Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-06-03

and great. 1t was not the gum you
shouldered. the carnage you wrought
the bloody swords you welded, but II
was the cause for which you fought,
cause wider than your own lives, wider
than that Of your family. the cause Of
the nation and the interests OF its peace
that made that war great. And when
Abraham Lincoln fell this whole
country felt that he at his civil post
had died for his country as truly as
though he had been in the front line
that great day at Gettysburg. And his
impe rishable work shah be. not that he
destroyed slavery, though that was great
indeed but that. with faith In God and
deathless love for his country, he res
cred the Union and preserved the ma
tiers life. You remember those words
in which ne summed up few days be-
fore his death the principles Of his life.
with malice toward none; with charity
FOR all; with firnihess in the right. as
God gives us to see the right; let us
strive on to finish the work we are In:
to bind up the nations wounds; TO
care for him who shall have borne the
battle and for his widow and his orphan
to do all which may achieve and cher
sh just and lasting peace among our
selves. and with all nations.
And those words bring out. II
seems to me. the identity OF the spirit
that should animate nation equally in
war and in peace. They are one and the
same spirit. acting with different instru-
r.enta. and their spirit Is tte spirit OF
love and loyalty to the nation express
ig itself in deeds of daring. in acts of
sacrifice. and life of service whether in
peace or war And the question, the
great and solemn question before the
Grand Army. and before all who have
to render our service in the times Of
peace. is. how Car have we carried on
the spirit of the Civil War into the dec
AIDES of peace. and how far have we full
tiled oar great leaders, last commands
as given forth In these words. ITO care
for him who shall have borne the battle
ard for his widow and his orphan"-this
vas his program OF what should be done
for YOU And the government has done
It's best I do not doubt. to do It's duty
itre. however. inadequately that may be
md the wonlan's order whose mission to
watch over and to cherish, to relieve
your necessities. to minister to your
wants was so beautifully expressed by
an officer Of the order here recently must
indeed be = blessing to you II 1t only
half accompl,shes &hat II Inspires to be.
| III warn ana guard ana servant OI our
warriors in their declining years. But
there was also a program for you and
for your sons and for us to do-"to bind
M the nations wounds-to do all which
may achieve and cherish a just and last
ing peace among ourselves. and with all
nations"
What have we done Of this' Has life
crown lower meaner, less great and he
roc has your service ceased. has your
life grown sordd since those days when
your swords famed from their sheaths.
/ n. the nations call for war? This Is not
orll Ahra ham Lincoln's question It Is the
: solemn question of God. What have we
done with our lives to live and love and
serve the nation In the piping times of
? roace' What honors have we won since
the spring OF 1865 in binding up the ma
, tons wounds; for as Milton said to
Cromwell long aga
, Peace help her victories.
No less renowned than war"
And we are here tonight to lift up
our hearts to God not only for the
achievement Of war but for the achieve
ments Of peace. Not one. not few. but
. many, a multitude whom no man can
number of the Grand Army of the Civil
: War have won no less distinguished
honor in the Grand Army of the civil
peace that has gone on since then. In our
own midst we honor one. the last of the
chiefs that narshalled you to battle and
, it is a spectacle for YOU for us. and for
, ! America, to what untiring energy.
what dauntlcss faith what consecratcd
purpose he has given. since he laid down
his active command, to education, TO
politics and TO all the blessed works of
peace. He has indeed sought to build up
the waste places of the war; and in one
I spot he visited with the sword there now
stands n great university that is a
monument Of this conservation in these
. years Of peace
The world is full OF monuments Of
statues. of memorials to the heroes Of
:. war. Where are the monuments and
, memorials Of the heroes Of peace. not the
great leader only but the Grand Army
of peace? England has her Westminster
abbey for her great dead. but she has
also a little c,oster called St. Botolph's
where are placed the memorials Of the
obscure acts Of self sacrifice of the
heroes of peace. and In the midst, the
inscription roads THE Utmost for the
Highest" Whose names are there? Only
the name Of a player In the pa ntomne at
, | tNe 1IlHNeSS kltttTt WHO was DuiIeu
to death In putting out the flames Of an
other actresses dress. Only the name of
Mary Rogers. stcwariess Of the Channel
Islands steamer Stella. that went down
in 80, AS the last boat for pushing off
the sailors babe her jump in.." but she
answered NO, no. II ! get in the boat,
it will sink. Good bye! sood-bye." she
lifted her hands then. and cried Lord
save me- and the Stella sunk beneath
her feet only the name Of little Soloman
Callahan. the little East End boy Of
eleven, who saved hts tiny brother from
; being run over In the crowded market
street and fell himself beneath the
wheels. Mother" he said as ne lay
dying In words that are an echo OF what
they said Of the Savior on the cross
Mother. saved him. but could
, not save myself" would rather
tell that story to our boys than let them
. see the whole American navy. And at Red
Cross hall there are six panels. One Is
cut for Alice Ayers. the maidservant at
Southwark, who saved all her masters
,, children from a fire at the cost of her
own life:
7 And who was Alice Ayres. you ask?
9 a household drudge who shaved all
I day.
e Whose toyless years were one long
Y task.
D On stinted food and scanty pay.
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