Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-06-02
Order of Exercises.
Sermon by Rev. +. Il. Marble In the
Baptist Church---Services in the High
SchoOI and the Auditorium.

Sermon by Rev. +. Il. Marble in the
Baptist Church---Services in the High
school and the Auditorium.
On Sunday morning the veterans and
the members of the Woman's Relief corps
attended divine service in the Baptist
church. Rev. f. E. Marble preached the
Memorial sermon. Rev. Mr.. Marble took
for his text Mark xvi, l. "And when the
Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James, and Salome
had bought sweet spices, that they might
come and anoint him." He spoke of the
womans love that Graded Jesus of Naz-
areth in His infancy and watched with
Jealous soicitude over His growing favor
with God and man, and said: "They re-
counted His kindly words and deeds not
because He was the Son of God, but be-
cause he had helped them and their kind.
Public benefactors are personal friends and
the impulse to honor their memory akin
to that which keeps the graves of our
fathers green. Since that day we have
not failed to pay our tribute of love and
respect to the memory of those whom it is
a delight TO honor. We make no dstinc-
ton between those who have fallen. Do
you ask me, then, why this service?
answer (1) toexpress our love for the fallen
for what they were and for what they did
(2) we observe the day to recount their
deeds of valor. To the American soldier
under God, we owe the independence of
our country, the preservation of the Union,
the emancipation of race; (3) we observe
the day to glory in the spirit Of their under
taking. This was characterized by a
splendid patriotism, dauntless courage,
a peerless chivalry, a noble elf-sacritice, a
Co GCI a oh ha do
to inspire the living with a similar devo-
ton"
A o'clock Sunday afternoon detach-
ments from Sedgwick post, G.. A. r., went
20 West Dummerston, Guilford and Yer
non, where the ceremony of decoration
was performed Reports of the services
are given in the correspondence from those
towns, published in other columns.
A large number of the members of
Sedgwck post and Sedgwick Relief corps
attended exercises in the High school
Monday by invitation of Principal Whit
aker. On Tuesday morning delegation
from Sedgwick post visited the cemetery
in West Brattleboro, where prayer was
offered by Rev. N. A. Wood, pastor of the
Baptist church at that place, and where
the usual service of decoration was per.
formed.
The exercises in the Auditorium began
at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, veterans
and the members of the Fuller Battery
being escorted to the hall by the Brattle.
boro Military band. The members of the
Woman's Relief corps had already as
sembled in the hall, and the three organi
cations were given seats on the main floor
The stage was occupied by the band and
by the speaker and prominent citizens
bo init TO cd uifh
tators. The border of the stage was solidly
banked with wreaths and other flora
pieces, and its appearance was strikingly
beautiful.
After a selection by the band prayer
was offered by Rev. Mr.. Marble. Presi'
dent Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg was
read by Principal Whitaker, after which
Dudley Bucks clark, the Trumpet Call,
eth was rendered by a male quartet
Col. George w. Hooker then introduced
the speaker of the day, Col. Kittredge Has
kins. At the close of the address Gamer
ica'' was rendered by the band, quartet
and audience.
The procession was then formed in this
order: Brattleboro Military band; Chic
Marshal f. H. Putnam and aides; Fuller
Battery as escort; Sedgwck post; veter
ans of the Spanish American war; car
riages containing aged veterans and guests
The column marched to the soldiers mon
ument where prayer was offered by Rev
N. A. Wood, after which the march was
continued to the Prospect Hill cemetery
where Rev. Mr.. Marble offered prayer
The ceremony of decoration was performed
at the Prospect Hill and Roman Catholic
cemeteries, after which "lights out" wa
sounded by Sewall Morse and the process
sion returned to Main street and disbanded
The veterans carried baskets of flower
and wore boutonnieres of lilies of the val
ley.
Col. Haskins's Address. O.