The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-05-31

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At the Christian Church, sunday,
May e. 1904. to the veter-
ans Of the Civil War.
(From Stenographic Notes by Mar
E. Hodgson.)
II I were required to name q tex
this morning | would quote you tn,
Language of the great Apostle to Tim
othy, when he exhorted him to b.
strong in the Lord and in the powe
of his might. to fight the good igh
of faith, to lay hold on eternal life.
Venerable men, you who have come
down to us from a former generation
| am not unmindful of the honor yor
have conferred upon me by inviting
me, a young man, to address you up
on this occasion, this occasion thai
we dedicate to the memory of oul
departed comrades. Perhaps there is
no nation known to history that had
such love for monumental glory as
Greece. Athens was the eye of Greece
and Greece, through Athens, gave re
finement to what Egypt gave to her
She gave symmetry, proportion and
glory to her temples and monuments
in celebration of her heroes. 1t was
a part of her religion. Her mythology
exalted her heroes into demi-gods,
and her gods were made monumental,
in every niche of her Parthenon. 1t
vas a sign of the refinement OF her
civilization-an illustration of the re-
mark of a great American, who once
said, monuments not only mark, but
make civilization" The universal
law OF nations Is monumental glory.
Every nation perpetuates the memo
ry of her great men and great deeds,
great battles and great victories, by
means Of monuments and monument
al institutions. Even God Himself in
all his dispensations has employed
this mean to keep ever before His
people His goodness, owe and power;
for not all monuments are made of
and stone. In so far as a day
or an institution bears witness of
past events. so far it stands as a
Hence the Jewish Sab
bath and the Passover feast, the
Lords day and the Lords,
Supper are monuments as mighty
and rel beautiful than the
tall shaft in u beautiful capital CT
that stands as a monument to the
Father of his country. for they are
monumentsNof Gods owe and care for
His people, and through these can be
traced His providence in history.
America. the land OF. the free. the
home of the brave, ever grateful for
the patriotic services of her loyal
citizens. proud of her heroes and
their victories, has erected monu-
ments and set apart national holidays
in memory of the great men and
great victories of each of her great
conflicts in behalf of liberty, human
freedom and equality. l think today
100 feet of classic shaft arising on
bluff twice that altitude, on the
plains OF Saratoga, overlooking the
rare scenery of the majestic Hudson.
and am reminded that there the de-
cisive battle of the American Revo-
luton was fought and o. That ar
my that left the shores of England
with so much prestige and pride, pro-
claiming with supercilions Wanting
it's tyrannic ~insolence of control, her
aiding it's audacious approach and
successful maneuvers in whoops of
hell hounds in savage warfare, mark
her urs in the desperation of
The people of the colony and city of
New York, was here. discounted.
Again / think of Bunker Hill and of
l think of the Father of
his country when I view the $50 feet
Of stone and mortar erected to his
memory in the city that proudly
wears his name. Again the Fourth
Of July Is a memorial day-a mighty
to the heroes OF that day
Ind that conflict, and on that day
come with our designs conssm-
mated. We come with inches prepared
for the great meu who we're willing
10 stake their fortunes and lives In
defense of liberty. We come and join
making legends Of beauty that for
p~erpetuate the names of the
.Teffersons and the Adamses, the
.ateses and the Morgans. and l was
about to say the Benedict Arnolds,
who fought in the great struggle for
And SO, too. the conflict of
61-65 had its heroes and its heroines,
It's conflicts and Its victories by
those who wore the blue and the
gray. Each side has erected monu
ments TO celebrate their great men