Evening star., 1897-05-31
rts us to be ever mindful Of their er.

horts us 10 be ever mindful OF their ex-
ample.
"Dr. Wilson, in one of his profound ser
mons short time ago. speaking Of the
aoiding nature Of mems actions said: You
cannot dig a grave deep enough. though
sNu should go down to old earth's molten
center TO bury all of a man. And so n te
Inc hves OF the men who served their
country In Its darkest days of afiiction.
while the furnace of trial was heated seven
tunes, have left their impress on this
country and on the whole world. Marathon
ana Thermopylae pale into ipsignificance
ITnio, sne heroic devotion displayed by the
Union soldiers. The question was whether
eoIernment OF the people by the peonla
ahu ior the people should continue or
shoulu PERISH: whether civil rights should
to favored class. Law and o-Sar and
freedom triumphed. and we are here 70 re
!oiee IN that triumph and TO bring our
who ~, 10 .he last resting place of those
VINO brought about such great results Rut
thelr work is not yet done Thcy still sneak
70 US and Will continue TO sneak iowr
,,nrougn the ages to generations vet TN.
porn. How little we realize that we arc 10
aey making history; vet we only have %
iook hack a few short years TO know thar
u is SO. III has not been given 70 ms 70
bayone, our pa part OF the worlds history with
oayonet ana punctuate II with rifle and
eeiiiiol shot' but we have our parts to do.
Patriotism Needed.
The spirit OF the fathers is I'm the chill
dren of the south, while among YOU people
o. northern descent I have found n most
woefui supineness in all that pertains to
patriotism ard love Of country. They pre-
fer to make this day a holiday instead of a
holy day sacred to the memory of patriots
who sacrificed even life itself that the ma
OF tnls nation might be preserved. A pic
nic or excursion is more attractive than
participation in hcnoring a nations heroes
An! ye dead. and We who yet live. your
work has only just begun. Father. have
you done your full duty by your son: has
he been faithfully Instructed in his conn
try's history and in patriotism? VIII he
take his place in that grand organiza-
uon which must In time succeed to the
duties and In some degree to the place
OF the Grand Army of the Republic?
Mothers, will your daughters take their
places beside their brothers and with all
ing days aid them in peace as you and
all the grano patriotic women of thirty.
two tbirty-three and thirty-four years
ago aided your brothers and husbands In
the dark days of war. both at home and in
the hospitals? All the great things of this
age are accomplished through the medium
OF organization and cooperation. Are you
and your daughters holding up the hands
Of the Grand Army of the Republic in uni
son with the Womans Relief Corps or the
Ladies' Aid Societies? II not you are fail
ing In your duty as you may find to your
sorrow. Though the days of chivalry are
said to be over, the men of this day are
as fond Of the plaudits of their fair ones as
the men of yore were of theirs. We need
you and We welcome you to the ranks
of the teachers Of and leaders in patrio-
tism.
Paying the Intcre,t.
1.-The war is over and in peace we here
assemble to pay one years interest on the
debt Of gratitude We owe. and shall for
ever owe, to the departed who have pitched
their tents Fame's eternal camping
ground. Reverently we call to mind the
divinely appointed leader of the nation,
the sympathetic yet majestic Lincoln. the
devoted and persistent Grant. alike a SOL
dier statesman as his country might
demand; the steadfast Sherman and the
dashing Sheridan. with all the other bril-
lielt leaders of the time.
But there are some whose resting places,
like that of Moses, cannot be pointed out.
They are not, for God has taken them. And
so We stand with barred heads bowed beside
the unmarked grave and the tomb of the
unknown dead, unknown to u.s. but known
to the God of battles The lives of these
in their sphere were essential to the life
or the nation the Others and in the
great hereafter L doubt not shall find
their names engraved, each in its appro-
pirate place, in Fames temple These dead
to us unknown. have died that We might
have the heritage of freedom. with a ma
tlon united, Knowing no north, no south.
no east, no west, for all coming time. Their
services and sacrifices are appreciated,
though we cannot call their names
ITO the comrades of the great T-nion
army who are with us, with whom we
today join in memorial service we of the
younger generation would say: Your Ia
bors are appreciated. your lessons are
needed, and when you shall have been
called TO your reward. your memory like
that of these who have gone before will
be held dear and the work you have so
Well commenced will still be carried on
Master Ed. NJ Webster recited I'm a very
taking way There is No Flag Like Our
own Red, White and Blue little Miss Jo-
sephine Faulkner making quite hit with
her song of "Old Glory" Then. after the
gathering had sung the Doxoiogy, the ex-
ercises were concluded by the invoking of
the Divine blessing by the Rev. John l..
Walsh, pastor of the Douglass Memorial
NJ. Z. Church.