The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-28
THE VETS AT CHURCH
Members of Van Houten Post
Surprised by Rev. Mr..
MoTgan'S Remarks.
ZABRIsKIE AT SIMPSON M. E.
70 y
The Other Posts and the Veteran
Legioa-Preparations at the
Cemeteries.

formed Church last night in honor of Van
Houten Post, G.. A. R., which attended in a
body. The music was a delightful feature of
the evening and occupied a great deal OF
time, and consisted of choir and congrega-
tional singing, organ, piano, violin and cor
net accomplishments. During the evening
John Massey, bass, and Frank Moulin, tenor,
sang with much effect that beautiful duet,
sThe Lord is a Man of War;"
Tho Rev. Mr.. Morgan, the pastor Of the
church, selected his subject from Psalms
cxxxvii., verses 5 and 6;-'If forget thee,
o, Jerusalem. let my right hand forget her
cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; If l
prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy"
The Clergyman said that Gods will, con-
corning the Jews, was very much different
from what the history Of the Jews showed;
God had told them that if they followed and
obeyed Him, He would make them conquer
ors of all other nations, but they did not
heed these instructions and soon fell into
their own snares. The pastor declared that
for the ntermingling of people this world
was much smaller than many persons be-
ievcd and that every race in the land sang
patriotic songs on special occasions.
PROUD OF U PATRIOTISM.
He believed America could justly be proud
of her patriotism, and was more entitled to
sing praise than any other country was. God
had Shut this country up for ages, and until
he wanted it discovered, and then he sent
Christopher Columbus to this land to per-
form that duty.
-sPatriotism Is not made up of words and
song alone, such as we see N Memorial Day
and the Fourth OF July, but of deeds. The
man who is patriotic is the man who per-
forms patriotic deeds for the good of his
country Referring to the enormous eull-
grafton to this country, the preacher said
sThefe is plenty of room III this country Tor
all who want TO be good citizens, aud we ex-
tend to them a warm and cordial welcome,
but there is a class of people who come here
who are not welcome. They are not Ameri-
cans in spirit and never will be, and we OBJ
ject to Europe making this great country a
dumping ground for its scriminal class, and
we say to all such, Away with
you American labor cannot enter into
competition with such men as these. The
true idea of compensation for labor Is to give
to the laborer all he can earn, no matter
what his occupation, may be. A foreign
laborer lives in a howell. His wife and chIl-
dren are ignorant, and know no other life.
He patronizes nothing except the saloon,
but he is a good customer there. How can
an American enter into competition with
people like these? He annot. He wants a
comfortable home, a piano for bis wife and
children, pictures to adorn the walls In his
house and many other things which refine,
elevate and educate. Not SO with the class
of emigrants referred to. And now l ask,
shall we degrade American labor to this
pauper conditiOnl No; q thousand times,
no. 1t is unpatriotic not to stop the emil
grafton of these men, who are fast pauperlz-
ing the country. Walk down the street
and look on the names on the saloon signs.
Nearly all are foreign names, and the best
patrons of these places are to be found IN
that terrible class of emigrants which IS de-
grading tie country s.
CHURCH AssAILED.
The pastor advised the members OF Van
Houten Post to stand up for the principles
for which they fought in the great battle
for liberty and added that liberty did not
mean a right to do as one pleased, but did
mean obey the laws. MIR. Morgan said that
at present in this country there was too
much ~intermingling of church and state and
declared that no church in this land had q
right to lay a hand upon its educational
system
ing this and that Jesuits and monks were
enemies of the country. Mr.. Morgan de-
nounced the Pope and his attempts in Rome
to dictate the policy of this country. and he
spoke very forcibly concerning Mgr. Satolli.
The clergyman concluded bis remarks by
entreating the members of the Post to stand
up for principle and freedom.
Zabrfskic Post AT Simpson M. e.
The members of Zabriskie Post, G. A R..
met at their headquarters in the Avenue
House last night at seven o'clock and pro-
ceeded in a body to Simpson NJ. E. Church,
where they listened to an excellent sermon
delivered by Rev. DR.. Halleron, pastor OF
the church. They were accompanied by the
Zabriskie Post Drum and Fife Corp.
DR.. Halleron's text was taken from Rev.
70, C. IL, v. They loved not their lives
unto the Death He said during his dis
course, among other things, .We come to-
night TO preach in the presence Of members
OF the Grand Army OF the Republic, a
patriotic sermon. This will not be in any
sense a political discourse, only as statements
of facts may be so construed, for l am happy
in the thought that in the issues of the
war, there is now but one feeling, namely,
profound gratitude to Almighty God and
this is nowhere more distinctly recognized
than by the order whose members we have
the pleasure to greet, and to whom we arc
happy to extend the courtesies of our
church. He then spoke of the issues of the
late war and of the men the Union soldiers
were compelled to fight.
He spoke of the battle that is now being
waged between capital and labor and said
that it must sooner or later let go or the life
would be tramped out in the dust by the feet
of a million true and noble patriots. He sEid
ssmen do most everything for gold. They
sell their right to vote, which Is their dear
est treasure, GuelI D6Sb pIOtcCticur oit0 WAo
only guarantee of civil and religious free
dom. The hunger for gold has pervaded all
ranks to the deterioration of society at
large. Our educational facilities must be
increased. The poor mans child must have
equal chance in the battle OF life with the
rich mans"
In conclusion he praised the members OF
Zabriske Post for the hardships they endur-
cd during the war.
Union Veteran Legion.
Rev. Mr.. Eakins Of st. Pauls ME- Church,
on Third street, preached to the Union
Veteran Legion last night. His subject was
che struggle for liberty and his text was
from Ezekiel xiv, 8. In his remarks MIR.
Eakins briefly sketched the condition OF
labor and slavery from the ancient times TO
the present, and declared that Russia today
had an attitude toward labor more like the
despotism of the early days than any other
country. Mr.. Eakins referred to the many
chang es in legislation, and contrasted It
wit b that during the reign of E~dwards1ll,
of England and since then until recent years.
Then all legislation was in favor of the en-
blowers and against the employee, but now
this has been changed and the employee has
been greatly benefited by some judicious
laws. The preacher referred to the present
bad condition of the ~workingmen in this
country, and declared that it would beWofse
IF professional politicians were permitted to
have their a
Spreading of the days OF slavery, Mr..
Eakins said he believed it could ave baep
abolished for much less than the war cosf,