Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-06-08

in the requirements Of the soldiers. One
Of these is mentioned in the text, "En-
dure hardness as good soldiers OF
Jesus Christ"
ga soldiers life during campaign
is necessarily one OF hardship. He
must make forced marches. He must
live on salt junk and hard tack. He
must sleep on the ground and often
without even tent To shelter him. He
must try to quench his thirst with
water that his cattle would not drink
at home.n Grant tells us that while
engaged in making roads in the neigh
| borhood of Vicksburg that most of
the army were obliged to live for three
| weeks on only five days rations.
Often Obliged to subsist on half
rations for long periods at time and
with beef dried on the hoof as the
soldiers used to catl it. General q.
| O. Howard says, "After the battle Of
| Chattanooga my corps with Sherman's
had been in pursuit of the enemy three
DAYS. We had marched nearly one
hundred and twenty miles and then
| marched back again. The result OF IL
was that our clothes and our shoes were
worn out, the men had scarcely any
| blankets to cover them or pants to
| wear. They were toiling along on the
return Journey. Just as,we had pass
ed through the mountain ridge the
commander, thinking that the men
had marched far enough for that day,
put them comfortably into camp, told
them to make their coffee and then
sent word TO know If they had per-
mission to remain there during the
night. 1t was raining hard, very hard;
it was severe storm; but knew the
position was an unsafe one; was not
the fultillment of my orkers, so | sent
back word no: march forward to Tungs
toms Station; march 1t was dark, II
cold, it was stormy; the poor men had
to be turned out once more to march,
notwithstanding their labor, nOtwith-
standing their toll and fatigue they
marched. How did they take it; dc
YOU ask? They went singing, singing;
singing alond their way; noble patient
fellows, without complaining word y
, Do you say it is hard to live chris
/. tian life in the circumstances In which
you find yourself? Is it any harder than
il was to be a soldier in the civil war:
Q and if the boys blue were willing tC
/, endure hardness as good soldiers OF the
@ Union surely we ought to be willing
G TO endure hardness as good soldiers OF
Y Jesus Christ. our Captain has told US
+ that if we would come after Him We
= must take up our cross daily, we must
0 be willing to deny ourselves; deny our
J. selves whatever is sinful or the cause
y of sin in others; deny ourselves IL
Il order TO give TO the support OF beneV
u client objects; deny ourselves ease ant
;, self Indulgence that we migth have
: time to devote TO the work OF Hi
= church.
!. Comrads in the Army of Christ shall
y we not emulate the example OF TIT
u union soldier? Surely the cause IL
/ which we have enlisted is worth.
/ one? 1t is ours to fight the good tigh
S of faith: ours to contest with princi
o palities and powers and wicked spirits
! in high places: ours to engage In al
y earnest struggle against all forms o
. evil: all destructive forces: all agen
J. cies degrading in their influences; our
7, to wage war in behalf of temperance
o social purity, public and private hon
Is esty, the rights of man as man, tn
IS lifting up of the down troden AM
Il alienation of the distressed; ours I
labor with intense zeal for the CONVEX
10 sion of the unconverted, the spiritua
L. enlightenment of the ignorant, tn
development of christian character
ID And shall we not be willing to endur