The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-10-07

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izE il - ssruuas watching And givtag
ORDERS B.; I have - tel yol o vet
erns q the Azelosz nasy. u yOu are
a. loyzl u Chrss asy oa we're - ths gov
e-aneuL tkeTs J. AAESAip SiArg
ahsAz e voa q Which Ckris, Is The AZ
ziul tie watches frOa the shrouGS
and the heavens arr the kue euSiEH
a-d He lss6s yoa toward the karbor,
G-G al the h-oadsze q eArtA Ani bel
saERos damage yea tEd We wAoSs gar
heats vsrs onos rs6 VITA ys=r y
baao6 sSAl have a robe ~sshS LnS
u4ae white IN the baoS Of The Lamb
Thea srriks eight b<ls, High uooa in
EeAvel.
Wkns NE are heartily gresdag asd
h4.Sueftug the sAlor Pst5Ork j1si row
returned We zuxi 10; to7gss The vet
s-zzx q the Ray nov in marine hos
Htas o. Spending tAeir Cd Gays In
their owe or their ehsGreES home
steals 0 We veterans ! charge yon
bear Up Under the sekss and weak
zesses that yoa sin arry t-o7 the
WErztzeA You are cot IS stziWsrt As
yeU wo1E have heen but for that neTF-
ozz strain ard Tor that terrific AZ
Pozzre. Let every ache and pain. in
stead q depressing, remind you %
yo1r fidelity. You hsve in lervs ard
muscle and bone AID diE1ed eye
sigh, and dlEcuit hearing and short
ness Of breath many limitations that
you are gradually going down 1t is
tie service Of many years ago that S
telling on you. Be Of good cheer. We
owe you Just as much as though your
Efeblood had gurglsd through the soup
psrs Of the ship in the Red river ex-
petition OF as though you had gone
down with the Melville OF HAtters&
Only keep your Tag flying, as did the
ulustrions Weshawken- Coed cheer.
my hey! The memory Of mar is poor.
and all that talk about the country
never forgetting those who fought for
II Is a. untruth. Il does forget. Wit
ness how the veterans sometimes had
to turn the hand organs on the street
to get their families a living. Wit
ness how ruthlesSly some Of them were
turned out Of office that some bloat Of
q politician might take their place.
Witness the fact that there Is not 4
man or woman now under as years of
age who has any full appreciation Of
the four years m~Artyrdom OF 1861 to
1865, inclusive. But, while men may
forget, God never forgetS.. He remem-
bers the swinging hammock. He re-
members the f~orecastle. He remem-
bers the frozen ropes Of that January
tempest He remembers the amputa-
ton without sufficient ether. He re-
mNa4REAn NV hgAA1Ah VI AlhN AgaANIAIk
night when forts from both sides
belched on you their fury and the heay-
ems glowed with ascending and descend
Ing missiles OF death and your ship
quaked under the recoil OF the 100
FOUNDER, while all the gunners, accord.
ing to command, stood on tiptoe, with
mouth wide open, lest the conclusion
shatter hearing or brain. he remem-
bers IL all better than you remember II,
and In some shape reward will be given.
God Is the best Of all paymasters, and
for those who do their whole duty 10
him and the world the pension awarded
Is an everlasting heaven.
6e.ssisses OF sh- se.-t-af Eaelsss
the royal family have inspected the
British navy, Unanswered before them
for that purpose. In the Baltic sea the
czar and czarina have reviewed the Rus.
sian navy. To bring before the Ameri.
can people the debt they W to the
navy 1 go out with you on the Atlantic
ocean, where there is plenty of room,
and In Imagination review the war ship.
ping Of our four great eonficts-1776
1912, 1865 and 1898. Swing into line al
ye frigates, ironclads, FIRE RATS, gun.
boats and men OF warl There theJ
come, all sail set and all furnaces ii
full blast, sheaves of crystal tossinI
from their cutting prows.
And now all the s~quadrons of all de
/, partments, from smallest tugboat I
mightiest man Of war, are in procei
sion, decks and rigging filed with me
who on the sea fought for the old ia
ever since we were a nation. Grandei
feet the world ever sawl Sail on b.
fore all agesl Run up all the colorI
Ring all the bells! Yea, open all tn
: portholesl Unlimber the guns and loa
and fire one great broadside that sba
> wake the continents in honor Of peaC
and the eternity Of the American unior
But I lift my hand, and the scene hi
vanished. Many Of the ships ha'
! dropped under the crystal pavement
: the deep, sea monsters swimming
and out the forsaken cabin, and 9TH
: old craft have swung into the nav
yards, and many Of the brave spiri
who trod their decks are gone up TO Il
Eternal fortress, from whose casemen
A and embrasures may we moi hope The
!, look down to-day with Joy upon a n
:. ton in reunited brotherhood?
y All those Of you who were in Il
a naval service during the war Of IS
are nov in the afternoon or evening
!, life. With some OF you 1t is two o'cloc
three o'clock, four o'clock, six o'cloc
a and II will soon be shutdown. II y,
!, were Of age when the war broke oil
!. you are now at least 90. Many Of "
have passed into the seventies. VIII
in our Cuban var there were mo
Christian commanders on sea and lai
than in any previous conflict, / won
revive in your minds the fact that
IN least two great admirals Of the ci
., war were Christians, Foote and FL
ragut. Had the Christian religion be
h. a cowardly thing they would have h
IL nothing 10 do with It. In its faith tn
10 lived and died. In Brooklyn navy ya
Admiral FOote held prayer meetin
and conducted a revival on the rece
no ing ship North Carolina aud on sS
IA baths. far out at sea, following the chs
h. lain with religious exhortation.
IA early life, aboard the sloop of "
n. Natchez, impressed by the words Of
n. Christian sailor, be gave his spare til
N for two weeks to the Bible and at (
end Of that declared openly: Hen,
h forth, under all circumstances, / "
o. act for God" His last words while {
=. ing at the Aston house, New York, wei
II thank God for all His goodness
TO me. He has been very good to IN
he When he entered Heaven, he {