The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-10
ACTON,s LAST SUNDAY.
Tho Programme for the Seventeen
Regiments Reunion.

The religious services at Acton closed
yesterday, and to-day, tomorrow and
Wednesday the regimental reunions will be
held at the grounds. The attendance at the
last Sunday is never very large, but not
withstanding the heat a fair sized crowd
was present at the services. During the
hottest part of the afternoon young fell
low, with his best girl, seated himself in
the ice cream room at the hotel and en-
joyed it's cooling influence with pair of
very heavy dog skin gloves on his hands.
One of the boys remarked that he expected
he would order an overcoat and a dozen
hot roasting ears N a minute. A number
of old soldiers have arrived en- the ground
for their reunion. and quite a large number
have engaged accommodations at the hotel
during the reunion.
The Epworth committee, which was to
have met to adopt plans for the leagues
new training school building failed to get
together, and the plans will be discussed
and adopted during the last week of the
month. The building will be QUITE extern
sive. There Will be no meeting at the en-
campment this morning, but at 2:3O o'clock
Ralph Bates will relate his experiences in
Southern prisons; his escapes and many
interesting anecdotes of army life. partic-
ularly his escape from Andersonville.
The programme of the SEVENTEEN Regi-
ment is the same as was issued last Fri
day and will be given at 1880 p. m. 1t is
as follows:
Assembly-Bugler.. IS: M. Tillson
Invocation Rev. J. w. Dashiell
Song-'Battle Hymn of the Republic.
.......-..........-. :....-. Cuartst
Address of welcome 49,. Col Samuel Merrill
Song-"Comrade" A. III. Graham, 10 illinois
<AuuiesS 1880
Commander-in-Chief G. A. r.
Song ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .......:......
............. Prof Vayhinger and quartet
The poetry of it by Harbert.
II. NJ. Caylor,
Department Commander G. A r.
Song ..............A. ii. Grandm, lU0 LIMOS
Army "reminiscences .....................
Irwin Robbins,
Adjutant- general G. A. r.
The Seventeen Resiment.....G. W. Grubbs
Yesterday morning. after prayer and
song service, led by Rev. l.. d. Reyes.
Miss Lois Dyer. of indianapolis, rendered
a solo. after which the sermon of the morn
ing was preached by Rev. John a. Ward,
a member of the SEVENTEEN Regiment.
whose home is in Bedford, Ind. He took
his text from the eighteenth verse OF the
eighth chapter of Romans. The subject of
the sermon was THE Philosophy Of Suffer
ing" Mr. Ward said: There is no success
In life without suffering: The glory OF mill
itary success comes in the smoke and roar
OF battle. The heights OF intellectual at
tainment are gained only after the long,
hard climb in the darkness. invocation Is
the result OF a suffering brain; ii is the re-
suit of an inventive genius put on the rack.
The glory OF spiritual attainment comes
after the same struggle and suffering. al
though such course was not Gods plan
in the beginning. but was brought on by
mans sin.
''christ began His earthly life in suffer-
ing and His every life was marked by His
blood before He triumphed in glory We
shrink from the ross and the fiery ordeal.
ell.
10 experience them. Every transition state
Is one of suffeEng, both in secular and