The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-26

ter The first shot of the Rebellion had
 been fired. The day of compromise was over. The sword was again unsheath- ed. The call to arms was heard and | answered, and two of the strongest ana bravest armies of all time gathered for the battlefield. The crash came. Heroes
 fought and fell. After four years ot
 awful carnage the war ended. The na- | tion was saved. But we cease not to
 sorrow at the price of blood that was ! paid for a reunited country.
 It may appear strange, but it is prob
 ably true, that our sorrows purify and
 uplift our souls more than our joys. III | that case these anniversaries of our ma 1 tion's sorrow may be with us blessings
 in disguise. Perhaps it is better for us 1 to go to the house of mourning than l the house of feasting. Sorrow, we
 are told, lis better than laughter, for py
 the sadness of the countenance the
 heart is made better"
 | The speaker said that these annlVer-
 saries of our nations sorrow shoulu
 teach us to pray and to live that our
 national life may be purified and uplltt- | ed until it is possessed of the principles l of righteousness. The War of the Re- bellion was one of the great wars or | history, whether we consider the forces engaged in the field or the principles involved in the struggle or the results finally achieved for truth and right
 eousness. Those men who laid down their lives for their country were not fighting for dominion. Neither were It. IltIf fight for the preservation of the Union'
 In preserving the cherished liberties of
 our country our veterans laid down
 their lives for their brethren, including
 their brethren of the southland, and
 tot day they are saved together.
 In paying tribute to the sacred mom-
 cry four fallen and living heroes who
 made the black man free let us also
 bring our need of praise to honor our
 more recent veterans who have been
 extending, we trust, the blessings or
 human freedom to peoples outside our
 borders. By their sacrifice one island of the sea is already free among the nations, and we hope the time may soon come when the blood of our slain on eastern battlefieds shall have availed for the salvation Of a degraded race from the thralldom of their own ignor- ance and vice so that the Filipino may become educated in the duties of self government rather than in the discl- pline of guerilla warfare.
 And if in this war for humanity to- day the call of country demands more sacrifice, may our lives be as ready for the altar as those who have gone be- fore A new honor roll for heroic achievement is being written in our day to adorn the sacred shrines of freedom, This is not the hour to count the cost of sacrifice When the desolate and down. trodden Philippine Islands shall have been lifted into the fellowship of free and enlightened nations let us place a wreath of glory upon the graves of the fallen and a crown of laurel upon the brow of the victors who return. Then when the din of battle and the tread of armies have ceased to be heard in those distant lands may swords be beaten into ploughshares and spears into pruning hooks once more, and may peace reign again throughout our bor- ders.
 Memorial day is the anniversary of our ndIlOn SOFTOW, AS we Se X tU Ou- serve the day may the prayer of our hearts be that our nation may be puri- fled and uplifted. Inspired by the pa triotism and heroism of the soldiers of two wars, let us lay down our lives for one another to-day that our land may be rescued from the power of munich pal corruption and political wrong, so that truth purity and justice may pre- vail everywhere in our midst and we may go from victory to victory until shall one day cover this earth as the waters cover the sea.
 And in laying down our lives for oth CTS let us remember Him who lai1 down His life for us. The cross is the evil dence of His sacrifice. Christ has made a perfect sacrifice for us who know what it means to sacrifice for country. He laid down His life for us and there fore we know the sincerity of His love. Tn laying down our lives for Him we may likewise show Him our love; but He rather teaches us that if we follow the example of His sacrifice we ought | to lay down our lives for the brethren. Beloved how about your life? Is it | laid down as sacrifice on the altar for | the glory of God and the blessing of | fellow man?