. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . not dead. May we not reverently say that thosewho have gladly died for men are not dead, but are with \is to-day; more liv-ing than when they stood to stem the tide of invasion. If we are proud tosay that we were in that line on Little Round Top, think you they regret it?With clearer vision than our
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . not dead. May we not reverently say that thosewho have gladly died for men are not dead, but are with \is to-day; more liv-ing than when they stood to stem the tide of invasion. If we are proud tosay that we were in that line on Little Round Top, think you they regret it?With clearer vision than ours their eyes see the glory of the coming of theLord. They see this broad land a nation; not an aggregation of petty sover-eign states. They look down the coming years and see it peopled with ahost of freemen, rejoicing in the result of their sacrifice. They are content. Let us listen to them to-day. God forbid that this fair land should everneed another such sacrifice, but if it fails to prize its heritage, and mustagain be purified by fire, may we and our children be able to sing as theysang: In the beautj of the lilies Christ was born across the sea; With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me. As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching print: JULIUS BIEN B CO NEV Pennsylvania at Qettyshurg. 463 DEDICATION OF MONUMENT 84^° REGIMENT INFANTRY September 11, 1889ADDRESS OP CAPTAIN THOMAS E. MERCHANT SOLDIERS of the Eiglity-fourtli Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volun-teers:—If the feeling with which these words of salutation are heardand accepted, is like unto the feeling that prompts their utterance,then are we fully compensated in our coming together. We name the oldregiment, and what recollections crowd in upon us; memories of the camp,the march, and the field. Some fond—many weighted with the touch ofsorrow felt in its heavy burden even until now, through all of so much of the presence of these recollections I c
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