Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-10-11

Sampson commanding; yonoer. tne Iowa,
Captain Robley D. Evans commanding.
All those of you who were In the naval
ervice during the war of 1865 are now in
The afternoon or evening of life. With
some Of you 1t is 2 O'Clock, 8 o'clock, 4
o'clock, 6 O'Clock, and 1t will soon be sun
down. II you were of age when the war
broke out, you are now at least 60. Many
While in our Cuban war there were more
Christian commanders on sea and land
than In any previous conflict, / would re-
vive in your minds the fact that at least
two great admirals of the civil war were
Christians, Foote and Farragut. Had
the Christian religion been a cowardly
hing they would have had nothing to do
with 1t. In its faith they lived and died.
In Brooklyn navy yard Admiral Foote
held prayer meetings and conducted a re-
vival on the receiving ship North Carolina
and on Sabbaths, far out at sea, followed
The chaplain with religious exhortation.
In early life, aboard the sloop-of-war
Natchez, impressed by the words of Chris
ian sailor, he gave his spare time for tive
weeks to the Bible, and at the end OF that
s~-'---a openly "unrcaforth. under all
circumstances, VI. &c. :or God" His
ast words while dying at the Astor House,
New York, were: 81 thank God for all His
goodness to me. He has been very good
o me-" When he entered heaven, he did
lot have to run n blockade, for it was
Amt0 the cneerS OF Il great WeicOlue. luo
other Christian admiral will be honored
IN earth until the days when the fires from
above shall lick up the waters from be-
heath and there shall be no more sea.
oh, while old oceans breast
Bears white sail
And Gods soft stars to rest
Guide through the gale,
Men will him ne'er forget,
Old heart OF oak
Farragut, Farragut-
Thunderbolt strokel
According to his own statement, Far
ragut was very loose in his morals in early
manhood and practiced all kinds of sin.
One day he was called into the cabin of his
father, VIII o was a shipmaster. His father
said, David, what are you going to be
anyhow" He answered, 81 am going to
follow the sea-" Follow the sea-" said
the father. land be kicked about the
world and die in a foreign hospital?"
NO" said David; 81 am going to com
mand like you.' "No," said the father;
"a boy of your habits will never command
anything And his father burst into tears
Farragut started on new life.
Captain Pennington, an honored elder
Of my Brooklyn church, was with him in
most of his battles and had his intimate
friendship, and he confirmed, what l had
heard elsewhere, that Farragut was good
and Christian, In every great crisis of
life he asked and obtained the Divine di-
rection. When in Mobile bay the monitor
recumseh sank from a torpedo and the
great warship Brooklyn, that was to lead
the squadron, turned back, he said he
was at q loss to know whether to ad-
vance or retreat, and he says: II prayed.
o God, who created man and gave him
reason, direct me what to do. Shall 1 go
| on?' And voice commanded me, Go
on and 1 went on" Was there ever a
| more tOuchin0 Christian letter than that
| which he wrote to his wife from his flagship
Hartford2 my dearest wife, write and
leave this letter for you. l am going into
| Mobile bay In the morning If God is my
leader, and 1 hope He is, and in Him
| place my trust. II He thinks it is the proper
place for me to die, am ready to submit
20 His will in that as all other things. God
oless and preserve you, my darling, and
- dear boy, il anything should happen to
"ay His blessings rest upon you and