Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-06-09

whole battaiOns. whole re0Iments
whole brigades whole armies Of death
full malaria They confronted those op-
positions Of the torrid climes which no
sword can pierce no agility climb no
stratagem flank. no torpedo explode, no
conrage conquer Under the awful
charge Of visible and invisible hosts
about 5000 men went down, some to
nstant death and others through lin
sering pangs in hospital.
If in this third wreath you twist the
crimson rose. suggestive of sanguinary
facrifce. and the white Gala lily sug-
gestive Of glorious resurrection. put IN
also few f0rgetmenots, suggestive or
remembrance. and few passion flowers.
suggestive Of the love that mourns the
slain. and few heliotrope-, suggestive
of the fragrance of their memory. Then
let the nights dew pnt the tears into
the blue eyes of the violets, and all the
soldiers cemeteries be so many censers
burning incense before the throne of
that God who has been the friend OF
this nation from the time Of Lexington
to the time of San Juan Hill. from the
guns of the United States warships
Constitution aud Constellation. at the
beginning Ct this century. to the guns
of the United States waIships Olympia.
Oregon, Brooklyn and other loaded
thunders at the close of this century
Remember here and now that those
brave boys opened up the way for
kind of expansion we all believe in
They swung open the gates for the
speedy gospelization Of islands stupid
with the superstition Of ages. They
cleared the way for missionaries and
Bibles. They set those islands free
Leaving to the United States govern
ment to decide what shall he the politl-
cal destiny Of those peoples, let rs all
ioin in a campaign Of religious eXpan-
sion-expausion Of affection that can
take all the world in, expansion of onr
theologies until none shall reject their
broad invitation. expansion Of hope
that embraces eternity as well as time
expansion Of effort that will not cease
till the whole earth is saved and the
time arrives when the prophecy snail
be fulfilled, and they shall come from
the north and the soath and the east
and the west AMI sit down in tEe king
dom Of God. and the last shall be hrst
and the first last.
Week before last. in this capital If
the nation we set three nights on fire
in celebration Of naval and soldiTy
heroics. and there were rockets ot h.a
and wheels of fire. and -acavef of ure.
and spoutiug fountains of ire and
bombar3meuts Of fire. and ships ct tire
sank i'm hillow- of fire. aal those three
nights we've three qaraui- of fire Bnt
now we are i'm softer and quiater mood
and the three gariaua7 of today ate
woven of blossoms aud coroilas of aA
colors and all puA- ucies # aroma. anl
we bethink ourselves that tli- tlrd
garland was needed to chain together
the northern egr.auloi otrrrdacorarF
times TO the southern garland oI other
decorative times Floral chain Of three
Huksl For tine first time d. 51 years tie
north and souih stand in complete
brotherhood. Her0o. 0i Vermont and
| Alabama. Of Massachusetts and ~oHin
Carolina, Of Maine and Louisiana.
shoulder to shoulder. Nay tla, alliance
remain until the last oppression Is eN-
tirpated from the earth and ail nations
stand in the liberty with which Christ
would make all people freel