The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-06

been.
THE EULBILL1rENr or THE PROPHECY.
So we are glad at the Isaialic proph-
ecy, that the time is coming when ma
ton shall not lift up sword against ma
ton. Indeed, both swords shall go
back into the Scabbard--the sword
batheti in heaven an, the sword bathed
in hell. In war in Spain o soldier
went on silimnishing expedition and,
secluded in bush, he had the oppor-
tunity OF shooting n soldier of the other
army, who had strolled away from his
tent. He took aim and dropped him.
Running UP to the fallen man he took
his lnapsael1 for spoil, and u letter
dropped ont Of it, and it tusned out to
be u letter signed by his own father; in
other words. he had shot his brother.
If The brotherhood of man be true
doctrine then lie who shoots another
man always shoots bis own brother.
What IL horror is war and its cruel
ties were well illustrated when the Tar
tars, after sweeping through Russia and
Poland, displayed with pride nine great
sacks filed with the right ears Of the
fallen. and when n correspondent Of
The London Times, writing OF the
wounded after the battle of Sedan,
said: Every moan that the human
voice con utter rose from that heap Of
agony, and the cries Of Water! For
the love Of God, water. \ doctor. \
DOCTOR never ceased. After war has
wrought such eruelties, how glad we
Will be to have the Old Monster himself
de. Let his dying couch be spread in
some disa atled fortress, through which
tie sts.uty winds howl. Give him for
pillow a battered shield. and let his
bed be hard with the rusted hayonets
OF tie slain. Cover linn with tie
comsest blanket that picket ever Wore,
and let his only cup be the bleached
bone of one Of his war chargers, and
the last taper by his bedside expire as
the midnisht blast siglIs into his ear:
The caadi- Of the wicked shall be put
out.
Tollisllt against the sky Of the glo-
rious future / see II great blaze. 1t is
foundry in full blast. The worFmen
have stirred the fires until the furnaces
are seven times heated The last wagon
load of tie worlds swords has been
hauled into the foundry, and they are
tumblej into the furnace, and they be-
gin to glow and redden and melt, and
in Missing and sparkling liquid they roll
on down through the crevice of rock
until they fal into n mold shaped like
the IRON fcot of plow. Then the
LIQUID eools of iato q hard metal, and,
brought ont on an anvil, it is beaten
and pounded and fashioned. stroke
after stroke, until that which was a
weapon to reap barvests Of men be-
comes an implement turning the soil
for llarvests of corn, the sword having
Become tie plow>iiare.
y SALUrATIo.; OF COOP WISHES AND
PRAYERS
Officers al.a comrades OF the Thir-
tecnth regiment Of ss:,te militia After
another year Of piea ant acquaintance
I hail you with saIutation all made
up Of good wishes and prayers. Hon
orad with residence III tho best city Of
rhe best land Under The sun, let us ded-
icata ourselves anew to God and coun-
Try and homc! In the English conflict
called The War Of The Roses q white
rose was the badge of the house of
York and the red rose the badge Of the
house OF Lancaster, and with these two
eolors they opposed each other in bat
lie. To enlist you in the Holy War for
all that is good against all that is
wrong, 1 pin OYER your heart two
badges, tie en9 suggestive Of the blood
shed for our redemption and the other
symbolic Of soul made white and
clean-the Rose of Sharon and the
Lily of the Valley. BE these hence
forth our regimental symbols-Rosc
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