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crops as indicating fig trees; and that we have a 

 right to look to the churches for setting the highest 

 possible standard of conduct and of service, public 

 and private, for the whole land ; that the church must 

 make itself felt by finding its expression through 

 the life work of its members; not merely on Sunday, 

 but on week days; not merely within these walls, 

 but at home and in business. We have a right to 

 expect that you will show your faith by your works ; 

 that the people who have the inestimable advan 

 tages of the church-life and the home-life should be 

 made to remember that as much has been given them, 

 much will be expected of them; that they must lead 

 upright lives themselves and be living forces in the 

 war for decency among their surroundings ; that we 

 have a right to expect of you and those like you 

 that you shall not merely speak for righteousness, 

 but do righteousness in your own homes and in the 

 world at large. 



ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNVEILING OF 

 THE SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT 

 AT ARLINGTON, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF 

 THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE COLONIAL 

 DAMES OF AMERICA, MAY 21, 1902 



Mrs. President, and members of the Society, and 

 you, my comrades, and, finally, officers and men 

 of the Regular Army, whom we took as our 

 models in the war four years ago: 

 It is a pleasure to be here this afternoon to ac 

 cept in the name of the nation the monument put 



