The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES.
euLoolEs, PRAYERS AND AN
THEMS AT HOLLYWOOD.
covernor Mckinney and Ex-Goyeror Lee'
os virginia; Governor rowlc, Of Norm
r.roi,,., Rev. Dr. Hoge and the Gesang
Nereiu virginia.

wood are affairs crowned with flowers. The
emblems Of love were laid there by tender
hands aud loving hearts yesterday.
The memory Of their chIeftain having been
hopored by unyeiing the bronze and gram
ito statue TO him, thousands Of visitors re-
manned 10 honor with Richmcnd people the
memory of his followers who gave their
lives for the ''lost cause.
No day set apart for devotion TO the heroic
deeds of those who fought and died for the
south. was ever more appropriately obserN-
cd than Yesterday. Old veterans; ladies
whose hearts were made TO bleed by the war;
Young men who know Of the bloody strife
only in story and song; and maidens with
hearts full of yeneratiOn tor those who sleep
thc last sleep in Hollywood took part in
Tho beautiful exercises Never before on a
,Iollvwocd memorial occasion, did 80 many
neople assemble 10 etrnish with garlands
the graves OF toe loved and lost The DAY
was lust what the ladies Of the Hollywood
memorial association would have desired
ATTHE STAND.
After the military and the veterans in the
parade had taken their position around the
stand Governor Mckinney arose ana sald
that on such an occasion II was highly ap-
nropriafe that the blessing of God should be
invoked. and called upon DR.. lloge, who
offered the following prayer:
DIR. HoGE's PRAYER.
Oh God. most high most holy most merci-
mi with lO,yly reverence OF spirit ana WIFI
heats subdued by the beloved memories Oh
tne past and by the tender Offices OF ihl-
hour we come 10 present To Thee our NUM-
Heneofh these clear aud quiet skies, which
beud over us like the hollow OF Thy project
ing hand, we gather In this cOnscciai ed place.
where so many dear 10 H. nave been laid 10
rest. TO be reminded alIcsh OF cur ohiigallo ns
ia those who al the call Of duty leriiled HI,
and fot the principles dcafcg TO tlcm IMAM
life. sacrificed AL, and died. commit ing tnelr
souls to God. and their memories 10 Us WHO
survive them. ,
We would Dcrpctuaie the story OF Their pa
triottc ValOr. their devotion 10 hDnor. truth
ana freedom not only by me uONeis we
scatter upon their graves prophetic OF me
resurrection OF the just and OF the land Whefc
eternal summer rcigus--but 10y the nONcis
OF loving remembrance which grow ih our
hearts and which, watered by our Tears. VIII
bloom in beauty and fragrance eVermOre.
We invoke Thy blessing on the association
TO whose piOus care the graves 81 our sons
and brothers are entrusted, and whose tender
Office It is to guard and 10 adoln The place
where the dust Of our beloved dead mas
found repOse.
Nav Thy honorod servants who come 10
sneak TO US to-day inspire US win new adlnl-
ration for the virtue and the valOr. Tor the SUI
preme devotion to duty ana the nnialllng
must in God which characterized our IA
mented dead. that the hearts OF tie young
men i'm our southland may become Ike
sacred affairs on which the lame OF puItsl
PATRIOTISM may burn. consuming an lgnooie
and selfish ends and so Fastening the coming
L., a
trv from north 10 south and from east "a
west. mutual r gard for each others llghts
interests and happiness shail constitute IN.
noble law Of the nailon's me- securing 10 oui
whole people pefpeluh heIitagc VI pios'
perty and peace.
TO the great multitude throngng ms sllen'
cemetery. that every one participating III
these soiemuitics may be prepared by INV
grace for a life Of usefulness and for an I'M
mortality Of hlcsSedness: aud 10 God, most
high. 81, a. viii give all honor and glory, ever
more. amen
GONERNOR M'MNNEt.
When DR.. Iloge concluded, the hymn 81
Would Not Always" was sung, after
which Governor Mckinney arose and de-
livercd brief but eloquent address. lie
said. pointing to the spot where the soldier
were buried,
THAT sacred spot encloses ten thousand
heroes of the lost cause from all over this
good old commonwealth OF ours Manassas,
WILLIAMSBURG, Fair oaks, Malvern hi!, Goa
IInrllor. Chancel louisville. the Wilderness ana
other bloody conflicts contributed 10 the
honored dead who lie buried here IhfN
are not all Niiginia's jewels though LOT
MARYLAND has brave sons sleeping heie' Der
| e,yare North Carolina and all over tins broad
southland Of ours are represented. 1ester-
| terdaV we paid great tribute TO ulclf Illus
trious chieftan. Robert T.. Lee, and new we
are here u honor the men VINO lOusnt uhdei
him. 49,.
some have sald how long viii this lasts'
The bronze and marble We erected 10 our
great Lee yesterday viii live forever. ~ u
written iu marble and has been impressed
incelibly upon the hears OF our people. HIS
/ tory ia the coming years may forget the greal
debt OF love We owe our dead. but the NOM
| ers and maidens, as often rs mOthcr eufth
clothes herself In May. assemble here To- scat
tar flowers upon the sacred EARN undel
which they sleep. How long viii IL last
Just as long as spring will last and the oifd'
continue 10 sims
North Carolina has a near Relationship
/ with Ia in our interests here. II has been
question which has the most right 10 those
I who rest here, she OF Virginia. ~ nave INC
honor C have with US her distinguished GOV
ernOr. VINO always looks Hitcr MS people
/ whether living or dead. ana takV pleilsui'
/ IN introducing Governor FoWle' OF NortL
Carolina.
GOVERNOR TOWLE.
Governor Fowle came forward amid an
Outbur-t Of cheers. and just before he begar
10 sneak some one shouted: Three cheer'
/ for North Carolina" and they were heartily
given. Governor Fowe spoke a. follows:
GOV. fowLE's AbpErss.
All nature seems TO be in sympathy with u
this day
/ The sun I'm his Journey northward has walked
/ the earth from its win. slumucf;
/ Has tintad the ever varying skies with south
EN- beams,
has laden the air with the fragrance o.
has clothed with yerdure the fields and the
/ trees,
weaving its garlauds above The hillock.
! beueath which QUO dead heroes are sleeping
/ Tuon this memorial occasion, on this ~
/ cred ground. dedicated 10y woman rove I,
/ her dcparfed countfNmCm, let Us p use ano
utter one feryid expression u reve' ence ano
| affection In concentration OF those VINO
I eros s,.d The icy river amid Tie angry suout'
/ ines OF captains ana the wild carnage OF bat
/ tie. and now rest under the shode oi Inc
I'm his tour to the HIebrides Or. Johnson
/ wrote: 'sihat man is little 10 be enNlFd
/ whose patriotism Will not gain &c ulOH
| the plains of Marathon, or whose plctS
| would not grow warmer among the runs ol
| Iona
Cold indeed must be the Southern hear
/ which can stand uumOved amid these grave
/ and contemplate that hefOlsm Whlcl
culmlnatcd In defeat, and thank him, De-
/ fore whom angels ana afchHnges ano
/ ch, rubims continually bow inst in Inc
hearts offhe purest and sweetest women o.
| ivhifh time has any record these are re
ceiving that adulgtion and graf itude Wnici
has never before been rendered 10 The con
ouerOr. OF them, we may say almost IN ths
! language OF PeIicles In his Grafton Oyer lhs
/ Grecians slain in battle. Having thus he
slowed their lives upon ihelr country ueN
| have achieved praise which will never de-
cav. n sepulchre which will always be most H.
| lustrious Not that IN which their bones llt
/ Wondering but that IN which their lame Il
| preserved 10 be on every occasion IN when
/ honor Is the employ Of pen or tongue
| eternally remembered
| The whole earth Is their sepulchre; nor Il
| the inscriptlOn on the column In their ma
| tive sol needed TO show their merit, but the
/ memorial of them better than allinscriptlOn,
! i'm every nation repOsited more durably III
universal remembrance than upon Their own
| tOmbs.
The fame Of the Confederate soldier being
| thus secured, Time, the great justifler, VIII
! record on undesirable tablet. with golden
| lettcrcd mention. the sublime grandeur O
! their Christian ioadcr.-kohert Edward Lee
! And the poet and the orator with the histo-
rian viii Vie in preserving Immaculate the
! ever increasing glory Of Americas grand sol