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Canada (Canada) (search for this): chapter 1.35
s with Indians and fever; of the determined contest for justice and equity with the mother country; of the cry expressing the determination of brave hearts, which sounded within these walls from the lips of Henry, and which was echoed in the hearts of the people of thirteen colonies; of the desperate struggle of the following eight years; of the struggle of parties which followed the revolution; of the growth of these colonies, till the country extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to Mexico; of the establishment of a government of the people, by the people, for the people, which was to be an example to the nations of the earth. Following this example America and Europe have established constitutional governments, and in our day we see Japan, China, Persia, and even Turkey, adopting constitutions, and giving the people a voice in governing themselves. Who can measure the influence of this country? God is in history; He is leading the nations to the light of liberty,
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
lower of our land died; and to the principles of self-government, self-defense, selfrespect and loyalty to our traditions for which we have contended ever since Appomattox. By the good hand of God the past has made the present, we must see to it that the future shall be worthy of the past and the present. It is too late to be tle was hopeless, we could not expect to have a united country. And therefore, from the time he began in Belmont until he accomplished the surrender of Lee, at Appomattox, he fought not cities, not points of strategy, but he fought the enemy, and he fought, and fought, and fought, until he wore out the opposition, because only ber foot; stacks of straw and hay lighting up the darkness of night! The result was 9,000 ragged, starving heroes, eating parched corn, march from Richmond to Appomattox. And the surrender of Lee is accomplished! This was the very genius of war that suppressed the rebellion. Yes, they fought, and fought, and fought, till they
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
Memorial Sermon. From Richmond, Va., Times-dispatch, June 20, 1909. In old St. John's Church—no fight for right and truth and honor was ever Truely lost. Delivered before the Oakwood Memorial Association on May 9, (8 P. M.), 1909, by Rev. R. A. Goodwin, the rector, Lee and Pickett Camps and committees from Hollywood and other memorial associations being present. Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness.—Deut. VIII, 2. My Brethren: The present is the product of the past; the future will be the outgrowth of the past and the present. That man is not without a heritage who can point with thankfulness and commendable pride to honest and God-fearing ancestors, especially if he makes it manifest by his conduct that his character is built upon the principles that govern them. And it is equally true that an honorable and glorious history is the most valuable asset of any people. Even barbarous peoples have their
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
or the winter, deliberately destroyed and trodden under foot; stacks of straw and hay lighting up the darkness of night! The result was 9,000 ragged, starving heroes, eating parched corn, march from Richmond to Appomattox. And the surrender of Lee is accomplished! This was the very genius of war that suppressed the rebellion. Yes, they fought, and fought, and fought, till they wore out the opposition. But whom did they fight, and how? The Army of Northern Virginia is to pass through Maryland into Pennsylvania. Strict orders are given that all private property is to be respected, and noncombatants are in no way to be molested. The orders are signed by R. E. Lee, General. The battle of Gettysburg has been fought; Lee's army is marching through the enemy's country on the retreat. As he is riding along, sustaining by his matchless bearing the courage of his tired army, he sees that some one has thrown down a worm fence around a Pennsylvanian's wheatfield. He dismounts, and w
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
when we were satisfied it was right. And just so far as this cannot be truthfully said of our people to-day, do we need to look to the past, and stand by the graves of our heroes and remember. Less than two weeks ago the President of the United States, in a public address, is reported as using these words: They said that Grant had not the military genius that other generals displayed in the war. To my mind, his mind and brain represented the very genius of war to suppress the rebellion, be fought, until he wore out the opposition, because only by wearing them out could he hope to bring about the condition in which there would be a complete peace. Here is, at last, a practical acknowledgment in public by the President of the United States to a Northern audience of the truth of the oft-repeated, concise statement of the case. We were not whipped, but we were worn out whipping the enemy! We read that these words of the President were applauded. How many of that audience under
Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
, and fought, and fought, till they wore out the opposition. But whom did they fight, and how? The Army of Northern Virginia is to pass through Maryland into Pennsylvania. Strict orders are given that all private property is to be respected, and noncombatants are in no way to be molested. The orders are signed by R. E. Lee, Geeet in Petersburg hundreds of those who resisted them. These visitors will be welcomed with genuine hospitality. On Virginia soil a monument to soldiers from Pennsylvania will be unveiled, for they fought for the right as it was given them to see the right, and we can forgive their blindness. We can respect brave men who made a, where they lie buried, this stone is erected to their everlasting honor in the heart of the Confederacy. Virginia can afford a monument for brave men from Pennsylvania. It is said that 6,000 bullets shot by Federal and Confederate soldiers will be in evidence in Petersburg, and that the menu cards will each have a Confederat
Canaan, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
rity. Truly, the Lord our God has led us through a waste howling wilderness, and we must remember all the way He has led us these more than forty years. How often, with all power in his hands. He allowed His chosen people to be defeated, and how often He brought good out of evil! That did not make the evil good, but only showed that He was good and wise. If prosperity is the worldly Canaan, we have, as Southern people, entered the promised land. When Israel stood at the entrance of Canaan, Moses said to the people: Take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but teach them thy sons, and thy son's sons. Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God; for it is He that giveth thee power to get wealth. * * * Lest when thy gold and thy silver is multiplied, thine heart be lifted up * * * and thou say in thine heart, my power and the might of mine hand hath gotten
Jamestown (Virginia) (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
hem for an example for all the nations, that all might know that God is in history. My brethren, what thoughtful man can fail to see that God is in the history of our country, and that this people has a great part to play in the onward march of the events of the world. God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform. He is not in haste like we poor mortals. He has eternity in which to work! And we must not judge the Lord by feeble sight. This nation was rocked on the island of Jamestown. Its lullaby was the rippling waters of the James. The infant has grown to be a giant. Those lovers of liberty from Old England landed here with the open Bible and the Christian religion. They dedicated themselves anew to God at the Lord's table; the emblem of redemption being served to them from a plank nailed to two trees. Surely every one must see God's guiding and protecting hand over this people who reads the history of those days of starvation and massacre—of the little craf
Hampton Roads (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.35
grown to be a giant. Those lovers of liberty from Old England landed here with the open Bible and the Christian religion. They dedicated themselves anew to God at the Lord's table; the emblem of redemption being served to them from a plank nailed to two trees. Surely every one must see God's guiding and protecting hand over this people who reads the history of those days of starvation and massacre—of the little craft with the starving remnant sailing down the James, and meeting in Hampton Roads, at the right time, at the right place, the vessel with supplies and reinforcements—of the struggles with Indians and fever; of the determined contest for justice and equity with the mother country; of the cry expressing the determination of brave hearts, which sounded within these walls from the lips of Henry, and which was echoed in the hearts of the people of thirteen colonies; of the desperate struggle of the following eight years; of the struggle of parties which followed the revolu
Israel (Israel) (search for this): chapter 1.35
eople. And now in this dispensation of the fullness of times, all Christian nations know that God is in history. The evil one may try to subvert God's purposes, and he may seem to prevail; he may even change times, and seasons, and countries, but He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh him to scorn, the Lord shall have him in derision! Because He causes the wrath of man to praise him, and the remainder of wrath He restrains. God is in our history as truly as He was in the history of Israel, and we should hear his word: Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led these forty years in the wilderness. Over and over again God called upon his people to remember, that they might realize that He had been with them from the beginning, turning evil into good, saving them from what seemed certain destruction, chastening them as a father chasteneth his son; but ever turning what was intended to be a curse into a blessing. Only by knowing and keeping in mind the past co
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