HI
tl TOE SOLDIERS' CEMETERY AT
AKM.tiGTON. :
ft are many, ye are mighty, and your feet
they trample hard
Ye have trod the mountains under, and
the lea.
The aea ye, too, have conquered, but within
this quiet yard
' It Is I, the grass, am master; hark to mt.
Ye have torn me In your marches, scarred
me deep with hoof and heel,
And my dewy award! have rolled In dust
and blood,
When amid the cannon-thunder e'en the
forest seemed to reel,
And your battle shook the hillside where
je. stood. , ,
Were ye victors? Twas not Carthage won
by Trasimene's lake,
Nor the Britons 'mid the wheat at Wa
terloo, For my creeping, crowding legions from
them both the field did take,
As I took the heights of Gettysburg from
you.
But I hate the battle fury as I hate the
crawling sea,
With its wrinkled Swinging tides that
cannot ceane; a
tweeter far to -me the woodland wnere the
dappled shadows be,
Or the graveyard with Its lilies and Us
peace.
:Nay, I will be done w!th mocking. O my
masters, naught nm I
But the clinging lowly grass about your
feet,
Crowing green and cool around you", tired
eyea to satisfy.
And weaving, w hen all's done, your winding-sheet.
Sleep ye well! Men bring you roses, but
tley wither In the sun
'Bring them In the May with music and a
sound, '" 1
.A of old, of timed footsteps; but when all
the pomp Is done.
In the stillness' tis n. small roots wrap
you round,
Fold you close, and so will keep you till To
tomac shall run dry,
And the stars go out like camp-fires In
the skies,
Till the shivering sea shall perish, and the
huddling mountains fly,
And the judgment bugle blowing bids you
rise.
William Hervey Woods, In Youth's Com
panion. BLEDSOE'S BATTERY.
at Wu Composed of Gentlemen, Sot
One of Them Ever Having
Ueea Reprimanded. .
"I was a member of Capt.. Hiram
Bledsoe's - famous Missouri battery,"
teaid a man who is living in New York.
"Hi resent death removes about the
Jast prominent figure in the. confed
erate ranks from Missouri, Except In
1he presence of his superior officers he
preferred to have his men call him Hi.
He went into .the war right at the be
ginning. The men who first enlisted
under him were his neighbors and ac
quaintnuf cs in Cass couuty, where he
had lived since the Mexican war.
"There were five brothers in his first
command. When they presented them--selves
for enlistment Hi asked them
if they had not better divide, nnd add
led that he did not want to have the
entire family. But the boys insisted,
.and It is a singular fact that they, with
their commander, fought through thr
-war. So far as I can now recall no
-member of the Bledsoe battery was
ever reprimanded. It was a model or
ganization. Itdsciplinewasarmy talk.
And when BledTsw met Gen. Beaure
gard for the first time Beauregard
complimented him on the reputation of
him command, and asked him the secret
of it. Bledsoe's reply was that his
command was composed of geutlenien,
and that he treated them accordingly
at all times. When this superb organ
ization decimated and it wns proposed
to recruit, it wjth conscript Bledt-oe re
fused. He said the men who fought
under him- musit. be- volunteers. He
.challenged the admiration of Grant by
-the way in which he fought Grant's
-command at Port Gibson in 1863. It
-was when Grant was closing in upon
"Vicksburg, Bledsoe held off the en
tire advance 'for one day, and Grant
asked, so I have heard, who was in
-command, and said if I here, were a few
more" as determined' a Bledsoe, the
war would have lasted longer.
"In 1864 a command of federalsmoved
up near Bledsoe's lines, and the boys
in blue became very noisy nnd did some
miscellaneous ('firing'.' 'i Bledsoe was
asleep. The noise awoke him. Turning
to the nearest captain, he asked what
the trouble was about. And when in
formed, he said: 'Well, I must stop this,
for I want to gbto sleep.' Andhe shelled
the federals until they withdrew.
"When the war was over Bledsoe re
turned to his farm In Cass county. He
represented that county in the legisla
ture for aeveral .terms. He was con
sulted by. thcleading men of his party,
and If he bad not checked his friends
lie might have had any office in the
statSw.But he insisted on staying at
home.
"In 1895, there Wns hut one confed
erate monument in Chickamauga na
tional park. It was the gjft of Mis
souri, fan it's sides fs the story of Bled
soe's battery .'VX, Y, 8uq,,i:ji
The Flrat Ironclad.
Thq-ifirst ironclad river gunboat of
the civil war was launched at St. Louis
October 12, 1861, with boilers and en
gines on board, In 45 days from the lay
ing of her.-Jceel. ; She wns named the
6t.uI.ouis byiliear Xdtjilral Foote, in
honor, of the oity. Later heiianie was
-changed' to'the'Biyon fc Ifnlb; as an
other vessel Itf the "navy was'called the
St. LoaiIb. The St. luls--wag one of
.eight armored irunboftt's, carrying t07
large guns, which, 'were constructed at
this city within, 100 days. St Louis
Globe-Democrat. r .'',- v
Resemble Post are Stamps.
Some men resemble postage stamps;
-they stick to one thlnar -until they get
there bat you've got to lick them first.
. Chicago .Daily News. v.'S
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HONORS FOR A WARHORSE.
CdVtrdent : Veterans Attend tie
. Knneral of an Eanine i
, ' Comrade. ' ' ' ;
Colonel, a veteran war horse of the
cdnfederaoy, was burled with military
honors a short time afro at Oak Grove,
ten miles' from Atlanta, ". When
Cobb' legion wns organized, company
G was made up of young men from that
and adjoining counties, and among
them were the two Cireer boys, Walter
and Will. They took along a colt which
they named Colonel, which wna about
as ugly a specimen of horseflesh as you
would see in a week's travel. He was
tall, rnw-boned, long-headed and knock
kneed. He wns of that peculiar sallow
color that is neither bay nor sorrel,
the hair was meager on his mane and
tail, and he was as clumsy as he was
ugljv Colonel was only used in cases
of emergency as a cavalry horse, but
he had'the merit of toughness, and his
fortitude and fidelity were demon
strated on many a long, hard march
and in many a hot fight.
, The It-gion was at first commanded
by Col. Thomas K. E. Cobb, an eminent
jurist-soldier and one of the most gal
lant of Georgians, until his fall, when
other ofilcers In turn led the decimated
ranks through the arduous campaigns
of northern Virginia. At Seven Pines,
Hunker Hill, Sharpsburg, Bunks' Mills,
and many other bloody battles Colonel
was in charge.
On one occasion the union forces
stole a march on the legion at Meadow
Iiridge, and they only escaped capture
by instant and rapid flight, leaving
their bnggnge and camp equipage in
the hands of the federal troopers.
Among the spoils of war thus acquired
was Colonel. He had been seized by
a federal trooper and led back to the
rear. The legion retreated until a
stronger position was reached beyond
the long bridge, when they made a
stand. In the gathering twilight sen
tries were posted so as to command
the bridge, and the troopers dismounted
und remained on the alert for the fed
erals, whom they expected momentar
ily to follow up their advantage by
charging the bridge. Just about dark
Hie sentries were nronscd bv the cliit-
ter of hoofs approaching the bridge,
and then the thunder of a galloping
steed on the plunking. They supposCa
it was a body of scouts from the federal
cavalry, and made ready to give them
a warm reception. All they saw, how
ever, was a riderless horse dashing
along the bridge at the top of his speed.
It was Colonel with anew federal hulter
ou his neck. He had given his captors
the slip, and had followed his comrades
as fast as his clumsy heels could carry
him. He was welcomed, in the camp
with rinjfingcheers, and ever afterward
he was held in the highest esteem by
every man in the legion. :
After long service in the Virginia
army, Cobb's legion was ordered to
the support of (Jen. Joseph K. John
ston, who was posted ut Dalton, con
fronting Gen. Sherman's victorious
HE HAD GIVEN HIS CAPTORS THH
SUP.
army. Throughout the long and hard
fought campaign, from Dalton to Ken
nesaw mountain, Atlanta and Jones
boro, Colonel followed the fortunes
and misfortunes of the retreating army.
When the confederates' under Hood
turned backward and begad their re
treat toward North Carolina Colonel
was still one o the most faithful of
campaigners. The roads were rough
and the forage grew woefully scarce
on that long retreat to Bentonville,
where Johnston's army finally surren
dered, but Colonel never flinched or
faltered. During the. latter days he
was more frequently' brought into
requisition than during the earlier and
more dashing days of the great conflict
His staying qualities commended him
to his two masters. And when their
jaded steeds gave out first one and then
the other would mount Colonel, and
no matter how wearisome the march
he always kept step with his comrades.
At the close of hostilities he was
brought back to Atlanta and hitched
toadray. It is told of him that for many
years, while hauling heavy loads along
the muddy streets, he would prick up
his ears at the sound of a bugle, and
it was somewhut difficult to control him
on such occasions. He began to grow
old and feeble, however, and when the
Greer boys died Colonel fell into the
hands of their brother-in-law, J. T.
Dempsey, of Oak Grove. Mr. Dempsey
wns a well-t'vdo farmer and he turned
the veteran war horse into a pastur
and gave him his freedom after so many
years of faithful service both in war
and peace. Mr. Dempsey had Intended
to bring him to the city dujiig the
peace jubilee, but the old horse had
grown too feeble to stand the journey,
and the project was abandoned. A few
days ago be was found dead in his stall.
Un was one of the Inst surviving horses
of the confederacy, and must have been
close to 40 years of age. That he pos
sessed extraordinary vitality is evi
denced by the fact that he survived bo
long after the toils of his long cam
paigns, and after having served for
years as a dray horse after his days of
camp and field were over. "
A large grave wns dug under the
shade of a great oak in the pasture
where Colonel had spent his last days.
The members of the confederate vet
erans' camp at Oak Grove marched be
hind the body to the grave and fired
a parting salute. This is one of the
few instances where such military hon
ors were paid to a horse, but everyone
presant thought that the tribute to
Colonel was well bestowed. N. Y. Sun.
The Other Man Knows.
No man is so Ignorant that he doesn't
know what he would do If he were in
your place. Chicago Dally News.
RECALLS THE PAST.
Dr. Talmage'i Sermon If Largely
Reminiscent .' 1
9 raws Helpful Leeeans from the Ex
perience and Vicissitudes of
Life Memories of
Home.
"
Copyright, 1899, by Louis Klopsch. Wash
ington, May T. .
This sermon of Dr. Talmage calls the
roll of many stirring memories and in
terprets the meaning of life's vicissi
tude. The text Is Psalms xxxix, 3:
"While I wns musing the fire burned."
. Here is David, Ihe psalmist, with the
forefinger of his right hand against his
temple and the door shut against the
world, engaged In contemplation. And ,
It would be well for us to take the same
posture often while we sit down in
sweet solitude to contemplate.
In a small island off the coast of Xova
Scotia I once passed a Sabbath in de
lightful solitude, for I had resolved that
I would have one day of entire quiet be
fore I entered upon autumnal work. I
thought to have spent the day in laying
out plans for Christian work, but in
stead of that it became a day of tender
reminiscence. I reviewed my pastorate;
I shook hands with an old departed
friend, whom I shall greet again when
the curtnins of life are lifted. The days
of my boyhood came back, and I was
ten years of age, and I was eight, and I
was five. There was but one house on
the Island, and yet from Sabbath day
break, when the bird chant woke me,
until the evening melted Into the bay
of Fundy, from shore to shore there
were ten thousand memories, nnd the
groves were a-hum with voices that had
long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much to spend all its
time In looking forward. Old age is apt
loo much to spend all its time in look
ing backward. People In midlife and on
the npex look both ways. It would be
well for us, I think, however, to spend
more time in reminiscence. By the con
stitution of our nnturc we spend most
of the time looking forward. And the
rnst majority of people live not so much
in the present ns In the future. I find
that you mean to make a reputation,
you mean to establish yourself, end the
advantages that you expect to achieve
absorb a great deol of your time. But
I see no harm in this, if it does not mnke
you discontented with the present or
disqualify you for existing duties. It
is a useful thing sometimes to look
buck nnd to see the dangers we have es
caped nnd to see the sorrows we have
sulTcred and the trials and wanderings
of our earthly pilgrimage and to sum
up our enjoyments. I mean, so far as
God may help me, to stir up your mem
ory of the past, so that in the review you
may be encouraged nnd humbled nnd
urged to pray.
There is a chapel in Florence with a
fresco by Guido. It was covered up with
two inches of stucco until our American
and European artists went there, nnd
after long toll removed the covering nnd
retraced the fresco. And I nm aware
that the memory of the past, with many
of you, is all covered up with oblitera
tions, and I now propose, so far as the
Lord may help me. to take away the
covering, that the old picture may shine
out again.' I wnnt to bind in one sheaf
all your past advantages, and I wnnt to
bind iu another sheaf ail your past ad
versities. It is a precious harvest, and
I must be cautious how I swing the
scythe.
Among the greatest! 'advantages of
your past life were an early home and
its surroundings. The bad men of the
day, for the most part, dip their heated
passions out of the boiling spring of
an unhappy home. We are not sur
prised to find that Byron's heart was a
concentration of sin when we hear his
mother was abandoned and that she
made sport of his infirmity and often
called him "the lame brat." He who
has vicious parents has to fight every
inch of his way if he would maintain
his integrity and at last reach the home
of the good in Heaven. Perhaps your
early home was in a city. It may have
been when Pennsylvania avenue, Wash
ington, was residential, as now. it is
commercial, and Canal street, New
York, was far up town. That old house
in the city may have been demolished
or changed Into stores, and it seemed
like sacrilege to, you, for there was
more meaning in that small house than
there is In n granite mansion or a tur
reted cathedral. Looking back, you see
it as though it were yesterday the
sitting-room, where the loved one sat
by the plain lamp light, the mother
at the evening Btand, the brothers nnd
sisters, perhaps long ago gathered into
the skies, then plotting mischief on
the floor or under the table, your fa
ther with a firm voice commanding a
silence thnt lasted half a minute.
Oh, those were good days! If you
had your foot hurt, jour mother al
ways had a soothing salve to heal it.
If you were wronged in the street, your
father was always ready to protect
you. The year was one round of frolic
and mirth. Your greatest trouble wus
an April shower, more sunshine than
shower. The heart had not been ran
Bncked by trouble, nor had sickness
broken It, nnd no lamb had a warmer
sheepfold thn the borne in which your
childhood nestled.
. Perhaps you were brought up in the
country. You stand now to-day in mem
ory under the old tree. You clubbed It
for fruit that was not quite ripe, be
cause you couldn't wait nny longer. You
Jicar the brook rumbling along over
the pebbles. You Btep again into the
furrow where your father in his shirt
sleeves shotted to the lazy oxen. You
frighten the swallows from the raft
ers of the barn and take just one egg
and silence your conscience by saying
they will not miss it. - Yon take a drink
again out of the vpry bucket that the
old well fetched up. You go for the
cows at night and find them pushing
their heads through the barn.' Ofttimei
in the dusty and busy streets you wish
you were home again on the cool grass
or the rag carpeted haU of the farm
house, through which there came the
breath of new mown hay or the blos
som of buckwheat.
Yon may hove in your windows now
beautiful plants and flowers brought
from across the seas, but not one of
them stirs In your soul so much charm
and memory as the old ivy and the yel
low sunflower that stood sentinel along
the garden walk and the forget-me-nots
playing hide and seek mid the long
grass. The father who used to come
in sunburned from the field and alt
down on the doorsill and wipe the
sweat from his brow may have gone to
his everlasting rest. The mother who
used to sit ai the door a little bentover,
cap and spectacles on, her face mellow.
Jng with the vicissl tudes of many years,
may have put down her gray head on
the pillow in the valley, but forget thnt
home you never will. Have yon thanked
Rod for1 M ,nave yon rehearsed all
these blessed reminiscences? Oh, thank
God for a Christian 'ather! Thank Ood
for a Christian piotherl Thank Go i for
an early Christian altar at which iou
were taught to kneel! Thank God for
an early Christian homnl
I bring to mind another passage in
the history of your life. The day came
when you set np your own household.
The days passed along in quiet blesS-
edness. , You twain sat at the table
morning and night and talked over
your plans for the future. The most
insignificant affairs in your lire necame
the subject of mutual consultation and
advisement. You were so happy you
felt you never could be nny happier.
One day a dark cloud hovered over your
dwelling, and it got darker and darker,
but out of that cloud the shining mes
senger of God descended to Incarnate
an immortal spirit. Two little feet
started on an eternal journey, nnd you
were to lead them, a gem to flash in
Heaven's coronet, and you to polish it.
Eternal ages of light and darkness
watching the starting out of a newly
created creature. You rejoiced and you
trembled at the responsibility that in
your possession an Immortal treasure
wns placed. You prayed and rejoiced
and wept and wondered. You were enr
nest in your supplication that you
might lead it through life Into the
kingdom of God. There wns a tremor
In your earnestness. There wns a
double interest about that home. There
was an additional interest why you
should stay there and be faithful, nnd
when In a few months your house wns
filled with the music of your child's
laughter you were struck through with
the fact that you had a stupendous mis
sion. Have you kept thnt vow? Have yon
neglected any of these duties? Is your
home ns much to yon as it used to be?
Have those anticipations been grat
ified? God help you in your solemn
reminiscence, and let His mercy fall
upon your soul, if your kindness has
been ill requited. God have mercy on
the parent on the wrinkles of whose
face Is written the story of a child's
sin. God have mercy on the mother
who, in addition to her other pangs,
has the pang of a child's iniquity. Oh,
there are many, many snd sounds in this
sad world, but the saddest sound thnt
is ever heard Is the breaking of a moth
er's heart!
I find another point in your life his
tory. You found one dny you were
in the wrong road; you could not sleep
at night; there was just one word that
seemed to sob through jour banking
house or through your office or your
shop or your bedroom, and that word
was "eternity' You said: "I'm not
ready for it. Oh, God have mercy! "The
Lord heard. Peace came to your heart.
In the breath of the hill and in the
waterfall's dash you heard the voice
of God's love; the clouds and the trees
hailed you with gladness; you came
into the house of God. You remember
how your hnnd trembled as you took up
the cup of thecommuniBn, lou remem
ber the old minister who consecrated it,
and you remember the church officials
who carried it through the aisle; you
remember the old people who at the
close of the service took your hand in
theirs in congratulating sympathy, as
much as to say: "Welcome home, you
lost prodigal," and, though those hands
be all withered away, that communion
Sabbath is resurrected to-day. It is
resurrected with all its prayers and
songs and tears and sermons and trans
figuration. Have you kept those vows?
Huve you been a backslider? God help
you. This day kneel at the foot of
mercy and start again for Heaven.
Start now as you started then. I rouse
your soul by that reminiscence.
But I must not spend any more of
my time in going over the advantages
of your life. I just put them In one
great sheaf, and I call them up in your
.memory with one loud harvest song,
such as the reapers sing. Praise the
Lord, ye blood bought immortals on
earth! Praise the Lord, ye crowned
spirits of Heuven!
But some of you have not always had
a smooth life. Some of you are now in
the shadow. Others had their troubles
years ago. You are a mere wreck of
what you once were. I must gather np
the sorrows of your past life. But how
shall I do it? You say that is impossi
ble, as you have had so many troubles
and adversities. Then 1 will just take
two the first trouble and tho last
trouble. As when you are walking
along the street and there has been
music in the distance you unconscious
ly find yourselves keeping step to the
music, so, when you started life, your
very life was a musical time beat. The
air was full of joy and hilarity. W'ith
the bright clear oar you made the boat
skip. You went on, and life grew
brighter, until after awhile suddenly a
voice from Heaven said: "Halt!" and
quick as the sunshine you halted, you
grew pule, you confronted your first
sorrow. You had no idea that the flush
on your child's cheek was sn unhealthy
flush. You said It cannot be anything
serious. Death in slippered feet walked
round about the cradle. You did not
hear the tread. But after awhile the
truth flashed on you. You walked the
floor. Oh, if you could, with your
strong, stout hand, have wrenched that
child from the destroyer! You went
to your room, and you said: "God, save
my child! God, save my child!" The
world seemed going out in darkness,
You said: "I can't bear it; I can't bear
it." You felt as if you could not put
the long lnshes over the bright eyes,
never to see them again Bparkle. If
you could have taken thut little one in
your arms nnd with it leaped the grave,
how gludly you would have done It! It
you could let your property go, your
houses go, your land and your store
house go, how gladly you would have nl
lowed them to depart if you could only
have kept that one treasure!
But one day there came up a chill
blast that swept ibrough the bedroom,
and instantly all the lights went out,
nnd there was darkness thick, murky,
impenetrable, shuddering darkness.
But God did not leave you there. Mercy
spoke.- As you took up the bitter cup
to put It to your lips God said: "Let it
pass," and forthwith, as by the hand of
angels, another cup was put Into your
hands. It was the cup of God's con
solation. And ai you have sometimes
lifted the head of a wounded soldiar and
poured wine into his lips, so God puts
His left arm under your head and with
His right hand He pours into your lips
the wine of His comfort and His con
solation, and yon looked at the empty
cradle and looked at your broken heart,
and you looked at the Lord's chastise
ment, and you said: "Even so. Father,
for so It seemeth good In Thy sight."
Ah, it was your first trouble. How did
you get over It? Cod comforted you.
Yon have been a better man ever since.
You have been a better woman ever
since. In the jnr of the closing gate of
the sepiilcher you neard the clanging of
the opening gate of Heaven, an I yon
felt an irresistible drawing Heaven
ward. You have been spiritually better
ever since that night when the little one
for the last time put its arms around
your neck and said: "Good night, papa;
good night, mamma. Meet me in
Heaven."
But I must come to your InteBt sor
row. What was it? Perhaps It was
sickness. The child's tread on the stair
or the tick of the watch on the stand
disturbed you. Through the long
weary days you counted the figures in
the carpet or the flowers in the wall pa
per. Oh, the weariness of exhaustion!
Oh, the burning pangs! Would God it
were morning, would God it were night,
was your frequent cry. But you are
better, or perhaps even well. Have you
thanked God that to-flay you can come
out In the fresh air; that you are in
your place to hear God's name and to
sing God s praise and to implore God s
help and to ask God's forgiveness?
Bless the Lord who healeth all our dis
eases and redeemeth our lives from de
struction. Perhaps your last sorrow was a finan
cial embnrraRsment. I congratulate
some of you on your lucrative profes
sion or occupation, on ornate apparel,
on a commodious residence every
thing you put your hands on seems to
turn to gold. But there are others of
you who are like the ship on which
Paul sailed where two sens met, and
you are broken by the violence of the
waves. By an unadvised indorsement,
or by a conjunction of unforeseen
events, or by fire or storm, or a sense
less panic, you have been flung head
long, and where you once dispensed
great charities you now have hard
work to win your daily bread. Have
you forgotten to thank God for your
days of prosperity nnd that through
your trials some of you have made in
vestments which will continue after the
last bank of this world has exploded
nnd the silver and gold are molten in
the fires of a burning world ? Have you,
nmld nil your losses nnd discourage
ments, forgot that there wns bread on
your table this morning and that there
shall be a shelter for your head from
the storm, and there is air for your
lungs and blood for your heart and
light for your eye and n glad and glo
rious and triumphant religion for your
soul?
Perhaps your lasttrouble was a be
reavement. That heart which in child
hood was your refuge, the parental
heart, and which has been a source of
the quickest sympathy ever since, has
suddenly become silent forever. And
now sometimes, whenever in sudden an
noyance nnd without deliberation you
say: "I will go and tell mother," the
thought flashes on you: "I have no
mother." Or the father, with voice less
tender, but with heart as loving, watch
ful of all your ways, exultant over
your success without saying much, al
though the old people do talk it over
by themselves, his trembling hand on
that staff which you now keep as a
family relic, his memory embalmed in
grateful hearts is taken away for
ever. Or there was your companion in
life, sharer of your joys and sorrows,
taken, leaving the heart an old ruin,
where the ill winds blow over a wild wil
derness of desolution, the sands of the
desert driving across the place which
once bloomed like the garden of God,
And Abraham mourns for Sarah at the
cave of Machpelah. As you were mov
ing along your path in life, suddenly,
right before you, was an open grave.
People looked down, and they saw it
was only a few feet deep and a few feet
wide, but to you it was a cavern, down
which went all your hopes and all your
expectations. But cheer up, in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Com
forter. He is not going to forsake you.
Did the Lord take that child out of
your arms? Why, He is going to shel
ter it better than you could. He is
going to array it in a white robe and
palm branch and have it all ready to
greet you at your coming home. Blessed
the broken heart that Jesus heals!
Blessed the importunate cry that Jesus
compassionates! ? Blessed the weeping
eye from which the soft hand of Jesus
wipes away the tear!
There Is one more point of absorbing
reminiscence, and that is the last bout
of life, when we have to look over all
our past existence. What a moment
that will be! I place Napoleon's dying
reminiscence on St. Helena beside Mrs.
Judson's dying reminiscence in the har
bor of St. Helena, the same island, 20
yeurs after. Napoleon's dying reminis
cence wus one of delirium "Tete
d'armee" "Head of the unmy." Mrs.
Judson's dying reminiscence, as she
came home from her missionary toil
and her life of self sacrifice for Ood,
dying in the cabin of the ship In the har
bor of St. Helena, was: "I always did
love the Lord Jesus Christ." And then,
the historian Bays, she fell into a sound
sleep for an hour and woke amid the
songs of angels. I place the dying rem
iniscence of Augustus Caesar against
the dying reminiscence of the Apostle
Paul. The dying reminiscence of Au
gustus Caesar was, addressing his at
tendants: "Have I played my part well
on the stage of life?" And they an
swered In the affirmative, and he said:
"Why, then, don't you applaud me?"
The dying reminiscence of Paul the
apostle wns: "I have fought a good
fight, I have finished my course, I have
kept my faith; henceforth there Is laid
up for me a crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will give me in that dny, and not to me
only, but to all them thnt love nis ap
pearing." Augustus Caesar died amid
pomp and great surroundings. Paul
uttered his dying reminiscence looking
up through the wall of a dungeon. God
grant that our dying pillow may be the
closing of a useful life and the opening
of a glorious eternity.
Completely Swnmped.
Jules Suppose you heard Waveley'a
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Venus No. What swamped him?
Jules Milliners' bills. He married
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