Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-25

sranite ChuseA.
usn'te church was packed v;.h !.
J '.1se congregation last evening ON Tho -.
sion OF memorial services in rs.r... 49,
patriot dead, Who fought and died sor -. -.
uo'on. Seth Williams Post, q. A.. r. .ns
uAs otinson Camp, 8. Of ", attended IN !.
oooy' and nearly all the pastors Of The d..
were IN attendance. Following -. ~.
order of services: s"'
Prayer, " DI Sy buck
Scripture Ra.a,,. No 2s7 page 81
prayer, ales bradlee.
Response. Kew Caleb Fuller.
Hymn,
Sermon, NO llt0 page IS
Conoreoat,or., Rev }. Smith Girdhili
Benediction. No. ITO. page 40i
| IT,, - nev. Y. v. Hanson.
Inc cnoir was an effective one, consistino
OF the Congregational and Universalis, choir.
ana MRS. Fred Chase. Rev. Mr.. Cledh;,,
pastor Of the Winthrop street church. deliv'
ered an able and thoughtful sermon. occu.
pying about half an hour. Following !. an
abstract:
:. Text, Acts XVII, %: For in Him -.
i've, ana move and have our being W.
are come together tonight to reioice hoto.o
uoo' and to honor the principles of There
equally and justice, which have been ~.
served to US with such infinite cost of blood.
snea ana treasure. And it is more of An oc.
casion OF rejoicing than of sadness. for Al.
tnoogn nitter memories will spring up when
Iecah the grief, at the loss of father, or
plo'nei, OF son, yet we remember how GAL
tnpV nm tkas-
US the privileges we are now eniovino nd
we are glad that they were permitted the
great honor OF part in the glorious struggle.
as 10 the appropriateness and benefit of this
service l need not say word, since that Il
settled question. Neither lie it necess.rv
LOT me to eulogize the gallantry and loyalty
which were displayed during the war Of the
rebellion. need only call your attention. in
passing, to the fact that there is fast coming
upon the stage of action in this country a
generation OF men and women who know
nothing OF the events because of which we
are caiieo together tonight except as matters
of history.
One by one ''the BOYS in blue" are heinz
silently laid away and there is one more
grave to decorate. Year by year the men
and women who participated in the war of
the rebellion are becoming fewer, aud in a
short time we shall miss them entirely from
our midst. So true is this that as a compan-
ion to the G A. r. we have the s.Sons of
Veterans, seeking to embrace in its member
, ship all the sons of the soldiers of our great
war, and by its work to keep alive in the
, hearts OF the people, that love of country and
its institutions and flag which shall keep it. as
, it has ever been, shelter and refuge for the
, oppressed of all the earth.
1t is said that sin time of peace prepare
or mil g..
be the trained affections of our sons and
3 daughters in the love of our country and
, flag, and then should the time ever come
when the ''stars and stripes" shall be assaulted
either by foes without or foes within, the
, loyal hearts of our people shall make its de-
fence most prompt and certain.
\ And you will bear with me then, if l lead
your minds out of the usual course, upon
this occasion, and in answering the question,
How shall we preserve to ourselves and those
who shall come after US, the great advant.
, ages employed under the free institutions of
our country? dwell upon the great moral and
religious doctrine that God judges and re-
wards every man according to his works in
D its bearing upon national affairs. And if I
should seem to dwell al too great length upon
the thought, l can only plead my conviction
of its Importance. Perhaps there is no truth
of more Importance to US in the conduct OF
life perhaps. too, there is scarcely any which
, it has been found more difficult to make PEG.
, pie really believe and feel.
How much Scripture was it necessary to
quote and reiterate; how much theological
argument, and illustration and controversy
I, were expended over and over again, before
e people could be generally brought to under
A stand that God is the same just governor here
as hereafter, and that he executes his justice
in this world a. well as in the next
D A present God in whom we now live
and move and have our being
A was not in all their thoughts. People little
thought that we perpetually stand before thai
Tribunal where every man is dealt with &C,
cording to his doings. But if this great trutf
+ has been accepted generally in relation to ir'
dvidials, it remains to be said that it is little
thought of in its relation to nations. Goo
Judges among the nations of the earth, q.
well as among individuals, and recompense'
I into their own bosoms respectively, all thei
t measures and practices, whether for good OF
. evil Nothing can be palmer, than that il
the doctrine be true in one respect it mus
. be likewise so in the other; for it 10 indi
4 viduals that make up nations. Manage
, however the great parties may, there II
no more escape for q nation, govern
ment, q faction, from Gods even hand
ed Justice, than for an individual
n Human dexterity and fsr-reachipg calculation
. are never the ultimate services of prosperity
neither, on the other hand, is the want o.
these the cause of decay. Back behind al
9 these is the eternal law of justice forever il
operation, trying everything by the infiexioit
J. standard of right, and ultimately counfound'
ing everything that does not agree with this
Righteousness or corruption are the perma
a nent issues of life or death to nation Nov
r this application of this principle is one which
\ we have not been accustomed to keep befor'
our minds, much to our own loss and disap
monument. There 10 one great difference
r between the two cases which ought. perhaps
r to be pointed out, one which arises from thu
, difference between the natural age OF natioI
and a man. In order to trace Gods Judg
u ments in the history of a nation, we mus
. substitute ages for years in our observation
9 But surveying the past history of nation'
. from generation to generation; following then
down the course of the ages; taking any PEG
u Ole we please, of whom we have accounts
Q suiaciently particular. and it is surprising
: how faithfully their fate mas followed thei
, conduct. and how exactly 1t has answered
sooner or later to their moral character LIE
the history of the Jewish nation .. recorded
! in the Old Testament serve as an ILLUSTRATOR