The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-05-27
WITH THE
CHURCHES,

At st. Paul's M. II, Church yes
terday morning, the Rev. W. l.. S.
Murray, pastor, preached special
aermon to the various posts OF the
G. A. r. The church was filled,
DR.. Murray took as his text:
Deuteronomy 4. 81: "Ask now Of
the days that are past. whic h we're
before thee, since the day that God
created man upon the earth and ask
from the one side Of heaven to the
other whether there hath been any
such thing as this gathering is, or
hath been heard like it!' In part
he said:
"Grcat things appeal to and i'm
press men. Great countries, great
armies. battles, sieges. great bust
ness transactions, great days are
talked about and observed. Deco.
ration Day is great day. 1t re.
calls a great war, the greatest war
that history records. Great in
sailors and soldiers, great in CAM
paigns and sieges, great in heroes
and heroines. for women did their
/ part. They gave that which was
greatest and best to them. They
held back neither their husbands,
sons nor brothers. They sent sup
plies. prepared lint and bandages
and filled the tent and hospital with
nurses and medicines.
. 1.-The wary was great in blood and
treasure. million OF men and 4
thousand millions OF dollars were
put upon the altar. 1t was great
in generals and leaders.
.'What shall we saw of Grant,
shall we put him among the great
of ancient and modern times? Is
he to be classed with Nerxes, Cy-
rus, Darius, Caesar. Pompey. Ma
polcon, Cromwell, Nelson, yelling.
ION and Bismarck? Yea, he stands
at the head OF the worlds great
generals, the gre attest of them all.
His unconditional surrender show
ed the conservation OF his purpose.
His let us have peace, the good
ness of his heart. He was the first
Al ethodist President OF the United
States, but not the last, tor Presi-
dent Mckinley. whose kindness Of
heart, whose example as a devoted
husband, whose felicity OF speech,
whose distinguished ard ilicstrious
services are read and known to all
men. delights to be known as fol-
lower of Wesley.
1--WE have had line OF great men
ia Lie White House, but the great
Test since Washington any school
boz can tell you was that patient.
burden he arted, lurrowed-faced
Abraham Lincoln, who, through
The Die ssing OF God and the Grand
Army OF the Republic. made the
Constitution triumphant over State
severe gny; who saved the Union
and made our triumphs at Cuba,
Porto Rico and in the Philippines
possible. If there had been no APP
pomattox, there would have been
NO Dewey at Manila Bay, nor
Sampson nor Schley at Santiago.
While Washington was the Father
o. his Country, and more like the
1 Lnglisb gentleman, Lincoln saved
the Union and was the greatest Of
all great men.
: Nothing sends up the flag so
quickly as the rebel hand that
hauled It down. Caesar by stamp
OF his foot could call all Italy to
arms; one shot at the flag brough hi
men from the bench and bar. from
the pulpit and pew, from farm and
factory, from hill and valley, until
three millions we're enrolled. The
grcatcst army the sun ever shone
/ upon There is no parallel in his :
tory 1t was the world S wonder.
The patriotic response TO the Pres
)ident's call was They had come
to save the Union. Your presence
here 10 dav,ciS but an illustr at ION
that you accomplished your pur-
pose.
! Calvary Episcopal Church was
crowded TO the doors last evening
by the membersof the Grand Army
o! the Republican. the Sons OF Vet
Grams and their friends. Rev. w.
M. Jetlerls, the rector OF the church
preached patriotic sermon. His
Subject was The Veteran 0 View,
Looking Backward, Looking For
ward, Looking Around.
DR.. Jefferis spoke of the service
which the veterans gave their coun
try. At times the veterans were
almost on the point OF cheering.
An uncle of DR.. letters was the
first man killed in the civil war.
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