The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-25

army before Santiago. lie was asrsd
N there were so many mistake, tcw
did he account for sucn a spisafid VIC
tory. All he said. CD was leading
n no matter how the army vas
tangled up He led IL On 10 victory.
That was a touching little incident !
read in the Christian Endeavor PAPER
the other day. The chaplain OF the
roughr riders said, when we buried the
first heroes who fell In Cuba, There
were seven bodies placed side by side
l requested the boys to uncover
their heads and knee while ! read the
burial service. At the close a young
man came to me n said. Chaplain,
I want TO be a Christian" and l said
We'll, give yourself to the Savior. just
as have given yourself to your
country" They knelt together and
the young man said. Count me a
Christian" A few days after he was
climbing the hill at the storming Of
the battery OF San Juan. His com
rades were falling fast on every hand.
He never seemed to fear the foe. The
battle was won, but the young man
came out of IL unscathed. At The
close OF the war he was aiken down
with yellow fever. With many of his
regiment he was sent to a hospital I'm
New York. But he died In a few days
after his arrival. His body was. piac-
ed In a casket n sent to his pa
rents. A letter came from the chap
lain saying Your boy was a good
brave soldier and a good Christian
Christian unity is also a subject for
Thanksgiving. Ever Christian people
are liable to magnify the points on
which we differ and to minimize the
many and essential points on which
we agree. There were ~ tribes In an
cient Israel. but there was only one
nation. There are many companies.
regiments and divisions which follow
ed the flag, but there Was only one
army and one commander-in-chief. 1t
Ii well that Thanksgiving day comes
around so that the members OF the
different churches can get together I'm
a service of praise and Thanksgiving
to our God. So, while ] wish you were
all Baptists, I know o are not, and
! am not oblivious to the fact that
you do not intend to become such
right away Let me say that i nave
one desire which is pre-eminent. name
ly. that you all become good. sincere
Christians, and I would far rather you
all become first-class Christians than to
have you as third-rate Baptists. The
trend of the times Is toward Christian
unity. The Savior prayed that His
people should be one, and that prayer
is being answered In the closing days
Of this century. Thefe IL, of course, a
good deal of whining about divisions
and a divided Christendom. but there
is nevertheless a deep under current
which counts for Christian unity. The
time Is not coming when the whoie
world will be willing to be Baptists;
neither Is the day o to dawn when
we shall all be Presbyterians, N II
does not seem to appear that we are
al going to be Methodists. But the
time is coming, and II ought to come
| every day when we shall all be better
Christians. There is always a good deal
OF loose talk about fusion, but fusion
has not been a bowling success either
In politics or In ecclesiastics.
81 am disposed to think that no de-
nomination has a monopoly OF chris
tian truth. Every denomination mas
stood for something which IL regards
as distinctive. Blessed results always
follow a frank recognition OF the good
tina we find in each other. So while
I am a Baptist through and trough i
thank God for the Methodist who from
the time OF the Wesleys down n the
present day have always stood for a
broad, free and fun salvation for all
who have taken Jesus Christ as their
savior. So I thank God also FOR the
Presbyterians. They have stood for or
der and system I'm carrying forward the
work OF the kingdom. They have EN-
phasized the words Of the apostle: Let
all things he done decently and in or
der And / am inclined to think that
the Baptist denomination has stood. Is
standing and will stand. for something.
All denominations owe something eacn
TO the other. and his should be ex-
pressed, not I'm creed. but in conduct,
which after all is more than the three
fourths of life. II Is said that the Ger
mans regard the River Rhine as the
best river In the world. But In South
America the Amazon Is regarded as
the largest river that ever flowed. In
the United States the great Mississippi
is regarded as the father OF waters.
But when as different n~ationalities we
gather at the sea n watch Its
pillows as IL GIBBS and flows, we say the
sea In ours.
$50. as Christians OF different names.
we say of God. He Is ours; our Father.
Who art In heaven: our savior our
atonement on Calvary; our home Is
in heaven Let US carry In our hearts
this thought as we leave this sacred
place. Let the spirit of this hour go
with US. The year that Is about TO
slip away from us has been filled with
the goodness Of God, but IL has not
been one Of unmixed JOY. There Is a
mingling of sadness I'm many MONIES,
Many parents will miss their boys. Last
Thanksgiving day the son who was the
Joy of the household was in the happy
home. The winter went past, in the
pring he heard the call of his country
for volunteers. He went to the front
never to return. His body lies on a
foreign shore. until the resurrection
day. In many a household fathers ant
mothers will look for their children
who will never come again. Brothers
and sisters will think of those who hav
vanished out of sight. These We can
not forget. IL we would. and should not
II we could. But where these memories
cast a shade over the brightness OF
the day, let not the shadow deepen into
gloom. Because you may yet see theii
faces and listen again to the mu
sic OF their happy voices. And so oui
present reunion will be but a type Of
an everlasting thanksgiving.
The fact has set these two scenes
over against Zach other in lines which
may well conclude the service OF tn
day. The opening scene lis that of tn
family meeting, when the circle is un'
broken"