The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-05-27


kindles,-as a life like that The men
whom we honor above all other men, are
men in whom appears the heroism OF
duty We recognize in them the quailIby
that gives worth and grandeur to life;
| We bring them our tributes OF praise ana
loving remembrance; and by their graves
we stand, not merely grieying that they
are dead, but rejoicing that they have
lived.
! once asked man whether he had
been in the army, and his answer was Z,
No: what are the feet good for If not to
keep man out of danger?" But what
are the feet good for if at times they dc
not carry a man into danger? They had
better be palsied than not do so when oc-
casion demands And let the men be
honored whose feet did carry them into
perilous places when the unity and purity
of{ourSnatlon We're at stake Let it be
remembered that then with a magnificent
carelessness of safety and pleasure they
responded to the call of duty
And let us believe that all deeds of
heroic devotion and noble self sacrifice are
not lost in this world, though it often
seems to be so careless. They do not fall
fruitless. They are the indestructible
seeds OF truer and higher life. The
men whom we commemorate did not
fight and fall in vain. The effect of what
they did is imperishable Their influence
|
ands and thousands of men. They live
on in our inspired lives The sacrifices
they made are renewed in living sacrifices
that are now being made for union
liberty, and peace. And should war
again arise against u.s. which God forbid
their spirits would appear upon. every
battle feld and their dying sacrifices be
repeated by multitudes of men.
stir up your sincere mind by putting
| you IN remembrance said the APOSTLE
| he would have those to whom he wrote
| his letter remember the teachings of those
who lived before them, that they might
themselves be helped to live more truly.
And it is for this reason that we remem-
Der the dead. They help us to brave and
nobler lives and deeds. 1t is always an
| inspiration to keep in mind those who
We're willing to spend and be spent for
the welfare of their community, their
state, or nation. 1t is to our life what
the sunshine is to the growing life Of the
world around u.s. The men whom we
commemorate gave time, and strength,
and health, and blood to save our nation
from being dis1nembered; let us give
thought, and interest, and labor, and
zeal to make it increasingly the embodi-
ment of purity and equity, liberty and
fraternity.
Members of Thatcher Post and Relief
| Corps The greatest honor and praise
we can give you is simply our prayer that
| the manly and, womanly sentiments and
principles represented by you may become
regnant in all lives and that our land
may become more and more the land of a
people who are high minded, courageous,
upright, and humane, ready ever to
Ibattle with evil and relieve woe, with
hands that pre- quick and strong to strike
down everything that makes against the
prosperity the happiness and welfare of
mankind, and with hands that are also
til
unfortunate, the afflicted, the suffering
tahd the bereaved.
I The services closed with the singing of
. America by the audience. The sermon
was one of the best ever delivered on
Memorial Sunday, and members of the
Post and Relief Corps expressed them
selves as very much pleased.
FIRST BAPTIST SERVICE.
The High School Cadets, under COM
mand of Major Dyer, attended service at
the First Baptist church yesterday morn
ing. The attendance was large consider
ing the unfavorable weather. Rev. W. S.
Ayres, took for his text Acts 5, 80: eve
ought to obey God rather than man.
He said that the first thought suggested
wrought in Peter, who only short time
before, unwilling to acknowledge his
master, had been changed by the power
of God from a coward to a Christian hero.
The subject of the. sermon was 1.-THE
Heroism of Daily Life''' The courage of
the common soldier who does his duty for
duty's sake, is far higher than that of
&l~.s l.
to go down to history. Mr.. Ayres said he
could nj Believe that there is the corrup-
tion inHpublic life that men tell Of but
there is so much of it that it has become
a sort of JOKE like that Of the editor
who feproved his foreman for putting the
election of United States Senator under
the head of market Reports y No man
should jest at patriotism. He is the true
man who sees that thing is manly be-
fore thewtbrld has discovered it, There is
no heroisn now in denouncing southern
slavery, but there was when Lovejoy died
because of his frmness in denouncing
great wrong.
1t will never be popular to do right, to
belong to church or to lead Christian
life, but he is hero who is willing to do
right if he suffers because of his act
There is the heroism of hard work. Some
thing is not rightly got for nothing, and
the man who was great possessions for
great fame has been the one who has paid
the price So of the men who have over
come the world. The true heroic man
has no place in his nature for compro-
mise with sin. No man has a right to SOW
to the flesh, and then expect to reap the
life of the righteous. The world wants
men who have not take God out of their
lives The hardest trials of the soldiers
of the Revolution came not from conflicts
with the enemy, but because of the poor
camps and the scant rations. Our hardest
trials may not come in open conflicts with
sin, but from discourag cement and secret
temptations. We need the heroism of
living for others. Nathan Hale, as he
faced death said ~ only regret that I
have but one life to give for my
country" So may we well say, 81 regret
that l have but one life to give for