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Lee, late Commander-in-Chief of the
United Confederate Veterans, the South
lost a most notable figure and the sur
vivors of the Civil War were left with
out a leader. General Lee succeeded
General John B. Gordon as Commander
of the Veterans, and with his passing,
the honor of heading the fast thinning
ranks of those who wore the gray has come hack
to Georgia.
At the recent Veterans’ Reunion held in Bir-
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The Late Gen. Stephen D. Lee.
mingham, Ala., it was necessary to elect a new
commander-in-cliief. General Clement A. Evans, of
Georgia, was chosen, and assumed command. He is
a native Georgian, born of North Carolina and Vir
ginia parentage. When nineteen years of age lie
graduated in the Georgia law school and began the
practice of law. At twenty-two he was elected
Judge of the County Court, and at twenty-five was
elected State Senator.
During his term as Senator the war began. Ow
ing to the fact that he held office, he was exempt
from military duty, but his patriotism would not al
low him to remain at home when his friends and
comrades were going to the front, so he joined the
The Doctor 9 s Sentence.
Shall a physician tell a patient when he is doom
ed? The recent case in which a New York spec
ialist told a man, who sought medical advice upon
his condition, that he had but a few hours to live
has aroused a good deal of controversy throughout
the medical profession and in the press at large.
Should a doctor presume to pronounce a death
sentence? queried those who protested against it.
Should not a man in his faculties and unprepared
for death have the opportunity to settle his affairs?
answered its supporters. Is it according to the
ethics of the medical profession and is it humane?
were the queries submitted largely by the laymen.
There seems to be little doubt that the answer
must vary with the circumstances. Men of strong
character and large affairs will usually demand of
a physician the exact status of their malady in its
-desperate stages. They wish to know as nearly as
human knowledge can determine what may be their
chance for life. They do not fear to face that
'“unknown dark whence no voices float back upon
its bodiless airs.” But they do fear to leave their
worldly affairs in disorder; they dread to go away
from their loved ones without making every effort
to leave them safely provided for and all business
matters straightened out. It would be wrong not
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company being enlisted in his home county in 1861.
His first promotion was to the rank of Major of the
thirty-first Georgia regiment, his next to that of
Colonel. His regiment was part of Lawton’s Bri
gade, afterwards Gordon’s Brigade. General Evans
succeeded Gordon in command of the division. He
participated in all the battles fought on Virginia,
Maryland and Pennsylvania soil, his services being
with the Army of Northern Virginia. He suffered
during that time five wounds, two of which were
severe ones, received at Monocacy and Gettysburg.
His last engagement was at Appomattox, when in
command of his division he was engaged after the
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Gen. Clement A. Evans.
surrender, he not having received notice of the
truce.
He has been a conspicuous and active figure in
the affairs of the Veterans since the Avar, having at
tended every reunion except one. For twelve years
he was commander of the Georgia Division, with
the rank of Major General, succeeding General Gor
don as commander of the Army of Tennessee with
the rank of Lieutenant General.
His election to command the United Confederate
Veterans is a Avell deserved honor and it will be
worn Avitli the dignity Avhich befits the office. Geor
gia and the veterans are proud of the distinction
Avhich has come to this heroic Avearer of the gray.
to tell such men when they are certain to die. A
just and wise physician would do it. He would have
no right to withhold the information from them.
On the other hand, there are those whose very
fear of death is such that knowledge of its surety
would hasten them to it. Not even a doctor has the
right to cut short the life of a human being, unless
the law should, in some time to come, give it to him
for the sake of ending needless suffering. It would
not be humane to add to the suffering of those
imaginative persons who fear death by telling them
of that which is inevitable. It does them no good
to know.
Upon the possibility of a physician’s being wrong,
there can be no discussion. He has no business be
ing wrong in such a matter. He should never pro
nounce sentence until the near fulfillment of that
sentence is as sure as anything in this world can be,
as sure as the revolving planets, as sure as science
itself is. Time was when the decisions and diag
noses of medical men were made up somewhat of
guesswork. That time is past; it is no longer true
that “while there is life there is hope,” in the
sense of the flesh. A physician, being human, how
ever, may sometimes err in his judgments* But the
man strong enough to hear his death sentence calm
ly and bear it with fortitude as one of the simple
businesses of life will probably be also generous
enough to forgive the man who made the mistake
if he give him back his health. —The Washington
Post.
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Program of the Contention of the Georgia
< B. Y. P. U. at Gainesbille, Ga.
June 23d to 25 th.
Tuesday Night.
B:oo—Convention Sermon, Dr. John F. Purser,
Atlanta.
Wednesday Morning.
9:3o —Devotional.
10:00—The Master’s Voice, shall we heed it?
W. D. Upshaw, Atlanta, Ga.
10:45 —The Sacred Literature Course.
11:30—The Conquest Missionary Course, Dr. L.
W. Doolan, Louisville.
Wednesday Afternoon.
2:30 —Devotional.
3:1a —The Junior Work, L. A. Witherspoon, Jr.,
Atlanta.
Wednesday Night.
B:oo—The Bible Readers’ Course, Dr. E. J. For
rester, Macon.
8:45 —State Missions, Dr. J. J. Bennett, Atanta.
Thursday Morning.
9:30 —Devotional.
10:00 —Home Missions, Dr. B. D. Gray, Atlanta.
10:45 Foreign Missions, Dr. R. J. Willingham,
Richmond.
11:30—Shall We Give Our Lives? Dr. J. I).
(liapman, Valdosta.
Thursday Afternoon.
2:30 Devotional.
3:00 V hat Shall Be tlie Measure of Our Finan
cial Aid?
3:45 —Achievements and Outlook for Georgia B.
P. U., Dr. R. VanDeventer, Savannah.
Thursday Night.
B:oo—lllustrated Lecture on Conditions in our
Mission Field, Dr. R. ,T. Willingham, Richmond.
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Teach Tie, Oh, God.
Amos M. De Vaughn.
Lord, teach me in these few short years
That time my earthly stay,
Soon all my gold and vast estate
Must, swiftly, pass away.
And, that the earth shall soon forget,
When my warm heart is cold;
I ever lived in this old world,
To fight, to strive for gold.
Then, teach me, Lord, as time rolls by.
If I would ever live,
I must possess a heart to love,
A willing mind to give.
Then in the hearts of human kind,
Shall brighter shine my worth,
As time drifts past when I’m asleep,
Beneath the silent earth.
Jacksonville, Fla.
Ihe principal reasons Christians are so imperfect
and therefore so often unhappy, are they only par
tially deny themselves and are not obedient to the
admonitions of an enlightened conscience. Christ
says that no one is worthy of Him unless he denies
himself and takes up his cross and follows Him.
And w T e know that the happiness that comes from
Him cannot dwell in a disobedient heart.
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We should not mind where we work, or who sees
us if God approves. If He smiles, we should be
content. We cannot be sure when we are most use
ful. It is not the acreage we sow, it is the multi
plication which God gives the seed that makes the
harvest. We have less to do with being successful
than with being faithful. Faithfulness is the basis
of the crown.
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