The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-11
An Interesting One De-
livered At Baptist
Church
by Rev.Mr. Allen Of Laurium
Large Audience Present Delighted
with the Address-Other
City News.

day we had the pleasure OF listening tC
one OF the most inspiring patriotic mem
orial services il has ever been our privll
eye TO attend. Ii was in memory OF the
heroes of the Maine. The opening ser
vices were appropriate and very interest
ing. The music was good, particularly
a solo by Mr.. Bishop.
The Rev. DR.. Allen took for bis text
Job: 80: %. For / know that Thou
will bring me TO the grave, and to the
house appointed for all the living"
by way OF introduction said, "This is
the language OF Job In the hour of great
affiictIon. At the time OF its tersnce
everything about him seemed to bear
The inscription, Ichabod.' His glory
had departed; his earthly possessl ons
were gone; his children were slain in a
cyclone; his servants were gone; his wife
was saying TO him, 'Dost thou still re-
tain thine integrity? Curse God and die.
Even his most intimate friends left him,
and had charged him with hypocracy at
deceit. 1t no doubt seemed to him the be-
ginning of the end. Now the text seems
to me TO apply TO every human being.
However little man is willing to think
about these things, it is the portion Of
all the living. We are all marching to
the grave"
Then followed many good thoughts
81 a.
give in full il space would allow and con-
Guided this thought by quoting Gen. 319,
lin the sweat OF thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground
for out of it vast thou taken: for dust
thou art, and unto dust shalt thou re
turn"
Then followed an emphatic denial that
ell this IL. as we too often hear J. called,
a dispensation OF Divinel Providence but
rather that 10 is the just penalty for sip.
In THE connection be said in part, WAS il
Divine Providence that assassins te our
loved and revered Pres .nts Line In and
Garfield? mol A thousand times, mol!
It was sin. Did God make the wretches
who destroyed the Maine and took Il Q
lives OF our brave boys, what they wer
No! Noll Nolll Sin and the father OF it
did"
BE then spoke of the feeling and patri.
otism that had been aroused by the de-
struetion Of the Maine, and of the calm
sdeiberation of our government and it,
chief officials in the present crisis. whose
cool but determined actions have elected
tie admiration of the world. Then fol.
lowed minute description OF the destruc.
ton of the Maine. with which all are famil-
lar, and after mention OF the money loss
he said: but what is this vast amount
OF money as compared with :the life of
even one man to say nothing o. all the
men who lost their lives in her wreck.
We quote parts OF the balance of the sei
mon as follows: Had not our govern
ment been interested in the outraged
and starving Cubans. our men would not
have lost their lives in Havana harbor."
"Wben we have freed and fed the Cubans
then we will give them the bread OF life."
@'lt is gratifying to note that in this
mighty uprising of patriotism in our
country that there is no more Blue and
Gray, no more North and South. We
are one" lone OF the impressive things
before and since the trouble arose is the
work OF the Red Crosse society. When
Miss BARTON was telegraphed by leading
citizens OF this country to do what she
could with and for our wounded sailors,
she telegraphed back at once, L am with
the wounded Time would fail me to
eulogize this noble christian woman. She
viii not lose her reward" Consul Gen
-eral Lee has endeared himself to every
tive land. We will honor these men
along with those who gave their lives for
our Union. Already the violets in mod
est beauty are breathing their sweetest
fragrance over the graves OF our heroes
while beautiful May is budding the bios
.aoms for our Memorial Day. By the
fragrance OF spring and the music OF
birds we are reminded that another Men,
orisl Day is near at hand. May both is
the day on which we as citizens of this
great commonwealth discharge one of
our most sacred duties, and while this
sacred day il approaching we will not
forget that call to arms is again sound
ing in our ears and e'er that day arrives
there may be many new graves added to
the list. While we forget not this call,
we will remember the brave response.
Who could forget the scenes on the
streets OF Calumet when our own brave
boys departed in response to that call.
Over one hundred of the best young men
OF Calumet shouldered their muskets and
marched to the depot amid the cheers
and hurrahs OF thousands OF friends who
had assembled to witness their departure,
some perhaps never to return. There
will be tattered flags, empty sleeves and