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Excerpt from A Sermon Preached on Board U. S: Battle-Ship Iowa, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, July 10, 1898, the Sunday Following the Naval Battle of Santiago
Last Sunday, the 3d Of July, no divine service was held on this battle-ship. The weather was favorable, but other circum stances forbade. Our usual hour for wor shiping God found us engaged in one Of the most remarkable and effective naval engage ments recorded in the annals Of our coun try. The voice Of prayer and the Singing Of praise gave place to the roar Of our deadly guns and the various other activities attend ing a bloody conflict. However long we may live, we shall never forget the events Of that day The sudden call to general quar ters; the cries passing with lightning rapid ity from mouth to mouth that the Spanish ships were leaving the harbor; the orderly rallying Of Officers and men at their respec tive stations; the rattle Of the chains hoist ing our ammunition; the roar Of our guns from the turrets and secondary batteries; the whistling Of the enemy's shot flying over our decks the crashing Of our shells through and upon the ships Of our foe; the sinking Of the Spanish torpedo-boats, the beaching and burning of their war vessels; the low ering Of their flags in token Of surrender.
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