The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-28

swords hung up on lhe latNN'' $50
let's cut out Of log houses In when they
we're lodged during the great strife we
had unbounded admiration. or on some
public day, clothed In our grandtathers
soldlerly accoutrements, we iet as
grave as Garihaldl or Miltladea. we
are wiser now. for We make a vast as
tInction between the poetry ana the
prose o. war The roll Of drums ana |
the call OF buglcs. and the champing OF |
sioeds foaming and paving for the bat
tie; hundred thousand muskels gilt
toring among the dancing plumes'
God Save the King" waving up from
clarionots and trumpets and rung back
from deep deAles or the arches OF
PROSTATE city: distant capitals OF King
doms illuminated at the tidings: gen
erals returning home under haming
arches and sh9gering amaranths and
the shout Of empires. that Is poetry.
Chilled and half-blanketed. lying on
the wet earth: feet sore with the march
and bleeding at the slightest touch
hunger pulling on every hber OF hesh
or attempting 70 satisfy itself with a
scanty and spoiled ration: thirst lick
Ing up the dew or drinking out OF nlthy
and trampled pool: thoughts OF home
and kindred far away while just on
the eve OF a deadly strife. where death
may leap on aim from any one OF a
hundred hayonets: the closing In OF
two armies. now changed TO a hundred
thousand maniscs; the ground slippery
with blood and shattered flesh: fallen
ones writhlng under the hoois Of un-
bridled chargers maddened with pain.
the dreadiulnrss OF night that comes
down whon the strife Is over: the
struggle OF the wounded ones crawling
out over the corpsos: the long. fever
ish agony OF the crowded barrack and
hospital. from whose mattresses tAc
fragments OF men send up their groans.
the only music Of carnage and butch
| cry: tesolaie homes from which
fathers and husbands and brothers
and sons went on: without giving any
dying message or sending kiss 10 the
dear ones al homo. tumbled into the
soldiers grave trench. and houses IN
which a few weeks before unhrokon
family circles rcjoiced. now plunged
IN the great sorrows OF widowhood and
orphanage: that Il prose.
But there is now on the earth a king.
Com which has set Itself up for conaici,
without number In lts march Il tram.
Piles no grain Fields. Il sacks no cities
u impoyerishcs no treasures. u Oils nS
hospitals. Il bereaves no families. tn,
courage and victory OF solfcrlno an,
Magenta without carnage. The kingdom
Of CarlFt against the kingdom OF Satan
That Is the strife nov raging. We W.T.
offer no armls.lces: We will mako %.
treaty. Until all the rcyolicl nluou
Uf The earth shall submit again 20 K.ai
Emanuel. In the name OF God Wo vii
set up our banners"
Every army has lts cnuFn1. Lonl
before the time when David wrote th0
text they were Ia use. The hosts %
Israel displayed them. The tribe %
benjamin carried a flag with the la
scriptl0n % a VOLT The tribe OF pai
representation OF chcruhim. Judal
Hon wrought into the groundwork o.
white purple. crimson. and blue. sucl
Gags from their folds shook nre int
the hearts OF such numbers o. we're q
the field when Ahijah fought aralns
lohoam. and there were twelve hun
drcd thousand soldiers. and more tha
i've hundred thousand we're left dea
on the Geld. These onslgns gave hero
ism 20 such numbers as were Assem-
j. bled when Asa fought against Zeral
and there we're one million Eve hun
I drod and eighty thousand troops In n
. battle. The Athenians carried an IN
+ scrlptlon OF the owl. which was theI
q emblem Of wisdom The Tags OF moo
J. orn nations are familiar 20 you all. an
d many Of them 50 Inappropriate Tor n
IL character OF the nations they reproscf
n Il would be lmpoll,lc TO onumeral
!, them. These enslgns are s,reamel
J. borne on the point OF a lance aud O
Il IN, top Of wooden shafts They ere cal
IA rled IN the front and rear OF armlc
a They unroll from the main-top- gallan
;. masthead OF an Admirars flagship
Il distinguish u among other ships OF a
same squadron. They are the obiec
|, OF national pride. The loss OF them O
Il the Geld Is ignomlnlous.
n The three banners OF the Lords hos
r are the banner OF proclamation. n
/. banner OF recruit, and the banner
, Victory. when a nation feels o. RICH
infrlnLcd or l,s honor insultei. VII,
60 citizens have in foreign cllmcs be.
oppressed and no indemnity has De-,
offered 90 the Inhabitants OF the rcpu
!, lic or Kingdom. a proclamation 81 WI
n, is uttered. ON the top OF batteries M
7. arsenals and custom houses and re
/. Cnuo Offices naes are Immediate
swung out All who look up0n the
" realize the fact that uncomprOmi1ii
y, war o. declared. Thus o ls tha, q
" Church of Jesus Christ. Jealous Tor q
= honor OF its Sovereign and determine
W 90 gct back those who have been ca
'' rlcd OF captive into the bondage
~ Satan, and Intent upon the dcglructll
OF those mighty wrongs which have
Tong crushed the earth. and bent upu
the extension Of the saviours reign
"a mercy. Ga the name OF God sets up
be banner OF proclamation.
%. Tho church makes no assault upon
r. world. ! do not believe that God ey
Il. made a better world than this. Il
magnificent IN ,ts ruins Lot us 81
talking SO much against the worI
IN God prunoun ed Il very good ~ the 2
NJ ginning. Though q wandering child
hi God. see In u yet the Great Fathe
=, lineamonis Though tossed and driv
N by the storms % six thousand yea
che sails bravoly yet, and az at J
a. launching In the beginning the moi
u, Ing stars sank together and all the 80
o. God shouted Tor Joy. so at last. VII
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