The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
EAko WARMING.
Iloquent Tribute to
penounees Anarchy
.speea,s Address.

the auditorium.
The rostrum occupied by the pastor OF the
ehetehs Rov. Levi Gilbert, was fittingly decor
. ~ AZ the rear was the inscription, bordered
N9M tnntinr. "In memory of our dead comrades,
~ ~ - This was surmounted by large flag.
There were various cross flags, and the windows
were draped with flags. proiusion OF floral
md evergreen decorations added to the effect.
With the members of the g. A. r., q flag, drsped
with mourning, arrived. The G. A. X. wore
badges simply but the Sons of Veterans APP
peared in uniform The organ voluntary,
rendered BY the church organist, Dr. Franklin
Z. Palmer, was chopin's funeral march. After
the doxology, responsive reading, and Gloria in
Hxcelsis, the choir and congregation sang the
following memorial hymn, from the pen of DR..
Henry lilies:
All honor 10 tho men who died
Our freedom TO maintain,
Their virtues in our hearts abide,
They have not lived In vain
While guardian angels hover DER
And keep their watch unseen,
We strew with fragrant flowers once more
These "silent tents OF green
Then bring sweet fow'rs-the flowers we
seek
Are choicest iow'rs of Spring;
Our Heroes eulogy we speak.
Their praises we Will sing
And ever on Memorial Day
Well deck this earthly sod
Their bodies sleep beneath the clay,
Their spirits rest with God.
prayer was then offered by the pastor, con-
ciuding with the Lords prayer by the congrega-
tot An organ solo followed, one specially
composed for the occasion by Mr.. Charles Har-
ris, organist OF the cathedral of Montreal, who
named II the "Mareh OF the G.. A. r. This was
rendered by Mr. Harris himself The choir,
Mrs. ". NJ. Wheeler, soprano: Miss Carkeek,
Hcontraito; Mr.. ]. Harrison Mddlebrook, tenor,
and Erap hngx
anthem, entitled .scover Them Over With
Flowers. The .battlc hymn OF the republic -
aGod Is Marching ons-foliowed, and then
came the ofiertory, MIR. J. Harrison Middle.
brook singing solo, "Iiumbiy before Thy
Throne" This ended the preliminary services.
DIR. Gilbert delivered one of the most eloquent
addresses that has ever been heard in this city.
He did not preach formal sermon from
Hcrpture text, but instead, gave beautiful dis
course in memoriam OF our dead heroes. lie
called attention 10 the fact that the week upon
which we are now entering is getting to be more
and more great religious festival; one OF the
hottest in the calendar of sacred observances;
that at this time we celebrate the memory OF
not only those who fell for their country, but OF
oil our dead.
.oh soldiers he said, ''what memories are
r,.sging through your hearts today: what faces,
risIonlike, come back to YOU of those who
Il 1nnxeh he'd with you side by side, and for whom
1 vol perhaps In the dead of night, after the
fattls was over, lay awake. How tender. how
beautiful, how sacred must be the memories
which ill your hearts. II isvery fit indeed that
OH are gathered here in this preparatory service
kefore beginning the sacrament of flower stfew
Xnn ~ this week. As look upon these banners
- Ms 10 myself there is no more proper place for
lhe observance of this day than in the temple of
He spoke OF the three great loyes-love OF
hx1ne native land and God. These three are
-xeettx,. u,,f
love for his home, country and faith.
He spoke of how, as the nation grows older,
we remember more dearly those who gave their
lives for tho sake of their country. Even as
our redemption was bought by the sacrifice OF
God q only Son, no the freedom of this country
was bought for us at the sacrifice OF the best and
noblest of our brothers. Aud by and by, when
there shall be only one sole survivor of the
Grand Army, this great nation VIII more and
moro spend itself in song, eulogy, flowers and
oratory. And IL we would measure the yastness
of the deed which those brave men accom-
plislicd, we must know something OF the vast
ness Of the country for which they fought.
Since the close OF the war our population has
doubled, and at the close of this century we
shat have 100000 OF people. Our commerce
shall seek all shores. Our language shall sup
p,ant all other languages on the earth, and We
ehall be the greatest of all nations OF the present
time, il not the greatest of all nations of the
world. Vast possibilities stretch before us. And
when we think that all this has come TO us as
the result of four decisive years, our gratitude
should be uameasured.
.sAftcr ALL such a great crisis as this through
which we have just passed Is the best education
for nation. The children of Israel were made
great as Moses took them through the wilder
ness, and made greater still by their exile in
Babylon.
He called attention TO the fact that we do not
owe our grea. national success entirely to our
rrp n III AL
dcrfui government every nation that has de-
rended wholly upon these things has fallen into
decay. But we have built our great nation upon
a foundation OF truth, morality, integrity and
Christianity. And rs long we foster these
cardinal qualities We shall continue TO be sue
ccssful and our nation shall grow grander and
better until both North and south America may
be under one government, speaking ono Ian
rnagc. the sublime result OF generations OF
moral lives Believe me, il is not our numbers
that shall mako us great, bat il Is the record OF
the lives OF great and good men that shall make
us a great people. II vas the decay OF morality
and religion that at last made Rome 10 go down. -
He called upon the veterans 10 stand by their
country now even az they did in war, To aid
their country now by living moral, religious
Hives. examples 10 the thousands of young men
who have their eyes upon them That they
sayed their country once By Iiskiug their lives
40 stand by it in Gods name now and live grand
and pure lives and give their best endeayoy to
keen their country pure which they saved.
aAnd when men tell you you must not put toe
fne point on your coRScienees, that you must
not nut too fine sentiments in your platform
when these idcss are advanced in the name OF
srraciieal politics. practical in order 20 get 4
man elected, irnplore you TO rise up in the
name of God and home and country and say
Won are going to have a little more principle 8
little moro morality and righteousness whether
the party gets there or not
Reference MSS then made Co tho principle en-
hraced Ia the cry OF the past. America fol
Americans" II first came from narrow and
sectsrian party; bat today that cry is heard
America for Americans, and is respunding from
ocean 20 ocean. we welcome the foreigner,
here We are glad 10 have them come % oul
country II they win speak our language, obey
our statutes, and be Americans; bu; we cannot
have little Frances. little Rassias, little Italy,
snr along in their OWE language and customs
bat even frewaing on our very national law,
ard the teaching OF own language
We cannot have men coming over here
utterly ignorant OF ouS laws, constitution and
principles men who are in few months vested
with the suffrage power and are not IN TO be
come citizens And SAY % the anarchist TODAY
II he wants 10 hiss 1T the stars Gna stripes and
trau,plc them in the dust under his feet. II ID
wants - proclaim against our Bible snd oal
ruhsic schools: If be wants thai kiad OF {
Utopia. let him go 10 some desclate island OF tbs
sea- hut he caunot do il here, We cannot have
saurVierers nascuerading as philosophers, snd II
they throw bombs they need not whine like
towards IL we give them = dose OF their owl