The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-05-25
G. A. R. SERVICES
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eRISUag CHURCH CROWDED
Grand Army Men and
Sons of Veterans,
Arr-cr-stc RUs.o BS Prot Cooke,
Church EeouUtully De-
coatad,
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me members or G. u.s.. ne I.ong Post
All. ana camp G. e. Wntze. S,of ".
u--a a-r-tc5 Go an eloquent sermon
5-at 81 RJy. James IT. Monroe
i- tEe Christian Church, Ala5ea street
Besides these war veterans. Admira,
Erlsiea and members OF his stan
u1Ert present with tl5 congregation.
The church was beautifully dr4ped
aI tle eats with large American flag
Thr rrlri- WAS also covered with flags
and Tyirz across was a largA bunch OF
caul lilies SuD5ing in 'front.' of the
uulr stood two stands of arms.
stacked an old saber hanging from
one and a drum suspended from q gun
acrcss the stands.
The music was appropriate TO the
OCCASION. and especially arranged by
Professor Cooke, one number He
Sleeps Unknown. being written 10y the
professor Tor this occasion. the theme
being founded on an event during the
hate War. In which he took part. The
choir was large last night. and the
old soldiers Joined with n Will in sing
ing the old songs. Mr.. Monroe said in
part
This day shall be unto you for a
Memorial. And We shall keep it
Throughout your generations And it
shall come 20 pass when your children
shall say unto you: What mean We
by this service?" That We shall tell
them the meaning. EXODUS. 12:14-26
This institution of the Passover
Festival was the beginning of memo
rial DAYS. 1t was speedily followed by
the institution of the Jewish Sabbath
and the Passover, the former being n
weekly memorial day and the latter an
annual
AT the setting up OF the Cross, all
OF these national Jewish memorial days
were abolished and the Lords Day
became the memorial of risen Lord,
the one memorial day of universal hu-
manity. Tomorrow we shall all join
heartily with our English friends in
celebrating their day the birthday of
their good and great Queen. All
Christendom are the recipients of the
blessings flowing from her long and
beRefcent reign.
Moses instituted the Passover as the
natal day of the Hebrew people. L
was 10 them what The Fourth of July
is to the United States and the Hawai-
ian Republic.
'As the Fourth of July is the ne
mortal OF the birth of the American
Republic. so the 3oth of May is the
memorial anniversary of the regenera-
tion of the Republic. Wherever there
O. 7 sf11 low rr~f1
be observed. And the preceding Lord
Day is being observed as we are now
observing this.
Here. mid-ocean, we shout back to
our Fatherlald the battle hymn of the
Republic. Let this glad wave of jubi-
lee. mingled with the murmer of the
Pacific. be echoed at the Golden Gate
and be re-echoed from mountain peak
10 mountain peak. until it shall CO.
aIesce with the great tide of song that
rolls up from 10000 cities and villages
in our native land;
NY country. It's of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died;
Land of the pilgrims pride;
From every mountain side
Let freedom ring,
never sounded so sweetly to us at homo
as now. separated by time and space
from the land we love so well By do.
ing honor to our home Republic, OF
this memorial occasion. we would re
feet no discredit 10 the Hawaiian Re
public the gem of the ocean, but quite
the reverse. As we love the Mother
Republic. so we love her child. In not
remote future, we trust, Hawaii vii
be added as the 46th star of the galaX!
of the Star Spangled Banner TheI
we shall send our beloved President o
the Hawaiian Republic to be our Sen
ator at Washington.
Comrades. the words of the Hebrew
Lawgiver. as given in the text, 'Thi
day shall be unto you Tor a memorial
are so fitting as 10 seem almost to hav
been written for our own Memoria
Day. And may we not feel that thos
other words, And We shall observe
throughout your generations, ma.
prove TO be prophetic of the perpetuit,
of our Memorial Day.
When all the veterans shall hav,
answered the last call and have beel
mustered out. then these Sons of Vet
Grams will perpetuate the day and be
Queath it as a glorious heritage Il
their posterity, from generation to gen
Grafton. until we shall respond to tn
reveille in the morning of the resur
rection.
with the passing years the mem
ory of the veterans viii become nor
precious and their dust more sacred {
those for whom we saved the Republic
Moses states the meaning of all me
mortal days in these words of the text
When your children shall say unit
you. What mean We by this service?
Ye shall declare it unto them Ne
mortal sermons are TO explain unto on
children the meaning of Memorial Da!
and thus prepare them for its imposin
services.
THAT day is to honor our comrade
who fell at our side in camp. on tn
march. in the hospital, and on the bat
ue-feld. We revere their memory. W