Milford chronicle., 1919-06-27
MILTON NEWS

.,,-,marv of the address delivered D
sun sun 4 Conner in SshOol Hall, q
isl,.on IA on Decoration Day: mi
chatrman. N,.'tg soldiers or the Grand Arm
II5iers from over seas, ladies an
s"tIemen: 1 am glad to-day, that
aIiye: l am glad to look into tn
l-;ling "I. countenances of this intelli
nt audience, and am very glad t
ossociated with this grand galax,
- Milton orators Aad this is Mem
~ riaI Dav: another year has passes
o.nca we were assembled in this hal
an occasion of this kind; anothe
tT,alve month has been added to tn
calendar of the past. We, few OF us
ere vet here, spared to commemorate
mother Memorial Day. But, all ar
81 here that have met with US In thu
5svs gone. Some have passed ovel
On the other side, and are now enjoy
;ng the elvsium of that eternity we sC
often think about, and, at last hope
ourselves to enjoy. AS the years e
NV the ranks of the Grand Army be
come thinner, and soon we shall al
he gone. The organization is, also
living out in this part Of the country
and il too, will soon have become ex-
tinct. But great events can never
die The Civil War in the United
states from 1861 to '65 made an event
in history the record of which shall
stand as long as the history of the
United States shall endure.
aThe stars shall fade away,
The sun himself grow dim with age
and nature, sink in years."
But the history of great deeds shall
live. and be read with avidity as long
as genises has an admirer, or, liberty
a friend.
And my friends do you ever think
what this country owes to the SOL
diers of the COS? The soldiers of our
CivilWar, on the side of the govern
ment made it possible for this coun-
try TO gain the victory in the late
world War. Had our country been
torn assunder and divided when the
attempt was made to do so, we should
now be in as bad a condition as our
Souht American neighbors, or, worse.
Where golden fields of warriors grain
are now nodding in the Mississippi
Valley would bristle frowning fortifi-
cations, and two flags would wave
on the banks of that river-the stars
and stripes on the northern bank, and
the stars and bars on the Southern
bank, and the barking dogs of war
would menace each other across that
turbid stream. We should today be
as great militaristic country as was
the once proud and arrogant, but
now fallen Germany. The Union SOL
liers of the Civil War saved us from
hat doleful picture; and that saliva
lion has made us United country,
a prosperous people. By their aid
We have been enabled to raise bill
ions of dollars to wage the late war,
~ their aid we have been able to loan |
Millions of dollars to our allies to 1
eed their starving populace, and car
y on the war against the common /
nemy. This country can not do too /
much for the soldiers of the COS. |
md where are they today? The GEM
teries Of the land can best answer
hat interrogatory; they are mute wit
esses of their sad fate" The speak
r here turned and pointed toward the
I, E. Cemetery continued:
Thus amid their parent turf they
rest,
ar from the CORY field,
orn to Spartan mothers breast,
n many bloody shield
he sunshine Of their native sky
miles sadly on them here;
nd kindred eyes and hearts watch by
he soldiers sepulchre."
And permit me to say en-passant
lat as Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
ave himself vicarious sacrifice for
that He might save us to
imself, in like manner the soldiers
no fell in the Civil War, gave them
lives vicarious sacrifices far human
Y and freedom-call it altruism if
1u like that word better-and the
)ldiers who have fallen in the late
World War" have given themselves
.carious sacrifices for democracy,
lie downfall of autocracy, and the
ght to live in peace with all man
ind ;and though they had been the
evotees of no denomination, nor the
iherents to any creed. I believe
icy are living as real lives today as
icy were when they trod this earth;
Id are perfect entities in the King
I'M of our God.
It is an idiomatic principle of ply
sophy as well as of science, that no
lrticle of matter is ever destroyed.
changes form, but the essence re-
aims; and, though the bodies of our
ldier heroes have disintegrated and
turned to the earth from which
ey were formed, if there be any
nth in the science of evolution their
mortal part has evolved to a
CHER destiny-so higher, fairer,
lighter, world on high:
here is no death! The stars go
rise upon some other shore.
Id bright in heavens jeweled crown
ley shine forever more.
here is no death! The forest
leaves
nvert to life the yiewless airl
le rocks disorganize 10 reed,
le hungry moss they bear.
here is no deatht TThA eho!eos;;ss
It's
lat heaven hath bindly lent to earth
e ever first to seek again
e country of their birth.
here is no death! Although we
srieYe
hen beautiful familiar forms
at we have learned to love are torn
ON our embracing arms.
lere is no DEATH They have but
passed
yond the mists that blind us here
o that new and larger life
that serene sphere.
hough disenthralled and glorifed
eystillarehereand love us yet,
e dear ones they have left behind
ey never can forget.
nd ever near us though unseen
dear immortal spirits tread;
all the boundless universe
are no dead"
I the persons who wish the grass
weeds and weeds cleared from
sidewalk onnooito fbair bornas ~,