The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-29
ADMIRAL FOOTE POST, G. A. R.
ATTENDED DIVINE SERVICE At
TRINITY M. 70. CHURCH.

Veterans Heard n Mastery Memorta
Day AddI ess by the Rev. Or. Levi GIL
beri-The Topic Was "Heroesv-Brim
full of Patriotic Sentiments.
The members of Admiral Foote post
G. A. r.. attended divine service at tn,
Trinity Methodist church last night
The large auditorium was well filled anC
despite the heat the pastor, the Rev DR.
Levi Gilbert, held the closest attention
of his auditors to mastery sermon OF
Heroes" He said in part;
The world has had many hero. The
Jewish and Grecian annals We're full OF
them. We celebrate this year the ami
versary of one Of the grandest men Eng.
land ever produced-Oliver Cromwell
The lion of Lucerne immortalizes the
brave Swiss guard. Jesus was a hero
The Christian martyrs were heroes. Ir
times of persecution Protestant, Catho-
lie and Jew have shown the stuff of he
roes. Calico and Bruno are sublime in
suffering for the cause of truth and sci
ence. Wendell Phillips in the anti-slav-
cry campaign and Anthony Comstock
in the crusade against vice are in the
list of heroes Every man who stands
against demagogery and for the purifi-
cation of the civic life--every fighter in
temperance reform-every one in Voca-
lions of responsibility, like physicians,
f1remen, policemen, bank cashiers-have
shown vast courage. Your wives who
remained at home were as brave as you
who fought. Lincoln was not a soldier,
but had the heart of a hero. In this day
Mckinley is a hero standing up to duty
against all captious criticism of little
men.
We must recognize the heroic wher-
ever we see it, England to-day glories
in both Cavalier and Roundhead. We
ought to admit that the tories in Amer
lea during the Revolution in their sacri-
fees showed great but mistaken BRAY
cry. We are prepared to admit the
great heroism of the Confederate SOL
der. The time has gone by when we
should hurl such approbrious epithets as
TRAITORS" at them. They were mistak
en-, but conscientious. We can only
have reverence for such noble men as
Lee tombstone and Jackson-saint as
well as soldier. We must make all al
1owances for the differences which, since
the beginning of the government, exist
ed between north and south. If you had
been born there you would have fought
as valiantly for the stars and bars as
for the stars and stripes. The Confed
crate dead in our northern cemeteries
should be lovingly remembered accord
ing to President McKinleys sugges-
ton
There are heroes In every guise. How
many foreign names are among those
who fell on field or were engaged on
ships in the late war? What a composite
lot of rich and poor, cultured and I'M
cultured, were the Rough Riders! How
valiantly did the black troops acquit
themselves at Fort Wagner and again
at Santiago! And are not those to be
accounted heroes who did not get to the
front, but had to wait impatiently in
camps and died perhaps with fever? AS
much as any who well in the furious
charge, they gave their lives for their
country And shall we refuse our hon.
age to the brave men of Admiral Ger
vera's fleet who were led into the jaws
of death by his desperate venture?
There is vast benefit in such services
as this annual Memorial day. 1t is
unique in the days Of the year. 1t is a
correction to the merely commercial,
material, acquisition side of our lives.
There is melIowing influence on hearts
hardened by lifes struggle and selfish
ness. There are sacred recollections of
those you used to know in camp and on
the march. They were your neighbors
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sonal one. In such experiences Of life
such awful situations of danger-soul
stands revealed to soul and men get to
know each other as they cannot in the
commonplace of life.
These men were not all saints. But
the heroic in them showed that they had |
great saving qualities. The salvation of
the sneak and the coward is the perplex
ing problem. Let us trust the heroes |
have entered into personal immortali-
ty We know they have an immortality |
of influence. They have built their lives
into this great republic. They Illus
trated again vicarious sacrifice as it was
shown on Calvary.
They fought not only for union, but |
for liberty, and the slave went free.
Again we have been in struggle for
the freedom of others. There are new
graves to decorate. There are new
names like that of Dewey on the roll Of
fame.
Such services as these in church, in
public school, in the Sunday school, are
mighty in fostering patriotism. The
years are passing swiftly. Thirty-four
have passed since the end of the con-
tlict. You can't march as firmly or sing
as finely as you once did The new
brigades are more robust. But we will
never forget the rod ones. The end
comes soon. May it be glorious one
for each.
MAY your sons emulate your valor and
be sons of veterans not only in name1
but in spirit pledging devotion to a
which God again has so mar
velously led, bringing untold benefits to
at such little cost of blood
and treasure.
To be q son of a veteran will in time
be as much priced and be of as aristo-
cratic stamp as to be a Son or Daughter
Of the Revolution.
Let your characters be ever such that
no disgrace come to your button.
Serve well in peace and keep from po-
itcal decay and corruption the coun-
try YOU helped to keep on the map of
the world, with it's banner of stars in