The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-05

sermon for Memorial day the preacher
rIends for justice and recognition for
those who, though wearing no uni.
forms and bearing no weapons, vet
served their country in its crisis as
faithfully and periodically as ever did
soldier mt the front of the battle line.
The text Is Matthew xix, 30, MANY
that are first shall be last, and the last
shall he first"
From time immemorial nations have
honored their military chieftains. All
Carthage knelt in reverence before the
tombs of HamiIcar and Hannibal. All
Sweden honors the sacred dust of Gus
tavus Adolphus and of Marshal Berna-
dotte, who afterWard .asccndcd the
throne as King Charles XIV. All Ger
many revcres the name of Frederick
the Great and Count yon Moltke. All
Italy praises Garibaldi and Victor
Emmanuel. In England the Duke Of
Wellington and Lord Napier sleep
within St paurs cathedral under the
most magnificent dome of all London.
Westminster abbey is the last resting
place of scores of generals and adj
mirals who have made Englands name
famous upon the land and upon the
sea.
Not only do the modern nations hon
or their dead military chieftains, hut
also the living soldiers who have shed
their blood upon hard fought battle
fields They honor not their generals
only, but the humble privatcs who
once carried the muskets in the ranks,
or the petty nonc0mmiSSioncd officers
or the lieutennnts, or captains Of small
company commands, When these sol
diers die they are laid In the grave
with military hon0rs. When as worn
out veterans they are unable to look
after themselves, then the best Of
Soldier homes" are provided for their
housement England has placed the
royal palace, in the Isle of Wight,
where Queen Victoria passed most of
descent sailors. France has her bcauti-
full retreat Of the lnyalidcs for her
aged soldiers, In the midst of which is
the huge sarcophaGus OF her greatest
warrior whose dying request was this:
1T Is my wish that my ashes may re-.
pose on the banks Of the Seine, in the
midst of tLe French people whom
loved so we'll" The finest sites near our
own national capital ana Milwaukee
and Danville and Santa Monica are I'LL
ed with the veterans Of Our own army.
Who were Just as brave MS any that
wore the Confederate gray or the Fed
eta blue, who laid down their lives
upon the blood soaked soil Of Nlcks.
burg, charlottesville, Lookout Noun
tain or Atlanta.
Though on this Memorial Sabbath
we specially honor the heroes who laid
down their lives on the battlefield or
who survived the war to die afterward
Of their wounds or of disease brought
on by the exposure and the hardshps
Of the war. want to call your AT
tention this morning to- men sWlns aren't
dered other kinds of service 1rfF the
great struggle. That conflict could
never have been fought out if some
who did not 90 to the front had not
loyalty done their duty in other spheres
There We're some who would gladly
have shouldered a musket and gone to
the war, but renowned their share In
the danger and the glory of the battle
that they might render less colspicu-
Gus but no less essential service TO
their country. Let us give them too
their need of praise.
The Jnprniscd Heroes.
ON this Memorial day | praise the
appraised southerner as well as the
unpraised northcrner. | believe the
civil war, bloody rs it was awful and
terrific as it was. mortal rs 1t was. |
with 100000 dead was worth all the |
sacrifice it cost Why? Because once !
and for all it settled the vital and far
reaching question that the United |
bounded on the east by the Atlantic, /
ON the west by the Pacific, on the |
north by the great lakes and on the /
south by the gulf Though the United |
States proper comprises an area Of /
3O25. 600 square miles, yet in that vast /
area. great rs it II, there will never be |
room for more than one government /
any more than two queens can live /
within the same beehive. This qneS /
ton Of one government had 10 be set /
tied once for all by the sword If IL |
had not been settled BY bloody con /
liCt between the north and the south /
1t certainly would have had TO he set
tied later by a bloody conflict between
the east and the west Thus | honor /
today the unpraisod hero who in 1861 |
lived below the Mason and Dixon line /
rs we'll rs The unpraised hero of Mich /
igan and Pennsylvania and New York (
and Maine.
First. on this Memorial day. let us /
honor the statesmen IN the, cabinet and /
the legislators in the capitol who con /.
Quoted the national government during
those feur years Of trial. in the north I
ern capitol at Washington and in the /
Confederae7capitol at BgIeqehd there /
werc mon is brave rs those in the
armies. Their duties were onerous, I
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