Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-29
AT THE CHURCHES YESTERDAY.
The Sermon PREDATORY to Decoration Day
by Rev. Mr.. Davis.

Rev. W. II. Axthslm pastor, will be dedi
Gated and opened for public worship June
18th. On that day the Bishop and several
clergymen Of the sect will be in Sacramento
and take part in the exercises.
At Kingsley Chapel yesterday Rev. r. l..
Hartford, of San Francisco, preached morn
! ing and evening.
At the reading-rooms of the Young Mems
| Christian Association yesterday at $3.50 P. ~,
the religious exercises were conducted by
Rev. n. Slater.
At the Riverside School.house, at $3.50
| P. ". yesterday, religious services were held,
/ Rev. II. II. Rice, of this city, officiating.
I At the Methodist Church South yesterday,
in the absence OF Rev. DIR. Anderson, Rev.
! f. NJ. Featherstun preached morning and
! evening. There was praise service at $50
| p. ".
In the absence of the pastor, Rev. Mr..
| Henry, Rev, Mr.. White, Of San Francisco,
| preached morning and evening yesterday in
! Calvary Baptist Church.
[ The Reorganized Church OF Latter-Day
/ Saints held devotional services yesterday at
/ 1880 A. ". in Ho1e's Hall.
! Yesterday morning at the Evangelical
Lutheran Church the Feast of Penteeost was
/ celebrated with great solemnity. The floral
decorations contributed by the Frauen Verein
were elaborate. Musical selections by the
church choir, led by Professor K. Heinrich,
were excellently rendered also solo by Mr.
huerbach. The Rev. Dr. 1aubner preached
from the pentecostal text, Acts l., Is,
taking Tor his theme THE Coming Of
the Holy Spirit" l. The time and place of
his coming. 2. The way and manner. B.
The gifts and power. !. The combat and
triumph Of his coming. The sermon seemed
tn rnaLa n yart daat, tnoursssiop nu the large
assemblage.
At st. Pauls Church last evening, the
members of Sumner Post, No. 3, Grand
Army of the Republic, and ex-soldiers and
sailors Of the army and navy attended in
body. There was present large congrega-
ton. Rev. Carroll M. Davis preached the
memorial sermon predatory to Decoration
Day His text was from Corinthians, XII, 26:
We suffer with our nations every loss and
rejoice with her every gain. He said tina.
they had met together to call to mind the
bravery and courage and love of right which
animated those noble souls who poured out
their hearts blood in defense of their prin-
ciples, and TO encourage and stimulate each
other to higher and better lives There was
grandeur and sub!inity of spirit shown at
the close Of the late war that had not been
known befcce, and to-day the blue and the
gray lie side By eide, and the mourners
Never before has nation 80 sharply divided
come together again so quickly. AS we look
back from the vantage ground of a few short
years, and recall the many heroic deeds, the
patriotism and devotion to country, let it stir
up within our sluggish veins little Of the old
fire and zeal. The sacred bodies that lie buried
throughout this broad land still speak to
the living to you, their comrades; to those
others who aided with their means and sym.
pstby, though they bore no arms to us. the
coming generation. To old and young alive,
East or West, North or South, from their hal
lowed dust comes the warning voice, I'VE have
laid the foundation, see ye to the building"
They in their narrow homes, beyond our
censure and beyond our praise, are crowned
with O work well done. Our poor words eau
neither harm nor heal. The truest loyalty to
ones native land, and the truest honor to the
departed, is TO strive to carry out the ideas
which have made our country glorious. In
the grand work Of time, when each age is an
advance on its predecessor, and mankind is
rising nearer to the perfect pattern" there
is work for each one of us. 1t is not
enough that we are peaceful citizens
and bear our Just proportion in support
of the Government. Every man should |
understand the questions OF the day, |
that he may act intelligently. Revenue,
civil service, and hundred other questions
are problems which time and the united in. |
telligence Of the nation alone can solve. Men |
necessarily take opposite views, and just as
long as they think differently parties must |
exist And it should be so, for they serve as |
checks upon each other. But the nations |
best men must take an interest in public |
affairs. The demsgogue needs no urging. |
With the tide of Immigration pouring in on
all sides, 4 portion entirely ignorant of our
systems, a portion of them advocating false
principles of government the only safety for
our institutions lies in the influence exerted /
by our intelligent citizens. Above all things
aid and encourage the public schools, from
the primary grades to the State University. |
There is our strength, there is the bulwark |
that must overcome Ignorance, prejudice and |
vice, and raise orr nation to higher level. |
Closely akin to this is the parental |
duty. Remember, you that have taken upon |
you the responsibility OF bringing soul into |
the world, that upon you devolves the care
and nurture of that soul. Guard it from all
unholy surroundings, and throw around it
every elevatipg and eunoblipg influence that
lies in your power. For on the esily train
ing and the loving influence OF home depends
in great part the life and character of the
man. Would that there might be deeper
and more profound sense of duty among US.
Men are governed by their emotions and feel |
ings, swayed to and fro by the love of glory, |
by the desire for gain, by generous |
impulse, by eager ambition. And |
compared with these perhaps duty |
seems commonplace. Feelings fade, the |
fires of passion burn ont, but in the man by |
whom duty-whatsver it isis always done, |
there is q dependence, stability, a noble |
ness which no other motive can give. And |
it gives, too, in the highest sense that which |
is so dear to the Anglo-Saxon-tru liberty, |
the principle that laid the foundation Of our |
noble republic, and the only one by which |
she can stand.
To seek the greatest good of the greatest |
number; to find how far the rights of the |
many are consistent with the rule Of the best;
to give to every man due voice in the gov. |
eminent to which he must submit. and yet |
stop at the point where Ignorance and base.
ness attain the power to disfrsnchiss the |
educated and the good so to regulate politi-
cal rewards that the worthy may receive, and |
not race of mere office-seekers to preserve |
Christianity as the foundation of a nations |
power, and yet to give true religious freedom;
to educate the people to enslave the base and |
foul and godless-this is the problem which |
has ever been, and still is, before the nation. |
Wherever we are, we may turn to Him from |
whence cometh our help and say, "Our |
Father who art in heaven" and we know
that He will hear us. In the year that has
taken away Not in the glory of open com
bat did he fall, but by the stealthy hand of
foul and cowardly assassin. 1t seems hard |
that such man, great in intellect. great in |
courage, great in everything that was |
good, should be cut down in the prime of |
life. When that soul, after twice forty days |
of lingering pain and anguish, took its |
flight to the other world, from every house |
hold in the land went up cry of lamsnta- |
ton. When that proud form was laid to |
earth, a nation mourned. But has not |
this great sacrifice been sanctifed to this
land? How many an aching heart |
turned from the suffering bedside Of that no. !
BILE Christian, whose fortitude and faith dur |
ing all those weary days Of torture faltered |
not, to thoughts of Him who gave that |
strength. By the fall Of that great man, in
the full strength of years, while his eye was
not dim nor his natural force abated," how |
msny a soul realized the frailty and uncer. |
tainty of human life. And as for him, as for
the other comrades whom we mourn, weep
not blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord, for they rest from their lsbors." As
you love your country and your homes, as
YOU cherish your wives and children, as you
honor all that is good and noble and true, /
beseech you, seek for higher national union.
with Duty, Liberty and God as the bonds
which bind us all together.
The speaker concluded with those beautiful
closing lines of Bryant's "Thanatopsis :" $50
live thou when thy summons" etc.
At the close Of the sermon, which was an
eloquent one, and kept the close attention of
the auditors, the clergyman directed collec-
ton to be taken in aid of the expenses of the
G.. A R. on Decoration Day, and made
ferveut appeal in that behalf, that was re-
sponded to literally.
CALIFORNIAN GATHERING.-TheS Sacramento
Caledonian Club announces the sixth grand
Gathering of the Clans to take place
Saturday next, at East Park that there will
be 40 national games 200 prizes, $3.50 in gold
coin given in prizes, and 20 gold and silver
medals; that delegations will be present from
c.. N:-o;o.o C;tr, po-