The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-04
LESSONS OF LOVE.
Rev. Mr.. Carson's Mastery Ad-
dress at Greene Memorial.

Under the title lessons of Love From
the Tomb of Grant, Il subject furnished
him by the events of last week at the
mausoleum of General Grant in New
York city, DR.. Thomas E. Carson. of the
Greene Memorial Church, delivered on
Sunday night mastery discourse. Space
permits but the merest outline of what
we would gladly give the readers of The
Times in full.
After appropriate scripture lessons and
hurried sketch of the Jews during their
Baby lDnish captivity and return to .Jeru.
sale. emphasizing Gods ruling hand in
the destiny OF nations, he passed at once
TO the topic of the evening. The herald
angels cry nineteen centuries ago of
peace on Earth" ran through wool and
wasp of all.th followed.
AS an Introductory he remarked that
estimates and valuations both of events
and individuals changed with the passing
of.time." And SO in the case of General
Grant, now that the smoke of battle has
been lifted these thirty years, that even
non sympathizers gladly render homage
to whatever OF goodness and greatness
there was in the man. That measured
by his own words to the crown prince of
Germany when making his tour of the
world, Grant was not II lover of war, and
though when he sheathed his sword in
W hN iboh III <AHlCIlCtt WAS HlnQQPr TO
return it to it's scabbard. That when in
the great pageant enacted last week in
New York city, 10000 men in line rent
the air in shouts for the veterans of the
blue and gray, that the God of Heaven
looked down with pleasure upon the peo-
pie once more united a national brother
hood.
He then gave brief sketch of General
Grant, in which, couched in choice die
tion, he eulogized those characteristics
that stamped him with the imprint of
greatness. Vividly and pathetically he
pictured the great Confederate cheftain
in those last days of Confederacy Mt APP
pomattoX, when with his handful of half
starved and battle Scared heroes he
sought an interview with General Grant
concerning a surrender. He showed how
in that interview Grants true nature as
serted itself, and that his "Let us have
Peace" and "Let no more American
blood be she'd" was spoken from IL heart
sick of blood and carnage. That the ma.
tions of the world had characterized the
terms OF the surrender at Appomattox as
'magnanimous and truly great"
Referring to the ceremonies last week
i'll New York, when General Gordon, the
representative of all that is left of the
great Confederate leaders, with bowed
head ann reverent steps, descended into
the crypt, and placed there wreath of
immortelles, the doctor said he believed
had he who now sleeps beneath the mar
bic vault in Lexington been there that he
too would have gone hand in hand with
General Gordon and placed floral tribute
alongside of.his, upon the sarcophagus of
the leader of the Northern army.
Then with an Invocation Cor Divine
guidanc, in the future over the land
whose war clouds gone, a God given
peace upon the nation, spreading her
wings IL, brooding calm over North and
South" he closed his sermon.
Such in meagre outline was the sub
stance of what he said; but standing thus
in Virginia pulpit, II Southerner him.
self to the tips of his fingers, your CORE
spondent could but contrast the peace.
breathing utterances of this venerable
servant OF God, who had seen his own
fair southland swept by very bosom of
blood and fire, with the rancorous, strife
engendering words of Bishop Malalieu in
Baltimore Il few weeks ago. And think
ing thus his mind reverted to another
sermon, delivered on the sammy slopes of
the Mount of Olives, il far-away Paes-
tine, i'll which the great preacher himself
said blessed are the peacemakers. for
they shall be called the children of God"