WHY connect the name of Christ with Decoration Day? Because we should love Him with all the heart, mind, soul, and strength; and because whatsoever we do we should do in the name of the Lord Jesus, “bringing every thought in captivity to him.” . . .
President Washington, in his farewell address, presented three particular cautions with respect to America’s future, which we may at this time recall with profit. He said that the unity of government is the main pillar of our independence and tranquility at home and abroad. He declared that “against this point in our political fortress the batteries of internal and external enemies will be constantly directed.” He urged that, as of infinite moment, we should cherish it as “the palladium of our political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety, and indignantly frowning upon every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties that now link together the various parts.”
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