Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-06-02
MEMORIAL SERVICES.
Tributes to the Memories Of the
Nations Defenders.


services in Mineral Point, commence
ing with the exercises in the several
departments of the public schools, on
Friday afternoon, May u, and clos
ing with the services in the park on
Decoration Day.
Representative from the Post and
the Relief Corps and others, visited
the schools and enjoyed the exercises,
made brief speeches, etc.
Memorial Sunday was observed at
Trinity Episcopal church.
The sermon, which received many
words of communication from those
who heard it, was delivered by the
Rector, Rev. NJ. Chase, on the text:
"Somc put their trust In chariots,
and some In horses, but we will
remember the name OF the Lord our
God.
inspirations of Life" was the
general idea of the sermon, as c%cm-
plified in what makes nations great.
In part he said:
SIN this age of matcrialsm, there
may be u tendency to put our trust In
chariots and horses. Battle ships,
monitors, and cruisers may be reckon
cd rs the strength of nation.
"Wc would ask, what are these
withou. men of intelligence and cour-
age men inspired by high sense of
patriotism, and the fear OF God? Big
guns are harmless without expert
gunners. Telling shots won the
victory ut Manila. The shot fired ut
Concord WAS heard around the world
bccauac it was inspired by the spirit
of freed Om 1t was the waves OF
British patriotism more than those of
the sea that submerged the Spanish
Amanda. There must be something
more than numbers TO make the people
great. If not, China would stand nj
the head of the list.
Further he said: "Today we wei
come within these walls the Grand
Army of the Republic, and the
Woman's Relief Corps. Their pres
cncc suggests Ga look backward. =
They represent in IL mcasuse, the past,
full OF Inspirations. Truly, we are
deeply concerned with practical prob
lens that effect our social and politi-
cal organization. This concern may
make us forget the underlying idea of
the text. This IL why we may say
there are times when the voice of the
cuogist, rather than the reformcr,
should be heard. So the dreams of
Yesterday are swcctcr at times than
prophecy of tomorrow. Moved by
such considerations we take refuge
from the heat and confusion of the
present, In the great and beautiful
memories of the past. They help MS to
interpret the text.
cit il when we think of American
citizenship in retrospect that we arc
inspired by what has been, and we arc
swept out of the inspiration of our
great cities, railroad systems, and
magnificent ships, into that of the
days of 1861, or l776. Like gigantic
sentincls stand these heroes on the
highway of our greatness. They are
inspircrs of II noblcr patriotism than
that which comes from selfish greed
and spells of victory He spoke at
! length ON this point, and then passed
on to speak of the text in its relation
to the present, which brought up the
subject Of the present war with Spain.
In this connection, he said, it was
too late to question the wisdom of the
war. Loyalty demands that we should
pray and work for victorious peace.
"While this was the ease, even war
might teach us the beauty and splcn-
dor of character that men show, by
Gods grace, in It, There are every
day dreams of sell sacrifice. Again
and again, W. say that men rise them
selves and raise others hy sacrifice of
self
1--WE trust not, thrn. IN the hest
moments of our life, to caariots or
horses, but to the self sacrifice that
comes IN the name of God. We may
not vt times want TO see It. business,
pleasures, and cares may all shut out
the thought of self sacrifice; but in
war it is set before MS in the most
intense and vivid form. Men, with
all the love we have for life, IA g
hardship and death, for country, for
for duty and for comrades. The
world secs this and learns something
outside of Us chariots and horses.
The banner of self-sacriticc is lifted
high, and stands out clear, against
background OF the cares and pleasures
of life, and VIZ cannot fail to see It.
The whole scene of war suggests null