The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-07-05

most; the high recklesspcss Of exalted
devotion which does not count the cost
we are made by these tragic, epic
things to know what II costs to mako
a nation--the blood and sacrifice of
multitudes of unknown men lifted to
great stature in the view of all gene
rations by knowing no limit to their
manly Willingness to serve. In armies
thus marshaled from the ranks OF free
men you VIII see. as it were, nation
embattled, the leaders and the led, and
may know If you Will. how little eX-
cept In form Its action differs In days
OF peace from it's action In days Of
war.
May we break camp now and be
at ease? Arc the forces that fight for
the nation dispersed, disbanded gone
TO their homes forgetful OF the com
mon cause? Are our forces disorgan-
lied, without constituted leaders and
the might Of men consciously united
because we contend. not with armies,
but with principalities and powers and
wickedhcss in high places. Arc we
content TO lie still? Does our union
mean sympathy. our peace content
ment. our vigor right action, our ma
turity sclf-comprchension and a clear
confidence In choosing what we shall
do? War fitted us for action, and ac-
ton never ceases.
Looks to the Future.
II have been chosen the leader of
the nation. cannot justify the choice
BY any qualities of my own. but so 1t
has come about, and here l stand.
Whom do i command? The ghostly
hosts who fought upon these battle
helds long ago and are gone? These
gallant gentlemen stricken in years
whose fighting days are over, their
glory won? What are the orders for
them. and who rallies them? have
In my mind another host. whom these
set free of civil strife in order that
they might work out in days of peace
and settled order the life OF great
nation. That host is the people them
selves. the great and the small with
out class or difference Of kind or race
or origin; and undivided in interest
II we have but the vision to guide and
direct them and order their lives Alright
III what we do. our constitutions are
their articles of enlistment. The orders
of the day are tho laws upon our
statute books. What we strive for is
their freedom. their right TO lift them
selves from day TO day and behold
the things they have hoped for. and
so make way for still better DAYS for
those whom they love who are to come
after them. The recruits arc the little
children crowding in. The quarter
masters stores are in the mines and
forests and fields. in the shops and
factories. Every da~ something must
be done to push the campaign forward.
and II must be done by plan and with
an eye to some great destiny.
How shall we hold such thoughts
in our hearts and not he moved?
would not have you live even to-day
wholly in the past. but would wish
TO stand with you in the light that
streams upon us now out OF that great
day gone by. Here is the nation God
has buildcd by our hands What shall
we do with IT? Who stands ready TO
act again and always in the spirit Of
this day OF reunion and hope and pa
triotic fervor? The day OF our coun-
try's life has but brosdened into morn
Ing DO not put uniforms by. Put
the harness OF the present on. Lift
your eyes to the great tracts of life
yet TO be conquered in the interest OF
righteous peace. of that prosperity
which lies in a peoples hearts and out
lasts all wars and errors of men. Come.
let us be comrades and soldiers yet
TO serve our fellow men In quiet coun-
sell where the blare OF trunpets Is
neither heard nor needed, and where
the things are done which make bless
ed the nations of the world in peace
and righteousness and love"