Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1884-05-27
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
How They Were Observed II
the Episcopal and Metho-
dist Churches.

On Sunday morning, in accord
ancc with general order from tn
Pacific Coast headquarters, tn
Custer Post in body attended St
Peters Episcopal Church. Their
was a special service for the occa
sion. The National emblems were
draped and hung in the chancel
| the altar and lectern was decorated
with beautiful crosses and wreath.
of wild-fowers gathered by
the children Of the Orphans
Home. A sword draped hung
from the baptismal fount
The services consisted Of sermon
by Rev. Geo. r. Davis in which he
showed the connection between the
solemn observances Of Memorial
Day and the Church of Christ,
| which was church of peace and
goodfellowship. The congregation
| sang America with fine effect,
| and at the close of the service Miss
Nellie Parkinson sang the Star
Spangled Banner" with subdued
modulations appropriate to the oc-
casion and with rare taste.
After the members Of the Post
reached their Armory it was decided
to attend the Methodist Church as
a matter Of courtesy to Rev. Kirk
bride, whose son had been chosen
to read the Grafton on Friday.
The gentleman was quite taken BY
surprise and had made no prepar-
ations for the Post, but delivered
an extcmperancous address, the
synopsis of which is as follows:
Text: Exodus II. IA This day
shall be a memorial unto you
throughout your generations"
The speaker introduced the sub
ject by saying that there were
days rendered luminous in one S
memory for all the after time, like
the great lookout tree in Southern
Illinois used by the Unionists
in the times Of of go to watch the
movements of the Confederates,
commanding as it did the opposite
shores of Kentucky and Missouri
and lifting its great branches far
above the surrounding forest. He
referred to the Bunker Hill Monu-
ment dedicated by Webster to
Warren and the soldiers OF the
Revolution, to Thorwalsdens Lion
of Switzerland, and then stated
that in the text there was divine
warrant for the celebration Of such
a day. The Israelites were COM
manded to keep the day, because
it commemorated their National de-
liverance and because that
triumph was achieved by blood.
We were urged to this in addition
by the sentiment of veneer
alton and the divincly plant
ed passion for immortality.
No people were more veneratlve
than the Americans. Oar tourists
thronged to the ''Shrines of Saints,
the Battle Fields of the Race
where man had struggled to I'M
crown despots, and old world relics
of chivalric days. He rather
viewed with alarm the proposition
to Americanize the world. He
would rather it should re-
tain its old quaint ways; it was
to him a never ending scene OF
| wonderment and worship. Me
mortal Day was to Us memorial
of once divided but now a united
| people, divided not by natural
| CONFORMATION Of the continent, but
by different constructions OF the
| Federal compact, different codes OF
| morals, systems of labor and idioms
of speech. It was also memorial
| of once enslayed but now free
people. Not only the colored race,
but the dominant race, both South
and North, were involved in the
shame and disabilities of the sys-
tenn. Again, it was a memorial OF a
people redeemed by atoning blood.
It was blood upon the door-posts OF
Of the Hebrew that saved them,
and the blood of our fallen soldiers
had redeemed our Republic and
| commend us to the divine powers.
Every nation worthy Of the name
had been so redeemed. And last
| Of all let us never forget that it is
memorial Of Gods protection, who
poured out the spirit of such ex-
allied patriotism through all the