The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-29
eRsSaSenBILITIEs OF ClfIZENs.
-. wassss Disessses Them ~ ths Dec
sssei0n Day Service.

ss GRAFTON Day SeSvteos
ne .xssal Grand Army posts began the
paeors:ssn day observances yesterday by
b sssd;uv a special service in the Seattle
lAaates. nj which Rev. 8. r. Wilson de-
uyeress timely sermon TO al audiencs al
poss sling the house.
The se.vics we're begun at little after
h 3 o'clsek yesterday afternoon. About
6fteer :Binutes before that hour Miller
poss ya 81 arrived At the theaser under
comsuasa Of George kinnear and followed
ty sbsass twenty members Of its Woman's
Ks!ief esrps. Stevens Post No. 1. under
/ ies eoss snsnder, DR.. Thomas n. Young.
eame eh.sut ten minutes later, followed BY
stil larger delegation Of its relief corps.
The s.afqaet and parauet circle OF tho
theaser we're at first reserved for these
bodirs. aud we're just about filled by them.
Tbs bsioony was also comfortably filled
With tie general public, and the gallery
slso held . number OF spectators. On the
saes sat DR.. s. r. Wilson, pastor of Trim
~ Nst. odist Episcopal church; DR.. r. Il.
Ford pres,ding cider of the Seattle dis
tsiet. ara Rev. J. J. Moss, chaplain of the
g. A. Il, department Of Washington and
Alasks Prof George &. Munson. chorus
Il forty voices from the Harmonic Society
ead nj orchestra furnished some good
upsie
The choir opened the service with the
hymn 'All Hail the Power Of Jesus
Name DR.. Ford followed with an I'M
pesssise prayer ann the choir sang aGloria
nom t.anss' grand mass, A. w. Conant
ftsking she baritone solo part, Mrs. Mum
son the Gontral,o, Misc Lottie Selden the
soprano and Mr.. Judson Noble the tenor.
DR.. Wilson preached from the text,
Gphesians Ii 10: ''Now. therefore, We are
10 mere strangers and foreigners. but fell
low Gil 'sens of the saints and of the house.
bold o: Sod" The speaker began by say
ing that there was no distinction of race.
scndisioa and sex in the eyes Of Chris
tabiis. Its founder had for his mis-.
sion ahe salvation Of all There we're
conditions for salvation, . willingness 10
believe. faith. The circumstances and re-
suits o: citizenship also needed faith. The
doctor also took up tho question OF citizen
ship ~ The practical sense and its results
In fellowship in tho obiiteration Of dis
tinetioas, as set forth in the text. referring
Also 10 the ohlitsration OF differences
which hose men experienced who had
stool shoulder to shoulder in battle.
Srea sing Of citizenship in the practical
sense. the doctor said that tho first and
best requirement. was that mon should he
sprig3s snd pure. conscientious and hon
Ut ia thought and act. In q republic,
rhcr., he source of ali authority and the
Spurt.i. last resort was among the people
themselves. this requirement of upright
hess Was suprcmcly essential. No one in
thesc days could escape responsibility,
puld hide away aud say he Was not 10
Asm'. Tor every one vas . participant in
ihe life Of the nation. Another Ingredient
4 sos,sl citizenship was the sentiment o!
sbve q, country. Every one loved his own
had.; but the speaker wished By
tDmo.fow mornings sunrise tho talk
~ foreign elements and "votes :"
~ iiish. German. Scandinavian ''eie-
hents might cease and all DO Amer
kans simply citizens. The speaker sais.
b gas simply an American clergyman
epeasaeg Ia his fellow-citizens Of America:
bat ss vas not sure that our brethren os
fcreSsa birth could become ~ good cit.-
ssnf ~ they should In the short time OF
rrot.Ation usual. 1t took twenty-one years
ie' ~ Ameriesn-born man To become
F.t AV W NS BVt sVol4 w say tfi1t
his ass too long period Of probation for
eshsss, Al! should become citizens who
ssHs here or else quietly pay their own
met back home again. fAprlause.
TIE greater purity and excellence Of the
hss gas high object Of citizenship to
sassa all should strive, for the laws were
sha' tac people made them. The people
ssrs responsible for more things than
msS IL VAS fashionable to condemn tie
seasiapers for what they printed. but he
o''si el, Ike say ing to his people: The
fsiff* gave YOU what you want to read. "
- 'ss1s community a murder trial could
moi e carried through; IL vas because
h'ng was egrerriously wrong in pub
% sentiment. Here again, ~ this mani
~ reference In a weil-known criminal
oss shsTs vas unmistakable approval.
Re doctor then touched on other qgcx-
1as suggested by the suffrage. He
fs7 mink II quite right that IN
ta@Amas who voted as he was told
@f:@a have more power in Law aud
tsEh@eht than our mothers or our
Ss"'e's, cultured. educated and un-
iAe doctor concluded his 4. scourse
astrong appeal for purity OF life and
ss' hslniGlness. for life we'll spent.
$sth an EXPRESSION of reverence for
y" sasdies os the rebellion.
.sse hymn America WAS then SUM-.
!. aaftenee rising s=a joining. The
Vas agnus hi" and bona NobiS,"
''anss mass we're thcn given ay the
The solo.sts were Ms Nunson.
xiaak Atkins, Miss l.ottie Selden and
henry Miller. Nickers' national an
NJ Country. " followed. Mrs Mum
.aAins The solo part The benedictlon
8Sf M. Moss concluded the service.