The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-31
FOR OUR FALLEN HEROES
The Rev. Mr.. A~ylesworth
breaches to the Grand
Army Men.
PATRIOTIC SERMONS TO VETERANS
Services Held in Many
Churches in Commemora-
ton of Memorial
Day.
PATRIOTIC SERMONS TO VETERANS

| OF Simpson Methodist Church, on Sunday
evening delivered a sermon on the subject
Of Cur Fallen Heroes His audience
was composed largely of Grand Army
men. His text was from Exodus xiv, IA;
.sThe Lord shall fight for u.s. He said IN
part
"AiI nations nave had such memorial
davs as these to a greater or less degree.
The ancient Jews had their memorial usst
by Divine appointment, wherein .iss 3
called the victories over the hgspe srns
when the Lord did light for them. me
ESgyutiars en1baimed their heroic dead
ana laid them aavay in their tomps Win
great pomp and circumstance. bnllqihs
for some Of them the aE pyra Gresks cast
flowers upon the graves OF their nrays
cons recalling their courageous deeds IN
song and story, in sculpture anu -
tableture; white the isoladns nenaarv
of their warriors with the nowsr leAsl =
honor of Flora, the goddess OF noWeIs-
1T was five years after the WaI 2 eas
Rebellion had closed before the American
people could take time to remember tne
fallen heroes who had given tneir an ~
the country. 1t was not anlii ieoo t hat
such a thing was Thought o.. ~ mn an
time Mrs. John A.. Logan was visltl,is ~
the Southern States and Witnessed sie
loving acts of the Southern women, as
they scattered flowers upon. the graves
nf their 0HI60QGIS, tlt6 dilSt q ~
GREW. She brought the idea home with
her and through her husband, VINO WAS
then both United States senator anu .,e
Commander-in-Chief Of the G.. A. r., WAS
enabled to get a bill through Congress
making May 80 Decoration or Memorial
Day. In -
semble in their rooms and though liielI
ranks have been serted by the artlllery u
time and though their maTcn Goes =
have the swing of conquest that II Iau ~
other a the living are held "a ilsnoi
and the dead held in loving eraempIahee
TN.s recognition is but the proper ac-
krowledgment of the nations dept 70
- yso have poured out their hearts
blood into the channel OF the na.don a :
prosperity. Between 3oo,Ouo and 4Vo.Voo
In the more than six hundred patties VI
the rebellion. These engagements We're
not dress parades by any means. ihe per-
centage of fatalities in that connect were
worlds history. In the charge OF the
Light Brigade at Balaklava the loss was
hut 80 per cent. In the Franco-Prusslah
war the loss was a per cent, oul 81 y nne
cent. and the average loss was above %
per cent. of those engaged. This was me
price that was willingly paid TO Keep the
United States on the ma of the globe,
and This also was the price OF her present
greatness. -, =.
.sTn 1858 President Buchanan tried 70
borrow ten. million dollars for the United
States in Europe. and was not apie 10
succeed in his undertaking. Thirty-seven
wears; later President Cleveland had not
the slightest difficulty in borrowing S2eo,-
O0o.o coo. Today we are the richest nation
on the face of the globe. All this has
been made possible by the sacrifices of our
heroic dead and the veterans that remain
among us. They saved the nation from
dissolution and turned its tide INTO the
channel Of prosperity. Had not the armies
of 1860 and 1854 fought for the Union We
would now be a lot of little states,
clamoring about our State rights and the
black man would stin be q slave. Noun
tains rise as they recede. 50 does this great
conflict. Counting both sides of the con-
test it Is stated that over a million men
were slain or MANNED for life: S6.0N G00.oU
| were expended in a storm of destruction,
equal to 81. 500 for every slave in the
Union and Lincoln was willing to pay 1t
for their liberty. That does not include
| the wrecked homes and lost fortunes, the
shattered lives and ruined characters. The
Rebellion developed Generals out of men
who came from the most modest ranks.
| The armies represented a greater diversity
of intellectual equipment than any mar
shalled ranks in the history of nations,
| because 1t was a citizen soldiery and rep
! resented the intelligence of the nation.
The names of such men as Sheridan,
Sherman and Grant will stand for ever in
| the galaxy of great leaders. The nation
cherisles the memoir of its heroic dead
| and has an abiding affection for the men
who are with us still. This is atteSted
by the monuments, soldiers homes, ample
| pensions. civil service considerations and
other pfefeTments, which all bespeak the
| tender place the Did soldier has in the
heart of the nation.
Now that the struggle is past and the
sears are almost eblfterated, we can look
back upon a scene that was never en-
acted before in the annals of history. At
the funeral of General Grant, by their
own request. the leading Generals of the
rebel army were a among the na1Jhpd r6rS
The conquered, in affectionate respect.
following the remains of the conqueror
to the tomb. The issues for which they
fought are dead. New conditions are upon
us. New battles must be fought by us on
| new issues. Then to the fray.
Onward, Christian soldier!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going ON before.
Christ, the royal Master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle
See his banners CO."