The Portland daily press., 1900-05-28

and best, and conc1udinS. eaids II ell
you today, then, 70 faith: xo nith IN tfs
largest. wide.t sense. 10 hath 4. ycur,
God 10 do whatsoever may be appointed
In the line Of your legitimate duty. 10
faith in your neighbor and his general
disposition toward honesty and goodwill.
To faith In the reilly a nlch things
as truth, VIRTUE gcednes5 and ho 2 {;
an Beings most worthy Of faith and In
his son Jesus Christ, who n the rcvela-
tion 81 the Father and the givcr Of eter.
nal life. VIII you take the motto q Lin
coin as the motto OF your lifef Win you
shs orsiinary days. san more, win you
make Il not only motto but motive,
principle Of acfionf 10 such an one,
and to him only, Is possible, when TIM
end draws ne1r, the tubilnnt gwan-sonI
Of the great Apostle, and for such an one
and for him only, whit the words Of the
Lords weicome. Well done, good and
faithful servant; thou hast been faithful
over a few things, l Will make thee
ruler over many things; enter thou into
the joy OF thy Lord
REV. MR.. MALvERN'S ADDRESS
In the event ng at the First Free Bap-
tist church Rev. Lewis Malvern preached
before the members of the Grand Army
he esteemed it great personal pleasure
that they were present on the day which
marked the close Of his three years
pastorate in this city. The subject of
the preachers very interesting sermon
was taken from ID Timothy, s.3: "A
good soldier Of Jesus Christ" His open
ing thought was that modern implements
OF war will be the greatest cause Of the
annihilation OF the present methods of
settling disputes between nations, and
that In short time the tactics of the
Army and Navy, as used today, would
either have to be materially changed or
abandoned in view Of the changed condi-
lions brought about by the use Of electric
| ity, dynamite and other engines Of
destruction now being cxperimented with.
Not only the methods but the causes Of
war have changed and this point was
favorably presented by an historical re-
view of many wars beginning with the
Sepoy Rebellion, down to the Criinean
war Of 1853 and on to our civil war refer
ring to which, Rev. Mr.. Malvern said:
II need not tell you Of this nor the part
you took In the conflict and the vic
tories you won and the great nation you
have given to the world by your suffer.
ings. The orator OF Memorial Day VIII
| enter fully into such details but the war
of which desire to speak is one In which
we are all engaged q nd we are called
upon to make choice Of sides
The preacher said the soldier Of Christ
had the world for his battlefield, his enc
my Is sin, and the conflict VIII last as
long as this life. He Il fighting for the
Kingdom OF God in Christ Jesus and for
his reward there will be "a crown Oh
glory that fndeth not away"
Rev. Mr.. Malvern defined q good sol
ldier to be volunteer. You may think
Of the service as being under King, yet
He will have nothing but voluntary ser
vice. As a rule there Is greater manlfness
in a volunteer than drafted man. A
stronger conviction of duty, love OF coun-
try, courage, etc. 1t takes good deal OF
a man to be "a brave soldier and defend
his country. It tax es a good deal OF q
imam to be a Christian and soldier oil
Christ Jesus, to givsa reason Of the hope
within him and defend his faith. The
speaker then described some of the quail
ties that enter into the make up OF IA
good soldier" He must be obedient, for
lobedience Is the card inal virtue. Nothing
can be done in war unless there Is I'M
questioned, quick and complete response
to orders. He should be quick OF eur,
of eye and OF action.
A good soldier will be studious. You
studied the needs of the country and thu
! cause of the difficulty and your duty re
lating TO 1t In the trying days Of the Ne
bellion and the sa me should be done ~
| soldiers of Christ Jesus. The Bible Is oul
only rule for faith and obedience yet how
very much of our religion we take Oh
hearsay. We have no right simply to hays
q hearsay religion, let us study the Bibls
for ourselves.
. The speaker elaborated the comparison
between the soldier on the field Of battls
and the soldier of Christ as to equipment
and other details and said there are four
, things we must love to make ourselves
|, complete-self, family, country and God.
Self-love is the first law of life, there
fore every man should care for himself In
his four fold state, body, mind, soul and
spirit. A man that provides not for his
own house is spoken OF as worse than
an infldel, and love of country Is enjoinet
by our Lord himself when he sent hi
disciples out to men of his own nation
! first. Love of God is commanded In thu
! scriptures.
! Addressing the veterans the breaches
said 1T was pious duty you performet
! in going forward to protect the flag
; home, Country and business, and how
much more so must it be to protect tn
citadel of your own lives from the assault
7 Of an enemy that not only affects tim
but eternity.
And now W. in closing, my last WORD, WORD,
!, upon you. You have all passed th
) meridian Of life and you know It's realit
/ with its joys and sorrows, Its pleasur
i and sufferings. My sincere prayer Is tina
: God may bless you, as members OF the 4
: A. r.. in all posts here represented, as oh
soldiers, as husbands, as fathers and a
citizens.
. And when yonder flag on your Pos
Z room shall be hung at half mast tellin