Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-06-02
DECORATION EXERCISES.
SOLDIER DEAD RBMna1BERED


At the close of the War of the Re
bellion, thousands of veterans re-
turned to their homes In the several
states, to find that while they were at
the front fighting the battles of their
country, the civilian had taken up
the work they laid down to enter the
army. and that they were practically
crowded out of the professional field.
out of the farm and workshop. So
they again took up the line of march,
and sought for new fields upon which
to fight, not the battles for the pres
ervation of the union, from armed
foes, but the more peaceful ones of
honest labor, armed not with the
sword or musket, but with the Imple-
ments of peace. Some of these vet
Grams located IN this fair county, and
again took up the struggle of life
Many sought the farm, and have toll
ed on season after season, facing
drought and disaster. with a courage
gained upon the CORY field; some dis
couraged and worn out, have sought
other homes; some are sleeping the
sleep that knows no waking; others
remained, and as year succeeds year.
with hearts as brave as of old. but
with slower step, and grayer heads,
they meet in the springtime, and pay
to their honored dead, tributes of rev.
erence and love.
Decoration Day is not a day of
recreation and merrymaking, but Is
the one set apart by custom and by
law, as day devoted to the solemn
and sacred remembrance of the
cause for which these men fought
and died, or through the fortunes of
war escaping death on the field or
in the hospital, came home shattered
in body, to die in the arms of loved
ones. and to be LAID away in the Gem
etaries at home.
As the years roll on their ranks
grow thinner, one by one the grim
reaper gathers them to their final rest
ing places,
Decoration Day is the most hallow-
ed of all the year. and is growing
more dear to the people, and as the
rising generation gathers with the
old veterans upon this day. stories OF
the highest patriotism are told Il
them, the sufferings. the sacrifices
and, too, the glories won, of these
men are sung, in song. in verse, o.
told in more prosaic prose, so tina
when the final taps, are sounded
and the last veteran Is enlisted 10 the
Army of the Dead, the youth of the
land, following the lessons thus learn
ed, will keep alive the memories O
these heroic dead.
While the battles of the bullet ar,
as sacred memories, there are We
other and equally important contests
to be fought, those of the ballot
New questions confront Us, questions
that are as important as those of tn,
war, but these must be settled, no
by the sword but by the ballot.
To-day four great parties are or
ganizing for the battle of principles
The skirmish lines are in place, bacl
of these are the forces, with leader
as yet unchosen, each party seeking
for the welfare of the country a
shown to it.
The questions of the rights of tn,
masses, of the home, of God, o
native land, must be settled, and vii
} be, or the nation as founded by th,
heroes Of the revolution. and re-es
tablished, by those of the rebellion
/ must perish from the face of tn
earth.
In every part of our land. the PEG
= pie gathered TO observe Decoration
Day. In Phillips county the da,
: was fttingly remembered by gather
) ings at different points. In Phillips
t burg on Sunday morning there as
, sembled large audience of patrioti
men, women, and children, to listeI
to the words of eloquence and loyal
ty. to hear again the old, old story
ever new.
The exercises were held in tn,
, Baptist Church, one of the most com
modious in the northwest, which wa
, filed to ITS utmost capacity, til
Grand Army Post the Woman's Re
, lief Corps, and the Sons of Veterans
being present in full force. Th
church appropriately decorated wit
streamers of red, of white, aud @
blue, entwined with black, presente
very beautiful appearance.
The morning exercises opened wit
an invocation by Rev. Mr.. Hindmar
followed by the reading of Psalm 81
"Rejoice in the Lord" etc, by Re,
Mr., Allen, after which prayer wa
offered by Rev. Mr.. Lathrop. Nj
/ Hindman, who was member @
: company D, Sd Missouri cavalry. the
: preached an eloquent discourse, a
follows:
MEMORIAL SERMON.
We have become great Nation through III
proYidential care Of God
blessed l. the nation whose God is the Lord =
} Pisa 53:l2-
How great Gods goodness 10 his ehoren peorl.
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