New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-20

THE REV. DR. ABBOTT z. KITTREDGE.
..,,r. aisle a stirring march was played by the
.,,,nst Frank Taft. The services. which were
.,,auc,ed By the Rev. Dr. Abbott f. Kittredge the
.hsnlan OF the society. opened by the singing
w the choir of Pendeggers Praise the Lord" fol-
hired by the hymn Holy Holy. Holy Lord God
Almighty" The exercises were fully musical, and
included renderngs of Hawley's Come Unto Me"
and an anthem. Jerusalem" by Parker. After
ne prayer the hymn Lord. While for All Mankind
We Pray" was sung and then MY Country, IT'S
dThee" was a fitting closing 10 memorable SER
ree.
PULPIT AND CHANCEL DRAPED.
The pulpit and chancel of the church were draped
with the National colors. Among the members OF
III. society at the service were Emanuel Dreyfous.
James De La Montayne DR.. n. A. Mossman. Morse
Bur.s John A. Peck. Nathaniel Tuttle Slgourney
" Fay. Francis Durando Nichols. J. l.. McKeever.
Edward Hagaman Hall. William r. Ellis, Walter
Belts Robert Treat. o. T. Love. Seth E. Thomas,
Charles E. Back Collegiate Hoyt j. Augustus john
son. o. 8. Cockey. Reuben Lord Griffin T.. a. Sum-
mer, W. H. Henry, Porter Norton. Buffalo Chapter;
Walter B Prown. r. l.. Hastram. Robert L.
Bowles. W. J. Smith. George f. Batcheller, Cor
neius W. Luyster. Herbert A. Roberts. Richard A.
Sorrs. J. L. Raymond, ]. II. Johnston, w. F. Rock
we'll Richard r. Davies Frederick W. Lovejoy.
Arthur H. Isbe. James E. Seymour. Arson T.
Downes. Colonel John T. Robson. Edward J. Chat
fee and L. E. Chttenden.
The arrangements were carried out by commit
tee composed OF General Ferdinand =. Earle.
Stephen " Wright. General Thomas Wilson. L. s.
A.; Walter Logan and Andrew J. c. Foye.
..i- DR. KITTREDGES SERMON.
N Khredge preached eloquent and spproprl-
ale sermon in which he said. In part:
,- das DAY is the anniversary Of conflict In itself
inc n rcd
S 0gposed to seventy raw RECRUITS citizens ola OF
tg after enc volley from the superior force the
ory the British troops %sn marched en to
And yet we gather this sabbath afternoon within
tude to our fathers God this conflict on Lexington
Common, more than q hundred years ago, not only
Revolutionary struggle whose fruits Of freedom we
enjoy to-day, but because then there was asserted
se great PRINCIPLES Of mans man. 81 ns al rights
conscience and speech. and TO the possession Of
property and lfe. And + It not well for US IN
Of slavish bondage 10 unprincipled leaders, when
Jaws are manipulated for selfish gains and egisa-
. recall those scenes IN The birth hour Of our Ma
Independent manhood Of our ancestors. who dared
70 fight for principle which was dearer to them
than life itself. and who prayed while they fought,
esneylng that God was on the side OF justice and
shall we briefly glance at the history so thrilling
Common in the early dawn Of April IS. no? And
Tie first fact to which would cal your attention,
struggle for INDEPENDENCE. is the general intelligence
ahs people OF the American colonies at that early
assht and purposes. Did you know that there
sss nine colleges among the Commissioning col
oast; thea William and Mary. Yale. Princeton.
S pS on Columbia. known as Kings the college OF
mouth Have you realized that the love OF art had
r0a9ced Copey and West. who were honored
ase galaxy Of famous men. Of whose names
y are proud to-day-Franklin, the printer and
,sonder. Of mechanical genius. and who succeeded
,onh nSn as the president Of the American phiio-
i ssS lawyers like Otis Henry. Dickinson and Rut'
GLORY OF THE COLONIES
bu' the glory OF the colonies the public
.enooi. and early 1886 the Connecticut Legis-
azure REQUIRED by enactment that every town con-
aiming NIFTY families should maintain good school.
80 Nna' a grammar school be supported by towns
land a ,Ssrss @ families so throughout New-Eng-
Gallon ~ were these wise provisions for the edu-
secured and oae people whose intelligence was thus
rising o. anu no 70 this Intelligence trace the up,
also ,ha a co!onies against foreign tyranny, ana
corousr s nm and determined resistance and un.
Reyou,snvn,ee devotion embazoned those pages OF
ana high indulgence we can understand the words
Reference sns EAR q Chatham in House OF Lords in
natal Sas N c 81 in i77 must declare and
has bsen my reading and study OF history land 1t
dHes en1 my favorite study-I have read Thucy-
Stss. ana have studied and admired the master
force o. ne world. that for fidelity Of reasoning
Mch W sssacity and wisdom OF conclusion under
BODY ., I"Umpication Of circumstances no nation or
Congress a. san stand In preference to the General
tween r. .Gok at the cause Of the difficulties be-
orssn Snsiand and her subjects on this side Of the
Exsd ~ was not that the latter were heavily
BoSso. AW wnen that famous tea party occurred at
exe"n, .tsvery tax had been removed by Parliament
~ y mat on tea and this not burdensome to
noS sgsvp.e. no. the complaint Of the colonies was
~ sainst heavy taxation, but against any taxa.
- ~ rariament without the consent of the peo
al E words they refused to be treated as slaves
~ .sclared that taxation without representation
s,.ee against despotism.
tn. me rest OF DR.. Kittredges sermon was devoted
~ description Of the immediate causes that led up
'ne battle Of Lexington and OF the powerful
tSSos, had In intoxicating patriotic determination
e1Hos,ssinout the country. He ended his sermon by
koosst' ing MS hearers to emulate the example Of
ksr ~ patnotism. fashioned upon piety, that had
'st them by their fathers.