Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-06-06


has herself suffered, should come to
the rescue of the perishing, and with
singular prOprIetY does this WOman's
Relief Corps take part In the exercis-
es of this sacramento occasion. I
call it a sacramental occasion, is IL
not indeed one? When our divine
Master suffered and died for US. the
only ceremonial he eniOined upon his
followers was that they should come
together and commemorate his death
and burial Did not these soldiers
whose memories We have met this
day to honor, did not they too give
their lives for US, did not they bear
on their shoulders and expiate by /
their death the Nations sins, the sin /
Of us all and can we do less than to |
meet at every recurring anniversary /
of the beautiful springtime, and IN I
grateful remembrance strew flowers /
up IN the place Of their last repose.
Oh! Sisters of America. wives and |
! daughters Of the noble dead, whose !
graves we this day decorate, shall
your eyes be dry, shall no thrill of
! divine compassion for their untimely
! fate permeate your breasts, shall you
/ take to your hearts no lesson Of pat
riOtic devotion to your country as you
/ deposit these fraIl but fragrant and
/ fitting memorials of your love and
/ gratitude on their grassy mounds,
/ will you not resolve anew to instill
into the children you have borne or
may hereafter bear that love of
country and native land, which shall
lead them to emulate the noble deeds
Of these dead heroes, which will lead
them to respond to her call, to give
tune and service, aye life itself, to
feel indeed it IS sweet to die for ones
country? I know that you will thank
God, l know that the women of our
/ glorious land will never be found
wanting, they never have been, they
never will be- In the name of the
Woman's Relief Corps, which I this
day unwOrthiIy represent, I call upon
every American woman, not lady, but
every woman, God bless that dear
old expressive Saxon word, [ call up
on every woman of this town, this
country, and this land to Join with
us in the great work we have chosen,
the work of relieving the distressed
of whatever name or station, OF up
holding the hands of the Grand
Army Of the Republic; of assisting
the Sons Of Veterans, and above all,
beyond all, and over all of Installing
into the hearts of the boys and girls
of America, patriotism which animal
+ ed the bOsOms of our glorious dead,
and rendered it possible for us, a free
and united people, prosperous beyond
all precedent, and happy in the pos
essiOn Of liberty such as no other
nation of the earth knows, to cele-
brate this glorious, this beautiful,
this holy, sacramental anniversary.
My dear sisters, the terrible foe
Secession, which threatened the life,
! liberty, and happiness of our country
! is buried and slam, buried in a grave
too deep for the resurrection trump
} of any traitor to reach its mOulder-
, ing ear, but there is another foe; we
/ look upon the graves of our soldiers
3. slain in the four years war of the re-
5 beIlion, we look into their desolated
f homes, we reckon up the wasted
t wealth and we think them terrible
] but there is a foe a thousand times
4 more to be feared than Rebellion. A
r foe which ever since the birth of Oul
S Republic has been destroying the
q lives, wasting the wealth, and deyas
b tating the homes of our citizens.
Not for four years, but for a hundred
b has the conflict been raging: thu
4 graves Of its victims outnumber thu
). ( soldiers graves, a thousand to one
+ and worse than that they are grave
e on which no fragrant flowers can bt
j. strewed, only NORWOOD and rose
Y berry and rue, the bitter herbs of re
e pentance, can properly be laid on thu
r drunkard's burial mound. 1t is to
e day marking our daughters for tn
= terrible fate of drunkards' wives,
Y is making our sons for the occupant
= of drunkaFds' graves, and it mark
J. not only the bodies but the souls o
l. its victims for destruction. Legisla
d / ton has done something, Education
e has done much, Christianity has don
d more to defeat this terrible foe, bu
I. like the tabled hydra of old, whel
l. one head is cut down, a hundre,
e spring in its place. Woman is tn
II greatest sufferer from its ravages
b / Woman must be its destroyer.
i Oh! sisters of the Relief Corps,
Is know you will not be lacking. Oh
]. sisters of America, I know you vii
= respond to the call of suffering hu
+ mainly. Come up to the help Of th
q Lord against the mighty. so Whel
q this monster is slain, shall our Lane
j. indeed be free. and from every ran
somed household, from every fertil
n plain shall glad halIelujahs rise, tn
q redemption song be sung, and peac
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