Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-06-04
MEMORIAL.
A Synopsis of the Address De-
 livered by Rev. C. B, Carlisle.
The Finest Pulpit Effort on this Subject Ever Made in Tucson.

The memorial services were held 1T
 the Congregational Church last evening
 and were somewhat of union nature
 the Methodist people joining in with
 the Congregational people. for the oc
 casion. Saturday afternoon the church
 was profusely and handsomely decorated
 with flags and bunting, and on Sunday the ladies added brilliant array oi
 flowers. When the gas was turned on
 last evening the effect was as fine as
 could be wished by any loyal heart. Al
 half-past seven, when Mrs. Fred c.
 Smith began the organ voluntary, the
 church was filled to overhowing. The
 veterans, in uniform. marched into the
 church on time exactly, and occupied the
 few front rows of seats. In the pulpit
 were J. H. Goodell, of Massachusetts,,
 Rev W. H, Mahaffie, pastor of the r Methodist Church, and Rev. c. B. Car
 lisle, the pastor of the Congregational
 Church. The choir. under the leader
 ship of Mrs W. c. Davis, sang the 1O61
 hymn, then an anthem, and Rev. Ma
 haffie read the 9lst Psalm, and Rev.
 GoOdell offered prayer, After Hymn 83,
 Rev. c. B. Carlisle entered upon the de
 livery of his address, which was the
 event of the evening, and of the services
 of Memorial day. It was greatly enjoy
 ed by the soldiers and their gathered friends; in perfect taste; right in it's
 spirit; splendid in its diction. A synop- sis of such an address would spoil it, yet we want to make a few extracts: "The comrades are rapidly crossing the picket nf hn clear bugle reveille that runs along the curving line of the eternal morning sky, and at each newer invasion of death, our soldier citizenship is lessening
 When we begin to speak to the soldier Of the war, the discourse flows thick with reason why we should delight to honor them. The roster of it's heroes is a splendid catalogue of men in other passions. The history of those sublimity of patriotism. They carried the flag to its-old and rightful place in all the land; the flag upon which no American looks without a thrill of in spiration. Side by side beneath the waving folds .of the same old flag rests the victor and the vanquished. The same dear old God-placed sunshine tenderly and softly kisses the grace of each, and the same, quiet sen incl stars keep watch over their hushed repose. The same flowers which scatter odor around the mound of the one, breathe their perfume over their unmarked sleeping place of the other.
 Some things should be forgotten. Other tn ngs should be shrined in the sacred urn of memory and finger with us always. * I do not believe that we should omit to mark the great historic battlefields with becoming 1 do not believe that we should beat every union sword or mus ket into a plowshare; 1 do not believe that We should burn up every relic of these days of army blue; do not be | Iieve that We should blot Lincoln's | speech from the history | books of the country, but as fellow l We should no longer lknow | any sectional lines, nor shake hands | with a lingering bitterness. The with | ering, all consuming passions which | animated the struggle ought to be allay- ed; the courage, and valor, and heroism l displayed should never be forgotten.
 We cannot forget tbat | these men in blue died for the everlast- ing necessity of the nation, yet while we remember, let us emulate the spirit of | the man whose unsworded hand wet | straight out from bis heart 10 Lee at | tppomattox. That was the one mag triumphant act of magnani- nlty of the centUries. Tomorrow choose your flower; moisten t with our tears of sympathy and af- ections, breathe into it's bloom the rich perfume of charity of heart, and with a ilent prayer for that brotherhood in which there is neither age nor youth; leither wealth nor poverty; neither North nor South; that makes the love f Christ, and the love of man; simple 'urIty and godness the motto of living; ay 1t on the grave of thsoldier, whose leath ID blue stands soonser for all this the soldier who has fought is way into the eternel encamnment