El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-29

unparalleled success that7attended ever.
movement of our navy and army in sOn
late wars: But abovesall 4 hess ahdIth!
secret of all these, stands that be snti
full fact that will bs-symbolized in de-
coration services turing the coming
week, when our north and our south
/ our heroiced dead sy n bOlfcaDof that in-
dissoluble union that the blessed re-
ligion of,pesce aud love hath wrought
! in our own camps and in our own land.
And mig hive pot say, with purely y
local refer ence, =
20. soldiers, ar,n't you happy. 81 ~"
: AS we go marching on!''
| l come no@ ltoishe second Through of
our theme. Some years ago an En-
glishman wentyon4 board a9ship and
| bought certain man who had
| been sold into slavery. But Ibis man
freproached him bitterly, asking how
IAN Eng lishman could purchase man
| for his slave. But on being told that
i he might give MIN his liberty the
slave fell down athis feet and cried out
I'm shat case [ will be- your servant
forever!'' So my friends, the goodnes q
of God and the blood of our fellows,
which they counted not dear for our
Esakes, should Inspire Us to noblest
sctions.Eys69ut you Hike men, Now &
know that you are Americans, and that
as such there is not gray head nor
trem bling fefm-but-@ssohhd, IT duty
|called, shoulder his gun again and go
ito the defence ofstheFh g. ~Bns SHAT is
mot the meaning of our text,5 nor is it
the nobIest action. Our text IS from
Corinthians and not from Sam uel. It
u efers EtoW spiritual and not carnal
warfare. .eFor weowrestfe btagaihst
flesh and blood, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
of the darkness of this :. world, against
spiritual wickedness In high places"
shost,t who seek to dominate the lives of
men. This is the hardest conflict It
took General Grant q longer time to.
Overcome in This fight than it did to
get the sword of Lee. MARK Antony 4
at one time with Octavius Caesar ruled
the whole world, but after. be met
Cleopatra, his. moral antagonist was
more formida BILE than Brutus and Cas-
sius, than lPempey or the Ptolemies,
and more tha one Caesar while hold
ing the. world scepter has been 3
verita BILE bOldservant7 to the, devil.
10 oreover, could many of Gods noble
men, such as Solomon, David, Sampson
snd Saul. speak from their graves to-
hight they would tell you that the 1
grea test struggles they ever HAD " ere
rot with the great, nations they en-
gagged in battle, but with The Prince |
If the power of the air, - who for some
les over each one of them. I
But ? one thing s'is certain. For
eyer one who will obey ord ersi there is
1ictory even here. Now read in your
Grand Army ritual these words:
Obedience is soldiers. duty" Nowd
ct me ask you, will you obey siod's or
lers in this fight as you obeyed orders
n the other fights "a soldier SPEAK /
ug of this says: nWhen heard Gods
where 1 was. When next the com
nsnd came, "A bout, facet l turned :
light around. Then came the order,j
Forward, march,i And l moved for
Yard; and glory to God I've BEEN on
he march to victory ever since. Q
omrades, believe me tonight This is
be greatest order, and if obeyed the
ent of sin, to trust in God and serve
he Lord. Have you done it,? are do
ng it? will you do it? Now. you are
houghtful and honest men. Some of Z
on are saying, mo L have not, but II |
hall some day" But why soma day?
Why not this day? A brave Ken lucky n
oldier thinking on this met his chap g
Chaplain, want you to pray that q
,rve the = Lord. well! we'll" f
aid the. chsplainiI shall be glad to do
D., and he started past. but, y said
ae soldier, 81 want you to. pray for1i
ie nowr' What. here and nowm =
lsne the reply. Ives, hereland now"
o down in the road on their knees
ley went, while other soldiers gather
n xry;, n ~ oa |
i'd there that soldier was enrolled IN
eaven's army. rt7b 4 a.. i-lt1sii p.
O, comrades, hear me! Some of your r.
sads are already white with the snowsi
many winters; and you who are 4
,unger, there is| many grave in the
metery shorter than yours would be.
ct me press the Question of there and
wv" upon you. coo - 4. 80 ~ g. ~ a s
- LIS dnaId '1oso95 ,5ls1.aE pic
may never rise, = .0.74z Isl
bless thy long deluded sight; = .=aui4L lie,
rs Is the ttmei then be wise; iyt[ nj le
lou wouldst be saved, why not tonight. s. p
le world has nothing left to give; ~ -.'-' W
has no new, I.o pure delight; = / lie e.
try the life that Christians lives III 4
lou would'st be saved. why not tonight."1 4
And now, iword to you who are in =
Q figtbt. tiQuit you like men,. You t.
I'VE many hard fight before you T.
nd sometimes defeat may seen inevi- -
bic. But "Quit you like mention H.
at fateful Sunday at Waterloo there %
IS line of British squares that could
- nothing hoId-6heir@ ground +
rough the long hours. Napoleon .
oking upon them exclaimed. ''How
endtdly they fight! They DO not !
low that they are really beaten" 7
1t, they were not beaten. Help came n
at NapoleonEloeked not for,sand they u
~, o. such a victory! Does. the enc II
7 Epressy ou harda Hold your ground. -
t your courage be like that of the
llans Fred. Funston who when ask