The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-09-12
ANNUAL MEMORIAL
ADDRESS BEFORE
CIVIL WAR VETERANS
Rev. ]. \. DiCkey Delivers Address
Before Survivors of Maysyllle
Regiments Of Civil
War.

Rev. ]. ]. Dickey, of Flemingsburg
delivered the annual memorial address
at the annual reunion of survivors Of
the Tenth and Sixteenth Kentuck!
Civil War veterans held last week a
= Redwood Park lie said in part:
Venerable Men:
BY the good providence Of God W.
are permitted to meet here once more
: Sin of your comrades have been trans
ferred TO the division encamped be
yond the River, since VIC last assem-
bled Their heroic deeds are indelibl.
inscribed on our Nations history, ant
they still live in the hearts Of CRATE
full people. Time will only increase
their glory, as the oncoming genera
lions realize more and more the value
of their services You are living In
the glory of the sunset, your camp
fires are burning low, and soon you
will join your comrades, where wars
alarms are never heard and your Great
Commender rules as the Prince of
Peace.
When good old Simeon took the in
FAINT Savior in his arms, he realized
the hope OF lifetime, and his estate
soul shouted, Now lettest thou thy
servant depart in peace for he has
seen the Salvation of God" He had
lived to witness the greatest event in
all history. the advent of Jesus Christ.
Princes and prophets had longed to
see it, but had died without the
sight" Around this event gathers all
others of earths happenings. Military
victories and diplomatic triumphs sink
into insignificance before it. The
founding of empires, the achievements
of human genius in art, or the mar
velous developments of science, are
insignificant in comparison with the
birth of Jesus Christ. No other event
| so universally celebrated as is the
| coming of the Hold One. Christmas is
! The greatest day in the calendar. This
day is observed by Jew and Gentle, by
heather and Christian, by Catholic and
| Protestant. Every secular paper has
bristling headlines about Christmas,
md every day in the year this event
is noted by hundreds of millions of
people in both Christian and heather
lands. Every letter that is written be-
gins by saying, Jesus Christ was born
| just so long ago" Every entry Of a
business transaction prefaces the
record by saying when Christ was
born. Every decision of courts or YER
diets of juries marks the date OF
Christ's entray into the world. This
custom has become we'll nigh uni
yersal. China with its 40O,0O0,O00 and
India with her 300,000,000 declare mil
lions of times every day the birth OF
Christ. Well might old Simeon give
vent to his feeling in the presence OF
the infant Christ by saying, Now let
test thy servant depart"
In the presence of any great accom-
plishment, there comes feeling OF re-
taxation similar to Simeon's expert
ence. When a mighty struggle has
been made and a great achievement
has been accomplished, we involuntar-
lily say, Now, am ready to die" Ven-
cradle men, your struggles are well
nigh ended AS you look back over
your past lives, you are counting what
has been accomplished. Many have
been your achievements. Most of you
have reared families This is a great
work. there is none greater than tc
bring child into the world and train
it for heaven, and this is the greatest
work which any human being can per,
form. The child thus trained and
reared for heaven is mans greatest
accomplishment. If he is saved, II
heaven he himself will revel in the
pleasure thus afforded throughout al
eternity.
Perhaps. you regard the Creates
achievement of your lives the preser.
walton of this union as a result of the
Civil War, and the welding of these
states into an indissoluble federation
The world has accredited you with al
accomplishment equal to that o
founding this. the best government il
the world, and that is its preservation
and establishment.
Republican government was on tria
until the Civil War. Since then it ha
been reconsidered by al nations set
. tied question. and all nations are con
, forming their governments to thi
ideal. The immortal words of Patricl
Henry, GIVE me liberty or give m
r DEATH" have echoed around the worl
S and today are the slogan OF every ma
ton. Your work In preserving thi
! government has given hope to tn
down-trodden and oppressed Of all na
! ions, and today the Constitution of tn
: United States, which you preserved,
c becoming the organic law of all tn
n nations. In vain will you search ii
h records Of all time for anything mol
far-reaching and beneficial to humai
ity than this, save the advent OF jest
n Christ. Between all parallels and m