Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-05-31

cation, by giving every man the rignt 20 |
think for himself, and by throwing around
all the influence of Christ-like lives, We |
shall transmit to posterity even greater |
heritage of blessing than our sires trans |
mittsd to US Tins trying to build ana o up
waiting devotion to the God who has lead
us thus far, we can re-echo the reassuring
words of Longfellow:
s'Thou, too sail on, o ship of state,
Sail on, o Union, strong and great.
with all the hope Of future years,
Ia hanging breathless on thy fate.
We know what Master laid thy keel,
made gsah ss
What snvils rang, what hammers beat.
We're shaped the anchors OF thy hope.
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
TITS OF the wave and not the rock;
Aud not a rent made BY the gale.
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea,
Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith; triumphant 81 Ger our fears fears,
A word more in closing. You have done
your duty well. You stood by your coun-
trv in the hour of its greatest trial. You
have suffered. Some of you have con-
tracted diseases in your efforts to
defend the honor of the nations
flag, and your country is standing
by you, and should allow no soldier to go
without the comforts of life. Ths monu-
ments you have helped to build and defend
will endure; and when you are sleeping in
the dust, future generations will sing of
yoar self renouncing devotion to the land
of your birth You have been good sol
diers of the Union. Be good soldiers of
the Cross You fought for Uncle Sam.
Fight for Jesus Christ, and you will have
the experience of the sergeant of whom
read He lay on the battlefield of Shiloh,
suffering greatly from q fatal wound and
from thirst. He said: ''The stars shone
out clear and beautiful above the dark
field, and began to think of that great
God who had given His Son to die death
of agony for me, and that He was up
there-up above the eeene of suffering and
above those glorious stars, and I felt that
I was going home to meet Him, and to
praise Him there. I felt that I ought to
praise Goo, even wounded and on the
beautiful hymn:
"When can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I'll bid farewell to every fear,
Aud wipe my weeping eyes"
"And," said he, "there was Christian
ULObu0I Ill tAO DObu uchE LILO. COulls
not see him, but I could hear him.
He took up the strain, and beyond him an
other, snd another caught it up, all over
that terrible battlefield of Shiloh. That
night the echo was resounding, and we
| made the field of battle ring with hymns
| of praise to God"
Yes, many of your comrades fell on dis.
tsnt battleplains. Their way into the 9th.
er world was lighted by the lannon's flash
In the thunder of the lannon's roar earth
babe them its last farewell. Others passed
from hospitals to mansions, and others
| went from the hands of savage guards II
southern prisons to the society of happy
angels and loving saints. Your number il
have disappeared from the ranks of thu
living. And the boys in gray are alst
moving on to swell the multitude beyoni
the flood. You will meet them there
Think kindly of your former enemies
They were sincere. They suffered. The.
lost. You were sincere. You suffered
and you won. Forget the past. Re
member, you and they are brothers, ant
that you are both to unite for the over
throw of wrong, and for the maintenance
of all that 1t is true in life, excellent il
citizenship, and divine in religion. TIL
issues of the war are settled, but othe
burning problems are demanding your al
tention. Face these great moral and socis
questions as menfully IS you faced tn
black war cloud thirty years ago. ''Rende
unto Caesar the things that are Go sar'f
and unto God the things that are Gods
The lights of this world will soon becom
dim to you. Its echoing sounds will gro'
fainter, and then cease. Its grandes
achievements will become insignifcan
II when eternity shall break upon your vii
| ion. Be sure you are ready to stand bs
fore God. You shed your blood to raw
your country. Christ shed His blood t
save your souls. Recognize His SACRIFICES
, work and follow the Captain of your sa
] walton as faithfully as you followed ts
/ generals who led you to victory, and B
> will lead you into the promised land. a
/ the roll call of the fnsl review you will a
3 be present. May each of You be able
' answer when your name is read out befo1
t the listening multitude, "Here am I.
: have finished the work Thou gavest me
$ do" May God bless you; may He sweete
peace, and project upon your deathbet
| the light of an eternal morning.
, In the course of the address Rev. N
f McNichol said: The venerable pastor
! this church, like many of you approach'
a Decoration Day with peculiar emotions.
, gap was made in the circle of his love
/ ones which never can be filed. The bait
, of Antietam robbed Connecticut of one
it's most excellent citizens in the death
] Captain Willard. A member of this arm
, post told me a few days ago that he VI
: one of the best men Connecticut ever pr
9 duced. The loss of such brother CT
= only be measured by the gain realized {
: the other side.