The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-27

| Xiftue. j dare believe that these days VIII
| abide foe all time 10 come After a few
| inors years we shall 80 hence as others
! VINO haze preceded ~. Bni other llps VIII
| speak the praises OF ouf heroic dead, other
hearts Will offer mp their love, other souls
VIII give Of their devotion aud the mem
| org oT the past shall never perish from the
earn, but continue ls monumental ohef-
| ing Of affection and devotion. You may
have In mind how one Of the Latin putis,
Lucretlus | think. describes how the ages
OF imam carry each bn; little way sue
snnrrd fiainc, as in the torch race OF -,
and then band Il on. one to another, and
81 la little while the generations change,
! we complete our par, pi the work and, zoe
those loren rnunerA, deliver ths eairis
duty Of memorial dag over 10 others .-.aL
its Influence for good may never die. "
II ours Int for season. We carry The
torch but little way aud then pass u 20
others and sim IL VIII shine on affcr oar
work Is done and We have been reunited
Ia orr 'dpathlcss dead Aud, my friends
he is M true man TIM; ran think without
being awcd Of the privilege aud rrspousi-
hilty which attaches go MS hs rustodOns of
Ct light lu onr keeping ihat may be dimmeh
or dpsecraied. hut can never be eXtia
gnished because the memory u the past Is
more enduring than fhr eildcd ponp ~
| the present. And those words suggest ihi
| u memorial day hc a. IRE 10 IT'S Der
prtnty u must also hc as iirc ln IT, ~
! tenSt1 and purity. II Us NOT Worth having
~ it rs duli ana coId ana hcarNcs8t "
| must abound in sympathy aud be crkln
| died with zeal ana tl" ire of slnciib nnl
| tho IRE ut enthusiasm, u was The las
! Of thc Ncstal virgins in ACCIDENT days that
might and dar they should wntch Ntrh
siVepiess care the everlasting fire uppu tte
niiar of their goddess. No rnlAmity TINT
! could happen to tn state would he 90
| terrible, "a. u through their fault hat Ore
| should become extinct But mere WIS Que
! essential condition Of their watching hcy
Unjust thcmSclyr- Doe rhustc. and should any
onc Of them break the law Of chastity she
watch h} the graves of our dead and kcrn
| lilv" the sweet associations Of memorial
| aaY must nave hrits il"d Win me lnye
! or duty ANA country which unlimited me
! hearts Of Those Nhns. memory we revere.
! $40 coward. uD traitor Us wanted Good
men "irusfy, true and iricd' must c1n,e
/ loving aud loydl must galhef around the
| graves Gentle hHuds ulsoicd Us tnc
touch Of rcuupclnuon, must place Gods
! pure flowers oyer the deisl. And hearts
lsud sonls aud udhd- elevated and uplift'
/ cd with the prlnclrc mat afluated our
! bravo mon must Keep forever the iire OF
! ORAL day. ll'N commemorative service or
/ today is lhr bomupr of the present to the
past o. Is that 49," mAy recall the memory
! of others Who have made Ms dcblore TO
th"lr uulging deeds ana unsefh-h actions.
! 10 rs thc crnwung blessing of this day thot
| II iS hlled with and enriched hy, momorrs
of the great pn-t VIII set Widen
aud deepen as the years move on.
ln tcirospccu"n wr 500 pconir
rising Ia defence OF right we see o nation
tailoring 10 bo born We hear lis voice OF
rxuliunt victory. ID Was Doubtful what
form ur character would result IT. gather 4
strength from adversely. hut numbers uui
force were too great, mud AT last came
TINT nations bitter wall of despair aa her
nag was lurlcd ml hcr hopes were de-
struypd, but above the Wrrch aud ruin hpr
honor survived because 90 had been gulrG.
ud hv mon whose breath of NE was ,u-
tcgnN nnd whose hr1rt WIS courage mud
and hnllu,y their memory for iU Aho years
to comr
Sow, time would fail me to- recount the
history of this Development Of memorial
duy, Like am tho great blessings thnt come
To- man, lta beginning was 4iuull. Vet grad
unlly aud surely Il has grown aud cNtcudcd
M 10, observance until we must sny GOD
pity the child uf the South who rorgcta
this day ot memories Why memory is
one OF the dearest aud sweetest fnculti =
of the human mind Ot course. mriuoty
deals with the past. hut arc not nearly
all our most precious realities buried Ia
the ptstf Whore nrc the scenes Of orr
those who have fallen asMcpf some IN
Infant chastity some In vouth's briUinpr,
some la mature Years ANA some i'm i6,
lripcucd life of old age Some went To- A zen
W. our "m ,,' s Hiav rnISeI away am'us
Gt't"Np' "," Jtu''F Nlu' wy utNulf '"l'
tbcy Iicd tb,W ns, d"', Mem, W,''' N,,
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Nvhu, "W r,.,ii1 u NV, ~ aud even
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rrr,"h NS ,. NTs,"uNi ,in"'l,ehdenrr was con
nil I'm n,r n,ia 9" ~ MN ksuoW they u'd
aud demanded no more than the, dI6I W.
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