The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-05-31

this great nation has Incorporated in her
galaxy of days one that steals away the
sharpness OF the grave and is a lasting
memorial to all the transcendent virtues
of the human heart. =
One year ago today we were assembled
in this same hall to contemplate the same
beautiful subject that engrosses our at
tention today. The same vows were reg
istered in our hearts then that we now re-
new with ardent unanimity.
Only a year has passed away. Yet as
we look about this assembly, we miss the
faces of some who were present before
In that short cycle of time Death has ta-
ken our friends of yesterday and thos.
about whom our affection twined, as
Death sooner or later takes out of this
life all the sons of men.
Yesterday they were here, today they
are gone.
The innocent babe, it's silken tresses
glistening with its mothers tears; the
brother, the sister, the sweetheart, the
husband fresh from the arms of those
who loved them best the aged man, his
grey hairs crowning a well-spent life.
have one by one passed away.
What hearts have been wrenched with
agony, what sighs have been waited to
their graves, what prayers have been Of
fered up at the lonely freside. only you
to whom they were most dear can say.
do not care to touch the veil that screens
your grief from public view. But / want
to say for myself and for the people of
this community that for your departed
ones our memory is forever pledged and
we renew the obligation upon this hal
lowed day. For you who have been left
behind mourning and broken-hearted. our
sympathy and support is all we have to
give, yet we extend that portion with will
ing hands. You may comfort yourselves.
too, after the first burst of grief Is over in
the thought that you did not resrve all
your tenderness for the parting scene;
that many kind acts were done and many
kind and loving words were spoken while
their ears could hear them and their
hearts could be thrilled and made hap
pier by them.
Comfort yourselves, my friends, in the
thought that those flowers of love and af-
fection. which you laid upon their caskets
and twined about their tombs. were not
the first your hands had given, but that
the pathway of their life had been strewn
and made fragrant with them. And in
that other thought-that eternal thought
that though Death can wither your fair
and precious flowers, he can no more de.
stroy their souls than he can reach his
icy hand upwards and pluck the stars
from the sky.
Gods benediction descended upon them
and the loosed spirits. regenerated and
disenthraIled, rose above all earthly
things.
The speaker then briefly revived the
country's history and progress eulogized
the veterans OF the Grand Army and con
cluded as follows:
This nation has outlived the dark days
of internal strife. and we have come TO
regard that terrible struggle as an inev-
table evil growing out of a misconstruc-
tion of the powers of the government. HUI
man ingenuity could provide no arbitrator
to settle the contention and 1t was set.
tied by the sword. Settled forever.
No slumbering fires now rise from its
ashes to disturb the serenity of the repub-
lie.
The North and the South are now re-
united in the strong bonds of confidence
and fraternity
The harmony that has prevailed TO-
over a quarter of century in our ma
tional Congress- and the enthusiasm with
which the sons of all parts of the coun-
try responded to the call for troops In the
late war with Spain, and the patriotism
displayed by them as they fought side by
side in humanity's cause, proclaims to ar
astonished world that those bonds, welded
though they were in the white heat of
fraternal wraht, and are now the indisso'-
uble bonds of brotherly love. The nation
moves on to it's destiny.
Over all the majestic old flag, with its
auspicious stars and cleaning stripes is
proclaiming its mission of peace and
equality to every land.
Under the influence of its simple folds,
my friends, let us proceed to our appoint
ed mission of today. Let us go from this
place to the silent temple of tombs and
move with reverential and thankfui
hearts among the graves of our fathers
and our children.
Let us adorn each humble mound with
equal love and beautify each modest smart
with fairest flowers. There no favorites
are
In the peaceful brotherhood OF pea'h
our loved ones are waiting for the rosy
morn of immortality.
"After life's fitful fever they sleep wen.
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