The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-19

NtNNAAtA aANaLAtNla on Nuf OH on iNrloUNu
or have deserted. The fact that they 30 In
their graves Is proof OF their bravery. Brave
at the front, brave az the lannon's mouth,
brave on lonely picket duty. braveln cavalry
charge, brave before the surgeon, brave 10
the dYing message 70 the homo circle No
yesterday put q garland on the brow Of cour-
age. The world wants more Of Il.
The church Of God Is IN woelul need az
men who can stand under Gre. The lion OF
worldly derislon roars and tho sheep trem-
be In great reiormntory movements az
the lrst shot how many fail backl The great
obstacle 20 the church's advancement IS tho
inanity. the vacuity. the soft prottiness. the
mandy pabyism Of proiessed Christians.
Great on parade, towards 10 battle. Aitaid
% getting their plumes rufled, they carry
paras7l over their helmet. They so into
battle not with warriors GAUNTLET, but with
kid gloves, not clutching tho sword hilt too
tight !ess tho gloves split Of the back.
In all our reiormatory and Christian work
the great want is more backbone, more
mettle, more daring, more proves, Wo
would In all our churches like TO trade Of n
hundred DO nOthings for one do everything.
"Quit yourselves like meni be strong"
The saints in all this glorious war
Shall conquer, though they die.
They see the triumph from aiar
Aud seize 1t with their eye.
Again, wo mean by this national observ-
ance 10 honor self sacrifice for others To
all these departed men home and kindred
were as dear az our home and kindred are TO us.
Do You know how they felt? Just as you and
/ would feel starting out tomorrow morn
ing with nine chances out OF ten against our
returning alive, for the intelligent soldier
secs not only battle ahead, but malarial sick
ness and exhaustion. Had these men chosen
they could have spent last night In their
homes and to-day have been seated where
you are. They chose the camp not because
they liked II better than their own house,
and followed the drum and fife not because
they we're better music than the voices Of the
domestic circle. South Mountain and Muir
freesboro and the swamps Of Chickahominy
were not Fairgrounds.
These heroes risked and lost all for others.
There Is no higher subimity than that To
keep three-quarters for ourselves and give
one-quarter to others Is honorable. To
divide even with others Is generous. To
keep nothing for ourselves and give Gil Tor
others is magnanimity Chrstlike. Put
a grdle around your body and then measure
the girdle and see If you are fifty or sixty
inches round. And Is that the circle of your
sympathies?-the size OF YOURSELF Or, to
measure you around the heart, would il
take a glrdle large enough to encircle the
land and encircle the world2 You want to
know what we dry theologians mean when
we talk Of Misunderstanding Look at the
soldiers graves and find out. Yicarious-
pangs for others. wounds for others, home
| sickness for Others, blood for others,
sepulcher for Others.
Those who visited the national cemeteries
at Arlington Heights and at Richmond and
| Gettysburg saw one inscription on soldiers
tombs oftener repeated than any cther-''Un-
known. When, abouttwenty-Oney years ago,
/ was called to deliver the Grafton at Airing
ton Heights, Washington, Lwas not so much
/ impressed with the minute guns that shook
! the earth or with the attendance Of president
aad cabinet and foreign ministers and gen.
| erals Of the army and commodorCs Of the
navy as with the pathetic and overwhelming
| suggestiveness OF that epltaph on 50 many
| graves at my feet, "Unknown!" "Unknown!
| It seems to me that the time must come when
! the government Of the United States shall
take of that epltapb. They are no more I'M
! known! We have found ihem out at last.
| They are the beloved sons OF the republic.
Would it not be well to take the statue of
the heather goddess off the top OF the capt.
toll Cfor have no faith In the morals OF
heather goddess) and PUT one great statue
| in all our National eemeteries-a statue OF
liberty in the form OF a Christian woman
| with her haad on an open Bible and her foot
on the Rcck Of Ages, with the other hand
pointing down to the graves OF the unknown,
! saying, "These are my sons who died that
might live" Take of the misnomer. Every
body knows them. It is OF comparatively
little Importance what was the name given
them In baptism of water In the holer and
mightier baptism Of blood we know them,
and yesterday the Nation put both arms
around them and Rugged them to her heart
crying. "lIine forsver"
Again, by this national ceremony we mean
the future defense Of this nation. By every
wreath Of flowers on the soldiers graves we
say, 'sThose who die for the country shall
not be forgotten" and that will give enthu-
siasm to our Young men in case our nation
should in the future need to defend itself in
battle. We shall never have another war be-
tween north and south. We are floating off
farther and farther from the possibility OF
sectional strife,
No possibility of civil war. But about for
eign invasion am not so certain. When /
spoke against war. said nothing against
SELF defense. An inventor told me that be
had invented style Of weapon which could
be used In self defense, but not In aggressive
warfare. said. ''Wnen you get the nations
to adopt that weapon, you have introduced
tho millennium" haveno right to so on ny
neighbours premises and assault. him, but /
some ruflan break into my house for the as
sassination OF my family, and can borrow
gun and load 1t In time and airl 1t straigh
enough, will shoot him.
There is no room on this continent fol
any other nation except Canada, and bet
ter neighbor no one ever had. II you dom
think 50 60 to Montreal and Toronto an
see how we'll they will treat you. Othe
than that there is absolutely no room 70
any other nation. l have been across tn
continent again and again. and know tina
we have not half inch OF ground for tn
equity foot of foreign despotlsm 70 stand on
But am not so sure that some OF the arroe
. art nations Of Europe may not some da
] challenge as. / do not know that thos
e forts around New York bay are to sleep a
4 through the rext century. do not kno'
3 that Barnegat lighthouse will not yet loo
: of upon a hostile navy. do not know bu
= that half dozen nations, envious OF on
Q prosperity. may want to give Us a wrestlt
d During our civil war there we're two OF thre
3 nations that could hardly keep their hand
9 of US. It is very easy to pick national qua
g rsls and II our natior escapes much long'
d It will be the exception.