The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-25
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Rev. II. j. GroeneveId Delivers the Mem
orial Sermon In Butte.

Rev. E. ]. Groeneveld of the First
Presbyterian church. delivered a me-
! mortal sermon at the Auditorium yes
| terday afternoon. The hall had been
| handsomely decorated with evergreens
| and the national colors and the big
place was we'll filled by an audience
composed principally of members OF
the Grand Army of the Republic, w.
| II. c. and Patriotic Sons and Daugh-
| tiers of America Preceding the SER
mon an announcement was made of a
change in the time of the parade next
| Saturday. According TO the change,
the parade will take place at 10 O'Clock
in the morning and the street cars for
the cemetery will leave at IL o'clock
and return between l o'clock and 1880
| O'Clock.
Mr.. Groeneveld took for his text a
portion of the Goth verse of the 18th
| chapter of Exodus: What mean We
by this service?" There were two
| events in the history of the chil6I en-
| of Israel that we love to remember,
said the pastor. The first was their
delivery from Egyptian bondage and
the other was their entry into the land
of promise after wandering for 30 years
in the wilderness. and they raised a
monument of stone in memory of the
event. The Jews were not the only
people who so early commemorated
events of ancient history In ancient
Greece there were memorials to COM
memorate the deeds of its great men
and buildings were reared in their
memory. In Rome famous triumphal
arches were built across the streets
and monuments erected to commence
rate events in the history of that poo
pie.
Our own country is filled with me-
MORALS In the far East is Plymouth
Rock. a memorial to the freedom and
religious history of the people. Not
far distant is the Bunker Hill monu-
ment. reared in memory of the brave
and great men who fought for the lib
erty we enjoy. The country is also rich
in memorial days. among the most
important of which is the 30th of May.
This memorial day was inaugurated rs
years ago by General John A. Logan,
the ideal volunteer soldier. The day
was inaugurated for the purpose of
decorating the graves of the departed
soldiers and the Grand Army of the
Republic was organized to preserve the
patriotic and fraternal feeling among
the old soldiers and sailors. We do not
meet on Decoration day to glorify war,
for we are a peaceful people-a people
after George Washington, and not Ma
poleon or Caesar The troops that rail-
lied at their country's call came from
the workshops, the professions and coll
leges, and when their services had been
rendered they again became civilians.
The war settled some questions that
could not have been settled in any 9TH
err way. The soldiers who fought in
that war fought to establish the broth
erhood of men, the foundation OF which
was laid at Plymouth Rock, and after
the battle of Gettysburg there was
written in the constitution of the Uni
1T a l.
existed in theory only-that all men
are created equal
Mr. Groeneveld said he believed the
days of the war were about over, and
that no serious war would ever again
take place between civilized nations,
but that all differences would be set
tied by arbitration. A new grand
army is needed. he said. to take
the place of the Grand Army
that is passing away and to fight
and the purity of the individual To
make the future of the government Sc
cure the patriotic sentiment must be
exalted Too many always think of
what they might obtain or what the
government could do for them instead
of thinking what they could do for
their government. The government is
run too much with a view of getting
spoils.
The result of the war of the rebellion
was a blessing to the world which has
been freer for IL. Every battle fought
for liberty is a battle for mankind and
a benefit even to those fighting on the
other side. and it has been said that a
century hence the loudest praise of
Abraham Lincoln would come from the
people of the South In referring to the
trend of politics, Mr.. Groeneveld said
the nation needed the Chicago spirit in
its politics and closed his able sermon
with a tribute to the old soldiers and
the women, and said IL was a shame
that the nation could not grant the old
soldiers for the few remaining years
the highest needful pension.
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