The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-05-26
TCNI OF MeSSage

INNtU vi lUtNNtEt
In his Hoboken address President
Harding said:
There grows on me the realization
of the unusual character of this occa-
sion. These poor bodies are but the
clay tenants once possessed of souls
which famed in patriotic devotion,
lighted new hopes on the battle
grounds of civilization and in their
sacrifices sped on to accuse autocracy
before the court of eternal justice. We
are not met for them though we love
and honor and speak a grateful tri-
butte. 1t would be futile to speak to
those who do not hear or to sorrow
for those who cannot sense it or to
exalt those who canno know. But we
can speak for country, we can reach
those who sorrow and sacrifice
through their service, who suffered
through their givinb, who glory with
the republic through their heroic ach-
ievements, who rejoiced with the civil
ization their heroism preserved.
Every funeral, every memorial, ev-
cry tribute is for the living-an Of
fering in compensation of sorrow.
When the light of light goes out there
is a new radiance in eternal and m
how the glory of ii relieves the dark
ness which is left behind. Never a
death but somewhere a new life, never
a sacrifice but somewhere an tone
ment, never a service but somehow an
achievement. These had survived
which is the supreme inspiration of
living. They have earned everlasting
gratitude which is the supreme solace
in dying.
Ii Must Net BE Again
"No one may measure the vast II
various affections and sorrows CEN
tered on this priceless caCgo of bodies
once living, fighting for and finally dy-
ing for the republic. Ones words fail,
his understanding is halted, his emo
tons are stirred beyond control when
contemplating these thousands of be-
loved dead | find a hundred thousand
sorrows touching my heart and there
is ringing in my ears like an admoni-
ton enternal, n insitent call-it must
not be again! 1t must not be again!
God grant that it will not be and let
a practical people join in cooperation
with God to the end hat it shall not
be. | would not wish a nation for
which men are not willing to fight and
il need be to die but / do wish for a
nation where it is not necessary TO
ask for that sacrifice. / do moi pretenG
that millennial days have come but !
can believe in the possibility of being
so righteous as never to make a war
of conquest and a nation so powerful
in righteousness that none will dare
invoke her wrath. | wish for us such
an America"
HOnOrs First Dead
In placing the wreath on the casket
the president said:
"In the name of the republic, | be.
stow this tribute on the casket of the
first soldier who persisted on the soil
of the enemy. This opportunity is not
chosen to express the suggestion of
hatred in the American heart. for there
Is not hatred in the American heart,
but / nave chosen because / am offer
ing the tribute to one returned whose
death on an enemy soil marked the day
when our civilization went face for
ward and the assault of our present
day civilization knew 1t had failed.
May "a. 1918. is the date on which this
soldier was killed and the name Is that
OF Joseph w. Guyton, Co. /. OF the 126t
infantry, a resident. patriot, and hero
OF the state of Michigan of the United
State Of America"