Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-02
4 Fervent Address to the Comrades
Who Decorate With Gar.
+ lands To-day.
The ''Civilizatioa Represented by Jefler.
son Davis and That Represented
by Abraham Lincoln.''

fling the hearts with sorrow and filling tn
eyes with tears. They come from home
among us that are desolate. "From tn,
loving Josephs who lament the death O
their fathers. From the Marys and Mar
thas weeping at the grave of a brother
rom the distressed Davids who exclaim
Up, Absalom my son; my son Absalom
| tbuld God had died for thee! Absalou
tasy son. my son!"'
HFrom the Naomis who entreat: Call m,
| Nara, for the Almighty hath dealt very
Gtterly with me. From the Rachels who
Make Rama echo with Their cries, refusin,
| % be comforted because their children ar;
t4ot."
May I not affirm, my comrades, that your
Ysit to the house OF God and the cere
MOnies OF tomorrow are not expressive o
! Joy for victories won. Neither OF triumph
IDTer vanquished foes, nor in celebration oi
Successful battles, but in honor to the
memory Of fallen comrades and in token
with all those who have suffered, all those
who still mourn.
May l not affirm also in behalf of the
Grand Army OF the Republic, that it does
not exult over defeated foemen. nor seek
to call up the ghost OF a rebellion which
died and was buried some twenty-one years
agO. As patriots, we rejoice that our Ma
ional Union is preserved. As lovers of
humanity, we are glad that all who tread
American soil are free American citizens.
AZ regards all moral questions-the merits
of either cause-"between the civilization
represented by Jefferson Davis and that
represented by Abraham Lincoln-all this
We willingly leave to history and to the
I'M MT Of iSti 1ol huv mi r ;l><.
SOLDIERS WORTHY OF THE NAME
you recognize the genuine convictions that
animated the South twenty six years ago.
Their purpose to found Nation OF their
own was serious and determined, and their
bravery and resolution have never been ex-
celled by any people in revolution. They
wealth, and awoke at Appomattox to
realize that they had staked their all upon
the "baseless fabric OF vision"
To much that has gone upon the page Of
history since the 9th of April, 1865, we may
well point with pride and exultation. Other
Nations may denounce the example of the
United States in dealing with armed con-
.spirators against it's Government, but the
,EoBLENEss AND CLEMENcY or AMERICANS
have no parallel in all history.
England blew its rebellious Sepoys from
the mouths OF the cannon. The leaders of the
Hungarian revolt were hanged or shot. The
liberals OF Paris met the same fate. or were
sent to die in exile. Louis Ri-l, wien cap
ture1, met the fate that would have
befallen Washington and Hancock and
Adams, had they also been IN uccessf"l.
The leaders against our Nations life
twenty-six years ago are to-day given
places in the management OF the Govern
To ho
President OF the so-called Southern Con-
federacy is permitted to emerge from his
retirement and pronounce, as no one else
could so fitly do, 1.-THE funeral Grafton over
ashes for which no resurrection summons
will so nd"
With this much by way OF preface, call
your attention to my text, and to truths
OF Scripture that seem especially applica BILE
to this audience-''Blessed is the Nation
whose God is the Lord"
THE SERMON.
When David, King OF Israel, reflected
upon the conduct of Providence in regard
to individuals, he exclaimed: Such knowl
edge is too wonderful for me; it is so high
I cannot attain unto it," Paul tried it,
and that matchless master OF logic ex-
pressed his failure in the words: "How un-
searchable are his judgments and his ways
past finding out" Many times
THE WICKED PROSPER
while the virtuous are afflicted. Christ
had nowhere to lay his head, but Herod
enjoyed the sumptuous fare Of kings. 1t is
not 80 with nations. Righteousness ex-
alteth nation, but sin is a reproach to
any people. Blessed is the nation
whose God is the Lord, and
cursed is the Nation whose God is not the
Lord. Obey God and live! Forget God
and ye shall perish are the eternal DEGREES
delivered to Nations, whose day OF enforce
ment is one OF earth.
A man may live in wickedness and die
in prosperity, but Nation, never!" Public
happiness is the reward of public virtue"
1t is needless to argue the question whether
or not men receive their rewards and pun.
ishments in this life. 1t is certain that
Nations do. My text does not refer to a
period beyond the bounds OF time.
Blessed to-day is the Nation whose God
is the Lord" The history OF ages attests
the truth of these words-yea, the history
OF the ages declares:
CURSED IS THE NATION
whose God is not the Lord. A country
without God is a land OF slavery and blood
and death. Bible lands are the lands of
peace, and look where you will within our
borders, the most pistols and bowie-knives
are sold where there are the fewest church g..
Mexico did years ago, what Ingersoll urges
America TO do. She cast out the Bible, and
in the past sixty five years the blood-shed
in fifty eight revolutions has dyed her soil.
BLESSED is the Nation whose God is the
Lord" Brave men must die on fields OF
battle till human laws are permeated by
the spirit OF Him who preached upon the
mountain beside Gallilee the sermon OF
peace and love.
History inf rms us what the world was
when God sent his son to deliver that mes
sage OF peace to warning nations. The
polish of its refinement has never been ex-
celled-neither have it's vices. "War was
the profession OF gentlemen, and vice the
pursuit of life." 1t is impossible to des-
cribe the worlds condition when Christ
came to it. His words "Ye ought to love
one another" sounded in the ears OF cor
rupt and warning kings. He blessed the
children for whom few cared. He made
home for the woman aud gave freedom to
the slave. He did more than this He
lived life which, if men initiate, will lead
them to
PERFECT HAPPINESS AND PEACE.
He gave maxims which if nations red
and obey will cause them to be blessed in
deed. He bade men take heed and bew are
OF envy, covetousness, vain glory, luxury,
voluptuousness, worldly ambition, sur
feiting and drunkenness. If the reasons OF
individual unhappiness and National de-
cline were inquired into, it would be found
that those things against which Christ
warned men were the direct cause Of ruin.
Society cannot be tablished upon the
maxim OF Euripides. so often quoted by
Cnsar-"violate justice only for the sake
OF ruling" That mighty Rsman put it in
practice himself, and his example was
initiated by Others whose daggers pierced
his own body and left it bleeding lifeless at
the base OF Pompey's statue.
Ancient Egypt for ages was the most cele.
brated nation on earth: Its glory shone
undimmed SO long as she adhered to the
maxims of righteousness. Her laws pun
ished with death the man who refused to
relieve thedestitute when able 90 to do