Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-31

numbered not far short Of 10000 people.
The, most conservative estimates placed
II at 5000. II was immensely increased
within the next hour. every car bearing
as many people as could Cling on. Indeed
during the entire day, the Keepers at the
cemetery said, the crowds had been gath
ering. the superb weather aiding in
tempting them out. During the afternoon
until O'Clock II was almost Impossible
10 md car, even low down on Broad
or Main street, which was not crowded
The procession halted on the slope at
the stand on Gettysburg Hill. near the
northwest entrance 10 the cemetery. The
blues stacked arms and were dismissed
while The Howitzers were marched over
10 the hill In rear OF the cemetery 10
De IN Readiness to fire the salute.
On the stand besides Bishop Penick and
rev j. r.. Cooke were the Governor. Mr..
Joseph Bryan. and members of the va
i.ous ladies' memorial associations.
EXERCISES OPEN WITH PRAYER.
Mr.. Bryan advanced TO the front Of the
stand and called the great assemblage 10
order. There was an instant hush, as
REV James IL. Cooke, pastor OF ioge-Me-
mortal Presbyterian church. came for
ward. and was asked by Mr.. Bryan TO
make the Invocation. The young minis
ter, a member of the SonsEof Veterans
offered up a lervent prayer.
The scene at this point was beautiful
and inspiring. About the stand were
massed the old veterans. in their honored
gray; the young girls, i'm pure white, with
led and blue sashes. and. further away,
men and women and children. citizens
and soldiers. all with heads reverently
bent while the man Of God invoked the
divine blessing. Further away, across the
ravine. the people were massed beneath
the magnolias and pines. and in the
shadow OF the great pyramid, reared as
a testimonial TO the herOism and fidelity
Il the men who fought and died to make
the Confederacy a reality among the na-
tions Of the earth From a hundred
vantage points fioated the emblem Of the
Coad nation, reminders of a cause that
once moved men 10 do and to die. but
now forever furled in the tomb OF the
past.
BISHOP PENICK'S FINE ADDRESS.
At the conclusion of the prayer. the
chorus of young girls, under the leader
ship of Professor Rees. sang with excel
lent effect the hymn. How Firm a
Foundation" favcrte with General Lee.
Mr.. Bryan then. I'm a few words ac-
centuating the loyalty of the survivors of
the men of the Confederacy. introduced
Right Rev. G.. c. Penick, ID. D.. as the
orator of the day. Bishop Penick was in
fine voice. and was never heard to better
advantage. His Grafton evidenced careful
preparation. and In subject matter and in
delivery. il is said to have been the equal
of any address delivered on a similar oc-
casion in Hollywood. At several points
the orator had TO pause until the hand
clappng evoked by his exalted periods
had subsidcd.
Bishop Penicks theme was "The Mes
sage from the Dead" lie said:
The Southland" pilgrims stand once
more before the tOmbs of their SacrCd
dead. What though more than a third
Of a century rolls between the time OF
their falling asleep and the blooming of
the flowers we bring to-day, our sympd-
ihetic souls bend still with eager hope, TO
catch from their immortal lips the won
Grous messages they speak TO our lives,
amid the silence of this mystic hush
profound" Speak? Yes, they speak with
accents live as spirits touch and true as
the lodestars light If He whose de-
parting soul crossed first the 'Stygian
river, leaving martyr blood believing
eaTth's bosom hard by Eden's gate, ana
that blood can speak on through all the
Wailings and wastes or 6,VO years. cannon
our heroes loved, who with life-blood
flowing. feel martyrs TO their sense OF
right yet speak 10 brothers pressing Tor
ward and closing up LIES battle-llne just
behind them?
IneN cam IneN 90! Anu the NolNt VI
wisdom cries aloud to-day. as herald Of
their conscious nearness. Let him that
hath ears 10 hear, hear" 1t is because
cur dead can speak to these lives that we
are here to-day. We come not IN sSrIlyu
ranks as warriors mailed, nor with bugle
call or rolling drums, nor battles front
or crash of arms come We 10 meet ana
greet amid fierce conflicts rage
AS when and where comrade pressed
hard brothers help to feel;
Dered steel.
COME WITH FRESH FLOWERS
No. no: 1t Is not thus we come; but with
the fresh-blown flowers, pure and far
| emblems Of peace and life and love:
with trembling lip and eyes bedlmm"d
with tears; the heart advances adOwn
these silent years TO WOO. and wait. the
souls that lived TO love. 10 meet us CAIN
and hallowed: far above this lower strife;
upon the planes where move the armies 81
eternal life. We see them not. ma car,
mage and strife, with garments rolled
! in blood" but we see them. though dead
! vet alive in love, and TO us each his own
| true self-father. husband. brother frlend.
or cOmrade-as Of yore, they come, tneH
! live in love now as they did before. Ana
| these flowers for the bridal feaSt OF
hearts. once more are strewn. And with
their silent fragrance. true through all the
years: memory walks erect again, uholln-
med bV tears; and souls all eye 10 eye
once more do stand and pour their deVo-
tions warm and glad even to the spirit
land and feel that we are near ana one
again: though years and t0mbs nave IN
tervened And they come to speak. q.
hush and hear, for, alas, too oft the
crOwding cares of life have drowned their
voices. and we, amid the agonies OF Nv
ing. have rushed past, wise and loving
words of warning, from their spirits true
LIVE TO BE MEN.
O. We comrades 0mmortalzed in death.
Vet living throughout this wide lana
breadth speak to us as We live, and from
the sacred depths of your trueness tell us
truth. Living. burning truth, by wtlSH
TO live. and living yet be great, and right
and true. From the sacred depths be
meath these hallowed mounds, comes TO
MS . men, the united and tremendous
voice OF our million dead. who died Ill
manhoods name and that voice says
Live 70 be men"--men with hearts that
love and hearts that burn for right;
men who sooner than defile their man
hood or be suborned from right. would
died thousand deaths. They see ana
know fun well the revolution that sweeps
the land. and seeks TO enthrone the love
of things above the love of man; ana
TO count ii great TO see these babels rise
with unalOyed heads, towards the skies
and proclaim: Mighty is the grip of
gold" Yea. count ii great for CITIES
numerous and vast TO rise with palaces
jewelled, and teeming millions throngeu;
though haunted with harlots, ana
menaced with proving tramps Tor
lorn; where thousands cry Tor preau,
our sleeping comrades here. They as
man with men strove TO live and De
friends end brothers in country OF tne
free And If his darker brother was MS