The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1918-04-17

great comfort to my mind when one so
young IS taken. The answer is this:
1--WE live in deeds, not in years; in
thoughts, not breaths, i'll feelings,
not in figures on the dial We
should count time by heart throbs.
He most lives who thinks most, feels
noblest, acts the best"
If that be the true measure of life,
surely Lewis Herndon livedl A young
life that had the respect, admiration, and
love of the entire community; life that
met every situation nob'y and whose
death will lie perpetual summons and
challenge to higher things to those of us
who remain surely such life has not
been lived in vain
1t is in time of sacrifice that Gods
great truths are revealed to us. Abraham
Lincoln, according to his own testimony,
was not a Christian until the day on
which it fell to his lot to pay Americas
tribute to the fallen heros at Gettysburg
As that great soul looked out upon the
fresh graves of those who had given their
all for others, the meaning of Calvary
burst in upon him. and he surrendered
his life i'll consecr alton to Christ Jesus as
his Lord. 1t was on that day that he
uttered words that the world shall not
forget, and which best interpret the
meaning of the sacrifice of Lewis Hern
don
-Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this continent
new notion conceived in liberty. and
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are equal Now we are engaged in
great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation SO conceived and
so dedicated, can long endure We are
met on great battlefield of that war
We have come to dedicate a portion of
that field, as final resting place for
those who here gave their lives that the
destiny of this nation might live (And !
let me say that in this presen. war the
destiny of this nation, and of all nations
that love liberty, hangs more in the
balance than it did in the war OF the
Sixties.) 1t is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this But, in
a larger sense, we cannot dedicate we
cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow
this ground The brave men, living and
dead who struggle here have consecrat
ed 1t, far above our poor power to add or
detract The world will lit note, nor
long remember what we say here, but
it can never forget what they did here
1t is for us the living, rather there is
The message that the spirit of Lewis
Iierndon speaks us across the seas) TO
De dedicated here to the unfinished wors
which they who fought here have thus
ar so mobly advanced. 1t is rather for
is to be here dedicated to the gre It task
before us that from these
IGNORED dead we take increased devotion
o that cause for which they gave the
asst full measure of devotion that we
lere HIGHLY RESOLVE that these
lead shall NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
hat this nation, under God, shall II I'VE
new birth of freedom and that govern
nent for the people, by the people, shall
lot perish from the earth.' Can you
ot hear the challenge of our departed
riend from the spirit world? 1t is call
D higher things, to better more unselfish
wing; to the support of our country
nth every atom of our strength and
Nth our lives if need be, until the work
) freed from the awful spectre of Ger
nan barbarism. And the call goes
eeper Our friend can see the great
ealities of life now with clearness that
'as not possible while in the flesh. He
ees that the issues in the present struggle
nd not only between tyranny and lib
rty, but between sin and righteousness.
in is at the bottom Of the war and of