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GENERAL SHERMAN'S MEMOIRS.
[(;en. has written his Me
moirs, which will shortly be issued. in
two volumes. Mis a raey and vigorous
writer, and his book will cot:inland the
Widest attention. The following Para
graphs:embodying incidents of his Fa
mous )(arch to the Sea. will be found un
usnally interesting.. While tile armies of
Gen. Sittn:m sv were out of the sight of
tine nation in their prooTess through the
most populous and wealthy portion of the
ild-he o , l:fetter:try. and dean pstrat ing
hollOwness of that institution by pen.
Wlll
till'
Iting its-very centre, the Si mil mrn ron
igress, War liepaitment, newspapers, and
CS eu lieu. BEAU C.E6.11 . ,i) from 3lis: : .issippi,
were sending forth frat &lc appeals to the
“eorgians to rise and crush the invader,"
to Asti- net his march, remove all subsis
tence riinn his route, and thus starve him
out. Ilia the intrepid General kept the
even tenor of his way, aried 'only by
digressions (II capture Snell places as the
capital 111 the State and Mihen,
,the great
depot Priuoner• 4 I •
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The skill and succes- of the men ill
collecting titrie ‘ re was one of_ the fea
tures of this march. Each brigade
commander 11:1(1 authority til''detail a
compaity (*)r foragers. usually abinot
tiro - men. with one or two commis
sional Officers selected flir their bold
'', .-s and enterprise. This party
would h a dispatched before daylight
with al knolwledge
.of the intended
day's March and 'camp ; would pro
ceed oii foot live or six miles' from
the
. ..01'ttt , traveled by their brigade.
and then visit every plantation and
farm within 'fhey would Usti
ally procUre a svici - on or family dor
lowl it Nvith I.ad. , n. cornmeal,
turkeys. chieliens, ducks, and eve'r3 - -
thing that could lit , used
. :15 fool for
forage.land would then regain the.
main road, usually iii advance iof
tlwir train. When this came kip.
they wOuld deliver to the loritde
eoininissary the supplies thus gath
ered by the - sslty. Often ?3.Vioul(l I
pas biraging-parties at the
yoadshie. waiting for their svag - ow to
/Me 111)... :Ind was amused at their
collyetions— mules. horses.
even rattle, packed with old saddles
land loailed with hams, bacon, bags
or corn-int;iir. --- ao,l poultry of C•4•1'1"
ellaracter anti description. Althotien
this for.efing -was attended With
great
.(how-er - and hard work, there
seemed to ht , a charm about it that
attracted .the suldiers. - and it wad a
_p-rivil e e to he. detailed on sucli.a
party. Pitilf c they returned Mounted
on all sorts ot, beasts, which were at
Duce tai;en from them and approPri
tacit to the -general use; but the next
'lay they would start out again lon
foot. Only to repent the experiem4 of
the day before. No doubt Many arts
of pillage. void wry. nd violence w( , re
cionmitted by these bodies Of forag
vest; usually called "Inimmersi" fo'r - 1
have • since ficard of. Jewelry taken
from women, and the plundur ot arti
cles that never reached the comniis
: lint these acts were exceptional
and incidental. 1 neyer of nity cai r :es
.of murder . or rape: and no army
cool(' have sfluieiOtt
rum! and fora:re fbr a march of' 300
miles, so that forwiing' in sonic shape
was necessary. .The country Was
"spiirsely settled, with no l lmaristrates
or civil authorities who could ye
- spowl to requisitidus, as is done
all the wars of- Europe, so that this
system of foraging was simply indis
pensable to our succecs. 1;3 - it .11111"
men sverqitsl-11 supplied with all the
essentials of life and health, while
the sVagons retained enough in case,
of tunlxpected delay.; and our ani
mals were well fedi Indeed, ,wlien
we reached Savannah, the trainswere
pronounced. by 4sxperts to he the
finest in flesh awl aPpearance - e•Yer
seen with any arm 3 -.
1 have seen much sloiliT and int
ht •
try displayed by these IttarternMs
ters on the march in trying to load
their wagons with corn and fodder
lv the svny withont losing their place
is the :column. They would, while
marchiwr, shift the loads of wag Ons,
so as to have 'six or ten of them
empty:, Then, riling well ahead,
they-would secure possession of Cer
tain stacks of fodder near the road,
or crib of corn, leave some men 1 in
charge, then open fences and a road
hack for ii couple of miles, return! to
I'LI'SJI,
AND
their trains, di'i-ert the empty wag Ons
out of, column.: and conduct t4m
rapidly' to their forage, load up, and
regain their place in column without
losing distance. • On ono occasion . I
remember to have stew ; ten or a.
d6zen wagons thus loaded with cOrn
froth two or thtlec full cribs, almost
without halting. These cribs were
built of logs and.rotifed. • The_ train
guard. - by a lever, had raised the
whole side of the crib a foot or tWo;
the wagons drove' close alongside
and the men in the cribs, lying, c on
their backs, kicked out !ewavn-levad
proiti!in,tho-thrie Vhalre takertito
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TOWANDA; BRADFORD jCOUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1875.
1101V.F.1.1; COBB'S PLAIsTi..TIO*.
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The afternoon. was unusually .raw
and cold. My orderly was' at i hand
with his invariable saddle-trigs, Which
contained a change of undefelOhing,
.my maps, a flask' of whisky; and
bunch of cigars. Taking a drink and
lightlng n clgai, I walked to a row of
negrd huts close by, entorett one and
found a soldier or two warming
themselves by 41 wood fire.. I: took
their place by the fire, - intending to
wait there till our wagons had got up,
and a 'camp Made for the night.' 1
was talking to the old negro woman,
'Wheat sonic one cattle:to me: and
44ained that, if I wkuld eolne fur-
Aker down;the road. I could find a
I)ettet place. So I started on: foot,
iuul fOtind on the main road a 'good
'double-hewed log-house, in mie room
of which Col. Poe, Dr. Moorei and
other had started a fire.: 1 sent
back orders to the " plutu-buShes "
to bring our horses and saddles up
'to this house, and an orderly to con
ilitct our 'head-quarter wagons to the
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same place. In looking around the
'room 1 saw a small box, like a can
dle-boX, 'narked Howell Cobb,"
and, on inquilring of a negro, found
that we were at the plantatiOn of
Gen. Howell -Cobb, ofi•Oeorgia, one
of the.leading rebels of the Swab,
then a Generahio the Southern Army,
and who had been Secretary of the
United Stales Treasury Ut .31i, Bu
chanan's time. Of course, - we con
lismted his property, and found it
rich in corn, beans, pca-nuts,: and
sorghum molasses. Extensive fields
*ere all' round the . house. I:sent
*Ord back to Gen, Davis to explain
*hose Plantation it was, and instruct
him to spare nothing. That night
htigh bonfires consumed the fence
rails, kept our, soldiers warm, and
the teamsters and men, as well as
the slaves, carried oil au immense
quantity of corn and provisions Of all
sorts.
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YANKEES
In due season the head-quarter
wagons came np,.rand we got supper.
After supper' I sat on a chair astride,
with in hack to a good fire, musing„
and became conscious that an old
negro, with a tallow candle in. his
luftnd, was scanning my face closely.
I inquired, "What . do you want; old
?" Ile answered, " Hey say you
is( Massa Sherman." I answered that
stOt was the case, and inquired What
lie' wanted. He only wanted to took
atime, and Wept muttering, " his nig
ger can't sleep dis night." I r asked
hint why he trembled so.land he
that hi; wanted to be sive that; Ave
were in fart "Yankees," for on a
fornmr, oecasion some rebel cav:ilpy
hati put On lidit-blne overcoats. per
sohating Yankee troops,- and many
of,the ne , roes were deceivi4 thereby,
hiihself among the. number—had
shown them sympathy,,. and hails in
e‘Mseqiienee been unmercifully beat
eWitherefor. This time he wanted to
lie,:rertain before committin!r himself;
so told; him to r.o out (ni the porch,
frOm which he could see the whole
ho'rizon lit np with vamp tires, and
hereould then judge whether he had
ever seen ; anything like it bef4re,
The old man became' convinced that
.
the: Yankees" had come at. hist.
abOut whom he had been dreaming
:11100s life. and some of the staff ofti
eeri: gave him strong - drink of whis
kyOvhiCh set his tongue going.
S i loil lv r. who commanded my
eßajOrt, l‘ j ;lS a Georgian. and reCog
nizi.dk • t thiS ohl negro a favorite
t
slaVe o his unvie, who resided abinit
six!liilt. 01, lint the old. slave did
no( at iiriit r(po!..rnize his young nitts
in our uniform. One of my stall
otiii•ers a l sked him what had become
or his young master George. Ile 'ilid
noU know, only that he had goner oif
toflue W L Br, and he supposed
kilted, as a matter of course.
attentions, was then drawn to Snell- i
ing!s face, when he fell on his knees
:lnd-thanked God that he had foiuid
hisi young master alive and along
with the Yankees. Snelling inquired
all abotit'his uncle and the, fitniily,
asked my permission to -go and Pay
ids'unele a visit, which_ 1 granted, of
conrse. and - the next morning hei de
serlbed- to me. his visits The uncle
way not cordial, by any meausj to
find his nephew in the ranks of ithe
hosi that; was desolating the kind,
and welling, came back. having !ex
ehalfged his tired horse for a frOher
tnn t out of his uncle's stables, ex
pia Oil that, s4ine of the -bummers'•
would have got,,pie horse hadlie hot.
ItEIi . EI.,SOtIEME:.; To REIIIT SHERMAN
lien. Wheeler, \with his division 0
rebel cavalry, had sueee4ed in get
tinik ahea I of us between ' MiHedge
vilii..mul At n
erusta ; and Gen. .1: W
Ha
rdee hid 116 en dispatched by Gen
Beauregard form hood's army to:op
po,le our progress in front. - Ile had,
however, brought with him no troops,
but i relied on his influence with 'the
Get rgianS (of whose .State he was a
native) to arouse the
.people. -and
with them to annihilate Shermim's
ar6y!. Oil the 2 Ith we renewed: the
march, and I aCeompanied the Twen
tieth CorPs, Which: took the direct
rOad to Sandersville, which we reach
ed il simultaneously with the Vour
tceilith Corps on the 21;th. A' brigade
or rebel cavalry-was deployed before
thi'; town, and was driven in inid
thr§ug,h it by our skirmish-line.; I
. inyAelf- saw the rebel cavalry.apply
firel to stocks of fodder standing in
thelfields it Sandersville. and gave
orders to burn some 'unoccupied
dwellingS close by. On entering'the
town. I told certain citizens (*lio
would be sure to spread the' report)
1 ,
that, if the enemy attemptcd.tO carry
outjtheirhreat to burn theW , food,
corn and odder, :our route,. I 'iwould
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mot undOubtedly execute to the'let
ter Ilie f.` , ,eneral orders of devastation
made at the outset of the campaign.
With thislexception, and one or two
minor cases near Savannah, the peo
, pie cilit.l rot destroy food, for they
Isawelearty that it would be ruin to
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thents.elve4,
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I LEN PRISONERS REMOVED.
1 While the left wing was marching
toward Louisville, north of the rail
'road, Gen. Kilpatrick. had, with his
cavalry division, moved rapidly to
ward.. Waynesboro', on the . branch
railioad leading . from Millen to Au
' gct6 - 44.: - lie found,Whieler's division
of rebel eayalry there,:iind hsi4 eO
- lg•liirmAhlug with it:,; but,
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learning tinit our prisoners had been
removed two days before from Millen,
be returned to Louisville on the 29tb,
where he found the left wing.' here
he remained a couple of days to rest
his horses, and, receiving orders from
me to engage. Wheeler and give , him,
all the fighting ht wanted ' , he 'pro
cured from Gen: .s.loeum the • easier
tame of the infantry of Gen. Baird,
'and moved back to', Waynesboro' on
the 2d of,December; the remainder
of the left wing continuing its march
on toward ;- Millen. Near Waynes,.
boro' Wheeler was again encounter
.cd, atid driven through the town and
beyond Brier Creek, toward Angus
,ta, thus keeping uplthe . deltution,that
Vie main-army was, moving toward
Augusta: Gen.,;Kiipatrick'S fighting
atid,moVements ;about 'Waynesboro'.
:and Brier Greek "ere spirited, and
produced a good effect by relieving
the infantry columaand wagon trains
of all molestation during, their march
o►r - ;Millen. • having thus covered
that flank, he turned south and
lowed the movement of the Four.
teenth Oorps to linekhead Church,
north of Millen and near it. Oh Pee.
3 Centered Millen with the Seven
teenth Corps (Gen. Frank P. Blair),
and' there. paused ohe'day,lto commit.,
ilieate with all parts ottlfthe army.
Get), 11Oward Was south of Ogeechee
river, with the Fifteenth Corps, op
posite Scarboro'. Gen, S ocinn was
at Buckhead Church, tour iles north
of
,Millen, with the 'Ewen eth Corps:
The Fourteenth (Geh. Davis), was at
LUmpkin's Station, on the -Aughsea.
road, about ten mils' north of Mil
len, and the cavalry division was
within easy support of this wing.
Thus the whole Army was' in good
position and good condition. We
had largely subsisted on the, 'country;
our wagonswere fUll of forage and
provisions; ~ but, as{ we approached
the sea-coast, the Country became
more sandy and barren,' and food
became more and more scarce;
with little or no loss,*e had traveled
ti'vo-thirds of our distance,, and 1
concluded to push on for Savannah.
At )lillen I learned that Gen: Bragg
was in Augusta, and that Gen: Wade
Hampton, had , ordered' there
fromßicmond, to organize a large
cavalry force 'with Which to resist
our progress.
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Gen. Hardee was ahead, between
uS . aA Savannah, with MeLaw's di
i9ill,* • and other irregular troop's
that could not, I felt a§Sured,.exceed
.10,00 men. I caused!the tine depot
at Millen to be destrOyed, ma other
damage done, and then resumed the
mare directly on Sa•annah, by• the
four-main roads. The Seventeenth
COrps (Ge►i. Blair) followed substan
tially the railroad, and, along with it,
oir the sth of December, I reached
Ogeeeliee Church, about fifty miles
from Savannah, and found there
fresh earthworks. which bad been
brown up by MeLaw'ii division ; but
le must have seen that both his
tanks Were being turned, 'and pru-
dently retreated to Savannah with
out iy'fight. All the columns then
pursued leisurely their march toward
Savannah, corn and fOrage becoming
more and more scarce, but rice-fields
beginning to occur alOng the Savan
nah a►tcd .ogeechee ° Rivers, which
proved a good substitute, both as
food and forage. The weather was
fine, the roads good. and everything
scented to favor us. )"ever tlo I re
call a more agreeable . sensation titan
the siiht of our camps by night, lit
up the' fires or fragrant pine knots.
The trains were all it good order,
and the men seemed to mareh their
fifteen „miles a day as though it were
nothing. No enemy opposed us, and
we could only occasionally hear the
faint reverberation of a gun to our
left rear, where we knew that Gen.
Kilpatrick was skirmishing with
Wheeler's eavalry,.which persistently
followed him. But the infantry col,
uninS had met with no opposition
whatever. McLaw's division was
tailing back before us,
.aml we \occa
sionally picked , up a few of his \ men
as Prisoners, who insisted that we
would meet with strong opposition
Savannah. „ ,
• On the Sth as I rode 'along, I found
a eolunm turned out; of the main
road, marching through the
_fields.
Close by, , in the corner of a fence;
waS a group of men standig around
a handsome young-016er, whose .foot
had been bloWn to pieces by a torpe
do planted in, the road. He was wait
ing, for a surgeon to amputate his
leg, and told me that he was ridin g
with the rest of his brigade-staff of
the Seventeenth Corps, when a tor,
pedo trodden on by his 'fork had
exploded, killing the horse and liter
ally• lOwing off all the flesh from
one of his legs.. Lsa* , the terrible
wound, and made full i inquiry into
the facts. There had, been no resis
tance' at that point, nothing to give
warning of danger, and 'the rebels
had planted eight-inch shells in the
road,, with friction-matches to cx
plode theM by being trodden on,
This was not war, but murder, and it
made nu' angry. I immediately or
dered:, a lot of rebel prisoners to he
brOught from the provost guard,
armed with picks and spades, and
made them, march "in close order
aloWthe road, so as to explode.their
own torpedoes, 'or to. discover and
dig; them up. They begged hard; but
1 reiterated the order; and could
hardly help laughing at their! step
ping so gingerly along the road,
where it was supposed sunken torpe
does might explode at each step, but
they found no other torpedoes till-
near .'Fort MeAllister. That night
we 1 reached Footer's 'Station, eight
miles from Savannah, and during
the next two days, Doe. 9 and 10,
theseVeral corps reached, the defen
ses, of Savannah--L - the Fourteenth
Corps on the left; touching the river;
thel Twentieth Corps next; then the.
, Seventeenth; and the 'Fifteenth on
1 the; extreme 'right ; thus completely
i investing the city. Wishing 'to re
'l connOitre the place in person, I rode
forward by the Louisville road into
a dense woottof oak, pine; and cy
! preSs, left the horses; and walked
dowirto tl!c railroad track,.at ti place
where \ thern.was a side4rack, and a
Icut labout four feet deep.' Worn . that
point 'l,he rtdlroad was straight; lead
ing into Savannah, and ; about. eight
huudicd yards off were a.rebel para
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MAHCHINO TO SAVANNAH.
TORPEDOES IN TRE ROAD
pet and battery. I .eonld see the
cannoneers preparing .to fire, and
cautioned tife• Officers neaf -me - to
scatter, as we would likely attract a
shot. Very soon I saw the ; white puff
of smoke, and, Watching close,eaught
sight of the ball as it rose in its flight,
and, finding it carving pretty straight,
I stepped a Short, distance. to: one
side, - but noticed a uegro very near
me in! the act of 'crossing the track
at right angles. • Some one called to
him to look out, but before the. poor
:fellow understood his danger the ball
(a 32-pound-roUnd shot) struck • the
ground, and rose in its rfirst
caught the negro under the right jaw ,
And literally:A=rried away-his head,
scattering blood and brains .about:
A soldier close by , spread- 'an titer: ,
eoakover.the body, . and We all con
elnded to get 'out Of.that railroad 7
cut. Meantime, -Gen. 'Mower's -.di
vision of the Seventeenth Corps had
crossed the canal to the righf or the .
Louisville road, and had found the
line of the parapct .continuou s ; . so- at
..S.avannah we hadi to , again ruh up
against the old familiar parpcti - with
its deep ditches, canal's -and bayous,
full - of water; Mul it looked as
though another, siege was inevitable.
accordingly made a camp or 14 . -
(*mac near the Louisville road, about
five miles from Savanlah, and pro
ceeded to invest the place closely,
pushing forward reconnoisanees at ev
ery available point. -
COMMUNICATING WITH. tilt IPLEET AT'
SAVANNAH.
As soon as it was demonstrated
that Savannah was well fortified,
with a good garrison, commanded by
Gen. William J. Hardee, a competept
soldier, I saw that the first step was
to open . communication with our
fleet, supposed to be waiting for us
with supplies and clothinft. in Os.sa
bow Mind: Gen, Howitre . had, some,
nights previously, sent one of his
: best scouts, Capt. Duncan, with two
men, in a canoe, to drift past' Fort'
McAllister, and. to convey to the fleet
a knowledgeof our approach.., GO.
Kilpatrick's cavalry had also' been
transferred to the south bank of the
Ogeechee, with orders to open com
munication with' the . fleet. - . Leaving
orders with Gen. Slocum to press the.
Siege, I instructed Gen. Howard to
send, a division with all: his engi
neers to King's Bridge, fourteeh and
a-half miles south West frdm Savan ,
flab, to rebuild it. On the evening
pf the 12th I rode, over myself, . and
spent the night at Mr. King's house,
where I found Gen. Iloviard, with
Gen. Ilazeti's division '.of the Fif
teenth Corps. His engineers were
hard nt work on the bridge, which
they finished that night, and at sun
rise Ilazen's division passed over. ,I
gave (len. Hazen, in person, his or
ders to march rapidly down the right
bank of the Ogeechee, and Without
hesitation to assault and carry Fort
McAllister by storm. I knew it to
be strong in heavy artillery as against
an approach from the sea, but be
lieVed it open and weak to the rear.
I .explained to Gen. Hazen fully, that
on 'his action depended the safety of
the whole Armg, and the success of
the campaign. Kilpatrick ' had al
ready felt' the fort, ad had gone
further down the Coast o Kilkenny
Plitt'', or St. ;Catharil se's Sound,
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where, on the same day,die had com
munication waft a vessel belonging
to the blockading fleet; but, at the
time, I was not aware of , this fact,
and trusted entirely to Gen. Hazen
and his.division of infantry, the Sec
ond of the Fifteenth Corps,,the same
old division which I bad commanded
at Shiloh and Vicksburg. in which I
felt a special pride and confidence.
ADDRESS ON THE G. A• R
ellcered by Rev t 2 i, W e ln . irey, hefore Phelps
The association of men for mutual im
provement mid protection, is as . ancient
as human nature. Anterior to the flood..
when nature was in its early infancy, and
Men were few, they banded in union for
entertainment, instruction, profit and
pleasure. Hence at this early day, cities
rose girdled with walls for their defense,
and mins were forged to giro success to
martial enterprises, or to repel invasion.
In the Patriarchal age, the same fea
tures of society are exhibited to us, and
the lines of demarkation are inure
tiiictly drawn. for heiC each family is
united as a little State with its laws, and
parent as its priest and prince, at one
tine. These appear singly in carrying
forward their immediate interests. ' But
when the necessity is great, and the foe
numerous, they formed confederacies to
secure ) their purpose, and to defend their
rights. Abraham and the confederate
kings, who marched out in defense of
Let, the kinsman of the patriarch is a
beautiful illustration of the use they
Made of this law of union.
Under what may be. termed the pro-
Pbetic period,- we have a still more perfect
deliniation of the same law of union. The
families of God's ancient people were in
the land of their bondage kept distinct.
.nlit only from the Egyptians, their op
pressors, but from each other, and this,
not as the result of caprice on their part,
Ind by an actual requirement of the an
ther of their peculiar national and reli-
Opt:4 existence. When they left the .
place of their oppression, they were re
(Pdred to do so by families and by tribes.
When they passed the highway through
the sea, they did it by the same rules.
Their journeyings for 40 years in the des
ert, were-governed by the same laws, and
it was • under the same .requirements that
they' entered the Land of Promise, and
received, by lot, their appropriate place
in the long-looked-for rest; the lines
beunding their appointed inheritance be
ing accurately defined. - Nor is the Chris
tian era less characterized by the same
distinguishing marks. It , has been, and
is; now, distinguished by its chnrehes,,
each having a noble end in view, but sep
arated with a -great variety •. of depart
ments, few of which act as a unit, though
all are contemplating the .achievement of
the world's good. It is the same in the
world of morals. Each worthy object has
been, from time to time, -.singled out, and
elevated to
.such prominence as to.com- .
Mend its - df the supro.t of the coniminiity
at large. and rally amnia,. its standard
the good and virtuous for its • support.
Stich is the case iittle cultivation of let
teM. The morality of the temperance
curse, the circulation a the Holy Scrip
titres and religious reading, with name
less other good and worthy bbjects, which:
diStinguish the !present : age. Indeed,. so
universally 'doer, this feature of society
prevail, that we l are justified in the con 7
tipsier], that it u t founded in alaw of our .
nature : for it is exhibited not only in .
civilized society, but among the barba
r(ML-and, scan-barbarous tribes of -our
world. .
the palmy days'ef Egypt; Madela,
Give* Rome, and-even among the wild
Nit noble race who roam our own wide
wilderness, We trace the sanie union for
mutual protection and advantage. We
WA iu Nain,foi• liin:spot iii our world
where this feature does not Obtain. ,Not
iA it the result tit - study; 'or 'itontrietioith
civilized Men, but it arises spontaneously
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out of the necessities.Whieh cinder arcnnul
man' hen first he breathes in the world: '
The wild man of .the tropics,', and hp
who Is elad in the Skins beasts. at tle - .
poles; ivho roams among.the Ilimma
lehs, and he of the Andes, as well as the
polished T;tiropean, is controlled by the
same imperative conventional rule, which
ariseliont Of a law of his own existence.
It is thilid feature ;in society, which we
eoneeive,'jnstifies, if it does not proclaim ;
the necessity fur 'the , existence lamong
men Of an institution like that of the G.
A. R.Vthe design of which we ahartiow
proceed to' consider.
If in any employment or enterprise,
those !engaged in it are. unable ti).show
some worthy object which is contemplat
ed by, them, they have 'but small claim
on the indulgence or the world tol which
they appeal for'countenance and support.
.1314 in so far as the object they have in
view is *artily attd Important, jby so
lunch mat,they look , for syinpathy from
those to whom they make their appeal.
Having said thus much, in this place,. of
the past, We are 'now prepared to speak
more fully of the design of the institution
known as the G: A. R.
... Thd first; aivantage 'arising froM this
society 4 of wind' 'we shall speak,' is the
practical knowledge. it gives its unlimbers
in theimanfier and. art of doing in iness
bi'deliberative bodies. Those act kited
with. the einbarrassmentS of one u prac
ticed in this . art, Can' at `once appreciate
the advantami of a. school where' be can
practice and study the art of - speaking
and acting iii the enjoyment of respect;
and free from feud' and embarrassment.
The Pest room is such a.place. Here all
those distinctionS which obtain in Moiety
withotit are dissolved. Here All meet
with eijual interest, and enjoy equal re
spect. NM matter luny , bumble the cir-.
ciunstanceii of a "comrade" may he, or.
how 1(4 the,advantages he has enjoyed.
lie is here 'regarded as a comrade 'and a'
Luther; and as such he is protected and
respected; his opinions are weighed: and
his judgment is honored. hi a word he
is made to 'feel that he is a MAN, Ile ix
not made to cower and feel abashed Under
some rude rebuff, or to close his lips un
der the unmannerly sneer of an amused
and . promiscuous assembly. Undett such
circumstances, the' most timid tindS that
he can learn' as well as others, and ‘confi-•
deuce in one's self gives courage foilmore
'public ; action when circumstances demand
it. All buSiness in the Yost room iii clas
sified and arranged in the beautiful 4rder,
and every' Proceeding is forwarded with
the most exact harmony, so that thd least
attentive comrade cannot fail to have
more or lesS method incorporated in ;o his
muieral habits of life.
Indeed,
Indeed, order and regularity are among
the first principles taught by the Order.
The rotation - which is demanded by the
institution in conferring. its offices, cannot
fail, sooner or later, to call out the I.llent
of its members, in one or another active
business department of a deliberati:ire or
incorporated body; while the constant re
currence of :these active business scenes
cannot fail to-keep -the detailSfresh i the
mind until they-are fully and perma gent
ly imprinted'on the memory. It is iu this
way that the G. A. H. is noiselessly ' and
cheaply instructing and preparing tons
ands of our countrymen in the limt great
duty of American citizenship, and inStead
of making them ivorse is ;lethally making
them better, because more orde4 , •and
intelligent citizens.
Another object CI mtemplated byt this.
institution, is to make TIICII, M E : il l
ia and.
humane. Vho has not More than once
i
lamented the social distinctions which
have obtained in society, not founded in'
Monti or intellectual worth, but which
rest on the Mere circumstance of priper
t2,- or connections. Who has not seen those
who would milt high, when morals i i .r at
tainments, are considered, whohave ;been
made outcasts from the very society ithey
were fitted to ado* because they were
. not rich, or had no connections who were
in favor with such to lift them into lieek.
'How often do u T find ',such bound with
the incnial;S shain, .zind compelled to
dmilge for those who in comparistin to
them, are mere intellectual dwarfs; Nilhose
moral beauty bears no better comparison
with that of their Menials, than the
with glory q the remotest star with the
vlotulless noonday lap. • - .
Cothrades : you well remember the
time, when, by the mass of our Citizens,
,you were locked upon with strong stispi
-1 cloth Your! virtue, "your honesty,i and
your' right:AO freedom, were all quesitor.-
ed. but to-day; from obscurity you V step
into iiitblieit:V. The Government I.4gins
to feel that the permanency of her-insti
tutions depends largely upon the , co-4qter
atiou'of the G. A; It. The bone and sin
ew, the intuAe and courage, that bring
victory. arc; within this organization.
And as the siddier, becomes humane; and
intelligent, the greater is the - assurance;
we have of success in all our Martial en
terprises. 1 . ,
The O. A., R. • was organized to vssist
those who were maimed and bruised by
the war; to !assist those who were left
destitute and sorrowing at the eleile of
the strife; tn assist the orphans ofilour
comrades, who _went down in battki and
died, that oar emblem of liberty niight
fan itself iit.lthe breeze of every chine.
Political creeds are foreign to its objects.
yet with grant - propriety may we east our 1
ballots lor sonic worthy ‘• comrade 7'i who
will look af* the interests of itsi and
ours..
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A prime puipose is to educate the tw
phans.and sOd them out into the A'orld
good •citizena. , The G. A R., has aihigh
and holy misSion, and the doors went ever
open, when the Adler approached iwith
bonOrable intentions and an unblemished
history. Thb institution is strugglihg, to,
provide for the orphan will) has been left
homeless, and is the , only repreSentittive
of the old army. The political tongue of
slander cannot destroy it. It can HO fnure
he bpried thanthe history of the past can
, •
be forgotten.) 1
To the.valbr and patriotism of, the 0.
'A. of citizeii!.imldiers, this organization is
established as a monument to defeno the
memory of the dead, and a means of safe
ty and proteetion for the living heives.
The blood of Pennsylvania has crimsoned
almost every; battle-field, and her linen.
itookne mean position in the history . of
the great strife, Therefore, it is proper
that they shenki band together and keep
,alive the spirit that prompted them to'
IPffer their lives in defense of impeyiled
liberty. isi. '
Our duty nmv to care for the widows
and orphans 'Of those. comrades who 'died
in defense of the nation's flag—the shards
of the State that forms the brightest gem
which shineal in • the crown of our -old
Commonwealth. '
Their children are the 'special objects of
our care. Theirpreparation for the grand
battle of Wells our deepeNtsolicitinle,l and
our most earnest thought; Their fathers
and we marehed side by side through
Virginia,. slept side by side under the,
same blanket; ate out of the same haver
sack, bore each' other's sorrows, and
shared eaeh ether's joys. In a word, ,we
were identified in same life. • F
It become Silts, therefore, to feel a grow
ing responsibility . towards their children.
The work is great in all its bearings npiin
the world. !iVe are to prepare thess or
phan hoys fox{ important and responsible'
positions. 'They are to fill legislittive
balls; to stand foillr in the worldd of sei-.
once; to tioveru States; to lead armies to
victory; in fait, the , burden of curbing.
forward all Mir interests will rest Upon
r their shoulders. And their success; Will
;
depend mainly upon' the culture they re
ceive while. hi-the morning of life. And
that culturcri must be. brought about
through the (T. A. R. . .
Others maY do much by way of a ding
these institutions of learning established
for the orphan, bnt they cannot feel the
strong' lxinda of interest that were welded
iii the white'heat of battle, wheli tliti des
tiny of the American Union hung, las it
were, upon ;the point of the bayFniet .
Only
.thirsean feel these .responsibili
ties who were at tuts io * most WOW
yeti StiNlitstsittageart ,'' l 4t ; A l *-1#0.4 0 40 1 t.
, cenluri."..kr gm' piing Wbeill . the matit4abi
tops and valleys rang to the shouts of
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mighty cannon, and small arms were
locked in, deadly combat; a time, when
the best blood that ever coursed a nation's
veins, was • poured out to quench the
tint:4y jaws of death. lien, emerging
from scenes like these, well know the
depths of that inspiration Which_ nerved
them to _action, .and which still lingers
upon the consecrated altar of their hearts;
men, with such a reeOril, IIY
TIM ofirrr.fot; and carry hini through the
two fairest. epochs of human life, viz :
Childhood and Youth= So that, when the
years of r reiikisibility collie, these or
phans will be prepared for the oncoming
emergencies. Great is yOur mission,
Comrades, and may, you feel,. while you
stand pointing these untutored
through the flight oCycars t o respectabil
ity and honor, that the eyes of one of the
must powerful, learned. and . 'wealthy na
tions on the globe, are resting upon you.
s
on may never be Permitted to shine
in tie conduct of state, but Infinitely
Prig er you will write your i euite in the
hea of the rising generation; who will
.spri g up iu Mighty -phalan); and call you
; -
bles •ed. .
0 tr hearts grow w I :MIRA' to-Mght, as
- we grioip the harms of comrades with
whom 'we shared the peribi and glo4es of
-those grand, terrific years, that constitute
the H ( eroic; Age of • the. Republic: Old
ennitions thrill again MI bosoms of Moth
ers. The old fire, kindles, afresh owthe
hearthstones of fathers' hearts. Old mem-.
Mies that cluster cibout the imag6i - of the
loved and lost; sacred memories that nes
tle tenderly' in saddened hearts, gros) -4
greener to-uiglit in. the presence of 7 the
representatives rof Pennsylvania's
A: of Union Defenders': The great
heart of our great Commonwealth itself,
swats 4itlt tender pride and cOnscious
bower, as she beholds the tendrils orof=
feetion that bind itogetlwx in a toiinnon
brotherhood the Survivors of those who
stoo( undatinie4 in that brititling line of
inortal heroes, - Unit rolled 1,0,ek in blood
from her borders thb tide of desolatiO'n
ind the fiery hurricane:of battle
They carried her standard: through - the
carnival of death that,reigne:d on
. .
tired fields, blood-stained, a nd turn, and
tattered, but always triumphant. Their
reunions re-awaken the lotty impulses_
that nerved theh hearis and :steeled their
anus in that perilous :and re -gilds
the dazzling page that makes: our eoun-
try's aunals golden.
IVA,II may Pennsylvania be hood of the
record -of her soldier citizens. Among
:then!
,were her beardless hoys, whose
deeds of daring, unknown but to Com-,
rinks, unchronicla but by angelic hands,'
were worthy the prowess .f tiparta's Le
onidas, or the heroism of England",s Sid
ney. ,The enthusiasm of chivalric valor
burnedas brightly under th plain blue
garb of the boys who went i forth from
eennsylvania hoines to die for land and
liberty, as it did undee,the iron Sackers
and burnished 'panoply of the knightly
followers of the Cross, wild died centuries'
ago on the plains of Palestine.
• We do not meet. for self-adulation. 'but
to foster feelings of fraternity; •to culti
vate Chriatian' charity; to learn lessons of
loyalty; to strengthen the fraternal bonds;
'to develope thtise impulSes that. crystal . -
Hee into deeds of - duty and tenderness •to
our. maimed .brothers, mid the widows
and orphans of thoe who fell hy vier fiide;
to inspire all hearts with that, patriotism
which alone will make the institutions of
intr.redeemed Republic firm and endur
ing as the mountains of our native lanil.
Jealous eyes no longer gaze upbn the
assemblings of the G. A. It. Its deeds of
charity, its discharge of duty; its devo:
tion to the sacra trust reposed in its
members, by the last wlrisixned woods of
,
the dying, haye detrzietion, have
coinmanded respist, have won the confi
dence of the. best men. and 'women of
Alherica.
Let us never; forget that we: represent
not the living alone: There js a great
artily of eotrfrades— more than :300,000
strong—whose tent-lights glimmer to
night across the fields of eternity.. Their
faille will be bright aranntarmshed, as
make our lives faithful and. true.
Their bodies lie in a thousand cemeteries
stattered - over :r continent : in distant
swamps and tangled fens; in the unknown
graves of thehmd; in the coral beds of
the sea; but their deeds and influence are
boVering about us, • touching with loftier
sentiment the hearts, filling Ni - ith nobler
aspiration the Minds, of the liVing.
Oh ! we remember hoW, when dying,
they bade us care for their led ones at
home. TITEI: Awn or it on. s 1). They
pledge us to a more unselfish manhood..
They are the golden link that binds us to
a higher existence. They we're ours in
tribulation, and their children shall be
ours in the sunshine of, prosperity. And
white we-watch.their graves with tearful
eyes, we will guard the pathway of their
children; while We : hunent their absence,
we will rejoice that it is ours-to aid their
living. representatives.
As the .annual time for the distribution
of flowers approaches, let u.i -hasten to
the valleys to gather the fragrant lily; to
Sharon, to bring its. rose; ,and, to the Al-.
pine bowers, that the wild honeysuckle
may add its fragrance to that garland of
'perfume and beauty, which dame Nature
is preparing to, spread softly over' the
”raves of our fallen coiuradesj.
Another thought, and that is, the obli
gations resting upon every citizen, to as
sist in inaiutaining the R., in its
noble and humane -work. I need scarce
mention the fact, that, you owe much to
the successful results of the war. Those
results are due to the - energy and courage
Of these my "comrade:;" who ask for
your countenance and. 'support. They
stood between - and your children and
the most pow -'ut army of enemies that,
ever swept across the plains of America.
:!,Your homes, with their pleasant sur
roundings are a fitting memento of their
daring. valor. . You cannot conceive of an
interest so guindlor so sacred, but its
very life &pelted upon the success irf our
boys in blue.'' The general Govern
ment stands as"gang rock.,' Her temple of -
Liberty, whose elaborate Sides reach eve
ry shore, and. whose pinnacle is !playing
with the clouds, shall stand to witness in
all coming time to the -gallantry of the
comrades of the G. A. R.. Should you
turn one of these 'comrades 4%i -ay eMpty
from your doer, or - treat the -G, A. it.
With cold charity, -you would factklis
card the provs-that sustained hi the Midst
or. a country s
'Beloved citizens, you who are 'able—
and that means a good many, especially
iu Smithfield—let a few dollars occasion
ally fall into the treasury .of these 'com
rades, and it will 'be like seed cast into
fertile soil, which bringeth forth an hun
dred fold:
To the comrades of the Order, welmay
be indulgedirra, few words. Whatever
others may think of our Order, you, -com
rades, know the exposition we have given
of its designs and princiPles, -is correct.
Yoh know that'you have solemnly cove
nanted to be governed by these princi
ples—to make them the rule of your lives.
You need not. to be — toldOf ihe . manner,
mfr the authority, by which these princi
ples are enforced.: It is enough for ItS to
say : You havesgeognized their heavenly
origin, and yoUr owngood sense not only
approves,tkeir.reetitude, but acknowledg
es their Mapoitance, hoWever you may
have looked upon this order, and your re
lations and obligations to it heretofore.
You, will learn from these broken remarki
that yours is a high office; that Your rela
tions are of no ordinary character,' and
that on you. rests a high moral responsi
bility. Yciu are.' not be ! governed by a
sordid -selfishness in your intercourse, with
the world. You cannot be. The intrests
of thousands are linked With Yours. The
whole country is 'the vast field which int
vites the culture of your hands. - le thou
faithful in exhibiting friendship to
and in bestowing charity, renieinber es"
pecially the stricken families of our fallen
heroes. • Be--loyal: in all your acts, re
membering that ithe State Mid Nation
must be 'governed by loyal bands and loy
al hearts. It yqi provo. rajturt4.. t 9 your
tinst; this country will couthine tate as .
it has been in the past--irnt cnowtilso
xxtiox OF Tat WORLD.
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1 ;•, , a.n., ir:rl,44--(ioi,,pEx TE.XT: PltoV.,.six:: le.:
s‘ mom) sittrAirrxa. - lA.
~We became fa i] Car with the Mills, ,
Ones, while' studyilug the death of Sara- •
son. - Here we meet thent - again. It is
probable that this iis the - same period of
oppression. • IteopthUted 40 years. We
hlve the reconla
OfiitbegilmingioJudges ,
kilt :I', and of its lend in. i Slain. vii: 13.
According to this riew, Samson's life was ..
• l.in part with both Eli's,
land Samuel's,. and l hiti jodgesbip with the.
fits t 20 ie,41.8 of Samuel's prophetic min.
istry. If he Was born - about the -tinge the
oPpresnkm - liegan (4 tullits" xiii:•l-5); Om
nieaced his exploit's about. the age of 20
(Judges xir:4; Numbers i: 45); and wig
ed Israel `?.10 yearS Judges xvi: 31); then
..
his death must liar meutied jest before
the final .expulsion.' of 'the, Philistines
.° '-
Sam. vii: 1-14); and we see a new force
in the declaration of Judges xiii: 5 : ‘,`lle
shall bealn, to deliver Israel out ,of the.
hand of the PhiliSthle.s.! l . The work which
Ini;: only began, 'Samuel carried to eMii
pletion. Thou welmttst . connect 1 Sam
Ali: 3, with Judges! xvi. ' The depression,
'and co'nsternation! produCed among the
.
Philistines by the death of Samson, Jaw !
gested to Samuel the propriety', of making .
an instant and poWerfid effort to throw ,
off their yoke. The judgeship of Samson,
on tlii&eipposition tilled tbe;2o years be-
twtie l e the first. and; the second battle at
314xpett;that is, the first part of the un, ,
I defined Period durnig which 'the Ark re.-
'mained at Kirjatli-jearini; (1 Sam. vii: 2)..
The . battle, 4 of which out! lesson spealts,
Oeetirreflat the close ..of the lira half of
•
the.pvrio4.l of Philistine. domination.. It
I witS'begun by Israil, and perhaps at the •
, I
suggestion of Saint although it is mere.
natnral to connect lie first clause of chap. .
L - - •
iv:';l, with the close -of the preceding
I i ~ , • I i ,
mipter. Then it . tocans utai, the worom
the Lord (the prop ictic-:commumeations
„..
Made through Sam iel) was delivered:to '
. . ~
.the whole natiOn. _The scenepf the battle
.1 • ; 1
wals. ii spot near the western entiarice of •
Heti:Apra:l, ::4:ullej .1 Aphek, - but in later'
thiles4from the nit i mory of Israel final l •
victory—known - as ( Eben-Eier (Stone of
IlelP). s lt was situated in the limits of
the tribe of Benj:Mriin, a'iad• ,not far froni
131iipelt „(1 Sam. v,,i: 12), 'The conflict
ended in defeat for Israel, with a loss of
abi.nit 4,000 loco._ The elders-at onbe held
a cOnneil and deterthil to bring the ark
doWni from Shiloh a i d place it -in front of
their artily. It is probable, from verse 4,
that the plan originated with lloplini
and:Phinehas, or at` least that it was exe
cuted 11. them against the protest of Eli. ••
It ' . l,Viis :i supe;rstitTus act. They may
baytOiadili mina :Nimbi:Ts x: 35, or, just
as lik,'..ly,,the fact thlit -their enemies had
the iniages of their, gods' on the field of
battle, . The presenee of the., ark rallied •
thetlespondent spirit of the people, but
NUMBER 51.
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Into greater energy, the sloVv :and stolid, -.:
but obstinate courage of the . Philistines.
Thu li:sulti of the ne4t - comliat Was a "fear- ,
. ,
ful di - S.-tster to *lsraeli the loss of .:.:0;0 1 111 . •
.. , all, 1,
nieti. and ;move , que loss 0 the Ark.
This brings us to 'Uhl. lesson. . •
1. The bringii a er 'Wi t
the news to iiilli011; ;'
1
v: , . 1.24 1:1 : —And there ran a man of Ben- '.
jamhi',!—a youth "(Stuiley);—Saul.' (ew- .
- . r 1. •
ish t ridit ion). , • • (Yllt !+ , l . the army—
.—i.e..-,-
the iii' my, the :milk as marshalled , for
battle. lie left prob‘bly a , -; _sm ut as the
lightin4 was done aIl l !' the result knoWn..
He was a professional runner; traMed to
greal fh•ctucss and endurance. like,Cushi
. . .
and 'Abineutz ,( - 2.Saiti; xviii, 19-411.). 1 . and-
Asahel. (:.! Sam. ii: 11. Tha distance . from
Mizpeli to Shiloh muit be abottt la miles...:
The battle began, pri;)bably, in , ti l e fore
noon and continued lint o the-afternoon.
•
It is eVident that the l c,mrier reached Shi
loh before dark; vs.'-lp,' 11. His tunic (Or
outer garment) was :rent,. and his hair
covered with dust, inkoken of. grief and
dismay., Thus silently he proclaimed the • '
sad news as he ran, !
' The:people of Shibilt were on the alert.. '
all day. They thrtniged 'the southern. ,
oate:and watched foil the messenger who
s'houtld bring theM tidings of victory.. For •
no doubt is.there that they sharettlin the
confidence of the tarmy - that thi.k. Ark
would , secure triumph. At 'last, late in- :
the day. they spied the runner. At a dis
tanee they could tot tell whether his re- -:
port, was good or bath;. but as he swiftly ~
approached them. . teir strained, eyes
could detect the rent garment and, the •
dust-besprinkled hair: And when he fitir,
ly leaped among the crowd at the gate
and in-a few broken, breathless -Words, .
told: the tale, their w ild . cry, arose as the
voice of one man—a cry .4. disalipoint- -
inept. Of grief and despair,- such as fig-. '
lowS the mmouncen4t-of any great ca
lamity in . Eastern 4 towns. They i twere
stricken in a moment from the height of ..
anticipated victory to the . nethermost—
deptliS of shaine aid loss. Something
1
akin to this revulsioi and sorrow of heart,
wasjelt thro44l the North after the .fittst
defeat at Bull Run. : - . .
II,: The effect upon Eli; verses 14-18.
Blind, helpless,left behind by the people
Who rushed to the south gate, Eli sat on •
his lofty seat by the I wayside, - itt the en-.
trance of the tabernacle - enclosure.. Ile
loved the ark of Jehovah aboip all earth- .. '
- ly things. and his sick heart trembled for .
its safety. All day he sat • with ears
quickened by the g,ati of leis lost sense of •
right , ' listening for; sonic !tidings from
Benjamin. - How slowly the day passed !
Will the people `neNlch. return from; the,
gate whither hours; ago he heard them
hurrying? Thinking - thus Or the hun
dredth
time, the old! priest starts.. Oh !
that,:jbitter cry',Can it mean defeat: and
disaSter 2 Confusedly he burns. to. nom t
1
near Priest or Levitq and- asks': - \Vila
meaneth the inli,:eoithis tumult 2" ;Itts
then, the messenger comestip: Ile speaks
as an eye-witness. • Ile - breaks the news,'
as gently and distlreetly ,as possible.
He kOws what will affect the venerable.
Priest most painfully, and so
the
it
last. ;Israel has - fled before :the enemy
with great.slaughtml--that istadenough: •
but such-evils have Oceutd before. Ills
two,iions are dead--this, is a - heavy blot*
to his loving heart,- but the Lord-has pre
pared for it. But t the lark pf qt . ,,,i„ is
taken.'t* The mar 4Pealti; it - 4lowly ' and
[
softly; but the sentence' {{ strikes' Eli :is a
Very - thunderbolt ,front heaven. ," No
,
sweril!of a 'Philistines could have slain Min
moll! :powerfully;
.ileilli.4r have
?oil say
,whetlittr hiS neck or ibis heart wore tirst .
broken," From ii4,ffieil chair, • 7 iieldY . .',
earVed, superbly or!namented, 7 high and
. a
withmit a back," helfalls l backward, and ..
, i
is-dead. - It almost Intakes one weep to
I
think Of such a death for a man ".ninety
and eight years old.'.'" "Too Eli ! - he - i
was a good man, in iipite, of his unhappy -
weakness. to strongly t} ere his sensibllz
Ries enlisted on the Ode Of religion, that
thelpcWs of the captitre of the Ark prov
ed to him a knell of death; and yet hiS
ovt4r-indubrence or`sid neglect of his flint- 1
1
it ,I main'cause Of an. the &lig that
le'dp,,his fall, has -them recorded as . a
beacon to warn 'all 1 heaps :Of ChrliStian '
-31, • i •
fat tikes against Making. shipwreck on the
.
same rock." -
.
Piety does not run; in the blood; John i:
. .
13.1. flood niCn are net alwayS wise pa-.
rents.: Children soMetimeS need some'
thing. more than verbal reproof; Prov .
xix:.lB. It is possible to love'God better
than Opr children; *att. x:47. i s If we sin
f
we mtist expect to suffe i
r. We may die
from - Our sins, and yet belsaied from our
sins. One fault will vitiate and nullify
an otherwise tood and lovely character. -
1 God treats.nUas we treat him; 1 Sam. ii,
30. 'lt is an awful sin to, profess to serve
God, and yet serve i. ourl own sins and
lust. 4 ,, Those who hear the v-.- - -4.1(r0f the
Lord should be clean and separate from
,the world. . 1 . ~. -
, . • . ; 1 1
lic other lia'n(l it it:el:veil tt) call birth
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