Four Years On Wheels Or Life As A Presiding Elder PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IX. HE war spirit was very intense during my pastorate in Pittsfield, and regiments were going to and returning from the seat of war, and much was written of a more or less patriotic nature. Our regiments, as they returned from the war, with tattered banners, thinned ranks and scarred veterans, were tendered as hearty a reception as the warmhearted citizens of western Massachusetts could give. The Forty-ninth regiment was a pet regiment, and on its return was warmly greeted, and I wrote the following poem, which was published in the newspapers at the time, and was afterwards published in the history of the regiment, entitled, "Life with the 49th Massachusetts Volunteers, by Henry T. Johns,"and is found on pages 373 and 374. IN MEMORIA. The Fallen Brave of the Forty-Ninth. Sleep, ye fallen, sweetly sleep, Your work was nobly done; Your names are written with the brave Who fadeless laurels won. Ye saw the vaunting foe advance, With banners floating high--Ye struck for freedom and the right, Resolved to win or die. Sleep, ye gallant fallen, sleep Where winds your requiems sigh; Your memory lives in many a heart And moistens many an eye. No monuments of marble mark Your places of repose; Ye sleep where southern violets bloom, Or tangled sea-weed grows. Sleep, ye sons of freedom, sleep Where bugles never sound, Nor clash of steel nor cannon's boom Disturb your rest profound. The glorious flag of fadeless hues, 'Neath which ye fought and fell, Shall ever proudly wave on high And of your valor tell. The Church was favored with two gracious revivals during my pastorate there, in which many of the young people of the Sunday school and congregation were converted, the most of them uniting with the Church in full membership. Many of them...