The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-06-09

HUYuOMs Mlkllb lON hhO A'NANA
have paid the money, and saved the
lives of 100000 brave men, and mi ut
not the South better have sold out sla-
very and saved her 100000 men2 swear
YOU by the graves of your fathers and
brothers. and sons to new hatred for
the champion curse of the universe
War! o, Lord God with the hottest bolt
of thine omnipotent indignation, strike
that monster down for ever. Imprlson
it in the deepest dungeon Of the eternal
Penitentiary. Bolt it in with all the
iron ever forged in cannon or moulded
into howitzers. Cleave it with all the
sabers that ever glittered in battle, and
wiring its soul with all the pangs which
it ever caused. Let it feel all the conta'
grafton of the homesteads it ever de-
stroyed. Deeper down let it fall, and In
fiercer flame let it burn, till it has gath.
cred into its heart all the suferings OF
eternity as we'll as time. In the name OF
the millions of graves of its victims l
curse i'll The nations need more the
spirit Of treaty and less of the spirit OF
war, less of the Disraelian and more II
the Gladstonian.
Again, by this national ceremony we
mean to honor courage. Many of those
departed soldiers were volunteers, not
conscripts; and many of those who were
drafted might have provided a substi-
tute, or got off on furlough, or have de-
serted. The fact 'bey lie in their graves
is proof of their bravery. Brave at the
front; brave at the cannon's mouth;
brave on lonely picket duty; brave in
cavalry Charg brave before the surgeon;
brave in the dying message to the home
circle. We tomorrow put garland on.
the brow of courage. The world wants
more of it. The church of God is in wo'
full need of men who can stand under
fire. The lion of worldly derision roars
and the sheep tremble. In great reform
atory movements at the first shot how
many fall backP The great obstacle to
the ChurCh's advancement is the lnanity,
the soft. prettiness, the namby'pambyism
of professed Christians. Great on pal'
ade, towards in battle, afraid of getting
their plumes ruffled, they carry a para
sol over their helmet; they 60 into battle
not with warriors gauntlet, but with kid
gloves; not clutCh,ng the sword hilt too
tight lest the glove split at the back, De-
liver us from Womanish man-hls halr
done up with curling tongs, and his feet
going with girlish steps; nothing want
ing but pantalets. In all our reforma-
tory and Christian work the great want
is more Ckbone, more mettle, more
daring, more prowess. We would in all
our churches like to trade off hunored
do.nothings for one do.every.thing
"Quit yourselves like men; be strong
THY saints all this glorious war
Shall conquer, though they die;
They see the triumph from afar,
And seize it with their eye"
Again, we mean by this natoral OBJ.
seryance, to honor self-saCr flee for 9TH
ers. To all those departed men home
and kindred were as dear as home and
kindred are to us. Do you know how
they felt2 Just as you and | would feel
starting ont tomorrow morning with nine
cnanCes out OF ten against our returning
alive, for the intelligent soldier sees not
only battle ahead, but mala ial sick ess
and exhaustion. Had these men chosen,
t,,y could have spent last night in their
homes, and today have been seated
where you are. They chose the camp,
not because they liked it better than
their own houses, and followed the fife
and drum, no because they were better
music than the voices of the domestic
circle. South Mountain and Murfrees
boro and the sTamps of ChiCkahominy
we're not fairgrounds. These heroes ris
ked and lost all for others. There is high
cr sublimity an that. To keep three
fourths for ourselves and give one fourth |
to others is honorable. To divide sven
with others is generous. To keep moth
ing for ourselves and give all for others
is msgnanimity. CIrist'like. Put cir.
die around your body, and measure the
girdle, and see if you are 80 or 80 inches
round, and is that the circle of your sym
size of YOURSELF Or, to
measure you around the heart, would it
take girdle large enough to enCirCle the
land and enCirCle the wOrld2 You want to
know what we dry theologians m an
when we talk of vCarious suffering?
Look at the soldiers graves tomorrow
and find out. V.carious! Pangs for 9th.
ers; wounds for OF ers; hone sickness
for others; blood for others; sepuICher
for others. Those who visit the ma.
tionaI cemeteries tomorrow at Ar.
Iington Heights, at Richmond, at Get
tysburg will zee one inscriOtion on
soldiers tombs oftener repeated
than any other-'Unknown." When
six or seven years ago was called to de.
liver the grafton at Arlington Heights,
Washington, was not 80 much impress
3ed with the mipute.guns that shook the
earth, or with the attendance Of Presi
dent and Cabinet, and foreign Ministers
and Generals of the Army and Commo-
iores of the Navy, as with the pathetic
and overwhelming suggestiveness of that
9Ditaph on so many graves at J feet
Unknownp Unknowp 1t seems to
ne the time must come when the Gov
3rnlnent OF the United States shall take
IF that epitapb. They are no more un
Known. We have found them out at
at. They are the Delyved sons of the
Republic. Would it not be well to take
he statue of the heather goddess off the
.op of the capitol at Washington, for
nave no faith in the morals of heathen
sodde 8, and put one great statue in all
)ur National cemeteries, statue of l,b-
,rty in the form of a Christian woman;
With her hand on an open Bible and her
DOT on the rock of ages, with the other
land pointing down to the graves of the
saying: "These are my sons,
Who died that might live" Take off
he misnomer; everybody knows them.
It is of comparatively little Importance
\ hat mama Waa Oiuan than in hantism