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tbcy could ilnd, there came to .him and it migli one poor youth who said: I P^sly for tl“1 have nothing to give to you but As the casmvsclf. but I give vou myself,” and of the two d so these young men had but little to wreaths of give to their country but themselves, j those prcsoiibut they hesitated not to lay their own lives upon the altar of theirCcn- country. How much does that mean? ,mr- What is all that worth to you?par aind 1 of d a hair 3cn.These young men consecrated that which was most valuable, tlicir lives. And then this gift 1ms an added value when we think of the freshness audcession and The body then taken being escort members of children ant riages. At containing (the beauty', and the strength of the son was placyoung lives that were given. Even wife the old mat) that has taken activevi ngthere to re moved to Mthe 1 part in the affairs of life, that has placed besidided borne bis share of its burdens, prizes and his life. What will he not give to hen ! prolong it for a little while? Oh, for ! the value of the sacrifice which these of1 young men made for their country! hero i They sacrificed the untold opport.uni-lirtv ! f.ics of the future. Had lengthened j days been granted them we know not cads • what successes they might have at-rovl-1 tained, what gocd work they might 3 to have clone, what a blessing they might real have brought to the world, what anper-* honor. Wlm can.measure tlic oppor-yutJ trinities opening up to young mau-mi/iB hood in our laud and above all in thisnncsand day and age.of the world, and yet his 1 these.‘voung men sacriliced til this.who had go A brief vault, condi After tlie Me” by tPresbyteriaDaniel Dud uy liie pail-tlic Dodgecord-) and ngly tored t bis itlicrTin; sacrifice appears even greater when we think ol tlie circumstances of their death. When death draws nigh to us, when we apprehend its approach, we desire to have our 1ckclt;1 ones among us. Above all we wishthe shades ing the mlt; were heard last time f then his bo earth, to af his5 that the dear ones of the home circle it | may be near to us, that we may feel the pressure of their hands. Hut It was not granted unto these young* men that the terror of death could be softened, but away from home, upon foreign soil, among people speaking aj has there h, as‘orts-r fullythese :r the]nmibcr just ;re to dead, 1 say,The flora very beauti ber of rerne friends—in of roses ar were sever; other offe Beautiful memory of citizens, Co. H. sen with stre blue. ThrememberStrange tongue, their lives passed 1 Patterson,ippro-1. S. Lcruut ise of starry 1 said: n and are roller to y wcrotodav%: come r need 1st ore i utter es and ot tear t have.four exqut(signitioai: with red, A largo, pink ribl: class color the class c class of tThe “Tingave “incolumn of mums, m i in mertel! This in t paper of!icud,” slgsage*’ lnulovingor into a lion-L bring And fore we al eyes idea neecustom tl foreman -graphic i marked * The ca ti rely eo1 tlie folds eral of tl Aud also Hodge, vault aw in the ft the saralt; pathy iniglit usit trace its that service, do wc nit the tinds isi longer igc with n duties use dear vhohavev: Uieir to these would ; burdenroundtoday— ent.Iment aud feel-have ale mind.ought, is* ailed inhat. thev ♦country; aud that out Uicir wer that eonsliet. y is that mle town »tV and to eyes then he appro-as thisaway. The soldier covets death upon the battle Held if his life is to be a sacrifice given to his country: amid shot and shell where there is something in till) excitement which mitigates the terrors of death to the vie-^ tor upon the battle Held, that ulTcis soiuc compensation for the sacrifice that he has made. These young men did not die at 131 Caucy or Santiago, they tell not as did Capron and others, but they died for their country just as truly as those who poured out their blood upon the field of battle. And t'm sacrifice was all the greater because they died in the hospital. I say greater, and shall wo not, my friends, give to them all the honor and the recognition of the sacrifice which they made. True heroes were they! Write their names high upon the scroll of honor, cherish their memories among those that have died. But I said there was one other consideration that endeared us to them today, aud that is the thought of the cause tor which they sacrificedtheir lives. It, was not in some vain-glorious pursuit. They heard their country's call. Their country's ilag had been insulted, thou* country’s honor was at stake, their country called for young men. It. was as we arc told in legend. In the early history of Borne, when at one time there opened in the midst of Borne a great chasm: the jqucstion was ask eel what could be done to avert the threatened disaster, and the answer came, “That which Borne holds as the most precious must be thrown into that, chasm,” and a gallant soldier, clad in full armor, leaped into the chasm, which instantly closed. There came such an opportunity in the history of our country.The country's call was heard and it was heeded, and these lives were laid upon their country's altar. And, my friends, is the glory not possibly even greater when we stop to consider. It was a righteous war. a holy war—a war undertaken in the cause of liberty and ot humanity, and I believe that as we go farther away from these events themselves that the grandeur and nobility of Mils ^‘onfiict will grow upon us. Flow great have been the benefits that have been secured! Our Union has been more closely cemented, so that the lives sacrificed in this war were for the preservation of the Union. We believe that this war marks the opening I pany I lot a new era in our history. These] young lives are part of the price that | has been paid t*r it. Then li\es, in all their freshness and beauty and strength, were laid upon tlicir country’s altar. Then, my friends today, as* we go in mournful porcessiun tothis on-The e feel it action o of Da nil terson, ! Sparka, call of t present and thethat/ grlt;of man that th-snrvienl liberty formed to mana longis shodit come men in form an touche pathy.pressio loss of extend each ni(TunIrl Vo sac- yonder cemetery and look upon l ■me of our jsacred dust and that which lies y... v. should jder, let us remember that it is your with fear [country and mine for which theseTheMary'riagerisom LauU world i i rah.Nnnn10that.•O US :;i:iav i;i i lu‘ oi: mr* tliis *er-■rning thei *vouung men died, andthiH I heirj;, isacrifice came home to us with a «ur ] pat ho- and a power that otherwisethev would not ha\l. had. What, wehearts ! have gaim-d \va- «• well earned by what thev did. what thev endured.rtc a com-what thev sacrificed. AH honor towere then y developed : season of *e witheredi 11 on to the buys have u:k. Brief •f activity.n finished.* leaf which lUV by thethe bravo hov. And i idav let thethought of the sacrifice which they made lead us to love our eountrvmore,lo beautifuland in this solemn service let us swear a new loyalty to our Hag and devotion to our country's cause. These young men died for their country. Let- us. in years that are to come, live for it, holding up their patriotism for the reverent admiration of the young ot the land, while , we look to the Mod of the Universe, praying that He will guide us inullt;:vived can Chok If or s gists.i\* L Tuions today umored and in the eyes ritice whichyears to conn* in the wavs f truthand justice and rightousness forever and forever. “Mr. David Stoner, who had been an intimate friend of Elbert Patterson, is the cause sang “Over the stais There is Best. was given. I after which Miss Kate J. Newman re-v cited feelingly the beautiful words ol Whitcomb Biley's touching little poem, written on receiving the new* of the death of his brother, who was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. The name, of the poem D “Away.**Meisuit.MeMesutt.MeMeMemen * prizegive/o oncemostwentosophcr and ie kind and aluablc kindMiMsMiM«lar 3M.I,Git
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Mon, Oct 31, 1898
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