The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27

monious accord with the spirit that urged on their hardy few through the maZes or e superior generaiship'' in the Virginia Campaigns. or signalized the bravery of fame eternal Chickamauga? Will that mother ever forget the darling blue-eyed boy. with curly locks and brow so fair, with maiden gentleness, who at martial duty's call, was transformed into a type Of manly beauty and went forth a peace offering for his country? Will not the fair young wife, now grown gray with the sorrows of Widowhood and the cares Of orphanage. make yearly pilgrimage to this shrine laden with the trophies of springtime. to place tokens of rememb- rance on the soldiers grave? Shall we ever cease reading with effect the in- scriptions on the ten thousand little doors dale. from the mighty Mississippi to the valley of the Shenandoah, or shut our ears to the historic lessons taught by those whose tongues are now stringless instruments" and who will
 Speak to the ages with
 A golden drift thro' all the song
 Shiloh Church
 Then are many never-to- be forgotten scenes in the brilliant but bloody pauo- rama of our historic Rembrandt. ] would have you look as I draw the curtain. Behold little log house on an elevated plateau, embowered by tall oaks and tiuI III Dy InlCh WOOu-Wllnohl doors or windows as open as the hearts of the good Christians who come yearly to worship in this rustic sanctuary. This Is Shiloh Church. 1t is the Sabbath Day. fresh with the breath of springtime-"the sweet rich voice of the morning songster filled the air with lnelody"-all is lovely and God like. But hark! The onslaught Is terrible. avalanche-like two contending armies rush to battle. the roar of can non. the peal of musketry, the wounded charger. rushing madly without the mas ter S guiding hand. the groan of the dy ing. the thick sulphurous smoke the din and clangor of war has hushed the little songster and changed the Sababth quiet into reveiry of Pandemonium. Fire and smoke. storm of rage, death and the dying. confusion worse confounded before on earth was never. Albert Syd- nev Johnston falls Beauregard presses on more vehemently against ike vehc- ment foe. till nature drew the veil of night over her fair couutenance. that the cooling dews of Heaven. may quench the torrent fires of mems minds inflamed. or the gentle zephyrs before the morning s dawn may tense and attune the heart strings of humanity. But night only gave preparation for more deadly warfare. which ragged continually and more fierce Iy throughout this second day. until Nature again closing her eyes on the agonizing scene, shed copious tears which fell like a soothing portion to the dying soldier. And remembering tDt OeDdFttu 0tIOeS Ol tilt bdlllS pl PIl- lon. what wonder that We bathe memory In liquid Love.
 Destiny Decrees Defeat.
 But the God of battle seemed to have ordained otherwise than that the sons of the Confed sracy be crowned with success And if his soul-stirring shouts of vic tory were echoed along the slopes of the Cumberland mountains. or up the sides oi the joyous kennesaw. yet the omlnous dirge of slowly retreating armies was heard after the conflict at Shiloh, at Nashville and Bowling Green. Ky.
 Defeat was the test-tube in which the nobility of his character was tried. As the smeiting furnace tests the purity or metals so was the Confederate soldier sorely tried by great disparity of mum bers. and a greater disparity in arms and munitions of war; by grim. gaunt and ghastly hunger. that dimmed the lustre of the eye and paled the rosy cheek of health, by the snows powdering their un- covered heads and the raging winds chilling and fevering their ill-clad bodies Away from home and DrayeTful mother, away from loving wife and children need ful of paternal care and prOtectloni away as volunteer, fighting for home and country. and not as a hreling. haz arding his life for his paltry wages. Ills many long forced marches in cold ani heat and storm, his bravery in the dan ger of battle. his fortitude in bearing his aches and pains and agony of wounds, his hopefulnrSs in disaster and defeat, his fidelity to principle and trdst in fi"d has written his name in the archives or tbc reunited nation as a beloved son in whom she Is we'll pleased. Now the brother from the North. understanding the principles and motives that insttgate1 the South to action Is glad to grasp her sons hy tho hand as worthy the name of an American and 3 brother.
 The Confederate Sailor
 Confederate sailors must also be remem- bered as an important character of this great drama. Many of our bold and dar- Ins sailors went down to rest in the