Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-08-21
SOLDIER AND CHRISTIAN.
Sheridan Memorial Services Held IL sa
Francisco on Sunday.
Rs. F. Examiner, August aath.l

oHoTiuAa oientOriat SERVICES hetu II ear
| Francisco on Sunday.
rs. F. Examiner, August 18th.
| Memorial seryices-beautifuI appropri-
ate and solemn-were held last evening al
the First Congregational Church in honor
OF General P. Fl. Sheridan, the dead Com
mander-in Chief of the American armies.
The ceremonies lost nothing in im9res-
siveness through the semi military air I'M
parted to them by the dropping banners
grouped about the altar, the uniform I'd
members of the Veteran Guard standing
sentry at the doorways and more than ali,
by the presence on the rostruri and among
the crowded audience in the body of the
church of those survivors of the great
struggle whose privilege and pride it is TO
call themselves comrades of the dead man
AT ocloek, after the usual organ pre-
Jude, the services began with Mendslssohn's
great anthem, Hear NY PRAYER, sung by
the choir with solemn and beautiful effect.
after which Rev. Robert Nourse, of Wash
IDSton, D. c., read several passage5- from
the twenty-third psalm, THE Lord Is Nv
shepherd Shall Not Want concluding
with brief but touching prayer.
INCENSE OF AFFECTION.
General o. o. Howard, the Chairman of
the evening, began his address bv ouot.zg
the language used by President Cleveland
IN his message to Congress announcing tie
death OF General Sheridan, reading the
earnest words in tones of deep feeling.
Perhaps" continued the General.
" those of us who have been more or less
personally associated with our great COM
rade are not the best fitted to speak dis
crmlnatlngiy upon his history. Let me,
therefore, content myself with few ram
bling reeollections of his noble life"
The General then dwelt briefly but feel
lngly upon the prominent incidents in the
dead soldiers career, concluding thus:
With all his great life-power and
drive, General Sheridan was one of the
most klnd-hearted of men. He was emf
nently just. Never when convinced that
ne mad done any one, even the humblest, q
wrong, did he fail to make amends. 9th
ers VII! give you chapters of his history,
but be 1t for us, comrades, to cast to- night
the incense of affection upon his grave.
In those last hours of his, after he had al
ready been once raised up even as che from
the grave, his fading life was a scene of
beauty and of peace unutterable In the
words OF that eminent prelate, Cardinal
Gibbons, General Sheridan died not only
at peace with the world, but at peace also
with his God. Yes, my comrades, Sheri-
dan was not only soldier, not only citi
zen-Sheridan was Christian
AN ENDURING NAME
The touching anthem, "Sleep Thy Last
Sleep, was rendered by the choir, after
which E. s. Solomon, of Garfield Post, G.
A. R., was introduced. He said:
Sheridan is no more His great life is
ended, but his name, like that of Washing
ton, is one which will live as long as our
grateful country shall endure. Daring to
fault, he was as modest as he was daring
and great. Never was he heard to speak of
his own great achievements, and, even from
the lips of others, he ever disliked to hear
them mentioned. No officer possessed the
love OF his soldiers in greater degree than
Sheridan. As the Old Guard of the En-
pire called their Emperor the Little Cor
porai, so did Sheridan's followers, in the
affectionate pride of their hearts. give him
the loving title of Little Phil His mem
DRY will never cease TO be loved and re-
vered while the Republic shall keep it's
place among the nations of the EARTH
The singing of Along the River of
Time" followed.
HIS OLD COMRADES
Z. G.. Dibble was the next speaker. He
stated that he had been selected to repre-
sent Lincoln Post in the services of the
evening. This organization included 500
members, among whom were MANY who
had personally served under Sheridan.
Many of these comrades of whom |
speak, he continued, "are able to remem
Der individual instances of his kindness.
Some among them had had the delight of
meeting their old commander many wears
after the close of the war, and they found
those who had known him personally
that not one had been forgotten. The
great leaders of the armies of the Union
are rapidly passing from among US.
Sheridan is among the last. But he and
his great comrades have not lived nor died
IN vain. No, my comrades. yours be the
task to keep the truths for which thew
fought alive in the minds of your children.
Prepare your sons to do as they have done,
should ever need arise. Remember, in the
words of Milton, They also serve who only
stand and wait"
GREAT, GRAND, WORTHY.
A solo from Handel, ANGELS Ever
Bright and Fair" beautifully sung bv Mrs.
Fleissner-Lewis, came next on the pro-
gramme, after which w. H. L. Barnes de-
livered the concluding address, quoting the
words of Milton, Great man, worthy pa
triot, grand General, dear to God and ia
nous to all time"
His eloquence excited the old veterans
to such pitch that when any special act
of Little PHIL was described they ap.
plauded loudly. Mr.. Barnes said that the
old soldiers present had not come entirely
to mourn the death of Sheridan, but to re-
joice that such a great man should have
lived on earth. Death is common; the
footprints of his angels are seen on every
hearthstone, but great men are uncommon.
and when they pass away honors too great
cannot be conferred upon their memory.
General Barnes reviewed the life of the
dead chieftain in graphic manner and he
presented him as a leader, General in
every sense of the word. In the opinion of
the speaker Sheridan stood above all others
as leader of armies in the field. The
fateful day, October 10, 1864, when Sheri-
dan, alo ne, and single handed, and by the
exercise of his great magnetic powers,
turned back the routed Union army at
Winchester, and subsequently led them on
to victory, was referred to by the speaker
with telling effect. He who had done so
much to save the United State was worthy
of the veneration of mankind, even unto
the last generation.
At the close of General Barnes eloquent
address Comrade Kline, of Lincoln Post,
presented a set of resolutions, which were
! read and adopted by standing vote. 1t
was resolved to transmit a copy of the
sentiments to the bereayed family of ii
late illustrious leader. America :" was
then sung by the audience, which was dis
| missed with benediction by Com rade A.
w. Lane.
SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY.