Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1885-05-29
MEMORIAL SERMON,
Delivered by Rev. W. W. Mix at the
Walnut ST., Church, May "a, 1885.

Walnut ST., OnurOn, may 1t, lOoOs
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class In our midst, some OF whom have gone
hence to realize the issues oil iiic' nave suhered
ana done ior US ana our country WIN "ha'
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hau eaten worms ana 'he hesh oil their own
pouies' h'iu ha" hoPeu against hopc i"r ''c'ory'
anu .ne ias' spark o' me hau oien out anu me
're'noh"s manu- h"a ciung 10 hiescora until IL
was broken; many sank down to rise no more,
Ill .hose southern castles oil starvation. When
we consider these things and thousand other
iHs' 20 say pothihJ about the grandure oil their
work, this class oil men hnown as the soldiers oil
our republic are deserving oil the highest non
ors, The tenderest regards and the richest bless
ings OF any who tread this eerth or sleep within
lis bosom. For -they went out, not TO fight Tor
s?oils' or conquest nor enlargement oil their
own possessions but Tor the liberation oil 4'ooo,'
| ooo oil human slaves w1ich eleVates their act on
to me PLAIN OF brotheriy love ana philanthropy
which 'od alone can reward ana man can
p'aise. NO such motives hlled the breasts oil
those VINO followed Alexander In the conquest
oil 'he world or Xcrxses from Persian plains 10
ohumpian highis' anu made the oattle'he!d
ring with shouts oil war IN all ages, converting
peace into confusion ana the green hills into
carnage ana rapine.
III any sworn can ciaim the blessing oil heaven
| upon It's crimson hilt ana can ask the unfolding
oil those doors which are ever closed by diVihe
preccpt, an example against all shedding oil
blood, 1t Is the one dipped in the blood Oh the
civil war rs II was wielocu from this innd which
| looks toward the southern cross.
10 De sure friends, there were hooic blades
tha' slittereu uhuer the southern canopy out
'neS pi"!eu ABOUT tne INSTITUTION "hicn hea'eh
e'ersmi'eu upoh' ana thoush they were the
| Esau VINO sFoNe hgaihst 1acoo' yct the III
mercilui "oo VIII iorsFe ana mas seen NJ III MS
providence 10 unite the TWO us Oh olu III loving
ehorace' An" tho"sh Tue Nor'h ana south can
not forget that strnsSie oi years In which each
eraPpieu the other III deadly cohiliat ana III the
neat ana s'orn oi pattic payoheted one another
over breast works, ana into sweeping torrents,
| pressing eagerly on with cannon and rifle after
their brothers lie, yet they can take each other
oy the hand to-day ana rejoice III one common
victory the blessings oi which are the property
oi each; realizing TINT no outcome OF those
bloody days which witnessed the defeat OF on,
1 or the olher could nave been more glorious III
victory to both parties; no other issue coult
nave oeeh equal 10 that oil Manassas junction
when the very SKY hung heavy with lower,
CLOUDS ana the sun Set with vailed lace towart
washington, ana that oil Vicksburg when th'
boysin gray vailed their faces and strong heart
wcpt; because every blow struck which witness
: ed the defeat oil one or tne other, was only on
6 step nearer this glorious day In which we al
8 rejoice and would not have 1t other than that
is; realizing Us we often do, in lille that wha
seems to be defeat is only the other side @
victory; that the rebei sword liberated us wei
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r. OF slavery, Dut WIN the euse turned from II Il
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TO hono's. Some man hews his way through
lily tile walks OF past ignorance and discovers II
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,ur service he must be rewarded. Serving most
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