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SERMON TO FOOT GUARD
INTERESTING DISCOURSE BY REV
DIR. PHILLIPS.
The Chaplain of the Company Preached
on "PIety, Philanthropy, Patriot
ismo-A Large Congregation Present.
ExceIlemt Music at The servloC.

EACtAAcNA u 'hAo '7sA S'S''
The one hundred and twepty-ffth an
nual sermon of the Second company,
Governor Foot Guard, was delivered
last night by the chaplain of the COM
pany, Rev. DR.. w. l.. Phillips of the
Church of the Redeemer. The members
of the Foot Guard met at their quarters
at the armory about O'Clock and
marched double file to the church,
where they occupied seats in the center
aisle reserved especially for them.
While the company entered the
church and marched up the aisle Or
ganist Thomas c. Shepard played En-
tree de Procession by Batiste, on
ward Christian Soldiers" My Country
'Tis of Thee" and MY Soul BE on Thy
Guard We're the three hymns sung and
an anthem Battle Hymn of the Re
public the solo being by Riley Phil
lips, was sung.
Dr. Phillips sermon was a very strong
one and the subject was tPiety, Philan-
thropy and Patriotism
DR. Phillips spoke from the text John
4:20: IF man say | love God, ana
hateth his father he is a liar, etc" Al
ter contrasting in a general way the sol
Gier of the present time with the sol
dier of the past and pointing out the
duties of the citizen soldier of to-day he
spoke particularly of the Foot Guard
and the National Guard He said:
One of our duties is to uphold the
honor of the National Guard, to put the
citizen soldiery of the state above sus-
picion and make it the force in the
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courts. commands most respect and
can most surely be depended ON to
teach transgressors Gods way and IN
culcate what is brave and manly ana
holy. The scandals now being aired IN
this state have caused much irritation
and criticism, some of which is doubt
less warranted. But they are being un-
warrantably used by a few individuals
and newspapers to diseredit the entire
military system of the state and to stir
up prejudice IN the rural districts for
personal and political purposes, The
trouble should never have been made
public. 1t was National Guard mat
ter it should have been handled inside
the family. The fatal American pen
chant for airing scandals in the pres
ence of the world is threatening to bring
the state troops into disrepute in the
minds of the people, But we are under
fire, we will no doubt continue to be for
many months if not years, to come,
and since the wrong has been done let
us not seek to Shirk our responsibility.
While we refuse to have the sins of
one person laid upon the organization,
let us not fail to express our indigna-
ton at the offenSe. 1t is a shame that
a Connecticut soldier should forget his
high calling and disgrace his uniform
by ruffianly debauchery; let now this
ancient and honorable command set an
example of manhood and citizenship
that shall lift this stigma, restore the
prestige of the National Guard, and
elicit the confidence of every truth and
honor-loving man in the state.
Since the hour when they forced the
needed ammunition from the reluctant
selectmen and marched away to Cam
bridge the Foot Guard have maintained
this relation to the commonwealth; de-
tenders Of the rights of man! champions
of the highest truth for the hour! The
record is luminous and honorable. |
am looking into the faces of men, some
of whom bear names that appeared on
the first muster roll, all of whom are
men of the same temper with their pre-
decessors prepared to maintain the
truth for the time; so then the bright
record is to be continued, and this CEN
fury and a quarter old organization is
to remain the champion of liberty, en-
lightenment and religion.