The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-06-03
INTERESTING AND IMPRESSIVE.

long observed in this loyal and
patriotic city all the churches united
in the Memorial services which were
held In the city park. The beauti.
ful flags of the Post and the Corps
decorated the platform that had been
stand, and there were other flags
suspended from the trees and prettily
draped about the platform and the
stand 80 that the effect was very
beautiful. Better music than we hvae
had on similar occasion for several
years was given by chorus under
the direction of Mr.. j. K. Henderson.
Revs. Nash, Foust and Bruner assist
ed In the opening exercises and the
address was then delivered by Rev.
H. g. Fraser.
at is with more than usual intereet
we assemble this year. Mr.. Fraser
began. THE struggle in which we
are at present engaged in freeing a
downtrodden neig Dor, refreshens the
mind on the struggle which has end
ed 1.-The freeing of every human soul
from the oppression of slavery within
our own borders. 1t is with keen in
terest we meet to do honor to the
dead heroes. The battle they fought
and won makes possible the worthy
service we are seeking to render to-
day. We do not meet to revive ami
moslties but to maintain and awaken
attachment to our common country
and keep alive gratitude of heart to
those who fought our battles and
brought us to our present standing Of
national honor. Our glory and re-
joicing is that we are united as u peo-
| pie as never before. Every American
reioices in the solid front we present
to the enemy. And may not God in
this unifying of our Nation be pIepar-
ing us for great destiny in the ac-
complishing OF a glorious mission to
humanity and in that service fulfil
the prophecy of the poet who wrote
I'VE are many in one while glitters a star
In the blue of the heavens above
And tyrants shall quail mid their dungeons
afar.
When they gaze on that banner OF love.
II shall CLEAN DER the sea mid the bolts Of the
storm,
Der tempest and battle and wreck
And flame where our guns with their thunder
grow warm
ha .kol-
The oppressed OF the earth to that standard
shall fly
Wherever its folds shall be spread,
And the exile shall feel tbs his own native sky
Where the stars shall wave over his head"
Mr.. Frazer then announced az his
subject: National Righteousness; or
Human rights and our attitude toward
these as nation" bssing it on the
words of Solomon, righteousness
exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach
to any people"
1t is impossible to quote the sermon
entire, although it well deserves it,
but an occasional sentence will give
some idea of the manner in which the
subject was treated
1T is the business of the cause that
makes noble the soldiers daring and
dying"
The struggle in which our soldiers
fought was struggle for human
rights.n
Every man has the right to use
the means given him by God for
lettering his condition. He has the
right to be protected by impartial
laws and to be exempted from coercion
and punishment so long as he respects
the rights of others"
righteousness is greater good than
property. Rectitude in all it branches
is the supreme good which states are
bound to regard in all legislation.
National wealth is not the end. A
nation derives its worth from national
righteousness. No greater calamity
can befall people than to prosper by
crime.n
ut was the glory of the American
that in their Declaration of Independ-
ence they took the ground of the in
destr uctible rights of every human
soul. They stood for righteousness.
"Great hopes and great fears center
in this Republic"
"Pre-eminently il the present strug-
gle one for human rights. The afro
cities and barbarities OF the Spanish
nation in the treatment OF their sub
jects is in cruelty equal and beyond
that of the slavery Of any people. AS
we gather today to hold this service
In memory of our brave men who
fought for human rights let vs. conse-
crate our own lives and labors to the
furtherance of the cause. The strug-
gle Is not ended. There are yet at
least two nations that, by their cruel
ty, their barbarian, have forfeited
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