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writhing in nnuuish. He must not flinch.It is death t desist. Ilis heart must he steeled, and cverv feature of his faceWschooled into apathy.But when his work is done, and the operation is succe-sfnl, he puts his headjj' between his knees huJ bursts iotoaflood | of tears. So, while this war was upon us, j I; tha pain of our hearts was intense j hut i a we could not falter. We weie forced to ! ti he as composed as possible. And when h reverses came, and some were predicting j failure and ruin, it was necessary to go i forward with steady perseverance. Some ii even seemed to think that those of us who b had friends in the army had hardly nat- \ t ural affaction for them. But we felt that Ii the sacrifice was necessary, and that expressions of grief might weaken the hands r of those whose work it was to suppress I the rebellion. Now, when the surgical ] operation is performedw and the patient relieved, we feel unnerved. The foun- j u tain of our hearts is broken up. Wc may weep tears partly •f sorrow and partly of joy, a3 wo come before God this day.The work- is done—the crisis is over— w let Via weep upon each others necks, and ! g bless our God. But espccijJIv will w* j e sympathize with those whose husbands. | t sons, and brothers have laid down their fl lives for their country. Of this congre- h gntjon we may mention Lieut. Alfred G. v Reed, and Capt. Win. Jack, who died f after receiving grievous wounds ; Key man Beatty and Thomas Seamen, who were f1 killed in battle; Dr. Bowman, I fervid I Walker,Capt. Samuel Martin, John Jam- [ ison, G. W. Zimmerman, Charles Me- a Gandlcas and Win. Thorn, who died of disease contracted in the service ; Thos.S. Byers, James M. Byers ami Solomon t Moser, who died under the treatment re- ! ! ccived in Southern prisons; and William li Beatty, whoso death occurred, if I recol- 1 e lect. by disease. Elisha Bracken, ton, wa*. f not long since, one of us. He was-killed I o in battle. Wounds, resulting in the lo-s \ e of limbs, have been received by Samuel h Walker, Francis Eastman and Jefferson j 1 Burtncr. Severe wounds by several r others. About 00 members of this con- ! c grcgation have endured the toils and dan- i I gers of a soldier's life. So far as I know, v they have done it cheerfully; and the I most of them have been brave and patient 1: soldiers. God will own their services, so r far as it lias been from right motives i Ii We will honor our country’s defenders. , n and cherish the memorv of those of them 1 fy iwho died in the service.If President Lincoln is to ho honored and his memory cherished as a martyr, so will we cherish the memories of our soldiers who shed their blood for the same great came They were not so conspicuous, but in their sphere they labored ashard and fell as honorably for theirrsninfru.C11llbVcF
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Butler American Citizen
Butler, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jun 07, 1865
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