The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-22
The HEROES OF MANASSAS.
VETERANS or THE FIGHT TURN
OUT WITH THE OGLETHORPEs.

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Company That Was in the Fore
front of the Fight-Dr. :. A. Good
win breaches an Excellent sermon
on the Lessons Cleaned From the
Day-The OEIethorDe Light In
fantry- TO Have Their Annual Pa
rnde To-day.
Twelve Of the old war members OF the
] Oglethorpe Light Infantry turned out with
that company yesterday morning some Of
them in uniform 20 commemorate the 3ith
anniversary Of the battle Of Manassas.
where the Oglethorpes were in the thick
OF the fight and where many brave mem
bers Of the command received death
/ wounds
! The members Of the company all entered
into the spirit Of the occasion and there
was large attendance, but the old veter-
/ ans understood better what the occasion
meant. for they knew from experience Of
! the occasion they were concentrating.
| The veterans who turned out with the
company at tho church were ]. c. Bruyn,
! A. S. Bacon. II. A. Crane. II. NJ. Branch.
! Lewis Lippman. Geo. T. Quantock, NJ. =.
/ Usina, a. L. sheIlman. Judge Robert Falli-
| giant, D. G. Purse and j. H. Estill.
| The company assembled at its quarters
at the regimental armory at 10 o'clock, and
marched in uniform g. strong. including
! officers, veterans and honorary members,
/ to the First Baptist church in Chippewa
| square TO hear the sermon commemora-
/ tive Of the day, delivered by Rev. S. A.
! Goodwin, d. d. The Oglethorpes were in
| command of Capt. W. S. Rockwell, their
commanding officer, and took the seats
| reserved for them on either side
Of the center aisle near
the pulpit Quite a number Of confederate
veterans were present. and took seats
toward the front with the company. The
church was crowded. nearly all the seats
being taken. both on the lower floor and
in the galleries. The music, which was
selected with a view to the occasion, was
excellent. Just before the sermon the choir
and congregation sang Onward Christian
| Soldier" with much effect.
The choir was composed of six voices
! Sopranos, Miss Schwarz, Mrs. Rawls and
! Miss Proctor; alto Miss Gross; tenor Mr.
| Readick; basso. Mr.. King; organist, Mrs.
| Gustin. The programme was opened by
| Brnlianttee followed by TIE Deum, which
was sung by a quartette and was splen-
didly rendered. The offertory, beautiful
| Arrangement Of Rock Of Ages" by Bish-
offe, was sung by Miss Schwarz.
DIR. Goodwin took his text from IL Sam
uel, xiii, 10: And his hand clave unto the
sword" This was written of Eleazar son
| of Dodo. the AhOhite. who fought the
| Phlistines with David. Eleazar had
fought the Philistines so hard. DR.. Good
win said that his fingers were set to the
! hilt of his sword and his hand refused 10
relax its grasp upon it. This, DR.. Good
| win said, was a fine example of manly
| courage, for whoever would be a hero
| in the strife must grasp and hold onto the
| principles Of honesty and truth. The brave
men who laid down their lives on the field
| of Manassas just thirty-four years ago,
laid them down for principles which had
been bequeathed to them by their fathers.
Those who died during the struggle on
| the bloody field were mostly boys, he said,
for the average age Of those in the COM
pany was not above 10 years, and the
same was true of the majority of the
| southern troops.
DIR. Goodwin referred with much pathos
TO the dying words Of one member of the
company, who said they had done for him,
but the army, liberty and principles were
still there.
Members of the oglethorpe Light In
| ldnAAys IL OOo0WAu SaANs gOA diN tAN
successors of those men. bound by every
principle of right and religion, duty and
devotion to be true to them"
The great need of the hour he said, is
! Christian manhood. Honesty is the eX-
| ception and not the rule in trade. He did
not believe the statement true, that hon
esty and commercial success cannot go to-
| gether. Whoever dallies or temporizes
with sin, he said, is never safe. The sol
der who runs away from field of battle
most always throws away his weapon, and
he who starts out without honesty Will
surely lose when it comes to the test. The
| grasp on virtue must be strong like that
which Eleazar had on his sword hilt, which
was so strong that the imprint was left on
his hand. He said he believed If there was
one man who could have saved the con-
federacy, it was Albert Sidney johnson,
and yet he bled to death on the field of
Shiloh, unconscious of his wounds.
DR. Goodwin spoke of how the upright
lawyer and physician are too often passed
by for the rogue and the quack. The
honest preacher, he said. sees himself
/ deserted for the time-serving sensation
alist who winks at sin for the sake of
| present popularity. He said that many
people were too ready to give in when
confronted by the sceptic and the intidel.
What we need, he said, is not proof of the
| doctrines of the Bible, but practice of
its precepts. Christianity is not a doc
! trlne, Dut a lie, living force. IlS pre-
cepts should be fixed in the heart of the
man who would make eternity his. II is
the greatest comfort in life, he said, and
the greatest hope in death. Not one per-
son has ever been found who, in his dy
ing moment regretted having planted the
| principles of Christianity in his heart.
He referred TO the members of the
Oglethorpe Light Infantry as representa-
tives of a long line of heroes whose valor
had been displayed on a hundred battle
fields. whose virtues had adorned cities
and social communities. He appealed to
those who had been spared to fall into
the ranks of that other army, whose march
is onward and upward 20 eternal life.
DR. Goodwin gave the company and con-
gregation an excellent sermon, and one
OF sound wisdom and advice. The SER
vices were concluded with the hymn,
'Blest Be the Tie That Binds"
The Oglethorpe. at the conclusion of
| the services, marched out ahead of the
| congregation, and returned to the armory
| where they were dismissed. The company
| will assemble at the armory a ) 80 O'Clock