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should 90, accompanied by solemn
procession, 10 til. temple to offer the
usual sacrifices. It is related that on
Ole occasion the oxen for the chariot
OF the priastess were wanting, when
her two sons, yokins themselves to
the chariot, drew their mother in tri
nmph to the temple amid the plaudlts
Of the populace. The priestess, in
the pride Of mothers heart at this
act Of filial devotion, Snpplicated the
gods to besrow on her sons he great
est good which could be given to
mortals. Her prayers were answer
cd her sons sank into gentle sleep
in the tempe itself, aal TINS peace
fully passed from liIe 10 dOath, as ii
to show jlat !ito greatest blessing
tile gp,ls ro,ll grant t" man was to
shorten Lis 'lsvs Oh earth. Our chill
,lren may have been taken too IN
mercy; aad many Of Us who have
asked oil God the choicest. blessings
on our sous. eau feel, in all the NOR
tai agony that wrings oar hearts, that
God has heard onr prayers, and has
merciiully taken our sons, fresh from
the patriotic fields where they lai'f
down their rich young lives for their
country, to dwell with him in a
blessed Immortality. | did not ask
of the gods" exclaimed ~. Ion,
when told of the death of his son,
"'that my son should never die; [
only prayed that he might live Writ
uonsly and die noblv" And if Il
pagan father who had not, as we
have, the blessed certainty OF re-
union beyond the grave, conid utter
such a sentiment, surely the Christian
father need not srieve as one without
hope for the son who lived and died
for his country. Let this thought
console us for the loss of our kindred
who have nobly died, and let us de
vote all our energies to the patriotic
duty of binding up the wounds of
our bleeding country. The Roman
Senate decrsed a triumph to one OF
their heroic citizens, because, amid
the dangers that threatened his coun-
try, he neyor despaireti of the Re,
public. The dangers that surround
US may we'll appal the stoutest heart.
:" Hark from the abyss voice proceeds !;
| A long, low distant murmur oil dread
sound,
Such rs arises when nation bleeds .
From some deep immedicable wound" J"
From the heart Of our people comes
up that murrnur of dread sound
that tells Of our prostrate country
bleeding at every pore; but it does
not become us to yield to despair.
If we will but be true to our prlncl-
pies, to our fatherland, and to our
Cod, the future may bring us COM
pensation for the past. l adjure yon
then by ali the glorious memories of
the past, by all the urgent duties of
the present, by all the dearest hopes
Of the future. to dedicate yourselves
to the redemption Of your country.
Be- faithful to the right; edo your
duty and leave the consequences to
|. God" In the. early annals of the
Saracens a story is told Of the heroic
conduct of the'mother of one Of the
FGalipha who was besieged in Mecca.
When he perceived himself foraaken
on all sides, says the historian, T" he
went to his mother and said to her,
aOh, mother the people, and even
my own children, have deserted me.
MY enemies are readyto give to me,
if I will submit, whatever l can de-
sire in this world. What do you
advise me to do ? Son, said she,
Judge for yourself: II, as y"u pre-
tend 10 be, you know that you are'in
the right. perseyere, for your friends