New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-04
AsyrAL SERMON TO TIE SEVENTH.
IN GREER ~ ADDRESSING THE soipiERS
MAKEs AZ APrEtL FOR THE rRESFR\A-
TiON or THE NATIONAL. SELF COS


Troll ANp DIGNITY
Tho 7ih Reg lnient y q. y. y. attended v"spe-s
YESTERDAY afternoon ~ -. Bartholomew Churci.
Madi-,u-avc and For'y-fourth 81. 70 lear the an
nuaI sermon preached by it, chaplain. the Rev
Or David II Greer The regiment marched from
- aruorv. At Iark-av". and SNiy-eiSh'n-s'
through sixty-slxth-si 10 Fifh-ayc.. and through
Forty-fourth-st. tho church. Throngs Of suecta-
tors Inod tho rou'" - march. and the crowd at
rhc Plaza VAS especially large. Colonel Appl"-
ton AID hts stan were the head Of the regimen.
and the co.ors wcre loudly che'rcd several times
IN the cours" = tho march.
At tho church a large crowd assembled long be
fore the doors woro opened AMI quickly allei all
the seats no, reserved for the regimen Several
policemen were detailed 10 kc'p order but In spite
OF them there a vigorous rush 10 secure the
seats Many % those who could not gain admit
lance waited outside to sec the regiment come out.
The church choir sang an elaborate musical
service under III" direction or Richard Henry
warren Or Greer took his text from tho
ninth verse Of the thirteenth chapter OF the Cos
pei OF 81. Mark In the words Take heed TO your
selves The sermon an appeal FOR the
preservation Of the National seif.controi and dig
ni'y DR. Greer said among other things.
To us a great trust has been committed Al
this time, whom the waves Of popular excitement
are running hsh ana strong ana men are npi 10
Is likely to be mperilIed. That trust is 70 pre-
pressed i' Of all the World may nnd refuge This
trust IL imperillcd not much by any foreign
foe as by foes within-by those foes whose m
nammatory and hysterical appeals. and whose
shrl"king headlines doing much TO excite
the malignant passions OF var. and thus 10 klnde
a connagration that. once II IS started. may
spread and hercey burn. No man today Is wise
enough and fdrsecing enough to tell where IL VIII
stop IL once 1t gains a headway. The shouers are
not those who. rule. would do the hShtinB II
war should come. The shOuters rule, are
not the fighters. and the fighters are never shout
one thing this American Nation can afford to
do II can afford 10 concillatory. TO see ana
consider things rom the eucmy@ point or view,
10 put Itself In his place If result OF such
considerations II should In any matter that ts
enemy Is right. II can anord to be magnanmous.
one thing cannot afford 10 do. 1t cannot AFFORD
for any cause for foolish desire for con-
slstency, do whatever Is wrong. to engage In
any that ia not holy and just. II. however.
animated by the nobl"st human motives. stirred
and moved by the purest human impulses-not by
but by humanity Of the highest and purest type
II should seem to be orr duty, not for the sake
ourselves bur for the sake OF others struggling.
suffering and starving on neighbOring Island. TO
intervene and fight then 40 be IT,
And yet | must confess II that IL TO be the case.
We may become deeply involved and cmbroilcd
I'm foreign complications that the humanity which
We are serving now We may not serve so well.
Yet H. as | shy. animated by the noblest human
interests for the sake of humanity II In our duty
to do H. our duty will do. Your duty. men OF
the seventh. you VIII do
After the address the regiment marched from
the church. the organist playing "The Star
Spangled Banner