The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-08

ct at night sob himself to sleep, or, una ble to slsep, keep on crying. "Oh, moth- CT, mother, if I could only see mother!' In one of the national museums l saw Bible which had saved soldiers life. When the young man left home, his mother gave it to him. In battle he was carrying it in his coat pocket just over the heart. 4 flying bullet almost cut its way through that Bibe but it was stop ped at one of the leaves of the four gos- pels. Did not many dying soldier have one of these Bibles in his hand? Did he not weep over it when he was dying far away from home? Can God forget his Christian soldiers who died upon Amer ican battlefields? No. nol The Bible describes the entrance into heaven of q mighty host marching through the gates as before the reviewing stand of an earthly ruler. St. John in apocalyptic vision cried out in rapture as he saw them Who are these who are arrayed in white robes and whence came they2' There must have been many seen by his prophetic eye who came from our Amer ican battlefields to whom the answer that he received would apply. "These are they which came out of great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb
 An Incident of the crimea.
 
 from the Crimean war, all London turn ed out to greet them. After they had marched past the reviewing stand Queen Victoria and the Prince consort arose to receive those heroes who were to be decorated with medals. As each soldier approached, the queen, with her own hand pinned the medal upon the breast of the man she wished to honor. Some of those soldiers had an empty sleeve; some came on crutches; some had their heads bandaged. At last there came a litter. In it was carried the physical wreck of man. Both of his legs had been shot away. One of his arms was gone. His body had simply been riddled with bullets. Then the queen, with tears in her eyes, bade the bearers halt. She left her place and descended the st cps of her stand to the side of the litter. She bent over the poor veteran. On account of his sufferings the queen wished to honor him more than any of the rest. So American battlefeds suffered the more Christ has honored them. Therefore the more they are alive today in the heaven ly reunions.
 My fellow countrymen from the north, the east and the south and the west, this Memorial day let us go forth to de- corate with flowers the graves of the American soldiers who died upon the field of battle because their glorious memories still live in our hearts. Let us decorate all the graves alike; let us put just as large a wreath upon the grave of lne unknown picket who was shot by the sharpshooter In the moonlight when do- ing sentinel duty as upon the grave of the most noted general of the war-Al- bert Sidney Johnston, who fell at Shiloh; Leonidas Polk, who fell at Pine Noun tain, Georgia; Jeb Stuart, the cavalry leader who fell in Virginia; John Full ton Reynolds, shot at Gettysburg James Birdseye McPherson, killed at Atlanta, or George Armstrong Custer, who was scalped by the Indians a short time after the close of the civil war, receiving the same need of honor and the same floral tribute at the hands of their countrymen