The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1907-06-06

| Inc union must not Dc severed. Un'
ion inseperabls now and forever" AL
we're ready to march to the scene o
war. Husbands left their wives Low,
ere left sweethearts; mothers gave or
their sons. Nothing was too good Il
sacrifice for our county.
My earliest remembrances of my
mother was her work In the soldiers
relief circle. My earliest remem brancs
of my father was his hiring of sub,
stitute for the war. He was examined
by the army surgeon, but was not &C.
cepted because Of some physical disa.
bility.
| can think OF but one illustration
at this point. A large picnic rarty
passed down the Niagara river and
landed few miles above the falls.
They spent the day In having q good
socisble time. In the evening they
gathered on the boat for their home.
ward trip. The great boat moved out
into midstream aud headed up the
river. By and by the passengers no.
ticed by the objects on the shore that
the boat was standing still. Then
inch by inoh she began to drop down
stream. Inches grew into feet, feet
into yards and yards into rods. The
captaiD called down to the fireman,
Have you all the steam onY" The
fireman replied "All the steam is at
your service. " Then the captain gave
this singular order: "Break up the
furniture, fill the furnaces. The order
was obeyed. The great engines rocked
the boat too aud fro as though he was
a living creature, making her Hnal
struggle for the maintainance OF lie.
Volumes of fire and smoke belched
from her trembling stack. By and by
the passengers saw, from the trees on
the shore, that the boat stood still.
Then inch by inch she moved against
the current. The inches grew into
feet, feet into yards and yards into
rods and at last the great boat moved
majestically up the stream, and the
multitude of eager men and women
we're saved. Victory! Saved ty sac
rifice of the furniture; saved because
she was manned by heroic crew.
Sentiment saved our country. You
marched to the front hundred thous
and strong, determined to save our
country at any cost. This was the
sentiment Of the country.
The greatest man who ever trod the
earth, the man Christ Jesus, said, al
bring not peace but sword" What
did he meanY He meant peace at any
cost.
You drew your sword and shoulder
ed your musket. What did you meanY
You meant peace at any cost. Moth
ing was too good to sacrifice for your
country's peace and welfare. without
a great nation.
The past rises before me and l see
four million souls In bondage. Your
herioism and valor on the battle field
enabled President Lincoln to official
ly strike the shackels from this multi.
tude of slaves, and this was the be-
| ginning Of the course to wipe the sin
of human slavery off the face of the
earth.
The present iises before me and
see the greatest and grandest nation
on Gods green earth. Preeiptate up,
on us, are the greatest and gravest re-
sponsibilities of tbs ages. The most
difficult and complex problems of the
ages lie at our door Tor solution, and
IL the American continent is ever to
solve them successfully 1t must solve
them upon the basis of liberty, right.
eousness, patriotism and wisdom that
is born OF the twentieth century
Americanism.
The picture rises before me and
see ouI country, the greatest In the
history of nations, blessing to the
whole wide earth and the friend and
defender of liberty.
When the war was over you seperat-
| ed, some to the north, east, south
and west. And by your heroic efforts
you have made our country what 1t is
today. You have filed all the official
stations In the land from the hum
blisst station OF trust to the presiden-
oy Of our land, and you have filed
them with credit and honor.
Out Of all Of our heroic achieve
ments / am persuaded that you bring
your greatest blessing to our nation
In the establishment OF permanent
national memorial day.
| This morning | see angels looking
ever the battlements of Heaven. They
looked down upon our eastern coast.
They looked down upon our eastern
tates, and saw the men, women ami
children rushing everywhere. They
we're laden with flowers. These angels
called to the heavenly hist and eaid,
Come and see, this lie decoration day
In the land OF free America. Today is
the day when the grandest nation In
the universe-foI this nation is a
Christian nation because founded on
Christian institutions--for today the
whole nation draws near to God. All
day this beauty of sentiment and de-
votion has been spreading north,
south and westward nver our fair land
and now 1t has reached the coast.
Could anything be more beautifulY
The sentiment of love and loyalty
for our country fills the land today.
Is not this the greatest blessing that
you have given usP When you have
commemorated your lrst memorial
service, when the last veteran OF the
OWL war has gone to his reward, the
next memorial day the nation will as
semble and say, "We will perpetuate
memorial day forever. This will be
the nation OF great and free people
that Will pay Tribute TO your memory
as long as the ages roll. Our watch
cry will be "our country, our flag,
and our Cod"
Let me take time to give you the
prophesy written in our grand old
flag. The white denotes purity, the
red denotes the price that we paid for
liberty and the blue denotes the uni
versatility OF peace. As a whole II IL
the insignia Of God to declare to the
nations Of the earth that America was
the founder of liberty, an | that she
shall be the defender and proteotorate
of human rights and righteousness fol-
bis glory and bis salvation, to all peo.
pie, nations, kindred and tongues,
and ultimately Righteousness shalt fill
the hearts of men as the waters fill The
deep. In aud through Christ we shall
conquer and for his names Sake we
will persevere-Amen.
Following the address Comrade Ea
ton, who enlisted for the war at AZ
years Of age, and who 10 now 81, re-
cited the following poem which is in
cIibed In each Of the SO national Gem