A Tribute to the Memory of Lieut. John Howard Worcester
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Excerpt from A Tribute to the Memory of Lieut. John Howard Worcester: In a Discourse Delivered at Hollis, N. H. On Sabbath, January 24, 1864 The circumstances which now call us together though painful in their connections are neither new, nor strange. This is a day of unhappy and cruel warfare, and we have come to bury a young soldier who has died honorably, and heroically in the defence of his country. There is scarcely a village in all our loyal borders, which has not participated in like painful scenes. There is hardly a church bell that has not tolled the knell of some gallant soldier; nor a cemetery which does not hold the like honored dust. We now come to lay down another martyr with the great company scattered over a thousand battle-fields, and in our quiet church yards. Were we to seek a passage from the sacred page around which to cluster a few thoughts, as an appropriate tribute to the memory of our young friend, perhaps we could find none more expressive of his character, and his career as a soldier, than the words of the young Persian Queen found in Esther 4:16 - "So will I go - and if I perish, I perish." Such were often substantially his utterances, while contemplating his duty to enter the service of his country. A word or two in explanation of the circumstances in which these words were spoken, will show their relevancy to the case before us. Through the instigation of a popular, and perfidious counselor at the Persian Court, a cruel decree had been issued from the throne that the Jewish people, then in exile, should be cut off at a blow. This decree was signed; the plans were laid; messengers were already sent out to execute the bloody purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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