Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1903-06-04

| redemptlOn. Iney DIlueu what thec
Idreanied not of, unconsciouslv fror,
their deeds they raised upon the monn
tains Of the scene of life pure. White
pillar more lasting THAI, brass. mora
permanent than marble, /" which ,ssa,
higher than nationality, is seen beyond
the boundaries of the republic and is
sign and symbol for all human nature
This pillar stands illustrative of tho
highest law of human life next to thu,
1 recognition of the Spirit-the law %
service. Men and nations often accom-
plish more than their achievements
| When the million patriots of Amer;o.
uprose from field and town, and wifi
willing and brave devotion hastened 70
the altar of the country, ready to lar
down life for its cause-lay down liza
for the common welfare of men and
bowed submissive at the altar whereo,
they offered al, they bnilded NOM
meni of duty, fidelity, unselfshness
which rises aloft for the inspiration %
humanity in every region Of the world
We must not todaSforget the nobla
women who played such an importan.
part in the war. Their work was larpels
responsible for the success achieved
All through history we find women wbo
were willing to give up everything for
their country The work of thesa
women i'll the camps, hospitals and n
home was sublime heroism and they ~
should be remembered We must ma
be forgetful today in the midst of sno
cess that the source of it ali lies in e. .
who gave rs our being, and Jesus Cbri,
who gave us our redemption. The Pur
itans laid the foundation of the republ,e
on the Bible. God has since been direct
ing, the hearts of men, and the United
States today shows the results of m
results of the glorious work. So todaJ
as we think of the victories and oppor
tunities let US not forget that we owe
all to God But the work is not al
done There are still opportunities
hope to see all banded together in III,
service of the King of Kings.
can see before me today a pictura
1t is march of the nations of tn
world car see some falling by III
wayside here and there. Then, out d
the misty distance, / can see the bows Il
blue and in the foreground is the glori
Gus stars and stripes. Then I see N
divine star of this nation standing in th
forefront among them, an emblem d
all that is best and good in the world
No day, except the Sabbath Of ou
faith is worthier than this of the So
emn thinking of the people and the
grateful tributes to the illustrious dead
To them it lies not in the speech or ad
of men to worthily express the homo
earned by work in life of these soldier
of the nation. All honor to the illu
trious, patriotic dead
Members of the Grand Army of II
Republic, whose presence gives
pathetic glory TO this hour-suryivo
of the long war whence came the ne
birth of the republic-before you in pr|
found reverence with our heads uncol
cred, to you we speak the salutation
our grateful reverence.
Citizens, all, keep and preserve an
revere the memory of the sacred sold
dead, it is the precious jewel of
nations consciousness, and treasure
the memory of the departed, forget d
to honor and venerate the gray-hair
veterans, who have come down frd
the mount of tbs sacrifcial altar befd
which they stood ready and wilhI
and who still remain among the livin
If he has faults, condone them. II
has virtues-and he must have many
extol them. Strew flowers then OF
the graves of those who died for tn
country. Died? They are not de-
but live forever in the hearts of I'll
countrymen Dead? They have o.
exchanged spheres of influence and
fulness. All that is mortal of each
will be ''dust TO dust till the morn
of the resurrection. But the living
which is the breath of God
Immortality which swallows up deS
in victory has Joined the heavenly hd
which, nineteen hundred years
sang that deathless song above
plains of Bethlehem: "Glory be
God in the highest, on earth peace
good will to men"
From ocean to ocean Wen hallow this day
Keep sacred forever this worship of May
Strew flowers on our dead from the lakes vi
gulf
NO honor we do them is honor enough.
.AdoWn the long years of the future OF time
Still brighter and brighter their glory shal y
Sopour 'eor their ashes the fragrance OF noI
These dead are immortal, these dead are
ours"
A Quarter of all.
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