Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-06-06

Memorial Day Address By Rev. Wallar

living hdunOOu, TIE r1cl 8euDSOll OF It6
buried heroes and = I tight estimate Of
their still potent energy ID tbs making
OF our present M tional records that our
hearts are turned on this anniversary Of
sorrow and Of pride. i<7 ST.. ss..:. Il
\ There il, I assume, not one sleeper 5un..s
DIR the sod Of this pleasant knoll who
tell in any. battle Of the s:ivil war.
There are here only the. forms Of those
who, coming out Of the war. took zip. the
larger, longer battle OF life, OF business
ard domestic interests, the citizen 8 |
strugel.to main ta.ssth for:.which the
sol iier fought, hearlnie t! at marched
il the SIKH under GraLt an Lee, nn.
der Sherman aud jackson, have now /
for well ugh i rtv years been marching
under other order, ths Great Commar- !
der changing the Weapons and tactlcs on
w.ar, but rel raining unhltertd the divine
purpose IL establish llber, = in the earth.
1t Is IRON the ranks Of this later war;
fare these have. fallen upon whose graves
we today place these q IN bols OF our ap-
preclatlOn. It is eniiuently fitting at
such astime as this to affirm that we are.
honoring these men not alone for the
noble share they had III those years OF
actual military service, but as we'll for
tie typsof ma, ho,d preduc d by. The
discipline Of war, type without whose
rugged endurance aud eeyation. we
may well believe our country could hard
" have overcome the difficulties and
achieyed the successes OF the past {, hirtys
years, " =tsa S. AK 4. . ..s /. .iS
Nor let any one suppose that when at
leDgrn these soldier citizens have 9een
put upon the muster ron oil death, their
ca eer Of usefulness ls done. In the bene.
factions ~ which we their sons bless
humanity today, they our martial sires,
may Justly claim share. For It was
they who made possib ethe humane pur-3
pose which underlay Mantle, San Juan
and Santiago. II was they VINO made
possible scarce ten-day-tld triumph
before whose radiant glory those s.nil-s
tary teats Jade like stars in the dawn.
Have you Ill realized that ten Gays
ago our nation scaled another snow cap
ped peak in her onward fight for freedom
la, PEAK higher for. honorable moral
Achievements than any my ewes can seq
all the way back through the years 70
I those star-crowned Sixties? W. have
II ha.l W. h..cH
justified the war with. Spai4. We have
set Cuba tree. ~ = Y ~ < }3..L..g>.s
When two or three generations hence.
pupils III our public schools shall be asked
what afte: the emauciparlonofth es slaves
was the next great event iu United
States history, they will reply, Tue
Creation OF The Erpub c uf Cuba Aud
when the. mort p1iloso ,hical historian
4 proceeds to assign ca uses for that event
4 promtnent among them wilt he mention
the inspiration veteran fathers gave
their: sons when at the freside they b,...
trayed tn them them the uneurpaasabIe
i pleasure to he derived from fighting Tor
some down troas1en race. z,.s sa55s /.
/ And may the GOD OF orr fathers be al,
80 the God OF oar children, putting into 't'1
their hearts deeper than al selnshness
and love Of ease, that yeerniDg strong
al death which simp.lled you the living
land these, the departed comrades OF. tie
departed colnrade, Of III, Grand Army MI
Ito risk lite anu happiness y I he cause II
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