, 1874-05-31

e". 1"o0 aiouous e1ertlons to have the grAyef
duly honored, and, in consideration Of the sex
vices rendered by her on this and on pre7iou.
OCCASIONS tue Grand Army of the Republic on
fHoAJ lass elected Der member Of that body,
and presented her With the membership medal.
which aho wore Throughout tho day, and which
eho promises TO cherish while li{o lasts. Tha
decoration OF
TIT AHCHED ENTRANCE
to the cemete'.y Was very effective, but yet ver1
simple, cons',t ting only Of large American tlas
With festoo1Is Of everg1eens, wreaths Of low
pats OF &C. ders' graves By the side the soldierp'
IL tno onnmc9t we're 10 profusely decorated with
no Wers taat tho lack OF headstones mas hardly
oslced' The flowers which wore stro1n on
.1 .nese graves came from Golden. III. Among
the graves most fully ornamentod with floral CO.
wees "eEe tuose OF Gen. Ransom and Gen. W.
nan~ The decoration OF the batteries waa
vei1 thorough. thu flowers applied to
TINS m ,,- p1tpose having been sent along
tho procession did not arrive uutil the honr st.ted
tho cemetery waa, from tho mouen: tho frst
tram arrived, the scene OF an animated promo
nade. The arrival Of the train from Graco1aud
brought ill tho prornenaders to focus round
the tn efand stand, which had been erected noar
tne solaIefs monument, and during tho per-
forn3auce Of the exercises. the as1ombl.se could
not hare numbered less than 5000.
THE PROCESSION,
headed by Gen. Hilliard. Of tho Grand Army Of
tho Republic, consisted Of that body, followed
sh.I1s ~ uo.nian'3 1.t nauu, Inc Apolio C1no. she
onetlaou Iuatqs tae Mn11lsan zouaves, Lan-
gan,s Band, and one or two other military or
Ganlzation.- As soon rs the procession ca1ue to
halt. tbs grand stand WAS occupied BY those who
had the conducting Of the exercises in hand, and
distinguished visitors, among whom were Gen.
Sheridan and stur. Tho oxercises-which mort
OF the participants had tho good sense to mako
as ot'ef AZ possible, the heat 1t the time being
most fntenBe-vora oneren with nrnro@
Nv tha Rar r n III - ~ Taata.
Gh,..L 80 ~ |A
Gnqtca, G VINO asked 1or the blessing OF
too uPo0 tAe seIElces lney Hao EAtheraQ
to perform, aapon, the surviving comrades OF
those whom they had gathered 70 honor, upon
the Army and Navy, upon the Government in all
otber rroat intara<,. of ~. 1ot;oD
49, ~ .onai,,.;a,' - 49,. .a1o. ". .l .,,.
c!nb Qointette sang the National hymn, Amer
lca.
THE REV. DE-. RYDER,
dressed tho neetino AZ foilows.
0 -. 49, 400"a'
~ nass placed so-da1 upon the gEaves of our pa-
1rt9t @ dead bouquet OF hover, aud miniature dag:
Au!s We Gu aoco1aun8 solad1a 8rAsea Conf!dercu
BIT eoh M both on
common but Interpreted by history, bJ what thesa
flowers and this nag represents, ~e shall find that wo
OF tho two great forces OF human socteJorces which
nave nsen inors influential IN shsp1nR ths deany OF
n1nK1na % than ~ ofhsfs-roilR1c' and PATRIOTISM
1hl: ~ religion? service which Nc perform. Thu
bright homo IN which, wo trust our pa!io: d*.d ao~
pne he
war; .. exnfess,on t,i;r ION o. our Iatn t aa ose:
But th,s Is far from A. ior these We reremoer TO-
Gay dleo "a the ser7ee Of tner country, aha va arc
he1e a. patriotic men snd women to express our grat
tuus TOT tnelr heroic DEEDS Iha Ioce OF patfio4
7oice ot rsi!goa ths ens synboiised 6y the ao1er,
tne ntEe1 " LUZ naE tna oas ptecee41n8 !lom tae
eaEth IN tne order OF D'ins Fro'ideneo tho
zcss and dominion
But re'8lou SUD patriotism have been In ai h1storv
he :"o Enng . 1ofeea ~ human .oce5 Ind 'ra n'f
DO not trust, IN Any way underEse our religious
duties when !! say that they DO not cover tho
my dlsrespret for the Christian Church When stats
th.t patriotism nas not always occuMed ~ prominent
paSe IN he Of tne pFotS..ea fo49wssn Of
prominent and has pre,sea thes' upon % @ ths .eneoa
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tne ,d an eG.onn, @ US o1nes 1u!es; auSn
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- eonsp,caou. feature IN chstian et1zattoa. On
tbe contrarv in / considerable portion OF Christian
history tho civic virtues are tton discouraged. Tho
only allegiance the soul should know, said tie Jealous
disciple, "as God' or th' Church n AIs fepresenta-
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