Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-31
..roRoErrrxe rs A VICTORY. .
n. II. Pullman,s Decoration nay ssrmor
In baltimore,


The approach Of Decoration Day was
signalised by the custom of the posts OF the
Grand. Army OF the Republic and their sd-
juncts' cts'attendingservicci In vsrious churches
In Baltimore The Rev. X. II. Pullman,
OF the universalist church, at the morning
service, said, 1--WE feel" he said, "that
America has divine meaning embodied
In its progress. Not alone that We piow
broad fields, trade In peace or accumulate
fortunes; that Is low view Of the great
ness Of American life. The past lives
and throbs In all our institutions where the
moral forces of man from the BEGINNING
are represented and deposited. rnrlcn-
celebrate, or on July 4. or Washington.s 2
birthday, do we feel that OF every people
on the face Of the earth we have OCCASION
to thank God for His care and protecting
providence. As with the Israeiites IN
Il was fittine that they should make . pile
Of stones taken from the bed OF the river
which thew had crossed In safety TO COM
memorate Gods work. So IL IL that we
ali should sit apart time tn remember the
great deeds done In the past. This idea OF
making memorials in brass or Atone or by
. day set apart IL worldwide. Every
natIof, has its calendar of sacred days. Il
10 right that this should be, and 1t speaks
we'll for the world that II II not inclined to
forget it's heroes and heroines.
"There is more in the 3Oth Of May than
can be crowded into Its twelve hours.
From that day tides flow In all directions,
baptizing all days surrounding II with n
great lesson. 1t is well to remember what
America has cost in blood. II Is q great
thing to die for q cause. We think " Is u
great thing also to give money, fortune for
. cause, but what must we feel when man
comes forward, and pledging himself in
his hearts blood, offers his life, saying !:
That IL my subscription
"There are men who say, Let our look
he onward, not backward. What need
have we Of the pastf' Why we must put
the lens of the past In our telescope II we
would read the future. We need the
knowledge of the past to move us onward
and upward. American people should
say to themselves, every one. Right about
face Looking to this day, so that when
they take mp their onward march they will
have stouter hearts to face life's conflict.
Looking to this day, let them break away
from all party prejudice and everything
which tends to infringe liberty. Let their
votes be free. Let them vote with the
history of Valley Forge In their hearts,
and with the remembrance of such days as
July 4 and Decoration Day. When only
25 years have passed since the events
which the day cOmmemorates, men and
women can unite in the celebration with
much of the bitterness and strife already
forgftten; can strew the graves without
the herce excitement which made the OBJ
servance almost dangerous in former days
Not generation has passed, and the blue
and the gray meet together and scatter
flowers on the same grave. 1t is great
victOry--this forgetting; when honor is
paid only to the heroic deeds Of n some
time enemy, to the noble acts men have
performed for conscience sake. In this
beautiful observance tho spirit of the hero
slain seems TO breathe forth from the grave
bright with flowers strewn by loving
hands, and cry out, Live honestly, work
honestly, vote honestly for this country,
for which we gave up our lives, the land
Of the free, the home of the braveP"