New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-20
4 PATRIOTIC SERTICE.
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION AT THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
,,o Sev-yorl Society OF Sons OF the Revolution
o,d other kindred societies yesterday afternoon
With speclal services I'm the First presbyterian
church Fif,h-ave and Eleventh-st. httngly com
rneuornt ted the one-hundred ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS an
n,vcrsary OF tho birth OF George Washington 1t
was the ninth annual service OF the society the
o.,oo ,vas largely attended every seat In the
church being occupied The colors OF the society
were conspcuously displayed about the inside OF
the church. The pulpit was almost hidden WIN
The Stars ard Stripes Following are the cergymen
,.ho assisted IN the service The Rev. DIT Morgan
n,x u,bo led IN PRAYER: the Rev. r. f.. Backus. the
poy Edward B Coe the Rev James Francis
DickIe pastor OF the American Church, Berlin
Germany. the Rev william X. Dunnel. the Rev.
y T. chaplin and the Rev. Brockholst Morgan
chanlain Of the Sons Of the Revolution.
Prominent among those present were Recorder
COZ Naior-General Charles F Roe Alexander T.
orr president Of the Chamber % Commerce; Dis
riot Attorney Gardiner Colonel Chauncey Of the
sh Regiment James Mortimer Montgomery secre-
tarv- general OF the society: Talbot Olyphant.
charles King Morrison. F. n Brooks. Frederick
9 r.lrradge president OF the society. Major John
Rutterneld Holland Mrs. Reginald Love Foster and
committees representing the folowing-nnmed So
cletes
socety Of the War OF 1872 Loyal Legion. order OF
Foreign Wars. Society Of ne cincinnati Aztec
C'ub OF ls47 Society ~ Colonial Wars. Colonial
DANES OF America Daughters Of the Revolution
and Colonial Danes OF the state or N"w-f ork
Al the close OF the religious aervice the sermon
was preached by the Rev Howard Dufh"ld pastor
Of the church. He said In part
Sons ~ the Revolution and members Of kindred
societies / bid You welcome to the odd First
church It's doors swing open OF Their own accord TO
such company ~ patriots Ihis u an ancien,
shrin. OF liberty The watchhre OF loyalty was
Linded a. rs altar before the Revolution. and that
damr has never gone out. From its adherents was
f1rrn.d that club known as Sons OF Liberty,
,I,h sounded the earliest effective call for Con
tnautal Congress.
The "Old Continentas" fought the battles Of the
state with Bibles IN their knapsacks They studied
~ military genius ~ Moses by the light OF iher
campfr.@ The Pilgrim Fathers feared no one
ave God SO nll their foes feared them In the
Revoluton America won liberty. In the civil War
America achieved nationality. In the campaign
OF 1875 America rose into new and hoy relations
with humanity Necessity has been laid on MS 10
study and to Illustrate new Idea In the progress
OF the race the obligation which rests upon "a
.frong and prosperous people 10 minister To the
woe ~ the word beyond It's own frontiers A true
81 81 the Revolution Will net Every citizen y "a
factor in The production of national policy.
Each individual counts In shaping the Nations
future Not on the nring line alone II a peoples
destinv determined Not In the nails OF govern
ment alone Is the policy OF the state moulded
The battlefield on which aiionai veal most surrey
f. determined Is within the patiiVt breast
In this land one Is free to worship no uou' out