Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-03-19
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The Pay Of Glory.

satisfaction TO think one did his best, and he
knows il whatever may be the record outside.
Glory may not be so much OF thing IN the
little way II comes to you and l,--but We have
our own satisfaction p
Yes, yes,r said the Colonel, T" if one comes
out all right But glory is a back hand sort of
thing after ALL Here I'm lmping as walk;
now what of itS don't know but limp is
all well enough. There is Tom Gregory who
lmps, but one leg is shorter than the other,
and has been from his childhood. Would l
exchange limps with himy MOI But why?
My limp came to me in a glorious sort of way.
When people look at him they say Poor fel.
lowr When they look at me they don't say
anything of the sort Yet maybe really sut-
fer more pain in day than he does in month.
but where is my satisfaction? Is 1t in what
people say, or refrain from saying? No! 1t
may have no reference to what other people
say or think Because have the saline feeling
for myself that prompts them to look ut me
without pity Il don't pity myself.
al don't quarrel with the gtory-that is all
well enough but do think that the sdtiTrction
of that glory is little slim at times Take 1t,
for instance, at a remove from the legitimate
service.
"We were speaking last night of our old
friend, Mai. Powell You recolect he had
with him, at Boonville, little sson--a boy Of
some dozen ycars--as bright little chap as
one often sees. One of the few officers who
survived the horrid carnage of that regiment
told me that the little fellow came on tho field
when his father fell, (or was with him. and led
his fathers horse and his own pony off, with
no regard to the raining of shot and shell.
Now there was heroism-a heroism that in
his life, would have made his fathers eyes snap
With pride. But what of it all The boy was
not mustered in-who TeckOBcd his decd !?
What has become OF him l do not know, Il
wish / did,)-but what of thousands of just
such deeds by outsiders The memory Of
them is in their own hearts, but in whose
hearts besides, where it can do them any good"
Here the Colonel stopped and put his hand
on my shoulder and his voice grew deep as he
said
MY dear fellow, Tn not a disappointed
man in life; have had my share of successes
and of honors but of this thing am being
every year more convinced, that the real
| glory of our acts--in war and peacc-comcs in
| the assurance we have of its being linked with
the Eternal. My scars arc valuable as they
tell of service that came of pyinciple. He
who has no scars, but who fought under the
leadership of II like principle, has like glory
"This fighting may be off from any smoky
battlefield A martyr is more that hero. a
man need moi die to be martyr a sneer is
harder to meet than spherical case, or than
a stake No man, with any spirit, can stand
too much blood mounting INTO his face! Noah
standing snecrs for 100 years was one of the
worlds wonders 1 always had warm spot
for Baalam! How could he stand it, poor iel-
low Men fight duels because they can't beal
n sneer, even if they know nothing of cdrte and
tierce. Death is welcome friend if he cover:
one with his cloak from sneer.
"Thcn he who stands for principle, in th'
face of snccr, is us great in the glory of hi
life, MS he who stands for principle before t
battery of Napoleons.
Here man is finding n source of satisfac-
ton within him. lIeis getting n glory Soldier
or civilian,) that is TO outlive the world, and Il
to be remembered by One who is at no loss TO
ways in which to turn 1t TO account Men ma.
not understand mans motives for q course o
action-God does understand.
"The poor woman who gave up her husbant
| or son. had no mortal reason for such sacri
flee but principle-she tOred her country II he
husband or son was wounded or killed, ther
could be no glory for her. 1t was II killing sa
crificr, with no rcbOundng enthusiasm. Tht
prayer that came with the sacrifice was heart
: prayer. The sacrifice reached far beyon(
earth and was bound to Heaven.
"Thc Satisfaction of this glory is to come il
the life that is to be. 1t is II treasure laid up.
"Ah, my friend" here the Colonel showed
an emotion that had not seen before, 1T is
comfort to me when think that the real gl0r.
of our life work, growing out OF our earth en-
duranccs, is not--and is not TO be-a possession
of the earth. Ii belongs to that land wher
Moth and rust do not corrupt, and theve
do not break through and steal You rcmem
ber that ancient hymn;
| Brief life Is here our portion,
| Brief sorrow shortliycd care;
The life that knows no ending
| The fearless life Is thcrc
Reward Of grace how wondrous!
Short toll, eternal rest
Oh miracle Of mercy,
That rebels should be blcst,' "
We had reached tho house, returning fror
our walk, as the Colonel closed the hymn, an
he said no more.
While the Colonel filed and lighted HI
mcerschaum couldn't resist the thought tht
he had hit the real philosophy Of glory whe
he spoke of its on.reachng. Then its peJpet,
itJ must depend TN the motive which actuate
the man to become soldier. Simple drawer
was not enough, Heroic deeds would not 81
cure it, The deep heart in the work, with n
homes, and II pure moivc,-that was necessary
A man might give himself to the war for
mame, or for pay, or for any equally unworth
: cause, (of course, this could not mean privat
soldier9 and the glory could not go beyond th
= present Bat the love for country, linked wit
love for tho country's God-the two ca
! hardly be diyorced--being the motive, this ca
reach on and take hold ON eternity
I What else can one see in the soldiers wi
or motherY Where can there come in a sehs
thought in her sacrifice II she Is true woman
, Even the poorest and most ignorant wife {
3 widow of n soldier must come in for such