St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-28

Accompanied by Sons Of v eterans,
ful Floral Decorations = Flo
Quent Discourse by Rev. j. w.
ConIey Tho OLD Soldiers In.
duIge in Applause-An impress
sive Event.
In response to all invitation extended
by Rev. W. Conley, of the First Bap-
fist church, the members of Acker post.
Ord post and Garfield post, the Wo-
mems Relief corps Of these three posts,
and The Sous of Veterans, st. Paul
Camp No. l, attended that church in a
body yesterday morning, where Rev. j.
w. Colhev delivered one Of the most
eloquent diScOurSeS made in st. Paul in
many day. This custom Of the e. A.
r. to attend divine services on the Sun.
day preceding Memorial day dates
back into the ZOOS, and is. in fact. as old
as the organization ITSELF @
| The services at the First Baptist
church opened at 1890. From the sew
eral posts, the Women's, Relief corps.
and the Sons of Veterans, there were
present between 800 and 400. .Yv
The main body of the church was re-
served for the veterans, but they came
III such numbers that they overlooked
the space set apart for them and en-
croached upon the seats. in other parts
4 of the house. The major portion were
in full uniform. Eats 80
Those i'll command of the several Or
CARNATIONS were: Acker post. Capt.
Charles j. Stees; Gen. Ord post. Blinn
Converse; Garfield post. Jerry Sauder;
Sons of Veterans. Capt. Eben Cakes
commanding. The drum corps from
Company E, NJ. N. G., accompanied
| Acker post.
At 10 o'clock the Sons of Veterans
| called at the headquarters of Acker
post, corner Of West Seventh and Sixth
| streets. to escort the members of that
post to the church. The column
was promptly formed. The line of
march was down Seventh. A halt was
made at WaDasha, where the Gen. ORD
post was taken into-line. Then at the
corner of Eighth and Wacouta the MEM
bers of Garfield post joined the process
sion, which was led by the Acker post.
and all then proceeded to the church
Capt. Stees was i'll command. The edi-
flee reached, the veterans entered in
the following order: The Sons of Vet
Grams in the lead, filing in, one wing
going to the right and the other to the
left; Acker post FLED to- the left and
Ord and Garfield post filed to.the right.
ALI remained standing, covered, until
the signal came from Capt. Stees to I'M
| cover. Then came the order to be
seated. The following was the regular
order Of ceremonies:
Organ. Doxology. Invocation
Anthem-'Festival lie Deum' Dudley Buck
scriptures. Hymn 3u.
| Anthem-Jubilate in E Flat. ;. E. Schneider
Collection and Notices.
sermonMasome Things to Be Rem ue
Concerning The Civil War
Prayer. Hymn 934. Benediction.
The decorations of the church were
lavish and beautiful. Flowers were
| there in profusion, and a number OF the
! floral designs were especially beautiful.
| Directly in front of the pulpit was
| shield. five feet i'll height and three feet
wide, in pure white flowers; this was
draped on either side, by American flags.
| A broken column of White flowers five
feet high, capped with yiolels. occu pied
Conspicuous place on the pulpit
rostrum. 49,.
The speaker was eloquent and fervid,
and through his ulteranceS CLEANED the
lofty fires OF patriotism. He SO thor
oughly carried his hearers with him
thai they could hardly. control them
selves from giving way to their feelings.
| He had his congregation i'll tears, and
! Immediately thereafter he fired them
! up with an utterdnce so patriotic that
| the old soldiers broke through all con-
ventionalities. They forgot that it was
| Sunday. and that they were III sacred
SPOT, ana vOciferously clapped tneir
hands. 1t was sincere, honest. spon-
taneous outburst. Can't. Stees, in
speaking OF this matter, said TO
GLOBE reporter that if he could have
mad these old soldiers at that very mo-
ment under his command, lie would
fearlessly have led them onward against
any odds to undoubted victory.
| SYNOPSIS OF THE DISCOURSE.
Rev. Mir. Cohley spoke from the, text,
"Ths day shall be unto you for me-
mortal" -Ex. xiii, IA.
| ale said. among other things: 1.-The
lsraelites believed in their divine mis-
sion as nation. and they kept fresh in
mind, by means of monuments and
memorial days. the great events in their
wonderful history. These two facts
contributed in no small measure to their
notable national zeal. We, too, as
| nation, have God-appointed mission,
and it becomes us to faithfully COM
memorate the great events in our his
tory in which the delivering hand of
our God has been especially manifest.
We are here today to thank God for our
Union preserved. and to pay Il tribute
of affection to those-living and dead
who saved this nation Ill the time of its
greatest peril. [ cannot believe it is
ness over the dark scenes of our
| civil war, and teach the genera
| ton that has come to- the
| front since those days that the
! war was all unfortunate family trouble,
concerning which little should bv said.
| 1t is disloyalty to ignore the teachings
! of that fearful conflict. aud to neglect
| the duties, warnings and responsible
| tiles growing out OF it. May God help
| us to forget the bitterness aud hatred of
| the war, but may He always help us to
| be true to those who preserved this IA,
| ton, and TO remember those thing S
! which should never be forgotten. We
| should never forget the essential char
| acter of the war.
| ''In Southeys famous poem. The Bat
/ tie of Blenheim,' little Peterkin asks
| of his old grandsre:
NOW tell US all about the war,
And what they fought each other for
"But the old man was notvery clear
| as to its meaning, and replied:
1T was the English Kaspar cried,
Who put the French TO rout:
| But what they fought each Other for
| could not well make out
But everybody Said, quoth he,
| 1T was famous victory ..s=.-.--,=--
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