The Portland daily press., 1900-05-28
Appropriate Exercises Held at Sev.
eral Places.
Rev. DR.. Wilson's Adj
dress in Morning.
Rev. Mr.. Malvern and Rev. Mr.,
Green Delivered Addresses.

Yesterday being the Sunday pefore NE
mortal Day, which occurs ON Wednesday,
1t was fittingly observed at several of the
churches by appropriate services COM
me morative Of the nations heroes. Rev.
Mr.. Wilson delivered an address before
Bosworth Post in the morning, at the
Free street church. In the evening Rev.
Lewis Malvern delivered an address at the
First Free Baptist church. In the after
noon the Rev. Bowley Green spoke before
the Thatcher Post, G. A. R., and his ad-
dress was heard by large audience.
REV. DIR. WILSON'S ADDRESS.
Rev. DR.. Wilson, pastor Of the Free
Street Baptist church, delivered most
eloquent and admirable address at the
morning service, his subject being taken
from I'd Timothy, ~: Il have kept the
Faith His first note was one Of well
come to he members Of the Grand Army
of the Repu bile whose presence yesterday
meant more than at any other time OF
the year for they had come in a represen-
tative capac ity. They were there as sol
diers, the survivors of that post who went
from this city, and other places, at the
bidding of patriotism, to keep the old
flag afloat over an undivided country.
az who speak to you this morning,
continued the speaker, ''am not o soldier,
though a soldiers son. Yet 1t is not
strange that should feel sympathetically
the influences Of the hour and choose as
the foundation of my message soldierly
word and convey soldierly teaching
Although he whose word 1t was, was
never enrolled in earthly army, yet the
ages have held him a true soldier of the
cause which he espoused. Listen TO 1t.
and say Il am now really to be offered
and the time of my departure Is at hand,
I have fought good fight have
finished my course. nave kept the
me u crown of,righteousness.which the
Lord, the righteous judge shall give me
at that day.
DR.. Wilson thought these words were
something more than IA blessed vaiedic-
tory for there was in them an Inspiration
that quickens the pace OF life Ihey
form a motto upon viii CHI one ambitious
of largest success may well fashion MS
life. By way of illustration he referred
to Abraham Lincoln who stands in the
sight of all men AS, all things considered,
as 1.-THE most remarkable product OF Int
reihhrhhpie PosSipsS' -
life." .,
"Do you remember" asked DIR. viii
son, 1.-THE dominant purpose OF this ire
Again and again he declared, and Il
those who were about limit was very
passion with him. 4 am only anxious,
me faithful Faithful; that mean
everything to him. And so, when his
life work was ended, and he lay down
to sleep, they wrote over him the epltaph
Of his own choosing, the simple sentence
He was faithful. :,
hearers the practical Importance of keep
ing the faith by bringing TO them
thoughts suggested by the lives Of Pau
and Lincoln and said that II the tex
meant anything it means that life Is
trust so important and so sacred, that TIN
question of its right use and administra
ton is one of the most serious questions
that the mind can entertain. Life Is no
a sum in arithmetic made up OF figures
whose actual values are definitely known
1t Is not field which can be measured
by a surveyors chain. There are 50 many
and SO diverse elements entering into TN
problem as to make 1t impossible I or u
to arrive at positive and exact results II
every case. Real and apparent values ar
not always identical. Little things hav'
q marvellous fashion Of expanding an'
large things of contracting and from TN
low down in this worlds service ma.
come many who are highest up in tn
worlds glory. These points were Illus
trated by the soldier on picket duty who's
faithfulness saved the day and by thu
young carpenter who could not affors
to build poor fence"
Coming to the tap root of the principle
faithfulness was defined as nothing NOR
than the fullness Of faith. 1t speaks o
that which is not seen, which cannot b
submitted to physical tests. And ye
certain mongrel marerialism Is curren
which tells us that nothing Is real unles
1t can be thus tested. Some sneer q
virtue and scott at honor and say airily
every man has his price and self tnteres
is the only bond that holds us together
Such talk is common ON our streets, Il
our shops and even in our parlors. Ant
the pity of it Is, some of us have believe,
it. The speaker urged greater faith TO