The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-29
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THE MEMORIAL SERMON
Delivered Yesterday by rev: q. W.
storey az the First baptist Church

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Rev. q. w. Storey delivered the mem
orial sermon yesterday at the First Sap
tiat church at the ii o'clock sermon. This
sermon was delivered under the auspices
Of Mcclellan Post G.. A. r. as a part of
the programme of Memorial day to be OBJ
served on May 80.
The speaker said among other things;
"The man that struck the first AK ia t1e
woods OF America never did 1t for sell
ACKNOWLEDGMENT, there was something
nobler than that in his motives he tola
of the march of progress OF this new ma
ton
under all the inspiration Of the past
new government, new say, because IL
Il unlike the republics OF the East OF the
den. cracies but a new republic, ne"
irgplrations, new principles na1 Dten
born TWO great ideas, Two great llhs5 u
ule we're spread ana builded into the hDei
life of this new nation. one coming from
the Old stock, and finding us representa-
tiyes in our fathers. the oIner coming from
The system OF the old world SLOW IN
movements, but answering in principles.
Tney had their imprint, tney mad thelr
influence. one as honest IN MS pcllel aa
the other But there came time, as must
come IN the history OF nations as Wen as
mali when these two principles began 10
clamor for supremacy, and the 'llne cAhle
when the crv went forth that there must
be q delivorance. liberty must mean ND
crtY freedom must mean freedom.
use no North or South, but destiny.
| There is no North. no South. There Is
| ono people, But there went ringing
/ through the ranks Of man, who will make
the sacrifice? There sprang from The
fields from the shops. from the counting
rooms OF this land thousands and tens oi
| thousands who said I will lay down my
| life for these principles From one part
OF this land as well as another men sprang
/ into two armies willing to lay down
| their lives, one for this set, the other for
| this set of PRINCIPLES. While it is to be
/ lamented that these questions OF sucn
! great Importance can only be adjusted
! by the sword, vertheless the time had
come when these d,t@stions must be set
| tied. These two questions met them
! selves upon the tield and they are settled.
/ And to-day there sleeps throughout this
land, one here and another there, and
/ flom that which contains all that was
earthly OF them ever arises that saying.
1 lay down my life for what l believed 10
be right
III | stood before the tomb of Robert
Z. Lee ! would be standing before a hero
and a man who laid down mis- life for what
| he believed TO be right. | stand by the
grave of ULYSSES S. Grant. He is my
! chieftain, ne is my hero. | say there is a
man who gave his life for what he believed
to be right. Their history will be written
among those that were heroes, thoughtful
and mighty in battle. They laid down
their lives. not for East or West not fol
North or South. but it was for nation.
He pointed to the flag and spoke in
glowing terms Of the meaning of this en-
blem OF liberty. That 1t was the flag Of
one, a glorious nation. He spoke of the
power it had among the nations of the
world and related the incident of a cap
tain of an American vessel. who, when he
was notified that his ship was in the way
OF cannon that was to be tried and thai
II he did not move out OF the way hC
would be fired upon and scuttled, gave or
ders to have the flag run up, and as II
waved out he pointed to il and said
Now, you see that; that represents tn,
srandest government the sun ever showl
upon Fire upon il If you dare" And NJ
shot was fired upon it, 80" continued
the speaker, al ssg that that flag repre-
sents the grandest government that Coz
has created IN to this time.
These two are now together, thes,
principles have been solved and if W,
were ever two in thought we are one
Give us the brain OF the East, the brawl
Of the West. the heart OF the South an,
we will raise generation that will con
quer the world, a generation that vii
write the literature of the world, a gen
Grafton that will solve the problems of thu
world, and We are marching ON Tn,
march of man has always been westwar,
and the West is conquered Now, If Go,
mas raised us for any purpose. he ma
raised us to point our faces eastward t,
J stretch out our hands and manipulat,
the affairs of government Take the les
sons that We have gathered and carr,
left centuries ago and lit them ont nj m
pain OF Western civilization, until mi
nation from East to West, from North /,
, South shall rejoice" - :
lie spoke again in soul stirring term
OF the nag and wound up with an appro
pirate peroration.