The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-29

not be overvalued, nor could too much be
said In praise of them He said that he,
too, wac a soldier, and that almost the
dearest name on earth to him was that of
"comrade." He called particular atten-
ton TO the Christian men who had been
soldiers, and valOrous ones at that. aud
pointed them out as an example of
physical and moral courage. He spoke
particularly OF the willingness with which
these men gave what they did 10 their
country, and related In connection with it
an incident which came under his odserva-
tion in one OF the hospitals. He said:
"A boy, not over seventeen years OF age.
had Just been taken from the surgeons
table. where his right arm had been left.
he was still In q semi-conscious G ondition
when | went TO him. but as | tried 20 soothe
his evident suffering he became fully alive
TO the situation. He rose up. and, looking
where his arm had been. asked If IL were
gone. told him that it was. and he asked
me where it was. / pointed to heap of
amputated limbs and said that it was In
there somewhere. He wanted me TO find
u. and did so. handing it 20 him. Ii was
pitiful to see the way be looked at It. bub
suddenly his face cleared away. and in q
clear. strong voice he exclaimed: Good
bye. good old arm. / give you for my conn
try. but give you gladly and he threw 1t
from him. It was one of the nobiest things
ever saw"
The pastor then said to his hearers that
there were other memorials which must be
observed. The Legacy of the Christian
church. Remember the Sabbath day to
keep it holy" was one of them, he said, and
then spoke of the resurrection of Christ
and Of the Lords supper AS two Others.
The last, he said. embodied them all.
Prayer was all right and the Institutions
of the church were all right. but the Lords
supper WAS the symbol of them all and to
be regarded rs most holy. Continuing. be
said:
at would be better for oil of us if we
mixed little more sentiment in this work
a-day. business world of ours. lie would
be well If we took flower and laid II on
the grave. not of some great general whose
name is o part of history and whose name
is in the mouth of all people but Oh that
of some unknown soldier who lies
beneath the SOD untnon though OF nt.n oy n rne
known to the few who had loved
him on earth. There is nothing in
this world half so sad as TO be
forgotten-buried and forgotten. Think
of the pity of it. and then let a little senti-
ment lead to do this little kindness tor
some one you know nothing of.
81 had q comrade in my company OF
whom L thought q great deal. After the
war he moved TO Duluth. and would oc-
casionally get q letter from him. i was. of
course. glad to hear from him. but | did
not attach any peculiar significance to
them. One day 1 opened one of his letters.
and out OF it fell piece of the battie-fisg
which had been carried by his company
and mine. Ii was nothing but a bit of
fringe. but / wept over il. /, great.
strong man. wept over ii. You will say
that that ia sentiment-and it is sentiment ..
my friends. and am proud of il. 1t will
not hurt anyone. and IL may do great
many of us a great deal of good"
At the close of the services My country,
tits of thee was sung by the choir. while
the pastor invited all who so desired to
, come forward and confess their faith In
the religion of Christ. In answer TO his re-.
quest nearly q dozen came forward and
were united with the church.