The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-29
THE MEMORIAL SERVICES
The Grand Army Men and Sons
Of Veterans Go to
Church.
Appropriate Sermons by Dr.. Reid,
Of Deer Lodge, and Wes-
Icy Hill
The Grand Army Hall anA ~. Pauls
Church Beautifully Decorated for
the Occasion.

Memorial day services were held Al Grand
Army hall and ~ IT. Paurs yesterday
: which were attended by the Grand Army
men and Sons Of Veterans. In the evening
they marched to 81. Pauls. headed BY the
militia band President Reid, Of the Col
lego of Montana At Deer Lodge. spoke Of
the morning exercises At Grand Army hall,
his sermon dealing with the future Of the
republic, In which hs said that America
was ruled BY the same law By which sns
ancient nations rose and fell. DR.. REID. N
this connection, also spoke OF She psri!s Of
class legislation and made . plea for the
Chinaman. His topic wal. "Out National
Safeguards and PeEils." the text being,
'Hs hath not dealt 30 with any nation"
Psalm 147:2O. He said: the Jews, -
they looked back over the history OF their
people and nation. had q very strong CON
viotion that there was a divine purpose and
plan In IL. Even in the midst Of nationsl
calamities and moral deRensraoy this con,
viotion continued to inspi,e and sustain
them. II We look back upon the his
rory of our " nation ] think no
one who believes In divine
over md providence would dispute the
nssse, tion that n divine purpose may b
seen in all our history shat God. who rules
and controls the nations. has guided and
controlled our nation in = most peculiar
way. Az such an insurance is an inspira-
tion in the life Of an individual. 10 Il 10 =
source Of faith and confidence In the ma
tionul life. There 10 nothing that 90
smptiss life Of it, powcr a. the thought
that 70 are but the ereatures Of blind
1890 >..>1 Rakn WhAN thu altar NJ
hope had faded out Of the nations sky,
again and again liberty has triumphsd be-
cause In some strong patriotic hearts there
remained the strong conviction that provi-
deuce held the helm OF state. and that the
great comprehensive plan. One during
that great struggle for the union and free
dom In which some of You had .
part. il is said that Gov. Morton
became alarmed and sent Q telegram 70
Lincoln. and the reply was flashed back
ovsr the wires. Hold on, Dick, and see the
salvation of God" During the dark night
OF waiting, ald through the storm and tenn
pest OF war. he believed in the ultimate tri-
umph of the right. He oave his life for the
cause of the union and liberty, realizing
that he was but an instrument In Gods
hands in carrying out His purpose. This
was the thouRht which inspired the early
settlers and the heroes of the revolution.
Washington o1rried the conviction with
him through the darkest days Of she ,e.Hg-
az the chief executive of the new republic.
"Take out Of history the struggle for lib.
erty which has been waRsd through tho
centuries. and there would be little. y my.
history to record. Thu peculiar conditions
under which those carly ssttlsments were
board from Massachusetts to ths
Carolinas served to develop that spirit of
liberty which burned within every breast.
There was also founded and developed
One Of the stranRest eniRmas In human
development 10 that the greatest crimes
have been committed In her name by those
who professed to be her advocates and
friends. She has often been compelled to
hide In the shadows OF The statues and
Shey we're made the shrinss and temples Of
tryanny instead. There has been Q prin-
ciple implanted In the human breast.
which, even under the most adverse and
unfavorsble conditions has asserted itself
IN an intense longing TO-. freedom. perhaps
1.-THE realization could be attained only
by an intense and prolonged conflict. .
struggle between despotism on the one hand
and democratic tendeneies on the other.
instance of this fact. Liberty here seemed
to take on u broader and larger meaning
than ever before. In earlier centuries and
in other lands there was an idca OF liberty.
but tho liberty of the individual was utterly
lost sight of in the liberty OF the clan or
glorious ideals of art and sculpture never
approached the ideal of individual liberty.
As compared with the state, The individual
had no rights at all. We sometimes won
der why ideas should move forward so
slowly. They advance for . time and then
u m hNckvaPA AGAIN and ara bnriNH. IL NAV
be for oentu.ies. beneath the chaos of revo-
luton. believe that here in America the
idea Of liberty took on q form and char
ncter, in its very beginning, far in advance
eles in her behalf have shown, as nothing
else could do. how in this land.
her worth has been priced. Her price has
been paid on . Thousand battle fields and
In the blood Of tens of thousands of the
sons and brothers and fathers of the IA
tion.
Her ransom has besn rivers Of tears and
sorrow wrung from tens OF thousands of
desolate hearts md homes. What a dread
full sacrifice, and yet such is our appreOia-
ton OF her worth thas We do not think the
price too great. From other lands We hear
and in our own land men are clamorinQ for
more. The air 10 filled with theories and
amid the CLANCY of voices the question
comes. Shall we preserve intact the liberty
u Wnlcn COST % 80 dear. while l would not
sound . false alarm. yst I am convinced
that one of our vices ~ . people Is political
optimism. Yon have heard the ptovsrb
God takes care of children. fools and the
United States" We have, many Of u. some.
how. got the idea that proyidence IL pledged
to us, and that our future as a nation il as-
sured. An optimism that secs no danger il
as senseless and puerile a. tho pessinism
that sees no hope.
"Our prosperity is the proof to a certain
degree of the divine favor. He hath NOT
dealt so with any nation but let us .enem.
Der that we too are subject to that law by
which the ancient nations rose and fell,
Greece had her ideals of physical form and
beauty, graceful ne tho Venus she wor-
shipped. Her young men werr tho glory of
chs age. She was the patron OF the arts
and Of a literature which still remains
among the triumphs of the centuries, but
the vices OF her people dragged her down to
death. She lost her moral and spiritual
ideals, and with them she lost liberty.
However a nation or people may have OBJ
ttained liberty they csn preserve it only
throuRh their moral character. Tho high.
lest 70 m of liberty 10 moral liberty. which
fmeans that a man is master of himself,
THAT he is not enslaved BY
fany vice. or passion or ap-
Epetite. Enslaved by vico in any
Horn, no nation or people can be free. II
I've are not yet enslnved 40 n nation. there
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