The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-06-02
solo, entitled zone sweetly Solemn

solo, entitled zone sweetly Solemn
Mrs. Belle Davis Booth sang with
effect, "The Star spangled
Banner"
DIR. T. L. Eliot read the scripture
lesson, and Rev. w. G. Evans offered
an earnest prayer. Rev. ]. L. Hershner
pastor of the Congregational church,
preached an appropriate memorial SER
mon, choosing the lesson OF Elijah and
Elisha az the basis for his remarks.
Mr.. Hershner said in part: 1.-The
immediate lesson from which the words
of the text, ii Kings 2:l2, Is, are taken,
relate to the work and character OF two
persons, Elijah and Elisha. We see
them walking together, arm-in.arm
as father and son would walk. Elijah
had had career Of opposition, OF tur-
moil, of conflict. Elisha, whose life
had been one OF studious and unbroken
quiet, suggested the man with the quail
tiles Of peaceful, painstaking citizenship.
Elijah was the brave, gallant soldier.
Elisha was the peaceful, loyal citizen
both important in their places.
While Elijah in flame of chariot was
passing from the sight Of Elisha, the
brave warrior OF Cherith and Carmel
dropped his mantle, which was chal..
enge to the convictions and courage OF
Elisha. He bravely met the challenge
and faced the responsibility it signified.
In the courageous mission OF Elijah,
and the reverent conduct of Elisha we
have fine illustration of the relation
OF the rising generation to their fathers
and grandfathers-the brave boys of '6l
to 49,"
"That the old soldiers are passing
from us is a fact that we see all too
plainly with our tear-dimmed eyes.
The cavalryman on the white horse
is in the midst Of us all, and we see
how his swiftly falling sabre is thinning
the ranks Of the brave boys OF the early
COS. Every year as we see the old
soldiers carrying fragrant flowers to be
strewn upon the lowly resting places OF
their sleeping comrades, our hearts are
sad at the thought that in so short a
while there will be no man left for a
procession, of the survivors of that
awful struggle in the sunny Southland.
The roll of dead on the field of honor
is always growing.
The day is coming and is not far dis
tant, when the children of as brave men
as ever lived, will stand tearfully gazing
into the heavens, each one as he thinks
of an old soldier especially dear to his
own heart, taking the lament upon his
lips, MY father, my father, the chariott
OF Iarael and the horsemen thereof.
We are living in later generation
but some of us were born early enough
to have heard the resounding echoes OF
the battle strife Others of our num-
Der have learned by hearsay and history
Of our great civil strife. In either case
we can only stand as did Elisha, when
his old soldier went home, crying anc
rending our garments in our grief
feeling that it is almost vain to hope tc
succeed the grand army OF veterans
who out of the fires OF battle and blood
have saved for us our glorious heritage
Of freedom and truth.
Let us inquire, what was the duty o
Elisha to EIijah2 What is the duty
what the obligation OF the children Of
this generation to the old soldierP
1t was certainly the first duty o
Elisha to endeavor to realize the ines
timable worth, and to try to perpetuate
forever the memory of the brave old
Elijah. So it is our duty as descend
ants of the brave old veterans of the
awful years of conflict and carnage, tC
try to estimate their estimaOle worth
as citizens and soldiers, and to perpet'
nate their memories forever
The memory of the heroes who have
done so much for us, giving to us ou'
strong safeguards OF peace and oui
glorious charter Of freedom, should b
deeply enshrined in our affections.
We are accustomed to the names o
Moses, Joshua, Alexander, the Caesars
Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, Washington
Lincoln, Grant and many others, anC
we do we'll to make much of them. Blu
it would be better TO make more of tn,
rank and file of every age than we do
Who can weigh patriotismP Who car
measure the depth and capacity of loya
hearts? Who can tell the value OF {
single one of the thousands of precious
lives yielded up for our friends? No
one.
We can only uncover our heads and
echo back the triumphant dirge that
came from the banks of the Potomac
on Fames eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn sound
The bivouac of the dead
We do not disparage the character
and service of the brave veterans, wheI
We say that there is an inestimablC
amount OF true patriotism in our coun
try today. There were American heroes
on Cuban and Manila battle fields a'
we'll as on those of the Civil war.
The true glory Of our nation today
consists of the patriotic devotion of thu
sons and daughters of our soldier. citi
zenship during the Civil war. There il
a manhood value in war, when war IL
a politicalonecessity When our youns
men enter war to correct fearful wrongs
as wos the case in Spaniard oppression
of the Cubans, it can have no Other
effect but the cultivation and develop
ment of manly virtues.
How can We forget either the soldiers
OF the Civil war or of the Spanish
American warl
As we remember with eulogy and
flowers the heroic dead on the day sci
apart for that loving labor, we shall be
inspired to greater faithfulness. These
loving ministries we gladly render their
! memories. Not so much that they need