The Monroe journal., 1922-02-10
JACKSON Is MRS.
.WEAVER'SSUBJECT
Great Hero of the Confederacy Is
Depicted in His Personal
and Private Life
READ BEFORE U. ID. C. CLUB
Lee and jackson in Honor Preferred
Each Other as Show By Their
Action and Words.

/ By Mrs. {. c. Weaver
In thinking of the life Of Stonewal
Jackson, some one has fittingly saic
The world has never known a sub.
liner man than Jackson" and It's
true, for his character was stainless
his soul meek, his courage dauntless
his religion pure. his patriotism fer.
vent, and his heart charitable.
OF his soldiers he was the idol, OF
his country he was the hope, of wal
he was the master. His genius was
transeendent, and his deeds were
wonderful.
To serve his god and his country
he lived, serving and loving them he
died. | shall not dwell on his early
+ life only to say that at the age of
three his father died and Jackson
was reared by an uncle who lived on
farm. Here he became very fond
of riding horses.
1t was the gossip of all the coun-
try side that if horse had any win
ming qualities in him they would in
variably come out when Tom Jack
son rode him in the race.
When he was eighteen years of age
he had his first ambition, and that
was to become a cadet at West Point
and this gave direction to his life.
With this ambition burning in his
heart he said to a friend, Il am very
ignorant, but / can make it up in
study. | know | have the energy, and
think | have the intellect" With
such determination as this, he was
bound to succeed, would that.we had
more like him today.
As to his religious life, we might
say he was intensely religious. He
was an elder in the church in his
home town, and it is said that to see
him in his pew at church was as ia
miliar to the congregation as the fig
ure of the gray clad soldier after
wards became to his men in march
and battle, and at the camp meetings
upon the wayside.
Some have regarded him as re-
ligious fanatic and we can say that
he certainly was a religious enthusi-
asst, for he respected Sunday as Gods
day, he kept il holy, doing no man.
ner of work thereon, and he gave a
tithe of his whole income to charita-
Bile purposes. ! expect some of US
would say he was an extremist for he
would not even read letter upon the
Sabbath, and he was opposed to Sun
day mails.
He prayed necessarily. To friend
he once said, "When we take our
meals, there is the grace; when
take draught of water, | always
pause as my pallet receives the re-
freshment to lift my heart to God
in thanks and prayer for the water
Of life; when | drop letter into the
postoffice, send petition along
with it for Gods blessing upon its
and upon the person to whom
it is sent; when break the seal of a
etter, just received, | stop to pray
10 God that he may prepare me for
It's contents; when | go to my dress
ng room and await the arrangement
If the cadets in their places, that is
NY time to inter@ede with God for
hem. + have made the practice hab-
tual, and | can no more forget it
han to forget to drink when | am
hirsty."
His body servant was asked once If
le could tell when a battle was COM
ne off. ooh yes" he answered, "the
General is a great man for praying
light and morning-all times; but
when | see him get up several times
he night before to go off and pray.
hen | know there is going to be
to pay, and | go straight
md pack his haversack because !
NOW he will call for il in the morn
ng."
Frequently when the columns of
lis weather-browned and war-worn
'eterans swept by him to the battle
ront they beheld the stern figure of
heir commander sitting motionless
lpon his horse with his right hand
Iplifted, while his lips breathed 81
ent prayer. Like the Puritans of
Id he lived, "as ever in his great
eye"
Jackson was rigid disciplinariand
When he gave an order, obedience was
he only response he would have to
t. He arrested generals who varied
rom his instructions as quickly as he
rrcsted private soldiers.
Tender indeed his heart was, but
/ never yielded to tenderness at the
lrong place or at the wrong time.
70 single act did he ever do unwor-