The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-30
IN MEMORY OF
i SOLDIER DEAD
Continued From First Page.)

NSoHtiHueu FROM TIfSG Hage.)
Earlham cemetery, where the regu-
lar memorial services of the day were
held, under the auspices of Sol Mere
dith Post, and were most impressive.
The regular ritualistic service was
carried out and was most impressive.
Rev. DR.. R. S. Lyons
Of the United Presbyterian church,
the chosen orator for the occasion,
delivered the memorial address. 1t
was beautiful tribute to the dead
soldiers, and splendid sentiment for
the living. Following is the address:
Fellow Citizens and Comrades
We are assembled today in honor of
the dead. Honor is but the currency
wherewith we pay the debt of rever-
ence. We reverse the memory of the
dead, we hold in reverence the coun-
try they saved and the cause to which
they gave the last full measure of
devotion; but the duty of the hour
will not be done till we here highly
resolve that the dead shall not have
died in vain.
"Ah! never shall the land forget
How gushed the life blood of her
81. brave;
Gushed, warm with hope and cour-
age, yet
Upon the soil they fought to save"
"Soon rested those who fought: but
Who minolest in the harder strife
For truths which men receive not
now,
Thy warfare only ends with life.'
They died to save. Shall we live
to perpetuate?
Today we should bow our heads in
reverence for the brave: we should
lift our voices in gratitude to the God
Of nations and then we should grid
up our loins like men,
We have had a noble history.
Bunker Hill; Saratoga and York
town; Chicamauga, Gettysburg and
Your heart beats quick
er as you think Of them; but the Clio
ny of our nation lies not in deeds of
heroism. Let not the wise man glory
in his wisdom. Neither let the mighty
man glory in his might; let not the
rich man glory in his riches; but let
him that glorieth glory in this: that
he understandeth and knoweth me-
that am the Lord which exercise
loving kindness, Judgment and right
eousness in the earth; for in these
things I delight, saith the Lord. Our
chief glory lies in the fact that in the
march Of human progress we have
tried to keep step with God.
Our Pilgrim Fathers landed
con a stern and rock-bound coast.
Where the woods against a stormy
sky
Their giant branches tossed.'
They were the pioneers of democ-
racy and liberty was their beacon
light. The newborn nation ere long
had her baptism Of blood and when
the laurels of victory crowned her,
freedom sat enthroned. And now on
the horizon there came a cloud like
a mans hand, which grew till it
darkened the whole south and threat
ened to overshadow the north. On
the battlefield two civilizations con-
tended for the mastery. 1t was i'm
possible that they should dwell in
unity. Maurice Thompson, Of Indi-
ana, has told the rest Of the story:
IT am a Southerner. love the South
[ dared for her, to fight from Look
out to the sea,
With her proud banner Ger me.
But from my lips Thanksgiving broke
When God in battle thunder spoke
And that black idol, breeding drouth
And dearth of human sympathy
Throughout the sweet and sensuous
South,
Was, with it's chains and human yoke,
Blown hellward from the lannon's
mouth,
While Freedom cheered behind the
smoke.'
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