Thomas County cat., 1890-05-29
SUNDAYS SERVICES.
Last Sunday Observed by the &. A. X.
and Sons Of Veterans.

and Sons Of Veterans
Memorial sevices were held at the
Methodist church last Sunday morning
to which Charles .. Rovohl post G. A. r
attended in body accompanied by Colby
Camp, sons of veterans. The music for
the occasion was appropriate and render
ed in an agreeable manner by the choir
Elder F. NJ Stewart read the scripture
lesson and offed prayer filled with
deepest reverence for the men who wore
the blue. The memorial sermon was
preached by Rev. j. T. Shackleford pas
tor of the church and was most favora-
ably commented upon by the veterans
as they came from from the house OF
God. His text was Render unto Ceas-
er, the the things that are Ceaser's. and
to God the things that are Gods" taken
from Matthew xxi: 2I His address
was an able one and filled with so many
patriotic and grand thoughts that we
gladly give it space in full as follows:
Three rival parties join to insnare the Sav,
ior. The Herodions who were politicians and
the Roman goVernment .aS sSe % Pharsees. @ biRots
who protested against this; and the Saducees,
inhdes. who were Indifferent upon the SUBJ
tribute to Ceasers TS II the Is Savior % answered s RED
the question propOunded to him affrmatively
the Pharsees were to arouse both the relig
ious 6ieotry oftheir party and the national
preJudices of the common people against MIN.
for the Jews were looking for a Messiah who
should assume temporal authority and lead
them forth to universal conquest. If he
answered negatively, the Herodians were to
combine their party against him and charge
before the civil authority with treason. If
he made no answer all parties were to change
answer themselves. He says "show me q
denarious:" He looked at it and asks; whose
wer .Ceasers'. RENDER therefore, to Ceaser
the things that are Ceasers etc"
In the wisdom ofthis answer they were
completely bafiied in their cunningly devised
plan to ensnare him. Ceaser. here, stands
for civil government. This is an Ordinance
Of God.
It's necessary to society; society is necess-
airy to our nt-prosperity-happi-
ness-even existance The human race
would soon become extinct without ii. These
propositions have been often demonstrated.
importaEt-sO necessary. The answer may
be given in the words of an inspired apostle.
For rules are not terror to good works. but
to the evil. Revengers to execute wrath up
on him that doeth evil. The evil to be furn-
shed by the civil rulers. Is that evil which
interfcres with the rights Of others. Govern
society and its permanency and prosperitymay
be measured by the degree in which it
accomplishes this end. This is not only what
the government ought to do. but what it
must do, otherwise it is a failure. 1t should
assume no power other than Is necessary for
the preservation of society: and to protect
every man in the enjoyment of his rights.
This it must do by the punishment of every
man who infringes upon those rights.
Government. then which protects rights by
punIshing wrongs, Is both in the constitution
of nature and the charter of revelation, or
dained of God; and no other government is.
To say that government. however unright-
eous, is of God is unreasonable and absurd.
God does not approve of wrong in a govern
CHRIST TEACHES
in the text that the divine law is supreme.
There are duties that we owe the government.
There are duties that we owe to our Creator,
the Savior of the universe, the King of Kings
and Lord of Lords. When as individuals are
rs nations, we are obedient unto him, then he
approves; when disobedient, he condemns.
To be obedient and loyal to good common
wealth-one which protects us in the enjoy
ment of our natural rights. among which is
life. liberty and the pursuit Of happiness, is
OF itself loyal to the divine rulers For while the
Savior told the people that his Kingdom was
not of this world. he also taught and practic-
ed obedience to the civil authorities. Hence,
government established upon right prin-
ciples and conducted with view to the pro-
lection and well being of society, has not only
the divine sanction. but the divine protection
and blessing rs well.
Our nation we believe to be founded upon
christian principles. guaranteeing to the pc
Ope the free exercise of their natural rights
in the pursuit Of happiness. And the hand OF
God is clearly recognized in establishing this
nation. and guiding our forefathers through
sea of blood, to grand, glorious victory. And
his guiding hand Is as clearly seen in the more
fearful and stupendOus struggle for the pres
ervation and perpetuity of the life OF the ma.
the declaration of independence. We believe
the victory achieved by the soldiers in the
bate war to be as glorious, and It's results to
he as rich in blessings to our nation, as was
that of the revolutionary struggle, and these
men rs well deserving OF honor. And we meet
here this day, the Sabbath preceding decora-
ton day, in grateful remembrance of the i'll
ustriOus dead. The men who
SERVE THEIR COUNTRY.
have ever been the theme of faithful com
memOration. So it Is. that we meet here to-
day. with our hearts laden with secret
thoughts and tender emotions. and our minds
imbued with precious memories of the men
who buckled on the armor, and marched out
boldly in the defense of justice,in the defense
of home of wife and little children; in de-
fense of ali that men hold dear; in defense of
the one great right which the supreme ruler
of all, designed the human family should en-
JOY and who now lie sleeping the calm and
peaceful sleep of death.
And today " hile we look with pride upon
the stars and stripes. the emblems of free
dom, calmly floating to the breeze, over every
state in the union We will count the cost of
that ensign of American liberty by the num-
ber of graves to decorate on next Friday. You
will recall today the names of the boys with
bright faces and bouyant spirits who were
your companions on the battlefield quar-
ter of Il century ago. and who fell in the gal
liant fight OF their country's cause They were
the men and boys who laid down the pleas
ures of home, and valiently took up the ard
uous duties and severe privatons of a SOL
dierS life-many of whom fell martyrs to an
undying principle We call 10 mind today how
gaIlantIy they shouldered arms and marched
away to that memorable field where they
fought their first battle. where they first knew
the agony and woe of war.
As we look back upon that eventful strug-
gle we can say that in many happy homes
where reigned joy peace and happiness. we
saw them few short months, transformed
into scenes of death, desolatiOn and despair.
We felt the whole earth quake and trembIe
at the clash of resounding arms. We saw the
flower of our young manhood, rush on to the
scene of death and destruction. We saw
fathers and mothers and sisters eagerly watch
ing the news, and heard them say: "Yes. my
boy was in that battle And how the heart
would faint rs their eye ran down along the
long list of casualties. and then to hear them
exclaim: 20! my soul, here is tine name of my
darling boy, he is among the killed F." o yes,
We heard the mournfui aud heart-rending cry
of mothers and sisters. Oh yes. these were
scenes over which angels would have wept II of
tears they are capable. Well do we remember
when we went to the house of mourning and
tried to speak
WORDS OF COMFORT
to those mothers. and how futile were our
efforts You know hew mother yearnS to be
with her child when afflicted, and how the
heart OF a child in af1ictiou longs for the soft
touch of a mothers hand. Mothers were CON-