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

meet ifcm. we wan tlHm an up md COWS
lho coHsf, Pulaski en- a gou sumter 81 the
same chorus olfhunda 'ug Bort Lafayette and
Fort hamltou-meu who VIII nee only
know h0W 90 tight, but how g. de. When
such o time comes. lfit aver does come, the
generation On the stage OF action viii says
ally country will ear1 foi nay family Of they
did On the soldiers asylunl for the orphans
On the Civil War, and my cluuirY WIZ n0nor
nay dust aa it honora1 tho la VINO prece1od
NO IN patriotic sacrifice. an . olee year nt
nny rate. on Decoration Duf. 1 shall De ros-
uuectad into the remembrance q those Tor
whom 1 died Here 1 go Tor oed and my
cou1tryl Huug"
II foreign loe should come, the old Sec
tiCnal unim0Elties would have 40 power.
Here 50 cur regiments into the battlefield
Fiiteenth New York volunteers, Ie2ih Ala
bamC cavalry. Fourteenth Pennsi lvunia ride
men, Tenth Massachusetts ARTILLERY, Seventh
South Carolina snarpshoopers. 1 10 not
know but u may require the ATTACK Of some
foreign foe % make us forget our al 5urd sec
ti0nal wrangiing / have no faith 81 the
cry. "N0 north. 90 south, no east, no vest"
Let,au four sections keep their peculiantios
and their preferences, each doing its own
work and not interfering with each other,
each OF the four carrying Is part intho great
harmony-the bass. the alto, the tenor, the
sopmno-in the grand march Of Union
Once more, this great national ceremony
means tho Identification Of the tombs,
whether OF those who fell la battle o. acci-
dent, or who have expired Ia their beds, or
Ia our arms, or on our Laps. suppose you
have noticed that many OF the families take
this sehson cs the time fes the ndornment OF
their family plots. This national observance
has secured the arjorieulture and horicul-
ture Of the cemeteries, the straightening up
Of many a slab planted 80 or 40 years ago,
and has swung the scythe through the long
grass and hes brought tho stonecuttert 70 call
out the half obliterated epituph. THIS day
Is the benediction Of thu resting place OF
father, mother, son, daughter. brother, SIS
ter
Il Is MI that we can do for them now.
Make their resting places attractive, not ao-
surd With costly outlay, but In quiet remeh-
brancc. You know how. II you can auord
only one flower. that viii do. II SHOWS
what you would do If you could. One BIOS
som from YOU may mean more than the
Duke OF Wellington cataialqre. On we
cannot afford TO forget them. Ihey were
so lovely 20 US. We miss them 80 much;
We will never get over Il. Blessed LORD
Jesus. comfort our broken hearts. From
every bank OF flowers breathes promise o
resurrection.
III NAAN4 AAUlNN AAb AANNANMet returning
from their burial place, used to pluck the
grass from the field three or four times, then
throw It over their heads suggestive OF the
resurrection. We pick not the grass, but the
flowers, and instead Of throwing them over
our heads we place them before our eyes,
riI ht down over the silent heart that once
beat with warmest love toward US, or over
the still feet that ran to service, or over the
lips from which we took the kiss at the an
guish Of the last parting.
But stopl We are not lntdels Our bodies
will soon join the bodies OF our departed in
the tomb and our spirits shall join their
spirits in the land OF the rising sun. We
cannot long be separated. Instead Of cry
ing with Jacob orJoseph, ~ will 60 down
into the grave unto my son, mourning"
let US cry with David, II shall 60 to him"
On one of the gates Of Greenwood is the
quaint inscription, "A nights lodging on
the way to the city Of New Jerusalem. "
Comfort one another with these words May
the hand Of Him who shall wipe away all tears
from all eyes wipe your cheek with its softest
tenderness. The Christ OF Mary and Martha
AMI Lazarus will inlold you in His arms.
The white robed angel who sat at the tomb
OF Jesus will yet roll the stone from the door
Of your dead In radiant resurrection. Tho
Lord Himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout and the voice OF the arrhuucsl.
So the Dead March in saul shall be-
come the "Halleiuiah Chorus"