Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-06-05

long list Of wounded and a long list Of
the dead, and q long list Of the missing,
and among the last list our boy.
When missing: How missing? Who
saw him last: Missing missingl Was he
I'm the woods or by the stream? How
was hc hurt; Missing, missingl What
burning prayers that he may yet be
heard froml IN that awful waiting for
news many life parished Tie strain
of anxiety Was too great That wifes
brain gave way that first week after the
battle, and ever and anon she walks the
floor Of the asylum or looks out of the
window as though she expected some
ono 70 come along the path and up the
s,c7s as sho soliloquizes, Missing,
m.ssipgl'
\ 1Ial OF Peace.
Wat made matters vcr7', Il {
mi-lt have bealar0i1ed There was no
more need cf chat war than at this
moment I should plunge dagger
through your heart There were few
Chr ian philanthrapits in those days,
scofI,d at both by nor,h and south, who
had ilo right Of it, If they had been
hard on both sides, we should have
had no war and no slavery. Il was adj
vised by those Christian philanthropists,
"Lat tine north pay in money for the
slaves as property and set them free.
The north said, I'VE cannot afford to
pay. The south said, 1--WE will not
sell the slaves anyhow" But the north
d'd pay in war expenses enough TO pur-
chase the slaves, and the south was COM
pcllcd to give up'slaycry anyhow. Might
not the north better have paid the
money and saved the lives Of 800, 900
brave men, and might not the south
bot.or have sold ont slavery and saved
her 500. 900 brave men? l swear you by
the graves of your fathers and brothers
aud sons t)a now hatred for the cham
pi.n curse # the uniyorse-warl
O Lord God. with the hottest bolt Of
thine omuipotent indignation strike
thatmous.er down forever ard ever! I'M
prison * in the deepest dungeon Of the
eternal ponitmtiary. Bolt it in with all
the iron ever forged in cannon or mold
cd into hOwitzers. Clcaye it with all
tle sailors that ever glittered in battle
a.l wiring Its soul with all the pangs
whici. it eyer caused. Let it feel all the
conf .ra-ious of the homesteads it ever
dc.u -od Deeper down let it fall and
I'm 1. lcor fame Lot it burn, till 1t has
gathered into its heart all the suffering
of etuitvas wei as time. In the name
If the millions Of graves Of its victims,
7 duouuce it. The nations need more
thc spirit # treaty and less Of the spirit
of War.
W.c is more ghastly now than once,
not only because Of the greater destruc-
tivouess Of its wcaponry, but because
now IL takes down the best men, where
as once it chiefly took down the worst.
Bruce in lil7, in his institutions OF
Military Law" said e the European
armies al his day, IF all infamous per-
sus and such as have committed capital
crimes. horotics, atheists and all das-
mrdlv feminine men were weeded ont
of the army. it would soon be reduced
Observation-Disclosures" Flogging
and mean pay made them still more ig-
noble. Officers were appointed to see
that each soldier drank his ration Of a
min, If spirits day. There were noble
mon in battle bur the moral character
of the army then was % per cent lower
than the moral character Of an army to-
/ dav. By So much is war now the more
dotestable because it destroys the picked
men Of the rations.
Honor For Courage.
Arain. b- this national ceremony we
mean 10 honor courage Many Of these
den.r-cd ldicrs were volunteers, not
consoriu;s. and many Of those who were
drafted might have provided substl-
tate or got fl, On furllugh or have de-
serted. The fact that they lie in their
graves is proof Of their bravery. Brave
at the font, brave at the cannon :
mouth. brave on lonely picket duty,
brave i'm cavalry charge, brave before
fao surgeon. lravo in the dying message
to the home circle. We yesterday put a
Garland on the brow Of courage. The
world wants more Cf It.
Tho church # Gcd is in woetul need
If men who can stand under fire. The
lion Of worldly derision roars and the
sheen tremblc IN great reformatory
movements at the first shot how many
| fall back! The great obstacle to the
church's advancement is the inaniiy'
tbe yacuitv. the soft prettiness, the
mandy pambyism If professed Chris
tiaus. Great on parade, towards IN
battle. Afraid Of getting their plumes
runled, they carry a parasol over their
helmet. They 90 into battle not with
warrior gauntlet, but with kid gloves,
not clutching the sword hilt too tight
lest the glove split at the back.
In all our reformatory and Christian
work the great want is more backbone,
more mettle, more daring, more Prov
ess We would in all our churches like
TO trade off a hundred do nothings for
one do everything Quit yourselves
like men; be strong.
Thy ssints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer. though they dle.
They SEQ the triumph from afar
And sai2e it with their eye.
Sabine self Sacrifice.
Aeain. we mean by this national OBJ
servarce 20 honor self sacrifice for 9TH
ers Toall these departed men home and
kindred were as dear rs our home and
kindred are 70 us. Do you know how
they felt? Just as you and | would feel
starting ont tomorrow morning with
nine chances out of ten against our re-
turning alive for the intelligent soldier
sees not only battle ahead, but malarial
sickness and exhaustion. Had these
men chosen they could have spent last
uipht i'm thoir homes and today have
been seated where You are They chose
the camp not because they liked 1t bet
ter than their own house, and followed
the drum and fife not because they
we've better music than the voices Of the
domestic circle South Mountain anc
Marfreesboro and the swamps Of Chicka
hommy were not Fairgrounds.
These heroes rislsed and lost all iol
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