The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-05-30

DENISON, IOWA, T
fainter, the CLEAN of cold and cruel
DINNER, but the record of them shall
glow with increasing lustre as the de.
cades roll by. We may build wide and
our national temple, but when your
children shall ask you "Of what is the
unseen foundation made?" 1 charge
you to answer 1.-THE stones are noble
deeds of sacrifice, cemented by the
blood of patriots"
Yes, the past is secure. Lexington,
Concord, Bunker Hill, Gettysburg,
Vicksburg, Sheridan's raid and Sher-
mans march shall stand as long as pa
triotjsm dwells in the home and reli-
gion in the hart.
Your battles have been fought over a
thousand times. We have warred and
wept at Bull Run and Shiloh; we have
shot and shouted in the wilderness, on
Missionary Ridge and above the clouds.
We have seen the gleam of glory from
your bayonets, heard Sinar's voice
again in the roar of your artillery and
in it all beheld christianity, unbaffled
and unbribed, overruling in politics,
controlling in battles, destroying the
last remnant of the immemorial system
of slavery as wanes giants strength in
a fatal atmosphere.
There is continuity in history.
There is no new beginning OF new adj
ministration by outvoting or dethron-
ing the king in the government of God.
There is the adding of reenforcements,
the opening up of new resources, but
since creations dawn there is no new
beginning. Your entombed yet en-
shrined martyr President had vision
of the ages when he stimulated you
while in the fray with the words 1.-The
struggle of today is not altogether for
today; it is for a vast future" That
we fought to be free from foreign rule,
then fought to free ourselves, then to
free others, though separated by de
cades in historical order follow closely
in logical sequence, That the oppres-
sor has been surrounded with a circle
of steel, that misrule has been rebuked
is but harvest which the seed sown in
the early COS has borne in these late
90's. That the Civil war was realty
made the Spanish war a possibility.
| A free America made certain q, free
Cuba and constitutes the key which
shall unlock and looses the world. In
the fierce furnace Of war you forged the
key and you shall share in the glory,
wh0soever may use 1t.
The American, as the Hebrew, may
we'll hold his land as a sacred trust, and
blend his patriotism with his religion.
There was no remission of our national
sins without the shedding of blood and
without the knowledge of this there
should be no admittance. ! would
write more prominently than stands
the Goddess of Liberty at Castle Car
dens; would engrave in letters that
glow farther and brighter than the
electric flash on the Golden Gates at
San Francisco; as abiding as the North
ern lights would carve on our north
ern border; and from the southern
sands as ceaselessly as the murmuring
of its pillows would proclaim 1.-THE
soldier was this nations nurse, he
rocked through many night of sorrow
the cradle of the Republic, Lawless, Nj.
hilist, Anarchist be afraid to breathe
its pure air. to press its sacred soil!
Liberty is the heritage OF humanity
To preserve it and realize it is the mis-
sion of men-no admittance except on
such business!"
| But ! began with picture. Paul,
the aged Christian soldier, was giving
his last message to the youth who was
to fight the future battles. We ask you
veterans: what is your message to the
youth you are leaving behind? You
are the rear of a vast army that has
answered the final roll call. The last Of
you are in front of us. Your ranks are
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future. OF you, whose snowy locks
should be guiding stars, and whose
eyes should be shining lights, we ask
What shall we do to preserve the
country you hive saved?" If you say,
"suffer for your country" that is good
But if you say, ''suffer for your God
and humanity" that is better. have
tried to speak as a patriot. must
raise my voice as preacher. You have
been stirred by general and command.
er on the field, but have you been thrill
eddy that matchless Leader, Christ, the
Captain of Salvation? lie is the idea
soldier-never lost private. much less
battle. You at great cost exchanged
homes for tents, fields for swamp
plenty for poverty. But my ideal sol
der exchanged glory for shame, crown
for cross, Father and servants for foes
and enemies. You nObly stood. a wall