The Press., 1909-06-02
Memorial Day Address.
fContinued from naee 1N

active principle in the lives of men
 That Roman Catholic priest, giving
 his life to minister to colony of
 lepers. though certain to contract
 their loathsome disease, and at length
 to die in exile; physicians, in the
 interests of humanity, enoountering
 deadly perils in laboratory or hos
 pital, submitting to innoculation with
 disease germs, or going into the heart
 of pestilential districts to study how
 to save more lives; that lieutenant
 and his men, facing almost certain
 destruction, sinking their own craft
 under the fire of hostile guns that the
 enemy might be imprisoned; that
 brave Mexican engineer, coupling
 his locomotive to a burning car of
 dynamite and going to his death to
 save Q city; those fearless jurors, con-
 victing the night riders of the south,
 though threatened with torture and
 death; or those others, sitting in
 judgment upon @ murderer of high
 family connections; lawyers facing
 ruin, if not assault and death, to ex-
 pose graft and municipal corruption;
 sons and daughters of millionaires,
 eagerly forsaking wealth and social
 pleasures to devote their lives to hard
 work and humble service in the slums
 of cities, or among the degraded
 whites of the south; men in every
 community, and hundreds of them in
 our cities, sacrificing friendship, and
 enduring persecution, for the sake of
 civic righteousness; that young
 operator sitting at his instrument on
 a sinking steamer till all on board
 were safe through help secured from
 distant shores; that river captain, stopping B dangerous leak with his naked arm until the steamer reached a place of safety; that boy, giving his life for his playmates; that ele Yator boy running his car repeatedly through smoke and flame to save a score of lives; that humble Russian Jew, the hero of a railroad accident, proving himself greatest among his fellow travellers ;-all these and in- other cases, from every rank and walk of life, assure us that the spirit of '61 still lives, still has It's abode in the heart of men, await ing only the clear call to duty. would have you to recognize in the duties of today, my brothers, the clear call of patriotism and humanity to SO pursue life in time of peace that war shall never again be possible 1; that from secret foes and avoWed | snemies our country may be saved, md our flag float not only in triumph, 'ut without 8 stain.
 This, then, is my message to you lpon this occasion when we have for the sacred purpose of lonoring our dead. For, after all has cen said, there is but one way in which we can truly honor them, and hat is by initiating their virtues and and forsaking their vices; y fighting in the spirit in which hey fought, the spirit of '61, for the reservation of what they fought for, he security of our country, it's free om from humanity and ungodliness. n vain may we scatter beautiful overs upon their graves. in vain lay the band play patriotic airs and he solemn dirge; in vain may we fire UT mournful salute; in vain sound heir praises in eulogy, if, when we cave this place, we are false to the all of duty and manhood and patriot sm.
 Do you remember that once when was the custom for a man who had his brother to seek, forgive ess by laying gift upon the altar,
 great teacher arose, the greatest the 'orld has ever seen, and said in un- ying words: "Go thy way; first be econciled to thy brother, and then ome and offer thy gift" :" As I think the innumerable company gath red as we are to pay their tribute of onor to the dead, I seem to see, as in
 vision, the spirits of our soldiers sing in every graveyard and from Eery battlefield, and saying to us ho seek to do them honor: "Go thy ' sy; first show yourselves true to our s animated by our spirit, 1d then come and strew flowers on ( ar graves. ' g
 In wonder city, near the capitol, Iere stands noble and impressive 'ch of masonry, memorial to the ms of Connections who laid down , leir lives for their country. But un- , ss that memorial inspires the living , } equal nobility and sacrifice, it oan- ot honor the dead, unless we should { atch its beauty and firmness by lives arified from dross and dedicated new to the service of our country, 6 should be erecting not something , honor the dead, but something to name the living.
 God grant that this day and it's emorial services may give, through- , It the length and breadth of this , nd. new birth to the spirit of '61, at it may be manifest in ever-in- easing power through love of man Id love of country.