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actively engaged in the ministry. For three years he was pastor of the Sand Creek Church, the first two years being associate pastor with the Rev J. W. B. Tisdale. With the beginning of the year 1874, he commenced the pastorate of the Dry Fork Church, which continued three years. Not far from the close of this term he conducted a revival meeting at Lett's Corner, which resulted in the addition of forty-four members to his late charge, and soon after in the o ganization of the Mt. Aerie Church, of which he became and continued pastor for five years, to May, 1879. In connection with the last-named pastorate, he also became pastor of Union Church in the beginning of 1877. In 1878 he also became pastor of the Salem Church, and continued that relation till quite recently. All these churches, I believe, are in Decatur County, and have enjoyed a good degree of: prosperity under his lead- ership.
The Rev. William Taylor Stott, D. D .. was also one of those who responded early to the country's call for volunteers. In the summer of 1861 he enlisted as a private in Company I, Eigh- teenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, from this county. In ·course of time, on account of manifest ability, or good for- tune, or both, he became Captain of the company, which position he held to the close of the war. Although at the head of the company through many battles, he came out without a single wound. After being mustered out of the service he entered the Theological Seminary at Rochester, N. Y., where he completed the full course, graduating in May, 1868. Soon after graduation he entered upon the pastorate of the Baptist Church at Columbus, and after one year's service resigned to accept the position of acting President and Professor of Natural Sciences in Franklin College the Board of Trustees at that time (September, 1869) resuming control of the De- · partment of Instruction. A year later, Dr. H. L. Wayland having accepted the Presidency, Prof. Stott continued to occupy the Chair of Natural Sciences till that eventful Board meeting in January, 1872, when it was decided to suspend, and the Faculty was discharged and the students were sent home and the old college organization virtually died. Very soon after this suspension Prof. Stott went to Kalamazoo.
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Mich., to accept in the college at that place the same chair he was occupying here.
Before the following September, however, the present college corporation had been formed, and its Board of Directors had decided to begin operations, and the Professor was elected President of the Department of Instruction and has contin- ued in the position to the present, just twelve years. May he continue another two dozen years, and see the institution fully endowed and in every way equipped.
The class of 1862 consisted of two members, Lorenzo W. Billingsley and Wiley G. Burton. In college Billingsley was universally known as "Dad," and came as near being a wit as any man in our list. He promptly entered the army, and had an excellent record as the gallant Captain of a company of colored troops ; and, after being mustered out, entered upon the study of the law, and in due time located at Lincoln, the capital of Nebraska, where he has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession. As a practicing lawyer he has been eminently successful, his specialty being criminal law.
Burton's career was brief. He entered the army soon after graduation, and became Lieutenant in Company H, Sixty- seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but in about a year was prostrated by disease, a fever, I believe, incident to camp life. He succeeded in reaching home, but not to recover. He died May 16, 1863. W. G. Burton was a lovable man, and will always be kindly remembered by those who knew him best.
This class of 1862 was the last graduated before the war- time suspension, in 1864, and, indeed, the last class ever grad- uated by the old college organization.
Several young gentlemen who were nearing the completion of the course here were compelled by the suspensions in 1864 and 1872 to go elsewhere, and so became alumni of other institutions. Of those who went away on account of the approaching suspension in 1864, we may mention J. K. Howard and C. H. Johnson, who went to Rochester and have a good record as pastors. Johnson died a few weeks ago at Garretts- ville, O. Of those who went away on account of the sus- pension in 1872, we may mention Prof. Moncrief, of our own Faculty, who graduated at Denison University, O .; Prof.
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Hall, also of our Faculty; U. M. Chaille, of the Indiana Baptist; G. M. Lambertson, U. S. District Attorney of Ne- braska, all of whom completed their courses of study in the University of Chicago.
Of those who have graduated under the present dispensa- tion, I will only mention the names, addresses, and present avocations, leaving to some future performer to record their deeds. And here we enter a new era, that of sweet girl grad- uates mixed in among the boys. Indeed, in the first class, that of 1874, there was only one boy mixed in with the three girls. This is accounted for, not on the ground that there were more girls than boys in the college, but perhaps on the ground that girls are faster than boys, and so get through quicker. There was this additional explanation, that they were scientifics, while their brother was a regular. This class was composed of-
Miss Prudence G. Hougham, now Mrs. Hall, of Gallaudet.
Miss Viola Parks, now Mrs. Edwards, Bedford.
Miss Theo Parks, now Mrs. Prof. Hall, Franklin.
The Rev. Geo. H. Taylor, died Pastor of Cumberland Pres- byterian Church, at Carroll.
CLASS OF 1875.
The Rev. Gaddis H. Elgin, Editor Indiana Baptist, Indian- apolis.
CLASS OF 1877.
The Rev. John R. Edwards, Pastor, Warsaw.
Clarence N. Hall, scientific, sells clothing at Peru.
The Rev. Clement Hall, Pastor, Monroeville, O.
Newberry J. Howe, Lawyer, Delphi.
Prof. James A. Wood, Superintendent of Schools, Salem.
CLASS OF 1878.
The Rev. Lewis C. Hoppell, Professor in Benedict Institute, Columbia, S. C.
D. A. Owen, Professor of Physics, Franklin College.
The Rev. N. C. Smith, Pastor, Kokomo.
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CLASS OF 1879.
Christopher C. Hinkle, Teacher.
The Rev. Jas. L. Mathews, Pastor, Tonica, Ill.
Calvin McCormick, Naturalist, Philadelphia, Pa.
Greenup Sexson, Lawyer, Frankfort.
CLASS OF 1880.
The Rev. Charles Boaz, Pastor, Gilman, Ill.
The Rev. Aaron W. Snider, Pastor, Auburn, Neb.
Wm. C. Thompson, Lawyer, Franklin.
Miss Lessie I. Wallace, died January 6, 1884, as Mrs. Brew- ster, at Shullsburg, Wis.
CLASS OF 1881.
Frank F. Moore, Lawyer, Frankfort.
John Mugg, Farmer, Center.
Edward L. Stevenson, Principal of Schools, Gilman, 111.
CLASS OF 1882.
Jesse Overstreet, prospective Lawyer, Franklin.
Miss Lillian Thompson, Principal High School, Knights- town.
The Rev. James B. Thomas, Pastor, Mishawaka.
CLASS OF 1883. .
Elmer E. Stevenson, Principal of High School, Franklin.
Miss Kittie E. Palmer, scientific, Teacher Eighth Grade, Franklin Public Schools.'
CLASS OF 1884.
Robert A. Brown, Franklin, prospective Lawyer.
Charles F. Remy, scientific, Hope, prospective Teacher. The Rev. Samuel H. Thompson, Teacher, Lexington, N. C. The Rev. Sanford P. Smith, Minister.
Of these 61 graduates there are classical .. 51
Scientific . 10-61
Of the scientific there are men 5 Women 5
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Of the whole number there are men .55
Women . 6-61
Of the whole number there are dead 7
Living .
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Uncertain 1-61
The deceased are Phares, Threlkeld, Vawter, first ; Burton, first ; Burton, second; Taylor ; Wallace, second.
Of the deceased there were Ministers. 4
Lawyer
1
Soldier 1
Wife.
1
Of the living there are Ministers. 14
Lawyers
9
Physicians
3
Teachers
12
Farmers
5
Surveyor 1
Insurance Agent
1
Merchants 3
Wives 3
Naturalist 1 Editor
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The uncertain man was a lawyer !
President Stott has been industrious enough to learn from old and new catalogues and other records that the average yearly enrollment of students has been about 110, and the aggregate enrollment about 4,800. These figures relieve some- what the sense of dissatisfaction that the number who have taken a college degree is so small. In connection with the other fact that in thirty-four of the fifty years there have been no graduates at all, they prove that the college has not made haste to lay graduation hands on its students before they have fully completed the prescribed course of study. They also mean that a large number of men and women have re- ceived the training here which has helped them to success in life, who carried away from the college no diploma. Of this
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class it is not amiss to mention the names of the Hon. Wm. S. Holman, the Hon. C. F. McNutt, the Hon. Jas. Dill, Judge D. W. Howe, the Rev. Albert Ogle, the Rev. Wright Sanders, the Rev. A. J. Essex, the Rev. Wm. Elgin, the Rev. N. Harper, the Rev. John Craft (deceased), Dr. Jos Applegate, Dr. Wm. McFadden, Dr. W. C. Chaffee, the late Grafton Johnson, Mr. Cornelius. D M. Ransdell, W. C. Smock, Supt. Charlton, of the Plainfield Reform School ; and, as college orators used to say, "many others."
The Society of Alumni has never been an exclusive sort of body. It was organized in June, 1855, at which time the whole number of graduates, including the two that were then about taking their degree, was only nine. At the meeting for . organization a young man still in his teens and less than a Freshman was called to the chair, and the object of the meet- ing was stated to be to organize a Society of Alumni and Friends of Franklin College. D. J. Huston, P. C. Vawter and F. M. Furgason were appointed a Committee on Constitution. At an afternoon session permanent officers for the year were elected, John W. Dame being made President and D. J. Huston Secretary. At the next commencement time the new Society held its First Annual Meeting. The Committee on Consti- tution reported. We make some extracts from that instru- ment :
Art. 1. This Association shall be composed of the Alumni of Franklin College and such friends as the Society shall elect.
Art. 4. The President of the College shall be President ex- officio of the Alumni.
Art. 7. The members of the Faculty shall be members ex- officio of the Society.
Art. S. The term Alumnus, as used in this instrument, shall be construed to include those who have received the principal part of their education at Franklin College, and have left the College free of censure.
Art. 2. The object of the Association shall be to cultivate and maintain a more intimate acquaintance, friendship and sympathy with each other.
At this First Annual Meeting the Society was on hand with an "orator," the Rev. F. J. Martin. The organization never
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failed to have a meeting during Commencement week, when there was any Commencement week, up to the Tenth Annual Meeting, which occurred June, 1870 The principal business of the Society up to that time seems to have been to elect offi- cers and secure an orator for the next anniversary. At the tenth meeting the first Article of the Constitution was amended by inserting the word Alumnæ, and on the record the word "unanimously " after "adopted" is underscored, as if there was enthusiasm in taking them (the women) in. At this meet- ing we have the first suggestion of making the Society an agency for in any way ministering to the material interests of Alma Mater. It came in the form of a resolution "that the Alumni and Alumnæ endow a chair in Franklin College." And it passed easy, no doubt, without a word of opposition, and D. D. Banta was appointed chairman of a committee to work up this endowment. But the effort, or the bare thought of it, seems to have been too much for the chairman and the whole society, for his name has never occurred on the record since, and the society did not rally enough to have a meeting again for four years, although the college was in full operation all the time. Having recovered slightly, there was a meeting in 1874, but I would infer the President had to run it, as the record is in his handwriting, and there is no mention of any officer being elected or existing. There is nothing said about endowment, but the President was appointed a committee to se- cure co-operation of the Alumni in building up the library. The plan adopted was to ask each Alumnus to give five dollars a year for five years. This committee has from time to time reported substantial results, not only in the additions to the library by purchase with the money paid in by the Alumni, but by dona- tions of valuable books secured from various sources.
At the meeting in 1879 the society again tackled the endow- ment, with this resolution : "That we raise among the Al- umni and old students the ensuing year the sum of not less than one thousand dollars, to be added to the endowment." A committee was appointed to carry out the resolution. At the next meeting, in 1880, they reported that $350 had been raised, but I think did not venture to claim that they had raised it. At this meeting another business resolution pre- vailed, viz : "That an effort at once be made to raise $500, to
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employ an additional tutor for the preparatory department of the college." This effort resulted in raising, first and last, $432.80, with which the additional tutor, W. C. Thompson, was employed for one year.
At the Annual Meeting in 1881 the first steps were taken to- ward organizing the Alumni Endowment Association, which,. during the past two years particularly, has, through the work of its Vice-Presidents in the various Associations in the state, been of very great assistance to the worthy agent of the col- lege, by developing a sentiment in favor of Christian education in general. and especially in Franklin College, an agency for furnishing such an education. Perhaps the most important feature of this work has been the holding of educational meet- ings at numerous places all over the state. Much has also been accomplished in the way of securing attention to the college at the annual meetings of all the Associations, and by keeping the subject before the people through the Baptist newspapers that circulate through the state. A good many hundred dol- lars have been added to the endowment directly through the ageney of this association.
In 1862 a permanent Committee on Neerology was appointed. and since then suitable obituary notices of deceased members have been made part of the records of the Society of Alumni.
The various literary entertainments that have been furnished by the society up to the present week are as follows :
In 1856-Address by the Rev. F. J. Martin : subject unknown.
In 1857-Address by the Rev. J. S. Read : subject, " The Analysis of Language."
In 1858-Address by the Rev. T. H. Ball : subject, "The Position of the Christian Scholar."
In 1859-Orator and Alternate both failed.
In 1860-Address by the Rev. D. J. Huston : "Some of the Characteristics Essential to Success in the More Important Enterprises."
In 1860-History of Franklin College. By Prof. J. S. Hougham. First Chapter.
In 1861-History of Franklin College. By Prof. J. S. Hougham. Second Chapter.
In 1862-Address by A. J. Vawter : "True Religion and
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Sound Learning Intimately Connected and Mutually De- pendent."
In 1862-History of Franklin College. By Prof. J. S. Hougham. Third Chapter.
In 1863-History of Franklin College. By Prof. J. S. Hlongham. Fourth Chapter.
In 1870-Address by the Hon. G. W. Grubbs : subject. " The Harmony of Science and Religion."
In 1874-Address by Prof. C. H. Hall : " The Poetry of Life."
In 1876-Address by the Rev. A. Ogle : " Religion and Edu- ration the Necessary Factors in Personal and Social Devel- opment."
In 1877-Address by the Hon. D. P. Baldwin : " A Lawyer's Readings in the Evidences of Christianity."
In 1878 -- Address by the Hon. Cas. Byfield : "Defects and Excellencies of American Education and Laws."
In 1879-Address by the Rev. G. H. Elgin : " The New Era of High Christian Education."
In 1880-An address by the Rev. J. K. Howard in behalf of our students who died in the country's service.
In 18SO-Address by Mrs. Viola Edwards : "Spain Under Philip II."
In 1880-Poem by N. C. Smith : " A Summer Vacation."
In 1881-Address by the Rov. T. J. Morgan, D. D. : " A Call for Men."
In 1881-Poem by Prof. (. H. Hall : " The Hopelessness of U'nbelief."
In 1882-Address by the Rev. J. R. Edwards : " The Rela- tion of Religion to Morality."
In 1883-Address by the Rev. J. K. Howard : " The Ele- ments of a Practical Education."
In 1884-Address by the Hon. G. W. Grubbs : " The Noble Life and How to Live it."
In 1884-Poem by Mrs. Viola P. Edwards : " Penelope's Web."
In 1884-Historical Sketch of the Alumni and Society of Alummi. By B. Wallace, M. D.
About the year 1877 the society began having under its
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control the public dinner of commencement week. The Alumni dinner has become a fixed institution, and perhaps the most interesting -- certainly the most satisfying -- occasion of the whole week. I hope you will all be there Thursday and prove it.
May it be the privilege of many of our children, grand- children and great-grandchildren to participate in the exercises of commencement week, 1934, and may the buildings and en- dowments and appliances of every kind be far in advance of our most enthusiastic dreams.
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF ALUMNI.
1847. John W. Dame, classical. 1849. Martin B. Phares ( deceased ), classical, Win. E. Threlkeld ( deceased), classical, James S. Read, classical.
1850.
Timothy H. Ball, classical, Arthur Brittan, classical, James II. Vawter (deceased), classical.
1855. Jas. D. P. Hungate, classical, Philemon C. Vawter, classical.
1856.
Jeremiah Brumback, classical, Francis M. Furgason, classical, Daniel Trickler, classical.
1858.
William Hill, classical, Abram B. Martin, classical, Jeremiah H. Smith, classical, Francis G. Lukens, scientific. 1860.
Simpson Burton (dee'd), class'], Casabianca Byfield, classical, Barnett Wallace, classical, Tyre L. Hanna, scientific.
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1861.
Benjamin Franklin Adkins, classical. George Washington Grubbs, classical, William Harrison MeCoy, classical, Thomas Jefferson Morgan, classical, John Williamson Potter, classical, William Taylor Stott, classical.
1862.
Lorenzo W. Billingsley, classical, Wiley G. Burton (deceased ), classical. 1874.
Miss Prudence G. Hougham (now Mrs. Hall), scientific,
Miss Viola Parks (now Mrs. Edwards), scientific, Miss Theodosia Parks (now Mrs. Hall), scientific.
George H. Taylor (deceased), classical.
1875. Gaddis H. Elgin. 1877.
John R. Edwards, classical. Clement Ilall, classical,
Newberry J. Howe, classical, James A. Wood, classical .. Clarence N. Hall, scientific. 1878.
Lewis C. Hoppell, classical, David A. Owen. classical .. Nimrod C. Smith, classical. 1879.
Christopher C. Hinkle, scientific, James L. Matthews, classical. ('alvin McCormick, classical, Geeenup Sexson, classical.
1880.
Charles Boaz, classical, Aaron W. Snider, classical,
Wm. C. Thompson, classical, Miss Lessie I. Wallace (dec'd, Mrs. Brewster), classical. 1881.
Frank F. Moore, classical, John Mugg, classical, Edward L. Stevenson, classical.
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1882. Jesse Overstreet, classical, Miss Lillian Thompson, scientific, James B. Thomas, classical.
1883.
Elmer E. Stevenson, classical, Miss Kittie E Palmer, scientific.
1SS4.
Robert A. Brown, classical, Charles F. Remy, scientific, Samuel H. Thompson classical, Sanford P. Smith, classical.
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS
IN THE " MANUAL LABOR INSTITUTE."
-A. F. Tilton, 1837-40 Julia Robinson, 1841-43
Rev. A. R. Hinckley, 1837-38 Rev. G. C. Chandler, 1843-44
T. J. Cottingham, 1839-41 Rev. Wm. Brand, 1843-44
W. J. Robinson. 1841-43
IN THE COLLEGE.
PRESIDENTS.
Rev. G.C. Chandler, D.D , 1844-50 Rev. H. L. Wayland, D.D., 1870-72
Rev S Bailey, D. D., LL. D., 1852-62 Rev. W. T. Stott, D. D., 1872-84
PROFESSORS.
Rev. Wm. Brand, D. D., 1844-55
Rev. J. B. Tisdale, 1846-47
Rev. J. Berry, 1847-48
. J. S. Hougham, LL. D., 1848-63
M. Bailey, A. M., 1853-58 J. Brumback, A. M., 1858-64
Rev. W. Hill, A. M., 1867-69
Rev. J. HI. Smith, A. M., 1867-69
Rev. W. T. Stott, D. D., 1869-72 Rev. F. W. Brown, A. M., 1869-71
Rev. J. E. Walter, A. M., 1869-73
Miss R. J. Thompson, 1872-84 Rev. T. R. Palmer, D.D., 1875-76 J. W. Moncrief, A. M., 1875-79, 1881-84
Rev. C. H. Hall, B. D., 1875-84
(. E. Bailey, Ph. D., 1878-79
A. B. Chaffee, A. M., 1879-84
D. A. Owen, A. M., 1SS1-84
TUTORS.
G. W. Keith, 1847-48 Mrs. M. A. Fisher, 1869-72
A. J. Vawter, A. M., 184S-49 A. J. Teed, A. M., . 1871-72
J. W. Dame, A. M., 1848-56 J. W. Moncrief, A. M., 1872-75
J. Brumback A. M., 1856-58 E. S. Hopkins, A. M., 1873-74
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F. M. Furgason, A M., 1856-64 Mrs. T. (Parks) Hall, M S., 1874-75 B. Wallace, A. M., M. D., 1860-64 D. A. Owen, A. M., 1879-80
Rev. F. J. Martin, 1863-64 W. C. Thompson, A. M., 1880-8]
INSTRUCTORS IN PAINTING AND DRAWING. Mrs. M. L. (Wagner) Debolt, Mrs. M. M. (Bettys) MePherron, 1869-72 1867-69 Mrs. A. R. Stott, 1872-84
INSTRUCTORS IN MUSIC.
S. W. Martin, 1867-69 Mrs. E. L. (Heustis) Reddish, 1875-77
Mrs. M. (Allen) Stimson, 1869-72 J. M. Dungan, 1877-80, 1881-84 Mrs. A. (Allen) Meigs, 1872-73 Mrs. L. C. Chaffee, 1880-81
Penelope's Web.
THE ALUMNI POEM.
By Mrs. Viola Parks Edwards, Bedford.
A theme I have chose from a legend of old, That story of woe which old Homer has told, - How Troy was destroyed and Ulysses set sail For home and his country. His fleet met a gale, And, drove from its course, such ill-fortune befell, The crew were unable the fate to repel. The gallant old navy went down in the sea, The mariners lost, from which sad tragedy Ulysses alone on an island survived, To wander and dream o'er what he'd outlived, And long for his home with a longing so sad, No pleasure nor beauty could make his heart glad. Enchantress nor song, how enticing soe'er, Could stifle that sorrow for what was more dear. The sounds which were borne on the wind and the wave Possessed an allurement none other could have ; The music which rang in the sea-shell's deep heart, The roar and the ripple of waves drove apart, The whisp'rings of forests on his native shore, And voices which lingered in mem'ry evermore, Would drown other songs, though of strange and sweet art. He longed for Penelope, wife of his heart. She waited in grief and in loneliness drear Her lord's long return from his voyage severe, Till pressed by new suitors, she scarce could defer. Their urged importunities, by strange device, She sought to delay, daring not to dismiss, By begging the suitors to give to her leave And time, first a shroud for her father to weave, Ere she their proposals to wed should receive. So all through the day she would weave her strange web, Hope e'er rising high, but to fall at low ebb ; When night with her stars brought no hope nor release, The woof she undid, so there'd be no increase,
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And time would be gained by this wily caprice.
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Thus ran this old legend, by ages avowed, Of waiting, and hoping, and weaving, and shroud ; Undoing at night the sad work of the day, Until the bright years of her life wore away.
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Shall we read the tale and forget then to see How strangely to life is the analogy ? For who has not pansed, midst the whirl and the strife, To bury his dead and to lead a new life,- Or checked the wild laughter with sorrow so dumb, To shroud a dead hope, and to fashion a tomb ? Ah! whose aspirations, which once rose so high, Have not paled and fallen, like stars from the sky, In oblivion's dark grave, as a dead prophesy ? Whose path is not strewn with the crushed rosebuds Which decked the small graves in sweet beatitudes,- Or with white lilies, broke like alabaster cups, As off'rings to the dead, which ensweet living hopes? Is there yet a heart light and so fancy-free, Which hope lifts and buoys, like the tides of the sea,- Which mourns ne'er in sorrow, nor weeps o'er a grave, Nor wraps in a shroud treasures dear the world gave ? A white angel sits at the door of the tomb, To unwrap the dead and to scatter the gloom ; To give resurrection, from Heaven has come, To broken, lost effort, and hopes fallen low, To place them on high, that man might see and know Their purpose and mission, now clearly revealed, Which tears and despondency wholly concealed. "Tis Love in disguise, and Mercy's strange mode To allure man to Heaven and point him to God. The world, as it sweeps on its gigantic course, Through time, revolution and war, must perforce Stop in its speed, and its whirl, and its roar, Though the field be not won and the battle not o'er, To bury her heroes, their loss to deplore ; And her fallen braves with the flag to enshroud, While a nation, with footsteps so solemn and prond, March to the grave by a grand sorrow bowed. The world's battle-fields mark the pauses she's made ; New epochs begin where the monument's laid Of leaders in the van in the march of events,
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