Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-06-04

dissolved and when their Christiah oo
a,ors became the earnest, consecrated
advocates Of Christian peace. So W
dov praise no less highly than 'ne
soldier who went out In 1851 10 nsn'
his countrys battles the soidiel :"
1896 returning to civil life ana s'rN
tho In home and factory and store u
hao, tbe wounds of the nation ana re-
unite its people in the bonds OF onr''
tian love.
The sentinePs Call i
Some time ago stood on the top Oh
.ho washington monument and iooKeo
off unon the battefields Of America anu
dreamed my dreams. saw nuhuLeuS
of thousands of human bones Dieacnine
| IN the sunlight, gnawed OF tne WILL
ond the wolf. | heard the muneu
drums heating the tattoo at sunset AZ
tho artillery wagons rumbled away 10
the rear and star twinkled TO star, !
hoard sentinel by the glare OF tne
campfire call to sentinel: AIS we'll
Alps well along the Potomac!
Tbere 20 the booming OF the can
non and the sharp commands VI '.v
nsicars STEADY, boys; steady, steady!
There is the ping of the bullet, ana 'he
dv,pc soldier clutches at his heart as
be means. my babies, o God, my poor
bahiesp and then drops dead. inefe
comes the blood curdling ConIeueia.e
orv "Hil Hi! Hi! Hi! HIP There Is
tha long line of set faces behind tne
oilttering bayonets. The heavens reu,
DON and glow. The flames leap anu
hiss ond dance and make merry over
, the burning homes. The falling DeanS nS
90 crash. crash, crash! The rivers arc
Seen with flowing blood; the grave
trenches are filed with million deau'
I. Al turn and look upon the grea'
l .,hito dome of the capitol the OLD ma
tional flag flaps and waves. It's s'als ~
, alitter ike the eyes Of the motheri
waiting for their boys who never eam'
back. and like the eyes OF the n'aiuen'
, who after awhile as old women rea'
q ond roread the torn and the yellow let
ters which their heroes just Deio,e w
fatal battle wrote about the piiua
e homes which were destined never
e 10 huilt And as | look upon the ON
!" flag again the white stripes iooN nn
u tho white bandages which were pu
- about the shattered arms. lne ,on, ,
p deen streaks of red prove that It's foiu
'r had once been dipped into pools q
IL human blood. Then the great VIII
" do,re of the legislative hall, glistehin
or ~ tho sunlight. looks as though II wei
&c built out Of the broken tohoston'
ci of Arlington Heights and Gettysoui
- e. and the wilderness.
~ The War Forever Ended
a. rhor os look up and down u
. great Pennsylvania avenue, l see"
~ Coo the united armies Of the poys
hin. and of the boys in gray marcnih
:. marching, marching. l see the III
Nv melt away. Following with my {:
ne ono soldier. I see him take his ol
90 charge, and be starts for nome.
~ ~ cannot tell whether this dlscnars
@ a,, soldier is now heading for the Mici
- gon hills or for the Georgia piah'
"a tions In his civilian dress he mas
en- d,stinctiye insignia telling me wnetn
'as ~ he fought under Grant or under ~
40 Then I see this soldier coming up
" the form gate and being weicom
or, ~ home by his dear ones. Now nls
nearly faints away for JOY inen
iae the evening hour see him gather
os little children about him. de ops
o. ,n the old book; he reads chapter;
.%ne % family kneel in prayer; then the iig
1.n 1na are nut out, and know the war Is
non ever ended. a,o. ,
nen The Christian soldier Of conflict
"n hooome tbe Christian citizen OF pa
& ,a,, otic peace. So on this Memoriai y
a~ 'N.. with its sad and happy associa.io
while we praise the soldier boy oi
" LOT nc also honor the Christian vete
To Of the time of peace. Let u.s. WIN
nnamorv of what he has done IN .
tnno conflicts, go forth to one last grea.
W" uu rio Let us take the Bible in haha
'p'' canture this round world for Chrls'
. =, Come. We Christian heroes OF
y nost both praised and unpraised, g
ho' Nth vour sacred memories and
, oo- o. hurled dead. Come, ye Christian
-.HOt rH roes of the future, with your era
n"' ord unborn generations; come, ye
plo tions about to be born for Christ;
200 oo all times and all millenniums! u
diers tte in prayer and kneel to him VINO
lown yet DE cromneu tnr the Lord
the OK all! haiio,u
said omnipoteht reis ,,. K,onsc,
their lcopyrish'' i'''' y
side,