The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-03

Exodus 1919: "And Moses took the
bones of Joseph with him; for he
had straitly sworn the children Of
Israel, saying, God will surely visit
you; and we shall carry up my bones
away hence with you" DR.. Mich
olson used this passage as illustra-
tive Of what Joseph had in his mind
that when his bones were moved
that it would cause comment and
thus the incidents would be repeated
to the children. So it was with
Memorial Sunday. Its recognition
each year brought it to the attention
of the growing generation and to them
1T explained the incidents and mem
ories Of what the day stands for IN
the history Of our country.
MAY | recount" said DR.. Mich
olson, 'a few OF the great things
which we should all carry with us
from this service? AS one reads his
tory, it sometimes seems as if it
were llrtle more than the record CT
wars and decisive battles. Too often
these conflicts have been the result
OF mere caprice or Of kingly ambl-
ton. In this age there is a sense Of
the value and the preciousness of
human life. We realize the great
ness Of the human intellect and the
spirit Of man; we are moved by
nobler impulses, by humaner feel
ings; and the growing sense Of hu-
man brotherhood is seen in the le-
gion Of fraternal orders which fill
our land. In the light Of these
facts, war for mere caprice or to
crafty some lust for conquest is a
crime which should receive the Sc
verest censure Of right thinking
men. 1t can only be justified as the
resource when some great principle
is at stake. 1t is, therefore, with
gratitude that we recall the fact
that u nation has never taken up
the sword, except in the defense of
great and lnalienable principles of
human right and human Justice"
In touching upon the primal cause
of the wal of the rebellion, that of
slavery, the speaker referred to the
inspiration that came to the 0 n of
the fathers who fought during the
revolution for human liberty. when
they responded to the call of the
government for seyenty-ti five thous-
and volunteers. "What should be
done? Here before me is the ans
wer. There sits a man whose mis-
sing limb gives reply: there is an
other whose body bears the marks
of a ball; there is another whose al
most vacant sleeve speaks in trum-
pet tones; here they are-all with
US; men in whom the spirit Of the
revolution had a new birth; behind
them mothers, daughters, widows,
orphans, who in the fearful struggles
and the weary %watchings of the des-
olated homes, bravely seconded the
courage and the sacrifice of those
who went to the front, and who con
tributed to the victory as surely as
those who did the fighting; here
they are-they who preserved your
union and your liberties-they who
made your homes possible today
they who made your vast present day
commerce a possibility. Yonder on
the hillside sleep their comrades,
steadfast men who sealed their tes-
timony with their blood yonder in
the public squares stand the monu-
ments, which remind us that they
comprised land and sea, counting
not their lives dear until liberty was
protected in her sovereign abode, un-
til the new business as finished COM
pletely and as tliumphantly as the
old, until the heritage of the fathers
was preserved to you intact. Honor
them then; strew flowers on their
graves: sing peans to their memory.
1t is your bounden duty. They fought
not for themselves alone; rot to
crafty regal lust for conquest. but
for God and home and native land,
in liberty's defense, o'erplied, their
noble task, with which the world
should ring from side to side.n