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Excerpt from In Memoriam: Sermon and Oration, With the Proceedings of Protection Lodge No; 28, I. O. O. F., N. J., In Commemoration of Col. Isaac M. Tucker, Who Fell at the Battle of Gaines' Mills, Before Richmond, June 27, 1862
H ow are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle Oh Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan very pleasant hast thou been unto me.
These words, form a portion of David's lament, when he heard the sad news of the death of his friend Jonathan. That noble young man - the pride of h1s nation, whom in the beginning of his lament, the Psalmist styled the beauty Of Israel - went forth with his father to do battle in a holy cause, even the defence of his country. But God smiled not on the hosts of the chosen people, even though they were defending the right, against unrighteous enemies; and soon the fearful news reached the ears of the absent David, of dis aster and defeat - to him, aggravated by the fact that his friend, in the last struggle, when striving to turn the tide of victory against the foe, had fallen upon the heights of Gil boa. The sad lament of which the text forms a part - one of the saddest - one of the sweetest - one of the most touch ing ever penned by mark - was deserved by Jonathan at the hands of his friend, for he was a noble man - he had died in a noble cause - he had died nobly.
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