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Excerpt from The Sergeant's Memorial
It was Sabbath evening. I had preached to young men upon purity of life and a true faith in Christ as the high est manliness and the best qualification for serving their country and mankind. As I left the church, a friend inquired of 'the army boy and this had led to pleasant talk of one Who early learned to follow Whatever was pure and lovely and of good report. Just at the time of rest came a violent ring, and a telegram. My heart read it before it was opened but those few hurried words Your son is dangerously ill - come at once, - awoke every energy of fear, hope, love. In an instant I had started, only to learn that no train would leave till morning. He there, in Virginia, in tent or cabin, Sick.
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