Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-05-30
In SWEET REMEMBRANCE
or THOSE WHO DIED UPON Iht
FIELDS OF BATTLE.
Sermon Preached in Brooklyn Tabernacle
By Rev. 7. Dewitt Talmage' Yes
terdly Morning Blessed Day
ofSacred hsmories.
NO NORTH. SOUTH, EAST OR weST.
Nav IoEK, May -.

specis! % the Register
BrooAlyn Tabernacle, as usual, was
crowded tO its utmost capacity, this
morning DIR. Talmsge gave notice be-
iure the sermon that next Sabbath ha
would preach sermon in regard to the
new revision Of the Bible, saying that he
feIt intensely on the subject, and hsd
many thirgs to say about it. The Tab
eruacle was drsped in black for mourn-
ing, and the United States aigs, with
reference TO the ceremonies OF Deeora-
ton Dsy.
su. iect ofthe Sermon: The Decoration
ofthe Soldiers Graves"
Text-SOlOmNn'S Song iva: The tower OF
David buildtd tor an armOry wherein there
hang thousand OueklerS, all shields of mlghy
mcn.'
The church is here compared to an
armOry, the walls hung with trophies OF
dead heroes Walk all about this tower
Ci David and see dented shields and
twisted swords, and the Tusted helmets
oi terrible battle. 40 We turn our
church to day into an armory, adorned
with memories OF our departed braves.
Blossom anu bloOtls " NdtlSt viii blOilCo
ui self sacrifice, the shadows gathered
into tits drapery, typical OF our grief
iJr the dead, and the light clustered
into their consultations symbo!icAl OF
our national deliyeranee. Iou see II is
not the blackness of darkness, but night
with stellar Illumination. By unani-
nous decree Of the people OF
the United States OF America the
graves of all the Northern and South
ern dead are every year decorated. All
Acerbtv and bitterness have gone out OF
the national soleInnity, and as the men
and women OF the South one month
an n JraiiZhi the cemeteries and grave
wards, So To morrow We, the men and
women OF the North. shall put upon
the tombs OF our dead the kiss
Patriots Affection.
Bravery always appreciates bravery,
though il fight on the other side; aud II
"A soldier OF the Federal army he'd been
a month ago az Savannah he would not
have been ashamed 10 march IN the
roral professions to the cemetery, and
he will be glad 10 put sprig OF hearts
ease on the silent heart OF our dead. In
a battle during our last war the Cnnfed-
crates we're driving back the Federals,
who were in swift retreat, when Fed
efal oiicer dropped wounded. Ole o'
nis men stopped at the risk Of his life
and put his arms around the officer TO
carry him from the field. Fifty Cos fed
crate muskets were aimed at the young
man who was picking up the officer.
Bat the Confederate captain shouted:
"ao,d Don't Fire!
That fellow is too brave TO shoot" and
as the Federal officer, held up by
his private soldier, went slowly limping
otfthe field, the COniederates gave three
cheers for the brave private; and just be-
lore the tSO disappeared behind barn,
b1th the wounded officer and the brave
private lifted their caps in graft
,ule To the Confederate cap
tain. Snail the Gospel be less
generous than the world? We stack
arms. the bayOnet OF our NOthern gun
facing this way, the bayonet Of the
Southern gun facing the other way, and
as the grey Ol the morning melts into
the blue Oi noon. SD the typical grey and
blue of old war times have blended at
last, and We quote in the language OF
King James translation without any re-
vision: GLORY 10 God in the highest
and on earth peace, good will TO men,
That YOU may act intelligently IN this
matter, | shall make this an ordination
service To the beautiful ceremonies OF
tomorrow. What DO We mean by this
great obSeryance2
First We mean instruction To one
whole generation. Subtract 1864, when
the war ended. from our 1881. and you
will realize what a vast number Of peo-
ple were porn since the war. or were so
Young as to have no vivid appreciation.
No one under twenty.siX years OF age
has any adequate memory Of that
Prolonged Horror
Young man, do you remember Il?
Well you say, 81 only remember
that mother swOOned away while she
was reading the newspaper, and that
they brought my father home wrapped
up in the hag, and that a good many
people came in the hOuS- 10 pray, and
that mOtker faded away after that until
again there were many people IN the
house aud they told me she was dead.
There are others who can not remember
the roll OF q drum or the tramp OF a reg
iment or a sigh or a tear OF that tornado |
Oi woe that swept the nation sgaln and |
again until there was one dead in each |
house. Now il is the religious duty Oi
those who DO remember il TO tell those |
who do not. Nv young friends, there |
were such partn - At railroad ear win
dows and steamboat, whaTvss aud at |
front doors OF comfortable homes, as | |
pray God you NAV never witness. Oh, |
what time il was, when fathers and |
mothers gave up their sons, never eX |
pecting To see them Hgain, and never |
did see them again until they came back |
Mutila,ed aud Crushed aud Dead.
Four wears Of biOcd, four wears Oi hos
tile experience, four years OF ghsstli. |
ness, four years OF grave digging, tour |
wears OF funerals, eotiins, shrouds, |
hearses and dirges. Mourning, Mourn |
lug, Mourning, IL was he'll let loose. |
What time OF waiting for |
news. Morning papers and evening |
paper scrutinized for INTEL gence from |
the boys at the 'front.' Fnst, announce
nent that the battle must occur the |
next day. Then the news of the battles |
going on. On the following day still |
gsing on. Then news OF 5000 slain |
and otthe names Of the great generals |
who had fallen but no news about the |
private soldiers. Waiting for news, !
After many days loads OF wounded |
going through the town or city but no
news from our boy. Then a long Gst Of
wounded and long lisi OF the dead. and
a long list of the missing. And among
the last list our boy. When missing
How missing? VINO saw him LAST
Missing Using, Was he IN the
woods or by the stream? How was he
hurtP
Missing. Missing
What burning prayers that he may yet
be heard from. In that awful waiting
for news many a life perished. The
stream OF anxiety was too great. That
wife's brain gave way that first week
after the hattie and ever and anon she
walks the floor Of the asylum or looks
out Of the window ss though she ex-
pected some one to come along the path
and up the steps, as she soliloquizes:
"Missin9l Missingw