The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-05
1864 AND 1884.
THE FIRST, REDDARLlAs AND CYPRESS
The Second, Gathered sheayos ana Gar
lands of White Lilies The Oue
Date a Deud March, the other
Wedding Anthem
A SERMON BY my, DR., TALMAaR.

preached Tonight In tho Brooklyn Taber'
nacle, by request, q sermon on the ap
pr0Ach Of Decoration Day Tho sermon
WAS addressed chiefly 10 the soldiers OF
The Grand Army Of the Republic, Thona
sands Of soldiers Of the Northern and
Southern armies were present. Before
lhe sermon DR.. Talmage read tho story
OF ancient battle, and for the opening
hymn the national air was sung. The
subject Of the sermon WIS 1864 and
1854, and the text was taken from l.
Chronicles, XXI, q; "And the Lord com
manded the angel, and he put up his
sword again into the sheath thereof"
Ouc day, said DR., Talmage in DdyldiC
times, the people looked up and saw
against the sky something which made
tho blood curdle and the cheek blanche
and the breath stOp--an angel Of over
towering stature, and armed with q
sword long and bright ~ summer light
ming when 10 cleaves the sky from zeniti
10 horizon. The broad blade with curved
edge pointed toward doomed Jerusalem
Tho sheath hung dangling nj the side 0i
the great supernatural the sheath, Of
course, Of such vast proportions as L
have held the sword before twas brand
ished. Az long ~ that uncovered sword
was pointed toward Jerusalem havoc
and massacre aud blOodshed went on,
but after u while, In anGwer to the pray
ers Of the people and the sacrifices on
the thrcshing'loOr of 0rnan, the ange
drew back the sword with the rlRhI
hand, and seizIng the sheath with lhC
left he inserted the sharp point into The
mouth OF tho scabbard, and flung the
sword down deep until tho hRft OF II
struck the rim Of the seabbard with d
resOund that made the mountains about
Jerusalem trem6le, Then the havoc
stopped, and the wounds healed, and
the former glOries Of the city were
eclipsed 10y the splend0rs subsequent
Hear you not the clang Of sabre and
scRbhard ne they come together In the
recitation Of my text. "And thG
Lord commanded The angel and he put
up his sword again Into che sheath
thereof"
Soldiers of the Grand Army Of the Re,
public, and soldiers who fought on the
other side, all one now In kindly broth
erhoOd, whether you wore the color that
suggested the gray Of the morning sky
or the blue Of the full n0Onl Aud let no
man who by word or deed tries to open
the old wounds ever offer, either In this
world or tho next, TO take my hand
Hear me while draw ont the contrast
between the time when the angel Of war
stood IN the American sky, pointing his
long, keen, cutting, frlghiful sword
toward this our beloved land, and for
four years the nation was In awful
hemOrrhage; and aow when In answer
to the prayers and sacrifices on ten
thousand alters that angel Of war that
stood above US hath hurled tho bloody
clmeter into the scabbard with q clan9
that made every thing from the Canadaa
to the Gulf quak6-at this season Of de-
cOration Of soldiers graves, both at the
North and South, II IL appropriate that
| rouse your patriotism and rtylye your
"reminiscences and stir your gratitude
by putting 1864 beside 1884. | shall
make two circles around these two dates,
Around 1864 | shall put garland Of red
dahllas for the carnage. Around 1884
shall put garland Of white lilies for
the peace. The FIRST date shall crown
witch a chGplet Of cypress. The la6t date
| shall crown with q sheaf OF wheat,
TIE one date dead march, and the 9th.
er % Wedding anthem. Twelve o'clock
~ night compared with twelve o'clock
NJ noon.
Contrast, arst Of oil, the teelIugs OF
sectional bitteinesg In 1861 with the
feeling OF sectional aUily IN 1881. AZ
tho Ilrsg date the South had bapilhed the
national air, "The Star-apangled Ban
npr,' and the North had ballshed the
popular air, way Down South In Dixie"
The Northern people were "mudsiIls'
aud The Southern people were "white
trash,' The more Southern people wore
killed In battle tho better tho North
liked f.. For four years the head OF
Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson DayiB
would have been worth Sl,000,000 II de.
liyered on the other side OF the line.
No need now, standing In our pulplls
and platforms, Of saying that the North
lnd South did not hate each other. The
hatred was ms long and terrible as the
sword that the angel Of war, standing
gripped pointing toward
This nation, and then swung closer
down III II gashed grayO-trenCh clear
through the quiYeriug heart 0f The con.
.lnent. To estimate how very dearly wO
IGyod zach other count up the bomb.
,hellS that were hurled, ana the carbinOs
that were loaded, aud the cavalry horses
hat were mounted, North and South,
aciug each other, all armed In the az.
empt 10 kill. The two sections not
My marshal0d all their earthly hostil.
tiles, but tried to reach up aud get hold
# th0 sNOrd spoken Of In the text the
WORD Of heaven, and the prayers Of
Northern and Southern pulpiis gave
more information to the heavens about
he basL mode OF settling this trouble
han was ever used. For -four years both
idea tried TO got hold OF tho Lords
hunderb0its, but could not quite reach
HON, AT the breaking out OF tho war
ye had not for months heard of my
lear uncle Samuel X. Talmage, President
Il 0glethorpe University, la Georgia.
10 was about the Widest man | ever
inew, and as good us good could be. The
lrst wo heard of him was his opening
,rayer in u Confederate Congress In
richmond, which was reported In the
Few York Herald, which prayer, IL an.
would, TO say tho least, have
eft all HIS Northern relatives In very
circumstances. The
at the North prayed ono way
md the ministry at The South prayed
InOthOr way. No use In hiding the fact
hat the North and South cursed each
ther with q whitening and allcOnsum.
ng curse.
Beside that antipaihy Of 1854 plare
no complete record Of 1884 Meeting In
Few York 70 raise money to build Il
ZONE at Richmond fo7 crippled C0nfod.
rate soldiers, the meeting presided over
y n man who lost an arm and n leg In
Ighting on the Northern side, and the
eg not lost no hurt that II does not
to much. Cotton exhibition two
ears ago at Atlanta, attended by tens
4 thousands Of Northern people, and
y General Sherman, who was
,rnntnd with a hiudnaua mn ihnugh