The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-04-07

rear to rending the United states III
twain. 10 Ie2lr with. hostilitcs hsu
scarcely brx ken out before bishop L eon
idas POLK threw aside his ePiseoPsi
robes and replaced then, with tne uhiio,"'
OF a M jor-gtneral. For three years ne
took part with characteristic couIase ~
Inc fray. until at last. In June, 1854. ne
was keiied by a shot from a Federal DAT
terry AT PINE Mountain. Georgia. IN VIZ,
e:nia The staff Of Ger.eral Lee. General
Lacks on. and Gensa al j. r.. u. Stuart con-
ts,nod members VINO had tak.n holy or
ders and we're ministers OF Religion zen
cral Lee, for instance, was always accom-
n,nied w General Pendleton, clergyman
of the Episcopal Church, vho performed
go .,,co in camp on Sunday whenever the
enemv's operations permitted General Lee
and HIS troops to enjoy the SabDath
calm The Reverend Or. Il. IL. Daoney
was chief of staff TO Stonewaii Jacksoh'
while Or. Hoge was constant VISITOR
TO the camp of that miracle OF energy.
When in October, 1876 the Efc-size bronze
statue of Stonewall Jackson. designed by
FOLEY and presented to the State OF
Virginia by the late Mr.. Bereeford Hope
ard a band OF Bngiish subscribers, was
unveiled at Richmond. the orator OF the
dag was DIR. Moses ID. Hoge.
For these reasons some sympathy ana
interest will be felt in this country when
IL is known that DR. Hoge Is sttll living
and that the fiftieth anniversary OF ms
taking holy orders has just been cele-
brated with enthusiasm at Richmond.
one striking Incident IN his life has es~
caped general attention even among MS
own compatrots. Some few SURVIVORS
still remain OF those who welcomed Dr'
Hoge to this country In lSbZ at tlh'e
when the Confederate States were close-
" blockadcd by land and sea- ana IL Wa
no easy matter 'to run the Dlockaue'
Nothing daunted by difficulty or DANGER
DR.. Hagc took passage upo1 an out""Iu
hound misunderstanding vessel, anu
earring from Charleston in South Caro-
lima. made his way TO Nassau IN the bd-
homas. His object was 10 proceed 10
Ia Gland where his fr!ends-and no man
ever made more In a short ume-'oon
Mt him ba.k 20 the Southern StateS,
furnished with ten thous ina BiDlcs' my
thousand New Testaments, and two nun
drcd and fifty thousand pocket edltions OF
the Bible. With this precious cargo 'ne
much beloved Prashy terrain divine again
ran the blockade successfully. and. land
ing at wilmington, in North Carolina,
soon distributed the sacred volumes
ar ong the Confederate soldiers serving
under Lee and Joseph Il. Johnston. on
the prominent generals who fought on
either side in the great CONFUSION winch
ended at AppomattGx Court House gust
thirty years since, the scythe OF death
has spared few. Among southerners
General Longstreet survives. while Cen
crdl Fitzhugh Lee has lately given TO the
world an excellent history of that con-
summate master of art Of war. his uncle,
General T. t. Lee. To those. however,
who were present in Virginia during
ths never-to-- be- forgotten scenes Of that
vast military drama, II Will be pleasant
to learn that DR.. Hoge Is still living; for,
so long as he ascends the pulpit which
he continues 10 adorn, thoughts OF Lee
and Jackson of Grant and Sherman, ana
of the hosts of heroes who under them
marched to death with military glee.
will be perpetually renewed. Nor should
we omit to state that both In the North
crn and Southern armies ministers OF re-
ligion belonging TO all denominations We'd
with each other in devotion to the cause
which they respectively served The Ro-
man Catholic clergy. for example. were
permitted by the Federal and Confederate
leaders alike 10 cross the lines on errands
of mercy without check or molestation.
General Lee General Longstreet. and the
officers around them abounded in perpe'
ual homage TO the Episcopal Church.
while the prayers and hopes of the Pres
byterians followed the Puritan hero.
Stonewall Jackson, into the field Finally
IL is refreshing TO add that, in the tri-
butte just paid at Richmond to DR.. Hoge's
pure and exalted character and career.
North and South, forgetting their
cient enmit-es. were alike proud to join
handq