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TUESDAY, APRIL 2S. Rev. IW. Ashby Jones Delivered Brilliant Oration Yesterday Introduced By Capt. J. Rice Smith, Who Paid High Tribute to Speaker’s Father, Rev. J. William Jones, Chaplain in Ranks of Lee—Dr. Jones’ Speech. Rev. M. Ashby Jones, pastor of the First Baptist church, the Memorial Day <A;n,tor yesterday, was introduced by Cijpx. J. Rice Smith, one of Augusta’s L*st known nod most highly esteemed survivors of th'£ war. .IS"ever on any Memorial Day in the past have tlie remarks of introduction been so touching as were the words of Capt. Smith directed to the memory of Dr Jones’ father. Rev J. William Jones, i chaplain in the Southern .army. Tribute by Capt. Smith, referring; to the speaker’s father, CNpt. Smith said: • came today not to speak, but with the high honor conferred upon me by .those dear ladies of the Memorial As sociation of introducing t lie orator of tW!> day upon this occasion, and to me it.-*;s a very great pleasure to have the opportunity of'presenting one not only BQ. fittingly qualified. so talented, so useful in his labors, so active and pro gressive as a cit zen, so greatly beloved hy us all. but to whom by ties of the tiast eve tlie strings of my heart en twined. °fn the army of Northern Virginia, be loved like Dee and Jackson, was our •great war chaplain. Dr. J. William jQhes. He carr’ed with him ‘Christ in the camp’ and ‘religion to the army*— everywhere untiringly and unceasingly, delivering the message of our Savior, ‘I Mother's Friend BeforeJlaby Arrives ' louring several weeks of expectancy there is a splendid external embrocation in our “Mother’s Friend’’ in which thousands of women have the most un bounded confidence. They have used it and know. 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Ret not your heart be troubled, ye that be lieve in God, believe also in me.’ In the hour of struggle, on the firing line when carnage was at its height, he, kneeling, gave the joy of that peace which passeth all understanding to the dying; the hand of comfort and help to the wounded and suffering; the heart of brotherly love to the living; smiling as brave men smile in the smoke of battle; weeping as we all wept at the surrender of at Appomatox—hopes blasted, hearts burdened, homes devastated, and as we stood upon tlie embers of that de struction, we, like him, renewed our al legiance to tlie principles of right and justice and fidelity to our southland through all the years to come. “The war did not end his service. He was chaplain of Washington and Lee College for several years. He was from tiie time of the organization of the I’nited Confederate Veterans up to the day the Master called him home our be loved chaplain-general, and was in every way connected with every good work that would advance the interest and pre serve the immortal record of our great Southland—God bless the memory of this sainted soldier of the cross and of tiie Confederacy. “With this humble tribute, T now pre sent. but who really needs no introduc tion to this audience, his splendid, worthy son, Rev. M. Ashby Jones.” Dr. Jones’ Oration. What had been spoken touched the tenderest spot In the heart of Dr. Jones, the speaker, who prefaced his oration to the Confederate dead with an exprs sion of his feeling of kindliness to Capt. Smith. In delivering the oration Dr. Jones said: “As we stand here in this silent city amid the mounds which mark the resting places of our Confederate dead, memo ries as fragrant as these April flowers blossom into beauty. Here for half a century have they rested, while the sacred silence is broken only by the tawny tide of the old Savannah as it sentinels in circling current their verd may henr amid the falls up yonder the rumble as her requiem like unto the music of her battles, then lower down she murmurs in minor cadences the story of their sorrows, but passing this beloved place she goes purling to the sea the prophesy of the ultimate triumph of those principles for which they yield ed up their lives. There Is a pathetic significance in the fact that when we would meet to celebrate the achievements of great war, we must find our most appropriate rendezvous in the city of the dead. That the most sacred memories which cluster around that fierce conten tion must be told in the language of the grief of graves. Here in epitome we have the story of every war. As we stand with ears strained toward the past, there comes to us, mingled with the music of the bugle's call, tiie deep mouthed roar of the guns, and the shouts of victory, the minor tones of ‘Rachel weeping for her children.’ un comforted, ‘because they are not.’ Some one gifted with imagination, might stand above these graves and dream of what might have been if these young lives had lived to fulfill the promise of their youth. If all the wealth of mental culture In terred in the sacked soil of Southern cemeteries had been centered upon the achievements of commerce, concentrated SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES Alei’s Foot-Ease, the ftnti«*eptlcpowder. Itrelieves painful,smarting, tender, nervous feet, and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It’s the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Allen’s Foot- Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain relief lor sweating, callous, swollen, tired, aching feet Always use It to Break in New shoes. Try it to-day. 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All prices. upon the problems of statesmanship, or j freed for the accomplishments of art; if I all the sweetness and light imprisoned there in tiie darkness of the ground could have been left to fulfill its radi ant mission in our homes; if all that passionate courage which daved danger to the very portals of death itself could» have been turned with the full tide of its Niagara force upon the wheels of Southern progress, how different would have been the story of our past. War means waste. Its tears. Its terrors, its tragedy is told In that wdrd—waste*. :‘Let us dream and work and pray for universal peace. And today as we stand scanning with eager anxiety our Southern frontier, let our prayer be that the cloud which hangs menacingly upon our hori zon, may be wafted by winds of wisdom where it may shadow no sorrow for the children of men. And yet thus far in the progress of our civilization war has seemed to be an inevitable experience in the life of nations. It has been the great testing experience. It is a chal lenge to the worst, and a dare to the best within a nation’s life. A nation is not great because it fights. Neither is it great because it does not fight. But when it does light, the character of a people is tried as by fire. Why did they light, and in what spirit did they fight, are questions which probe to the very center the moral quality of a nation. Here by the side of these graves let us attempt once more to test the character of the Confederate soldier—let us ap praise the value of ids contribution to his country. I would not profane this place by attempting to revive the pas sions and hatveds engendered by that fratricidal strife. Neither would I re surrect the social and political issues out of which that conflict was born. Blit hack of the noise of battle, and deeper than tlie social and political discussions upon the hustings, is the essential ques tion, why did he fight? For the time being we care little for what was In his social environment, or what was written in the constitution of his state, but what we want to know' is what was in his heart. When the Confederate soldiers stood before tiie flashing guns at Manassas in undisciplined heroism, what was in their hearts? When they reached the heights at Gettysburg, strewing their deadly pathway with rag ged gray glory, what was in their hearts? When, victors of a hundred im mortal battlefields, they lay down their untarnished weapons at Appomattox, what was in their hearts No matter what history may prove as to the tech nical right or wrong, wisdom or unwis dom of secession, I answer today, that within the hearts of the Confederate soldiers there was a deathless devotion to home, a loyalty to his convictions, and a love of liberty matchless in tiie annals of war. “The Confederate soldier was an ideal ist. I would not make him perfect. He had his faults as other men. But when the trumpet called him to battle bo went fo**th to no field of conquest. TTe was tempted by no prize of personal gain, lie turned his hack upon splendid ca reers in army, navy, politics, commerce, art and literature, and exchanged a so cial life as fascinating as the world has ever seen for the hardships of the camp and the march. He wont to fight for that which can not be seen or heard or handled. That wnich nerved him to such Splendid deeds of heroism was a divine vision of liberty, honor and righteousness. After all. that which wins the admiration of a world on the battle field is unselfishness. Heroism is not the willingness to ki’l. but the willing ness to be killed for that which one be lieves to be right. Judge by that stand ard. these men were indeed heroes, for never did men throw r themselves with more splendid abandon upon the altar of their convictions. War is horrid at its best. But, comrades of my father. T can read the story of your conflict without one blush of shame. Never did a narmy fight a fairer fight, nor leave a cleaner record. No plundering left its ghoulish marks to mar the progress of your march. No blackened ruins told the direction of your tread, and no moans of women and children echoed the wake of your way. You made war on men and bared your breast to foemen worthy of your steel. Wherever the Confederate soldier went he left a high er and holler definition of manhood. He fought. TTe fought fearfully and fear lessly, but he fought with a temple in his heart. “The age which fights Is seldom the age which builds. One generation wins freedom on the field of battle, throttles tyrany and exemplies heroism. The next generation breathes the story of its ban ners into poetic song, translates its tri umphs into permanent institutions and builds upon its battlefields temples of work and worship. The poet, the states man, the architect, seldom accompanies, but follows the worrior. “But let it be remembered that it is fthe temple which was in the heart of the warrior which will get Itself build ed by the citizen in the days of pence. That for which a nation fights in war will determine w’hat a nation will build in peace. By that test, and that test alone, must we judge tiie Confederate soldier. Look to tiie Southland today. It is the story of the resurrection. That which was thought to be buried in the tomb at Appomattox would not at ay dead. It was Immortal and rose again on the third day. ‘Except a grain of wheat fall into the earth and die. it abideth by itself alone, but If it die it .hearth much fruit.’ Out of a soil plant ed with patriots and fertilized with the blood of heroes has come the harvest of this new South. Tiie conquests of that army In peace are more glorious than those of battle. The spirits of those whose bodies we buried in the valleyH and laid to rest by the requiem of our rivers lived to permeate the purposes and nerve the arms of those who were to build this miracle of modifti life. Those who survived that great war went back to broken fortunes and the black ened rul-ns of their homes not to mourn over a dead past, but with unconquered hearts they began to translate Into terms of peace that which they had failed to accomplish In war. "Nearly a quarter of a century ago f stood beside the open grave of Henry Grady. As the clods fell upon his coffin then* came to me the mythical story of Home's salvation. Tou, too, will recall It from your childhood's lesson. A great gulf has appeared In the forum. It has been revealed that only a warrior, pano plied and mounted on his charger, can close the chasm by leaping Into It. Then I saw our own beloved country. Its bloody chasm Is a gaping wound, sepa rating brother from brother. A Hill, a Gordon, a Grady and Fltshugh I.ee, threw themselves into that breach and died with eloquent words upon their bps pleading for liberty and love. Yes, I love to think that as the Confederate soldier was first In war, he was also f r*t In peace. “And now, (‘one of Confederate diem, our taxk await* ux Your father* fought with temple* In their heart*. It renuilneth for vou and me of thl* K»*"‘ f.ration to fulfill the prayer and prophecy of our father*. We dare not. build lie nobly. We dare not bul’d other than that temple In which they prayed and , purposed. Already If we will but open our eve* i nx we ntnnd upon thlx moun* ( tHln of ’ vantage, we may be able to : nhnut ‘Our father*, behold the borxemen •nd chariot* of Ixrael.' and grant, oh Clod, that ax Ktljfih lx swept upward hi* mant»< may detrend upon the ahoulder* Elisha. M SENSATION FLOUR has strength, color and flavor. Fverv sack guaranteed. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. GOOD REASONS. 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