The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1883-05-30
In MemOriam.
Services in Honor of Amer
ica's Braves.

services in Honor of Amer
ica's Braves.
Fort Street Congregational Church was crowded
0 its utmost capacity on last Sunday evening the
ccasion for the large gathering being the special
ervices connected with the commemoration of the
oming Memorial or Decoration day May 50th),
acred to the memory of those who had fallen
uring the internecine struggle between the States
# the American Union during the war of the Re
,ellonn The interior of the church was tastefully
decorated, palm fronds and myrtle leaves with
lowers intermingled being attached to the side
handelers Easter lilies each side of the pulpit
Ehile on the front of the organ traced IN scarlet
,eraniums on a white ground were the letters q
l. r. indicative of the Grand Army OF the hepub-
ic the local post of which were present IN a body
The American flag drooped gracefully from above
his bed of flowers and over the pulpit and at the
lack of the gallery the ''star spangled banner
was also placed. The services were opened by a
lymn by the choir, prayer and reading OF Scripture
" Rev. Dr. Damon, than the singing of the grand
anthem America" in which congregation and
,boir ioined most heartily Pastor CruZan then
advanced and delivered the following sermon
aking his toxt and speaking as follows
Cd sam f:s7-How are the mighty fallen, and the
weapons Of war pcrishcd
Is 6O:i2-For the Nation or the Kingdom that vii
not serve Thee shall perish yea, those nations shall be
utterly wasted.
A little more than twenty-five years ago America
and the entire civilized world heard the booming
Df cannon at Sumter. How their thunder rolledl
from nation TO nation, from State 10 State And
lt the sound how the slumbering North awoke:
like giant out of sleep. and girded itself for war
No more dallying them No moro paltryIng oyeTI
party trihes. No more Incidence, cowardice,l
but a grand uprising for country, for right forl
The cause of Liberty. What days those wcre!I
And what men they produced! From the farm
from the shop, from the store, from the house of
axury and from the cottage of poverty they came:
boys, bearded men, bridegrOumsI
from the altar, and fathers from the cradle-sde.
They were grand men and true soldiers.
What transforms the man into true soldier
The true soldier is he who risks his life IN be-
half of idea, not in the interest OF mere glory,
Or power, or adventure. However dull and com
the man, If "the still small voice speak,
to him of duty freedom, truth: if these fire hlsI
soul and send him forth to battle then like Mil
toms Michael the ramparts of Heaven, mel
becomes the divinely y-cquippod warrior, commits
stoned 10 fight the battles of the ages, and OF God
In 1861, in America, one million such mem
spranr TO arms. Mothers sent forth their sons,
wives their husbands, maldens their lovers, andI
put in their hands guns loaded with Il prlncipe'l
and swords that thought
The gaze Of the world was upon them IheyI
fought four long bloody years, not for America
alone, but for the world j,
They fought for Liberty everywhere that every
bOndman ON the globe might have hope; thatl
every patriot might rejoice that every traitor and
every opDressor on the whole earth, and III al
coming time, might trembe and be ashamed. Inl
that struggle three hundred thousand of thesel
brave men laid down their lives IN defense of that
God-given principle, freedom for all mankind. ~
is eminenty fitting that Americans eyerywhere-
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should pause and remember them, and their grand
work and heroic sacrifice: should stand with
barred head and tear-filled heart by their graves,
and as flowers and tears fall upon the greenl
mounds, breathe the sad refrain OF David for saul
and Jonathan: ''How art the mighty fallen IN the
midst of the battle, O Jonathan, thou vast slainl
i'm thine high places ! am distressed for theel
my brother Jonathan Very pleasant hast thoul
been unto me. Thy love to me was wonderful
passing the love of woman How are the mighty
fallen and the weapons of war porshedn
Sitting here tonight, with the thought Of that
terrible struggle of the heroic sacrifice Of these
dead patriots in hearts, what lesson for ouTI
day, what worldwide truth shall We learn Z This 4
Ia NATIONS REAL STRENGTH, WEALTH AND pBosl
PEETTY Is IN ITS MORAL POwEE.
My second text teaches that: For the natiunI
or the kingdom that will not thee shall pcris
yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted
God has written and rewritten that truth, IN let
ters of blood, and characters Of hamc, ON nearlyI
every page of the worlds history. And It Is mott
vet dead letter.: it never will be. Ii is Just as
true now, 1888 years after Christ, as it was 6JS
years before Christ, when 1t was first writtcn
Truths do not change about the throne Clernal
No matter what her natural resources. natiOnl
cannot foster crime, and debauchery, and lntcm
pcrance, and live in defiance of Gods immutable
laws of purity, strength and goodness, and grOwI
strong and retain her place among the nations Of
the earth. Such nation, though every acre of
her territory teen with natures riches, will be al
poor, weak, decaying State, whose days are NUM-
bered.
l. In proof, notice first,
GOD FURNISHES NATIONS FOR NATIONAL SINS.
Il can take only one or two illustrations from the
many which history furnishes: For nearly 90
years America cherished the sin Of slavery. The
wrongs of the poor slaves and their cry came up I'd
God With lOng-suffering patience lie endured
the great evil, giving that great Nation time for
repentance and reparation of her wrong doing; but
she would not At last, the cup of slavery iniquty
was full Gbd used the sword fol His scalDel, and
cut from the breast of the nation that terrible
cancer. The woe, the anguish the weakness which
came from four years of war, was the penalty
which America paid for the sin Of slavery.
Take Turkey. the Sick Man of Europe as
another illustration. Standing, as she does, with
one foot i'll Asia and one in Europe, holding the
Dardanelles and the BOsphorous, the keys TO those
great inland oceans, the Mediterranean and the
Black Seas, with a country of vast extent, wonder
full resources, and varied scenery and climate She
should be one of the strongest and weathlest nal
tions in the world. She Is one of the weakest and
poorest. She is the Beggar among nations, hank
rupt in treasury and morals, tottering to her fall
Her rulers, for generations, have been rapacious
robbers, depressing their subjects from the palace
of the Sultan TO the hoyel of the peasant the poll
son of licentiousness has tainted the blood Of the
nation. How the hand Of God hath smitten her
for her sins Army after army has invaded her
territory. She has been SCARED, and cut, and
harried by thesword, and tramped under the hoots i
Of charging squadrons. Province after province of
her rich domain has been wrested IRON her. Shel
exists as nation to-day only because .he great
Empires cannot agree how her territory shall bel
divided
Sin is the great national destroyer. 1t saps nat
ural resources. 1t renders great armies and nayie
impOtent.
. notice. second. that n nations solid we'll
being consists in the persons of her people. Says
DIR. bushnell: National wealth Is personal, mott
material IL includes the natural capacity, the III
dustry the skill, the science, the bravery, the 10y
atty, the moral and religious worth of the people
The wealth of a nation Is IN the breasts OF her
sons. Let manhood be advanced, it Is sure tOl
bring with 1t riches, justice, liberty, strength sta
bility, invincibity, and every other good. Neglect
OF degrade manhood, and every sort of success and
is but accidental and deceitfu." That
any ruler or statesman, should look upon thel
manhood of his cOuntTymen as secondary, III con
TO money and possessions; or, that hel
should not value the revenue of great abilities and
any other possible increase orl
is full of portent to that nation. "HOul
will confer, said Epictetus, ''the greatest benefit
on your city, not by raising the roofs, but by ex
alting the souls of your fellOwCitizens: for II 81
better that great souls should live in small habita
tions than that abject slaves should burrow mi
great houses
The supreme value of manhood Is seen il We lookl
back 10 the founders Of America. That heroic
band who came over IN the MGEfiyirtT, and laid thu
foundations, of great nation did not come I'll
amass wealth but to secure liberty. As one has
well said They brought hither IN their little
ships, not money, not merchandise, nor array of
armed force, but they came freighted with religion
learning, law, and the spirit of men. Strong inI
God and in their own heroic patience, they beganI
their combat with danger and hardship. Disease
smote them but they faltered not; famine, but
they Toasted on roots with patient spirit They
built house for God, then for themselves. They
established education. They gave their Sous I'd
God through Him to yirtuo through virtue tO
the State. SO they laid the foundations. it was
the strong manhood of their SONS which won the
victory against such fearful odds in the heroic
struggle of l776. when America took her place.
among the nations. IT was the blood of the
Puritans in the veins of the loyal North, which in
1861 was a potent force IN saving and perpetual
ing the nationality which our forefathers had
bequeathed us.
8 And this suggests, third, fsaf a itatioA must ID
defended iteu cosst, acfed. But where lies the
strength of a nations defense, in time Of peril
In such things money purchases in ships, forth
hcatiOns, guns of the latest improved pattern, and
munitions of war? No, The real bulwark Of al
uation,- says DIR. Bushnell, :. is in the bodies of
her sons or, should rather say in the spirit and
of her sons They are public love-
wisdom, attachment TO home and country, and
bravery" These cannot be bought with money!
They are not inspired by an occasion. They cam
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