Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-31

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The flag was formally presented 10 Tue
school in an appropriate address by Key
F. n. Lynch, of the Chapline Street M. Il.
Church. Rev. a. Moore, OF the Zane
Street NJ. E. Church, replied on behalt OF
the school, accepted the nag. Superln
tendent W. H. Anderson, who was present,
aIso made a brief address. after which the
handsome flag was run out on the nag stan
and the whole assembly joined in singing
America The exercises were closed ot
benediction by Rev. Lynch.
EVENING EXERCISES.
One of the main features of the day cele
bration. was the memorial services, helo
last night, at the G.. A. h. Hall, on Man
street. The audience which assembled
was composed of the members OF the Crane
Army, Sons of Veterans, Ladies Aid 80
cietv, and friends, and it packed the house
/ All the seats were taken early, and as the
evening wore on, standing room was at I
premium.
The programme opened with the singing
of america" by the entire audience
after which Rev. G. Nj. Afford, of the
| Third Presbyterian church, delivered an
| interesting address, which was in sub
stance as follows:
! s ldiers OF the Grand Army, Ladies aud Gen
tlemen: Tue occasion which ca Is US together
is one Of the most interesting OF our national
celebrations. The memorial services are not u
! foster and keep alive the feeling OF amnesty
between the North and the South, but TO hold
before the national mind the value OF our insti-
tutions, their tremendous cost, and the bravery
and sacrifice of the American soldier
memorial day is an effective way OF keeping
before the world the great events or the past.
Marble and granite are cold: monuments are
dumb; but memorial service throbs with a
loving heart, and IA ringing voice recounts in
eloauence the deeds OF loya ~ and bravery.
Thirty wears ha Je elapsed since the first gun
was fred at Fort Sumpter; twenty-six since Lee
surrendered AT AppomattoX. We are now lar
enough away from the smoke of he battlefield
to look into the causes OF these memorial serv-
ices Why are flowers placed upon the graves:
For what did these men fight and die: Our an
cesters made a great mistake when they Grip
pied freedom with slavery - the can
Ger in the body polite, and the life OF
the nation was always in peril until 1t was cut
out by the civil war. The Almighty has placed
the seal Of victory upon the sid OF liberty and
union while the idol OF slavery and State
rights is buried face downward never to be
reSurrected.
bition or aggression. 1t was war OF ideas: and
the right ideas have been indicated. No doubt
the spirits of both the Union and Confederate
dead can look down tonight from the battle
ments Of heaven and alike join with us IN graf
itude to our merciful Heavenly Father that the
issue OF the war was liberty and unity, not sla-
very and secession: and as our nation gets
closer to the true spirit of Christianity. the new
North and the new South Will unanimously
come to the same opinion.
While we never Con forget the wrong done US
by the enemy in thus conflict. yet we should
learn to forgive, taking rs our watchword the
immortal saying of our martyred President
With ma ice toward none, and charity for ali "
'When the applause which followed the
of Rev. Affords address had
Mrs. Eva Seeley rendered vocal
solo in a very effective manner. Miss
Sarah Hoffmeister followed in a creditable
rendition of Cover Them Over With
Beautiful Flowers A piano solo was
next rendered by Miss Mary thinner, after
which Miss Alma Wilson sang THE Va
cant Chair" She was compelled to
respond to an encore, singing a patriotic
hymn in very pleasing manner.
The second address of the evening was
by Rev. A. j. Trey, of the Bap |
list Church. 1t was substantially as fol- |
lows:
The speakers started off by saying that
he was great deal a man of peace. 1t |
was the first time it had been his privi- |
ledge TO face such an audience, and he con- |
seouently felt a great deal of timidity, but |
his courage was treasured when he saw |
that toe only gun in the hall was on his |
side, and facing the audience, where he |
saw the Comrades of the G.. A Il. decor |
ating the graves of the soldiers, who had |
fallen in battle, and those who, surviving |
the conflict had since died, his mind was |
carried back by way of contrast great |
many centuries, and he saw IN imag ma |
ton, another army, the like Of which had |
never been seen, and as / listened heard, |
not only the tramp of many feet, but the |
voice of murmur against High Heaven. |
And then listen again, and hear another |
voice, the voice of the God of Battles and |
the voice of judgement, and the |
voice of anger; and then suddenly |
in that great wilderness, that
mighty host is killed, and |
there a cemetery is formed, and they gave |
il a name the Graves of Lust" And as
he thought of that in the centuries gone by |
and what is transpiring to day, he thought |
Of the marvellous contrast. between the |
graves here-the graves of lust and The |
graves of love.
1t seems to me that we cannot too highly |
valae the dust that lies beneath the sod on !
our hills and in the valleys of the land-the |
dust of those who went forth TO battle for
their country's cause and in the struggle |
their lives.
How sleep the brave, who sink to rest
BY all their country's wishes blest.
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold
Returns to deck their hallowed mold,
She there shall dress a sweeter sod,
ThansFaucy's feet have ever trod.
So sleep the brave that died in the de-
Tense of their country. What turned these
fathers and sons away from loving friends,
from their business, and social delights, to
the rigor and danger and death of the bat
tlefield. They felt it was their dnty to go,
and they counted not their lives dear unto
them.n With their example behind US;
with all the bright future open before us,
it must be that we as descendants of the
brave men who are honored to-day, shall
be nobler men and Drawer women. and
when the oppoi tunity comes, we shall de
clare in fact that we have not lived in vain,
as they have not.
Rev. Grey's splendid address was well
received Mrs. Flora Williams then sang
America" in splendid manner, and
Mrs. Gertrude Mcclellan rendered piano
solo. The exercises were closed by sing
ing the doxology,
At Martins Ferry.
Memorial Day was observed here yes
terday with grand parade in the morning
in which the G.. A. AS, assisted by the
fire department, the school children and
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