. Book of the Royal blue . Confederate army. Confederate losses were never officiallygiven. While the battle was not a decisive one,the Confederates withdrawing on the nightof the 17th, it was one which showed con- THE PROPOSED LINCOLN ROAD 19 clusively to Lincoln, who visited the Held,that the fight would be continued to adefinite finish. But that finish was afar Lincoln with uncovered head lookedsadly across the field of death, he littledreamed that Gettysburg, a fiercerstruggle, was to follow nearly a year Antietam the road leads northwardto Hagerstown. This city is larg


. Book of the Royal blue . Confederate army. Confederate losses were never officiallygiven. While the battle was not a decisive one,the Confederates withdrawing on the nightof the 17th, it was one which showed con- THE PROPOSED LINCOLN ROAD 19 clusively to Lincoln, who visited the Held,that the fight would be continued to adefinite finish. But that finish was afar Lincoln with uncovered head lookedsadly across the field of death, he littledreamed that Gettysburg, a fiercerstruggle, was to follow nearly a year Antietam the road leads northwardto Hagerstown. This city is larger thanFrederick and is more pretentious in modern buildings. It is battle scarred, as are alltowns in this section of Maryland. It liesin a direct line from Harpers Ferry toGettysburg and suffered the marches andcountermarches of the Confederate Hagerstown the roads cross thebeautiful Blue Ridge Mountains and ex-quisite valleys en route to Gettysburg, show-ing no traces of the devastating wars of62 and b?>.. FREDERICK VALLEY Buds and Blossoms By ADELBERT CLARK Go to the end of the world, if you will, You will find there is beauty abidingIn the heart of. man that is living tor men — This marvelous powr is mansion or hovel, in great or in small. This emblem of Gods love is burning;And each day reveals all its peace and its pow r In the worlds mighty schoolroom of learning. You cannot behold it, but feel it and know Its glory and greatness and power;Its appeal to the heart of the world-weary one, Like the beauty of dewdrop and lo, tis the building and making of man. Creating within him a brother,Born in the image of God and His Son, And binding us one to another. No matter wherer you may roam you will find Simplicity ever is winningThe heart with its beauty; and, too, you will find It eer in the heart that is the keynote of harmony, progress and life. And it baffles the darkness of leads us straight in the sunshine o


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