead.
1t Is not enough with reyesent hands to surren.i
der dust to dust at the mandate OF the Creator.
It is not enough to spare ourselves the sad;
sight OF body. wasting and decaylng, and by o.
speedy departure to preserve the kindly memory
OF the departed. 1t Is not enough to plant the
precious seed in the earth, in the Christian hope
or resurrection. When what Is called the last
duty is performed-s duty beyond which no ser
vice can be rendered to the joys, or SORROWS, or
needs Of our dead-the obligations Of love, and
reverence, and gratitude endure. Let US observe
how CHS Is Illustrated In the case OF our Lords
disciples. .
l. The reverence and love which our Lords dis;
ciples showed to Him after he was dead indicates
chat the duty Of grateful recollection survives the
grave. ,r,. or
By the common consent OF mankind, ackleness
In. friendship Is contemplate. AS the glory of
the neld and the loVelness Of the forest lnger IN
the memory when winter has swept all away, 50
the true heart retains the dement's Of services the
jsys and affections Of the perlshed past. 1t Is
only nature that forgets her familiars as Tenny-
son has so sweetly sung In his farewell to the
brook ~ &c. - ~
Flow down cold rivulet to the sea, LILO
Thy tribute wave deliver;
SO more BY thee my steps shall be
td9 I9essgsss sssss s4sI I sE9Ess ssas5 alder t4sss: Gs
And here thine aspen shiver,
And here by thee will hum the bee
A % sSoassnasaas d VIM stream on thee.
thousand moeps will quiver;
But not BY thee mGssels shall ber p.
tforeyE ana fOreser.1l~-s.,a q 50
But waaS naiute-h not : made~sp reflect one
image after another upon it like flowing brook.
Its impressions, like its being, are immortal. Its
pure friendships a4tIclpate,a future ,feqpiop
when 'ekGtsspilshms worship together Ia .'the
courts and dwell together aThe Mansions OF
Heaven.
Andias.rsAsnessas Is not pernitted'' neither q
despair. The world commends the duty OF manly
resignation. Religion dedouhees the bereaved
who SORROWS without hope,- as an inndel. 1t per-
nits teats ;HSe Mays az the se2pcAgs but tears
must nave their ead; Nlep the disciple fa,n.s the
Maste, appears ana:saysEwi,h tender reptOach!
''whe Veepesstt; est;ae shoa'' !,tli.' < ,a..9iloa F"
But neither friendship nor hope ls-.he chtets
dutyf:we S&e tue departed. They |claim- -b6tlG,,
but for something Detser trfah dlthsrAl order
that whatever, has Gonclliassa qdf regard may
awaken our mutation Have Experienced spe-.
clal lessrjIss np make las self nOre worthy OF
it. Do asliFe fH s1psle society ta the future.
world. let me here prepare for It. Have bless,
ings Eeah nesai repay dessended' tome from: the
sslntsa dsaS, tS AMss M MmesrsasFai' them tothe gems
e'A''ols as = 'O eSsnii siil 20 Gild al
Lives OF great men all remind US, .,,,t
G3WgcaR maEe;our hives sublime; ~ ~
And sss9s aspssf@s @ Yas sssss ssS5s Ssand rs
: sattas Ser i atei& ieSSs &NSuSsa |ssa. .u'
.1s@lnE SHAH take heart again; ,. W -
YesT Ts vsfsSasai Invertebrates, even as ye
place the sweet tribute :of. love; andshe lealy
wreaths OF honor upon heroic graves let me not
offend; whep ,pfociaims z ttha shat the Offering Is
worthless uhlsss,' In high religious sense. the
hearrsaHsns nfe sre;ssO gtven' ''',''ht :
weareial thlnkhG to-day of;t6e Gfeat 6spsafn
who lies iny bis recent sc grave We resolve that we
will not tgthis MEMORY die. we comfort. our sad
hearts. Mitnthe Sonsatllon that he:lsamong t,}e
blest. We thank the friends who, loughtIbg hts
side, who sat at his table or his campfire under
the opep, SIP yhSpasteOk @.salhtm octhe SACRED
ernblems, FOR every particular H. regard to his