Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-06-08


On Sunday, May IS. the Memorial ser
mon for Parker Post was given At the
Methodist church, by Rev. A. J. Haynes,
and was considered by them and others to
be one of the very best discouis es they
had ever listened to. As 1t was a union
service botE choirs united in appropriate
selections, and Rev. Mr.. Whittier made the
opening prayer. The topic was Christ's
message of war. text from Matthew 10 "a
Think not that l am >come to send
peace on earth: | came not to send peace,
but a sword
The preachers analysis of Christ's
mission plainly illustrated this great truth
that righteousness shall prevail Though
| meek and lowly In spirit, teaching love and
good will toward all, He was yet firm as
rock in His attitude toward injustice and
iniquity; He did not gloss over wrongs,
and for sake of peace suffer the unclean
things to go on sapping the foundations Of
national life. Evils must be uprooted. aud
torn out at whatever cost or sacrifice.
Gods guiding hand 10 history was clearly
marked from the beginning in brief
| glance at the onward march of civilization
In the past centuries. In Americas in
| fancy. though the traffic in human souls
| had been suffered to rest as a foul blot
| upon the annals of its record stiil the
| spirit of the Lord was sowing The seeds of
| loyalty and freedom through the lessons
learned at the mothers knee a hundred
| years before their fruitsge. The grand
| response of our country's heroes to the
| Presidents call to arms was portrayed in
an impas>ioned burst of eloquence that
thrilled all hearers with the vivid picture
| of the march of the loyal forces from the
rock bound shores and pine-clad hills of
! Maine. from the Green Mountains of Yer
mont, the granite heart of New Hampshire.
| through the smiling valleys of Connecticut
and Rhode Island, gathering mighty force
| from the old Bay State on and ON in IN ever
swelling tide 10 pour their sacrificing life
/ blood out to cleanse the stain on the
nations honor.
| AT the Union church in the evening Mr.
| Whittier preached an excellent sermon in
! harmony with the character Of the day,
text from Psalms 30 .l7-"And let the
/ beauty of our Lord be upon US" dwelling
with tender appreciation upon the thought
| of God love for His children a. expressed
in the beautiful things of nature. of
| flowers and their peculiar significance as
! symbols of gratitude aud honor laid upon
the graves of the brave men who for love
OF country had exemplitied Chri-t's idea of
| true sacrifice. Greater love hath no man
than this, that man lay down his HE for
his friend While speaking Of the i'm
4 peling spirit which aclusted the general
/ mass OF volunteers, MIR. W hitler said il
had been often alleged that many enlisted
in an impulse Of recklessness. simply for
love II adventure; but If this were the
case he felt certain that In one month
time this love of adventure must have been
satisfied. A Bull Run would qnench atdor
OF that stamp. but the heroic endurance of
four years perils and priyations, wounds
and Imprisonment, proved that there was a
different sentiment underlying the average
soldiers motives for enlistment in the
! Federal army.