Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-27

oSoii after the war VISITED Bun Kun,
Fredericksburg. The Wilderness. An
tietam and Gettysburg There 7 SIN
the havoc that war had played. / re-
call Gettysburg the more wildly OF
either. over that field / climbed into
Devils Dem / sealed the heights OF
Little Round Top, of Cemetery
Ridge, and may other points where
the fiercest conflicts occurred, seeing
only desolation and ruin upon every
side. ] have gone back over the lat
ter field in recent years and / have
been moved by the appearance of that
great field-of ear2age and blood in
which our national government has
placed II since the day whom victory
was declared. Here is one of our
great, national cemeteries. Hundreds
of tablets and monuments make the
field of Gettysburg like great out
of=door art gallery which has cost
millions OF dollars. Many Of these
have been erected to the brave men
OF Maine. Here long lines of graves
are marked by white, uncut mar
bic bearing only the inscription:
nour unknown Dead When / view
this scene l feel like saying TO my
self, PUT off thy shoes from off thy
feet for the place Whereon thou
standest is holy ground. War is a
heart-rending ward Gen. Pickett, aft
ier the magnificent charge which the
Confederate made up the long slope
of Gettysburg returns, and with
tears streaming down his face re-
ports to Gen. Lee, say. as he points
TO the blood soaked valley: My no.
BILE brigade has been swept away
Gen. Lee responds, You and your
soldiers have covered yourselves with
glory Gen. Pickett neplies not att
the glory in the verdi Gen Lee. can
atone Tor the widows and orphans this
day has made.
And yet, awful as is war. it is some
times as justi6abie as is Righteousness
Itself. Such, on our part, is the Span
ish- American war; such is the Amer
lean revolution such. on the part Of
the Ncrth, is the Civil War with it's
TRANSMISSION of blood reaching from
Manassas To Appomattox. No grander
soldiers than those in defense OF the
Union will ever walk human battle
fields. Here We have thunderbolt clash
irg With thuuderbolt >of magnificent
spldiarlv qualities When Gen. Pickett
Nas, asked whom lac considered the
hero at Gettysburg he replied: The
hero of Gettysburg on both sides is the
private soldier So from other battle
fields / might read the same story and
have the same impressions.
We have said that war is over. by
that we meen that the smoke of the
battle has cleared away and the can
mons roar is no longer heard in the
land But a mightier battle is still
waging. The foe is hidden behind the
entertainments, the strongest fortiii-
cations of which the world ever knew
is weak in comparison with the fortress
behind which these hidden enemies are
secluded The Scriptual lesson of the
evening suggesting that we fight not
against flesh and blood. but against
pfincipalities and powers, against spir-
it.al wickedness in high places, etc, "
means that to conquer in these con-
hiets we must bear IN mind the state
ment Of Paul that our weapons OF
warfare are not earpal but mighty
through God 70 the puliing down of
sttong!loids.t F6
TIE last idea taiat occurs 10 some
protesting Christians is that the
Christian life is a warfare So many
persons who are apt 10 join the church
settle down into Indifference or person.
al and selfish enjoyment as if a man,
after enlisting in the army should go
home ana sit down on the shady side
of his house. You would q9t eau that
soldierly spirit or sldieriy service.
Whenever the idea of soldierliness took
hold of Paufs imagination he elabo-
rated the figure with marvellous ener-
gy. We know the quality OF writer's
and speakers by the Kind of trope and
metaphor they indulge in. When Paul
saw "A race, a contest as between run
ners, he instantly made an analogy
about il respecting Christians running
and prize winning. And when the idea
of seIdierliness occurred to him he
showed that he was a born soldier;
whatever he did he did in soldierly
way. If ne wrote n letter he wrote it
with the point of sword. AS he stirred
men up out of their laggardness he
said endure hardness as good sol
diers nj Jesus Christ - When Paul saw
the necessity of fighting the battles
within, lie said. "the wea pons of our
warfare must be mighty through God. -
You cannot fight the battles on the
outside until after you shall have suc-
cessfully fought the battles within. The
first man You have to kill is yourself.
yali had better done that when you are
going. but on the principle of better
late than never open up. il need be,
the greatest conflict of our life. today,
taking the sword of the spirit which
is tho word of God. putting on the
breastplate of righteousness which is
the only successful shield to ward OFF
the darts OF our deadliest enemy.
Mr.. Steele. in closing cited several in
stances where men great in war. had
achieved fame and risen to the high
est ranks, made serious failure in aft
err years because they failed to con
quer their our appetites and lusts of
the flesh.
Play-out of the Tiger hand tub. at
$50 O'Clock. Monday evening.
Miss Eva McGregor whp Ms teach