The Portland daily press., 1898-05-30

mosbere of his native land. Our thoughts,
our motives, our sense of right, olr lose
and life are shaped by what our nation IS
Since we are and have, all we hold VaIu.
able is made so by the association oL
memories and hopes through whlcn our
days are passed under our natlVe shy, 81
do we give back what Mt first was given,
when our country asks our aid. Service
to country is an obligation that arises ou6
of the very nature OF the quality Oh lie
itself.
QII.) Their voices inspire us to devo-
ton of our nations ideals. ana WnaU
are those ideals? (a) Union. Tnis IS tna1
larger circle within which all oIher
national interests must be confined. no1n
liberty and freedom must be subservlen1
to union. (b) The thought of we'll being
of all citizens. BY this impulse we insist
upon education for all, that thereby the
habits of reading and reflection may pass
into our common life with their tendency
20 wiser judgments and caimer living.
90 are we proud of our Inventions, our
Hlachlnes, our labor-saving Devices, I'M
proved methods of transportation. Under
this impulse too, the dream of equality is
reailzed IN Its legitimate function, the
protnerhood OF man is fostered and all
true social betterment encouraged and
prospered. co. The cherishing and
sharing of our national institutions. No
natlon may Keep Its possessions for itself.
10 whatever end it shall be led. it must
share, at least make known it's ideals
wherever man is found. 1t is the working
out of this principle that has brought on
our war with Spain. We know not indeed
all the mysterious and strong mingling
OF the great forces of nature that have
brought us into conflict with a foreign
power, but the only aspect of it that can
and does ill out our ideal is the attempt
10 make felt in degraded conditions the
saner, wiser, more enlightened institu-
tlons OF our own development
30 the voices of our dead speak to us to-
uay. Leu US In all sincerity cherish their
memory, mark their great sacrifice and
soperiy take up their work aga in.
Besides the military there was a large
attendance of the parishioners and citi-
zens generally,
AT THATCHER POST HALL.
The Memorial Sunday services held in
Thatcher Post hall. Sunday afternoon at
thrse O'clock, were attended by about two
hundred members of the Post, Relief
Corps, Sons of Veterans and Ladies' Aid.
and citizens. The hall was appropriately
decorated with flags and bunting. The
services opened with prayer by Rev. S. f..
Pearson. The hymn "Follow Me- Come
Follow Me- was sung by the audience,
led by choir from this Gospel Mission.
Rev. Mr.. Pearson read as the scripture
lesson of ths afternoon, passages from the
book Of Numbers, and the Apostle Pauls
letter to the Thessalonians. The hymn
America" was then sung by the audi
ence, after which a ferv emit and patriotic
prayer was offered by Rev. S. W.
Hutchins, pastor Of Zion's Methodist
church. The hymn "Golden River was
then sung by the choir.
Rev. S. T. Pearson, who acted as chair
man of the meeting, introduced Rev.
Lewis Malvern, pastor Of the Free Baptist
church as the speaker of the afternoon.
Mr.. Malvern announced that he should
preach sermon even though he were
speaking under the auspices Of the G. A.
R. He announced his text from Timothy
12, "Fight the good fight of faith.''
The young men who have gone to the
front have no more iaea of what they
have gone into than you did in '6l. They
do not know whether it means ten days
parade or sixty days junketing trip, or
a long battle. You were the boys that
went to the front to preserve our honor
and to uphold the dignity of the union.
The nation will not and cannot forget
what you have done. Never was there
such sight as when the old soldier
settled down into civilian life. In Europe
it is difficult for soldiers to settle down
into citizenship, but with Americans, not
forgetting that you were soldiers and
patriots, you have settled down as citi-
zens. We see everywhere the good results
of the work of the men of 81. What are
you today? As good soldiers as ever you
were. When the crisis came God had a
man ready for it, Abraham Lincoln.
Every army needs good officers, and those
you had were good ones. They inspired
faith in their commands and thus led you
on to victory. In the moral conflict you
need moral leaders to lead you on to self
respect and Righteousness.
General Grant urlrned the scale in favor
of the Union at the battle of Shiloh. We
have leader who has fought the adver-
sary. the evil one. He was pierced to
death by the crucifixion on the cross, be-
cause of his having to do the right. The
command of our Saviour is "follow me,
and 10! I am with you always Our
tactics are contained in the Bible, and
rightly followed leads us to victory You
were proud to show your colors. AS
soldiers you were proud to wear the blue
You were not ashamed of the flag. Let
us put our soldier of this afternoon into
the whole armor of God. On the head
you have the helmet of salvation; in his
left hand the sword of the spirit; on his
loins the girdle of truth. What about the
rations? Joining the army doesn't m can
sufficient to eat At all times in the army
of the Lord the rations are in the words
Of Christ, ST am the bread of life;" II
am the water of life says our command
er. . We are fighting to throw off bondage
and come into the liberty of pardon and
peace. If there is man that ought to
feel happy, it is the one that is at peace
with God ssNot NV will hut thina ha