The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1904-01-18
GORDON MEMORIAL SERVICE
At the Presbyterian Chureh-Eioquent
Sermon by Or. Lindsay

Ie- 'ToltcH memorial services SUN t.
day morning drew a large audience At
the Presbyterian church. The Ocala
: camp OF confederate veterans. headed
/ by Major -. NJ. Hubbard. and the
I Daughters ~ tie Confederacy. preced-
"a by the be!cVei president. Mrs. ham
Eie Z. Gary, repaired TO the church IL
a body. Of the former there weYc
about thirty. among the most noted be-
/ ing General Robert Bullock, Command
( er @. VI. Hubbard. Hon. Z. VI. Brown.
! William Martin. ID. \. Miller and Mr..
1 milestone. OF the Daughters there
We're about forty among them being
! the representative women of our city.
Rev. w. e. Lindsay preached most
eloquent ana appropriate sermon from
| Psalms Si:5. .: in whose heart aye
the highways of Zion passing through
the valley of weeping, they max il a
place of springs" He impressed the fact
that we We're all passing through the
I
We could only live over in memory that
life; that only our good deeds counted;
that whatever was done with sincerity
and singleness of purpose should be to
our credit.
| He only gave a passing notice Of
General Longstreet; spoke of his char
acteristics of elaboration, slow, stead
fast, tenacious and doing valiant bat
tie, and so furious when engaged in
combat that the ideal soldier and
the worlds greatest and grandest COM
mander, General Robert f. Lee, called
him his war-horse. He was a man of
set ideas and purposes. and never
changed; so deliberate in his actions
that at Gettysburg it amounted almost
10 INSTRUMENTATION ere obeying the or
der TO charge. After the war he ac-
cepted office, which in those days was
deemed an act of dishonor by his late
associates, hence he exerted little or
no influence among the people.
! General Gordon WAS the opposite.
! Though not SO great general as
Longstreet. he fought with dash and
enthusiasm. which. from the very ma
ture of the man. infused his unbound
ed spirit into that OF his followers and
made their attacks invincible. He was
Il genial, friendly man. and made his
followers feel that their interests were
his. To his credit be il said he was a
true reconstruCtioniSt, and to his ever
lasting honor the first man To assist to
build a school house in which to teach
He told of Gordon's wonderful work in
reuniting the different sections Of the
! Union. how his heart was i'm the work
ana how the warmth and power of his
magnetic oratory melted and fused OPP
posing ideas. His influence was for
good. and his actions were so unset
fish and grand they Won the admiration
AMI love of the world. He quoted a
paragraph from Gordon's speech de-
livere1 i'm Atlanta at the reception OF
President Davis in that city. all show
ing that while the past should he held
building up. cementing and making the
united country greater and better. He
said Gordon's character was So grand
and noble that all loved him. and by
none more SO that by those of the
Southland. who knew and appreciated
his worth.
! DR.. Lindsay read Il poem by Cap
tain Jack" Crawford. the last survivor
Of the custer massacre. Il scout under
custer and wearer of the blue. Ii
was a beautiful and touching tribute
To good and great man. showing how
the heroes of the gray and the blue
were waiting for Gordons gallant spir-
it i'm Paradise He told how Captain
Jack. during the war. private in tbs
Union army. had become a wounded
prisoner 10 Gordon's command; how 1
fair Southern Florence nightingale
who had gone TO the scene of carnage
became nurse TO this wounded pris-
oner. taught him as she nursed hin
back To life, illiterate as he was his al.
phabet. taught him TO respect and Low,
the nobility of the Southern women
and finally taught him TO SO love hel
that in few years this fair human
angel" became the sweetheart and wifi,
OF the later famous Captain Jack"
But We are not trying To give ever
a synopsis of this strong. logical dis.
= course. filled with such touching truth.
, which 81 deeply impressed the wor.
;, shippers. No words Of ours could i,
} justice To the inspired ana weight,
words Of the Divine.
Those who dill not hear ~. LINDSAY
, missed an occasion for which pcala il
, deeply grateful. Gordou'> religious sid,