Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1901-03-01

eth her. Many daughters nave done vlr-
tuOusly, but thou eXcellest them ALL"
Then after the Scripture lesson is read
let all come up and before the casket is
closed look for the last time at the scars
of her earthly endurance. She never
heard the roll Of a gun carriage or saw a
banner hoisted upon a parapet but she
has in all the features of that dear old
face the marks of many a cOnfict-scars
Of toll, scars of maternity, scars of self
sacrifice, scars of bereavement. She is a
heroine whose name has never been
heard of ten miles from the old home
stead. but her name is inscribed high up
among the enthroned immortals.
Martyrs All Around Us.
People think they must look for mar
tyrs on battleiields or go through a his
tory TO find burnings at the stake and
fortunes on racks when there are martyrs
all about us. At this time in this capital
city there are scores of men wearing
themselves out in the public service. In
ten years they will not have a healthy
nerve left in their body. In committee
rooms, in consultations that involve the
welfare of the nation, under the weight
of great responsibilities, their vitality
is being subtracted. In almost every
village Of the country you find some bro
ken down state or national official. After
eXhausting himself in the public service,
rough American politics kicks him out of
congress or cabinet or legislative hall,
and he goes into comparative obscurity
and comparative want, for he has been
long enough away from home to lose his
professional opportunities. No man that
was ever put to death by sword or insUru-
ment of torture was more of a martyr
than that man who has been wrung to
death by the demands of official position.
| The scars may not be visible, for these
are sears on the brain and scars on the
nerve and scars on the heart but never
theless are they scars. and God counts
I them and their reward will be abundant.
1t is easy for some Washington CORE
| spondents. writing home to their city or
| village newspapers. to misrepresent our
4 public men and represent them as living
! in idleness and luxury. but / tell you
/ from my own observation that many Of
! the representatives in congress, and sen
/ ators Of the United States, and justices
! of the supreme court. and secretaries in
/ presidential cabinets work as hard as. if
not harder than, any day labOrer breaking
cobblestones on a New Jersey tunp Ike
or a driver of mules on a tOwpath for a
| Pennsylvania canalboat. What with the
solicitations for appointments by cOnstit-
uents who swarm around state and Ia
tional capital, and the social exhaustions,
and the irritating Interruptions. and tSe
| unreasonable demands of all kinds. high
official position is not a sinecu-e. Their
mdigestions and ncuralgias and prema-
ture old age are scars that God will hon
or, though the world may never appreci
ate
The heroes and the herOines of any wal
are not always at the front. are not al
ways epauleted. are not always acquaint
ed with military tactics, and some OF
them would not know how to present
arms or ground arms or stack arms
Some of them rendered their service II
hospitals, some by doing harder work OF
the farm while the breadwinner was Al
Gettysburg We all know thenam of the
distinguished northern and southern wo
men who bound up the wounds Of tn,
battlefelds but there were 10000 wOmei
just as brave who never left the farm
house or cotton plantation and who wer
so worn out in taking care of their beref
homes that when the soldier came hom
they had only strength left to die. An,
the places where they sleep the last slee
are not marked with so much as n plat
slab, while those who suffered not hal
so much are in sculptured mausoleum.
The Unseen Scars.
In all lands there are veterans of wa
who may not have lad their face scrapc
with one hrllct ar their foot lamcd T.