The Worthington advance., 1903-05-15

"OnI OxONS , NAAAAAs ~
believed ever since I came upon the le
field of action, that religion and
patriotism should go together. 4
call to mind religious mothers
solicitude tor the good of her boy
and country, when I was sent tO walr,
christian prayers at home and the the
flag in front Of them, to urge the
young men. of the United States to
lgo forward and battle for the
cation. ALI honor to church and !
let religion and patriotism go hand 2
in hand and our nation will long
survive. ..... .., SSf3I5&
Let US see, d. we believe in God z
am now talking to the old soldiers.
,, It seems to me he has made manifest
in this country as in another, i
you remember and read history
Alright, the only object Of our fathers
was to have their right. After two
or three years of war, we declared
to the world that We had anew
battle cry and that battle cry was -
that in this country, there should be-
no King but God M
Comrades, I congratulate you that
you have lived to this period il the
worlds history. You know thiis. this
| is called the great commercial
age. We have grown since that
time. The thirty states with thirty.
millions Of people, now forty five,
states and eighty millions of people.
Then poor, now the richest nation
on the globe. am one of the num-l
ber who believes that this old world
is growing better. I Icannot look on
the dark side if I should try. am:
q pes: imist and not an optimist and.
comrades you have helped to bring
this condition about, for we have
in America, better fed, better clothed,
better educated, better employed
people than any land the sun Of
heaven shines upon. All honor TO
you in your own locality and al
over the United States. You have
made it possible for America to- be
the foremost, the best, the most
enlightened government of the
world. When you die, the Grand
Army dies with you, but, you have
the satisfaction that you have 40,
, tcomplshed more, and that tettel
/ than any body Of men that ever Lived
} In this great land of ours, We are
to have q national Sunday, when
ibusiess will be suspended. I think
this memorial day will be perhaps
+ fthe most sacred in all our history.
J. We are ourselves surely passing away
it is true, but how we he nor and
, love that day.
:, You occupy a position Of honor
and trust and you are IA Ithful, and
true to them you are arp honored
: everywhere and1 congratulate you,
[ that you have lived to this moment
, of time. -.
It was after the war when your
work was done; when Il he war was
over you returned to your homes
and took up your life work. The
!, Grand Army always has been a
school of patriotism. This is a
lesson it has taught. We do not
need standing army in America
We made you join together in
order that we may have united
country, and more al ID more join
together a good mind and loyal
+ heart. Our nation will stand, the
storm of war; disaster may come.
! Mckinley, Lincoln and Garfield,
may be stricken down but the nation
will still live and stand firm.
My friend spoke of the lldies and
I presume, that would be patriotic to
do 80. understand in frp pnt Of me
ia that patriotic organizat |on known
as the Woman e Relief Cops. I!want
to honor them because in this state
they are doing a grand work and
can say they have done much for
the GAR. in Minnesota; that or
ganization is most heliful. They
not only care for the sic1, nurse the
dying, they have raised the funds
to keep the G.. A. r. aliie in some
of the towns. don't understand
why it is that women succeed where
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