Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-05-26
MEMORIAL SERVICES
n III. South Congregational Church
Last ETeaing.
a. poouent Sermon By shs Rev. J. H.
Wymsn

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The sermon By the Rev. J. " Wymsa
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below
Mr. wymsn took BIZ. text from Mark IA
,.,d9 why yss this ~ss.e Of the oint-
non, madsf~ Verify say unto you
.ts,e.eever this Gospel shall BE- preached
,t,onghour the shole world this ai.o that
.bs h,,h done shall be spoken Of tor men,
o,.l Of hsr" The speaker d~eit on the
,srt and Il. .eiiir z. noting that Msry's gift
-. sftiny expression Of her earnest love
"a, her Lord ltslso reyssls an appreciation
n oar Lori. position which vas quite tx
egr,iousl. IL sssnta tremendous sacrifice
a, MACE And comfort and feelii z tina, He
c,me 10 safth as the nishfs' and eompie,est
,eye.a,ion Of the Fathers glory. Ii cost
Him much to render that service ~ the
,o,ld shieh xa. to be The worlds salvation
To have all tn. finest bloom Of manhood
Ind pfo.rate at the feet Of a hooking, re-
bslliou. rorl1 seemed like loss iaealcal-
,bls Yet the condition Of the world De
mahAed it. The trumpet call of duty had
,oundef and Jesus was not the one to listen
anhseding.
MARY With her rare gif,s of mind ald
heart took IN the situation. As il With
Heavenly inspiration she caught the sgnih
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made this lavish expenditure. There were
enough At hand 10 criticise but Jesus caught l
The slifit Of the murmur and reboked it |
~,ing, Let her alIne. Why trouble ye
berf She hath wrought good work upon
me- for ye have the poor always" etc.
Whenever any expenditure is made be-
You'd the bare mit Of necessity, there are
..ysys short sighted ones to pass their crit- |
e,,m. Ogr Lord looks at thess as the great
tests which are to be made and noted |
Mary I'D shat she could she n zee her
eo.,lsst ut, for this opportune movemen'.
The speaker then called the attention of |
the people 10 the subject of the evening |
We have gathered here tonight In honor of |
those eho fought in our country 5 defense
ltsn,t mere continent which leads Us 10 |
regard this q, the great struggle of all his |
tory Let US ~ 10 estimate roughly the |
possible cost of the War The cho &c II
spirits OF our country went forth At
the ar.t pusie call MAJ, of hem |
cane from homes OF luxury Our
colleges and seuusries we're almost de- |
serted From the we'll III, a farm .prang
% the thorn AID the thistle fiu bands
and .or. turned up the plow from the fur
row and hastered to the point OF daf ger
A, loyal heart. as ever beat receiv ID from
the door. Of humble cottages the fare
wells Of their dear ones. Hearts
sers almost bursting as they stool
there 10 take and give one last
embrace and loyfg iolk, yet in the
eye Ut either flashed the soul Of the hsro
The tual cost to our National Treasury
va, 81 600 0OO.O00 As the cost to the
South IN Cent, Iefscy was even largo than
this on acc ant Of property loss, $40 001.-
10000 would not be an CXaggera
ted estimate of the money drain
shilh the War has been to orr
couotry, enough to make the head fairly
dry to cun-ii+r That in twenty five
years our country has been able to recover
from this stock so completely is one Of the
finest comments imaginable on the benign
iihu noes Of a free republic. But Why talk
OF money How utterly devoid of worth 1t |
l.s hen preached beside the talent that var
des rDyei or blasted Born leaders in their
zeal for their country waited not to hear |
louder call, waited not for post ion but |
at the first faint mu-uur of need s'srled
iar the post Of duly. Many of our finest |
lniellects found their way to the field of |
battle Those who might have been orators
or statesmen, those who might have easily |
nNei professor chair'' uose "ho might
nave moulded thousht ana ouih "r'i
Characters Tor the promotion OF oar coun-
W spoa we're me ones VINO stood 10 hsh |
our battles and to defend our liberties IN
uine OF isnser.
these fought and 300 900 OF them feit,
NM'r We i've ana our nation stsnns ihree
buadred thousand OF them where are the |
te"f SVm' OF them were as true as steel
AID returned to rejoice amidst rejoicing,
tu' 9thers were not so strong. Some con
usc'en diseases which have been NE
long curse, others contracted habits which |
are perhaps worse than disease, formed
la'te' which are handed over by the right |
'ou' hand of heredity with an accuracy |
when reminds u' OF that saying that "God |
is not Knocked. For whatsoever man sew
ration parslyxed A nation with arms
and feet unnjured but with head and
trunk torn and mapgled and diseased |
Who can estimate this costr Who il wise
enough 10 count the .lsin philsnthropnts
AMI to subtract their possible contributions
to nations growthf Who can weigh the
anuitefed arguments of smother Sumner
or Wendell Phillips. whose mortal remains
NAV still lie n a tlpmaFkai yYayay Mora |
than all. who can 70 into homes made des
ols'e by neglect and listen TO those COM
plants that the cruel War had snstched
from the hearthstone loved one ss fresh |
and az pure AZ the morning rose. and had |
returned him faded and wlthered; that II
had taken hun loving and considerable and
hsd returned HIM cruel and Overlooking.
and estimate the cost # these hear,ache-f
Who can Won Ter SIC pass about through
the different c'ies of the dead today and
Try to make Emory do its service. that we
heG more th rshtful ones medits;ing
'oni, "oh, ~hs rslculabie cost
What coalh eve, justify such expendi-
ta'ei We can only answer the quesion
by recalling The csnses of the war, and no
uc'ns the prtue'p'e that Inspires men
hearts. pur struggle was greater than
othef' OF history. because unlike others
Vut' was struggle TOR liberty IL was
usn' 'ot prncipie the integrity OF
nation hung upon the issue There were
uneed local questions. out thty All mug
p'u' TINS 9rea, principle IL was this
',ue'p'e which took A. Lincoln IRON, MS
n,u'oe pace was this ~tlch ehsoieu niih
ne' MS election to prepare 'ns' memors
we inaugural winch irighten'd MS pohaut
M'l'ets sud eleetrned nsuoh. ~
n'u1s ''u MN II you'd cost nun ms hts,
wy ne sns"ered. III right sho ~