Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-03
THE DEAD SOLDIERS.
SERVICES 0OMMEMORATING 1HEIR
SACRIFICE.

SERVICES 0OMMEMORATING THEIR
slCRIJICE.
Plymouth Church Decorated--The Grand
Army in Attendance--Ablo Discourse by
Rev. DR.. Dana--aIemorial Services at the
jackson Street Methodist Church.
The commemoration services at Plymouth
church last evening attracted large congrega-
ton. The church was tastefully decorated
with floral devices and around the altar were
several stacks of arms and regimentel standards
artistically arranged. Pendant from the organ
was a large national banner, while the reading
desk was clothed in roses and call as and gera-
NUNS.
| Previous to the services the members of Acker
i Post mustered at the capital and marched to the
church. There were represented in the Infan-
try the Sd, 4th, 9th, 9Th, 10th and 18th Mime
sofa, LIST Kansas, 43d and 93d Ohio. Cavalry,
9th and 10th Kentucky. Engineers, LIST Michi-
gan. Artillery, 9th New York and battery l.,
the Sd United States infantry. As the old
soldiers marched into the church the organ
1 played march by Batiste. During the serv-
ices the chorus sang the following selections of
music. 20 sing unto the Lord" Response
Apostles Crsed.'' National Anthem-ssMy
country tbs of thee" Male Quartette-
| sleep the brave who sink to rest" The sweet
by and by
The Introductory prayer by Mr.. Dana was
most appropriate and impressive. The sermon
Of which the following is an epitome was lis
tened to with the greatest attention:
Hebrews 10 Oh. 80 Y. Of. CO. "But call to
remembrance the former days.
| There is far moro involved in auooost,o,,
like this than at first we realize. and vastly
more is to come from needing it than many
imagine is possible. The divinity that pre-
sides over to-morrowsis called hope; and it is
indeed true that the human heart ALWAYS
pricing tomorrow more than yesterday has
written the most of its poetry in the name of
hope. 1t is said, when the seven classic phil
osophers were holding banquet together, the
question was asked of them, ''What is the most
universal possession?" Tie reply agreed upon
was, hope. But this worship of futur1ty, with
all OF us almost a passionate propensity, should
not make US oblivious of the past, or remand
memory to a constrained silence, disallowing
TO- her the exetcise Of her sacred function, that
of recalling to mind former days, We may not
find memory wearing the same loneliness that
belongs to hope, but what is wanting in bloom
and smile may find compensation in wisdom
and pensiveness. 1t is after all what we have
done that is noble and pure which abides
WILL u6 III an 1QWfOQgnC, ana
an invoking blessing. Every tomorrow is born
out OF to-day, and yesterday struggles ought
to have taught us many valuable lessons. Thus
does the past become to US faithful teacher,
! for plainly does she show us, what may shame
and what may gladden. us.
THE USE OF AN HISTORIC CONSCIOUSNESS.
It is owing to these former
days, that we have this, that life which
has a present and future, but no past, is
sadly superficial. This which is outside and be-
hind the individual, in the noble stay of his
family, or school or nations life, which gives
him dignity, and the sense of greatness. You
never really know man, till you are acquaint-
ed with his antecedents for what has been,
colors and shapes not unfrequentiy what is to
his fellows, who represents proud past. It is
an idea of heather origin, that the spirits of
all whom great warrior Stays, pass into his
own being to increase correspondingly his per-
sonal power. Never, however, seems that
thought so true as when you consider the life
OF nations. The spirit of their great achieve
J ments pass into their life to exalt and expand
it. All that nation ever did, or heroically
endured, it still possesses, and the world con-
cedes to it the highest honors of its history,
and pays it full reverence for it's past even
when its present may be devoid of what spe-
cIally inspires respect. Who ever visits
''The valleys and hills of sacred Palestine,
Dear land Of heavenly thought and glorious
deed,
The center and glory of all realms,
The earthly home of Gods incarnate Son.
without receiving q fresh impulse to holy liv.
ing, from the historic associations of Beth.
lehem and Olivet, of Galilee and Jerusalem
Who is there but feels ennobled, if back of him
stretches a line of distinguished ancestors; il
there are red-letter days in the annals of the
household he represents witnessing to deeds Of
, dasaDg and lofty life Hence we cannot despise
the Veara behind ma fbpv m 10 tho c,,b .o
: out OF which our character and history are tt
: grow. Carlyle voiced but the Judgment Of
, mankind. when he said of us Americans priol
to our late civil war, 1.-THE title to bea common
7 wealth or nation at ALL among the Ethnoi Of
: the world, is, strictly considered, thing the,
are now striving for, and, indeed, have not yeS
done much towards obtaining. What grea
human soul, what great thought. what noble
/ thing, one could worship, or loyalty admire
has been produced in America?" Not much
indeed, could be produced, when the back
ground of former days was limited. In fact
! England's power and prestige grew out of hel
t antiquity. Her universities are famous fo
their hoary histories, their annals running bacl
through centuries, and their list of scholars
like unto David's tower, built for an armory
whereon hang thousand bucklers all shield,
of mighty men. But now more than hundred
years have furnished us with somewhat of al
history.
The nation has passed through trials thai
have given strength to it's muscle, and wisdom
to It's counsels; and has won victories which
have increased the pride of its past. When W.
make thought excursions into our eventfu
past, recall the unparalleled struggle which
ragged through four weary years, the two mil
! lions aud quarter of men arrayed in arms
who fought battles before which the bloodies
, nelds OF European warfare seem inconsiderable
and against all precedent, and in the face O.
all probabilities suppressed gigantic re
bel!lon, and the barbaric and ~entrenched in
lquity of slavery, and occasioned the festiva
OF last Thursday, when solemn pilgrimage wa
made to bestrew the graves of the hundreds O.
thousands who died in defending the country
then is it we feel, what has been SO aptl,
, termed the tide swing of great historic con
sciousness."
!, The REMEMBRANCE OF OUR INDEBTEDNESS II
THESE FALLEN HEROES
1t is the recollection Of past days that serves tx
keep green the memories of those whose suffer
lngs and achievements secured us our broader
better liberties. The world, it has been said
is upheld by the veracity of good men, the,
make earth wholesome. How little do we re-
alize what We owe to those who have lived
noble lives in by-gone days. Every ship thai
: comes to America got its chart from Columbus
carpenter who shaves with fore-plane borrowt
the genius Of 9 forgotten inventor. All the
yesterdays of virtuous living work their health
into us, and even the best history resolves it.
self into the biography of few brave
and earnest persons. What do We
who rocked the cradle of this Republic, and by
sagacious counsels, and invincible courage
moved before the chosen people of the colonies
pillar OF cloud by day and of fire by night.
And shall we forget more recent heroes, on
whose graves scattered all over our land, rest
still the floral offernus of the grateful ,,an,lo