Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-10-13
SERMON TO rnE SOLDIERS.
The Annual Discourse of Chaplain
 TwitchcIl In This City.

The Annual Discourse of Chaplain
 Twitchcn In This City.
 Companies G and A turned out with almost full numbers last night, to attend the annual lecture of Chaplain Twitchell of the Second regiment, at the First by Colonel Doherty and staff marched
 from the armory to the church about . o'clock Colonel Doherty and staff and Company U occupied seats on the right of the center aisle and Company A on
 the left. The air in the church was
 laden with the perfume of flowers
 which surro unded the pulpit. High up
 above the choir gallery was handsome floral decoration. The figure "2" in
 white rested on a bed of red roses. Sur
 rounding it was d wreath with these
 words inscribed in purple: "Pro Patria
 ct Semper Deo." Surrounding the whole were the letters ''t>. N. G." In
 front of the pulpit was a large bed of
 roses, to the right were potted plants
 and on the left pyramids of bouquets.
 The fine music rendered by the choir
 under charge of Organist Gibson was a treat to the audience. The Gloria in Excelsis of Mozart's twelfth mass open ed the services. The choir were assisted by the following quartette Mrs R. N. Blakeslee, soprano: Mrs Dr Robbins, alto: Messrs Rogers and Eyman tenor
 and bass respectively. After some scrip tural passages and more music from the choir was rendered was the regular ser mon of the evening in part as follows
 Fellow soldiers and brothers It
 affords me great pleasure to meet you in the house of God. It is meet that once
 a year we should assemble together for
 divine worship and our service to- night has you especially in mind and your
 presence is q comfort to us all. There Is
 in the hearts of men desire 10 become
 monumental. There are few of Us who
 are content to live and die without leaving behind us something by which we will be remembered. Some of course : are satisfied with short life of pleas ure, without any thought of the here after, but in the general makeup oi men in this age when privileges anC
 positions are, as it were, thrust upor them, there Is a desire to live into tht } memory of men. Some men strive tc 3 become monumental in strange ways r One will get into barrel and shoo over the perilous falls of Niagara ano = ther will 20 up in balloon a thousand l feet and float by a parachute to th' l ground another will strive to be th' 3 greatest athlete another to be th' . champion prize fighter and then run fo
 congress. All this is done for the pur I pose of applause, although the money t' } be gained is very influential. Anothe - will erect magnificent buildings an' P carve his name in the granite front, s' I that those who come after him ma. s read others give themselves up bod.
 and soul to the reckless race for riches D and we can bring to mind perhaps ? score of men who are now vielng wltl D each other to see which will possess tn
 most money others endow institutions = | with the thought of being remembefe' when they are dead. Little praise cal begiyen to these but il. can be ,conf < dently assumed that q worthy an' ' divine ambition cannot be forgotten oe
 cause of its beauty and ansl the t, blessings ''t You and l, my brothers, ought to fee divinelv commissioned to do something Il that will leave behind uSlln atfeotionat $ remembrance. No man should be con tent without his monument. Some Of
 Icomplain that we have few opportunitie
 to perform noble deeds. Has it ever oc
 cured to you that heroic patience an n endurance are as monumental as tn
 noblest deeds of statesmen and warrlors s- There are millions of heroes and nero s ines of whom the world has never heard d but who are higher in the sight of Go 5 than princes and presidents. There ar
 chimney sweeps who will be crowned Il d heaven and the time is coming whel e priYates shall bs exalted above thei n leaders! Who shall say that the defend e CTS of the fort are less great than thos e | whu built it ?, Let us, make the most O
 our own lives and be assured of the re s ward that God will give us: 7Wha I treasures are we laying up for the fina
 hour? What are we doing? When tn 7 bugle sounds and the evening roll 7 called, what shall our answer be, whel Q 0ur nnmeS are called