The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-28
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first resplesssient glory from the cross
OF the NaZarene, dying for men, dying
for liberty, dying for the doctrine that
men are brothers, because God AL
mighty is the Father of all. And the
horizon Of the worlds civilization has
been enlarged by this short war of
ours, for never before so distinctly did
great nation and her sons give
themselves for sc unselfish a cause,
for those who mad no earthly claim
upon them. but that they needed help.
Christianity, pre-eminently was the mo-
tive that called our brothers and our
fathers into this conflict, and God goes
marching on.
Our president said, at the great cele-
bration in Chicago last month: My
countrymen, the current of destiny
flows through the heartsfof the people.
Who shall check them? And the move
ments of men, planned and designed
by the Master of men, will never be
interrupted by the American people. ="
And God goes marching on.
The currents of destiny flow through
the hearts of the people, and what are
these currents of destinys First of all,
the current that flowed through the
hearts of our soldiers was love of
country, that beautiful, invisible, i'm
mortal, divine thing which we call pa
triotiSm. Love of country stands next
to love of God and love of home. The
country is a divine institution just as
much as the home and the church. [
do not mean that our particular form
of government is divine, that all the
details and errors Of our institutions,
are divine; but what ! do mean is that
country, the thing that calls cut devo-
ton to the flag, is just as divine as
the home and the church; and because
it is divine it makes such deep and
oyermastering claim upon noble hearts.
OF course, l am not saying that all OF
the boys who went to the war, went
with that motive clearly defined;
doubtless some of them went to war
largely in the spirit of adventure; but
l am bound to believe that in the bot
tom of their hearts they loved their
flag and country with very pure and
deep affection.
In every young heart there is a chord
that responds to the call Of his coun-
try.
l remember sitting last summer in
Madison Square garden. Near me were
several young fellows. not. very wise
looking, not at all religious, not very
patriotic-looking, their hats at an I'M
certain angle. Presently the orchestra
swung into the air, My Country, lis
of Thee" and up sprang these young
fellows, their hats were off in an in
slant, and their faces changed in a
way that was remarkable. What of it?
There was something in their souls
that responded still to the sentiment of
patriotism, and their thoughtless faces
were sober, and they stood UP like men
and took off their hats.
Let me repeat once more the wise
words of our president, 1.-THE currents
of destiny flow through the hearts of
- IL, 1nf1 let n l-11
our American hearts have been great
ly enlarged, and, believe, greatly
purified, by the tides of patriotic feel
ing and love of country that have been
surging through them in these last few
months.
Then, another current that certainly
is flowing through the hearts of the
people is the unselfish motive that l
have already referred to. l believe
that most of the boys felt that Amer
lea was fighting for a generous cause.
[ have one dear young soldier friend
on the opposite side of the world, whose
letters are an inspiration. He feels
that Uncle Sam is going to open the
way for the missionaries to follow in
those dark islands. / believe that the
majority of our boys did not go to the
war just for adventure, or for re-
yenge.
Listen to these words of Captain
Sigsbee: II suppose it will be expected
that l shall say something about the
Maine, but l will not say much. l
viii only say, since l am a very in
terested man, that it accords perfectly
with nay sentiments that the issue of
the Maine was not used as political
cause of war. | have too high an opin-
ion of my country, its education and
it's good intention, to want it to so to
war for revenge We will all of US
live to see the day when we viii thank
God that the policy of this war has
been directed in the right channel.
We have heard great deal about the
statement, Remember the Maine
trust that the Maine always will be
remembered, in the right sentiment, in
the right way, but never for revenge.
a nation may go to war to punish, but
never to revenge-not this nation.
There is a general belief throughout
the country that our fleets and vessels
have gone into action flying the sig
nal. Remember the Maine It is alb
or squadron of the United States has
gone into this war flying the official
signal, Remember the Maine. And
those are the words of the captain of
that Inflated ship.
After Dewey had annihilated the
Spanish fleet, and somebody intimated
that it might be merely the result of
better guns, or, possibly. merely good
fortune, he made the already historic
reply, 1T is the hand of Cod" Dewey,
who certainly has won the most bril-
liant laurels of the war, hoped to avoid
the conflict up TO the very last few
days: but, when duty called, he was on
hand, and when the Germans began
to interfere in a very ugly sort of way,
he rose to the dignity of the occasion
in another terSe remark: Does your
country propose to go to war with my
country? If so, we can get at it in
1--WE minutes" That is very signifi-
cant of the quality of our American
manhood.
Splendid these victories We're: awful
the carnage among the Spanish. One
OF the bravest fighters said, with very
great satisfaction, and with true Chris
tan breadth of heart and mind: 4
am happy TO say that we saved more
than we killed. Our sailors fought like
true American seamen,'' he said, and
then they waited upon the wounded
like the tenderest American woman
Brave and tender. tender and true, is
written deep in the hearts of our
American soldiers and American sail
ors, so that Captain Philip said,
Don't cheer, boys; the poor fellows
are dying" The same chivalrous
knight who called his men on deck and
said: II want to make public ac-
acknowledgement here that 1 believe in
God the Father Almighty. l want all
you officers and men TO lift your hats,
and from your hearts offer silent
thanks to the Almighty"
Our hearts have all thrilled with
pride as we have read the story again
and again of the almost unmatched
pluck, tenacity and triumph of our SOL
diers. One captain said: 1T was. not
SO much a question Of leading the men
as of keeping up with Them
Although 1 believe it IS said that
there has been no conflict in which