St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-05-29
MEMORIAL SUNDAY SERVICE.
The sermon by Rev. e. M. Chapman

~, c,,,dav evening to ;oin with Cham.
nan n :. a..
berlin fos'' w. - w. a. N'' III 'ne GUS
tomary Memorial sunday service IN
honor of their dead comrades in arms.
1..at.,,,,,e,+aI music was furnished nv +be
ln't' - A. 49,,
st. Johlsouiy JAM. 0". 'H0 Nn0ii Vi 'ne
North church rendered several appro-
nriate selections. Rev. Charles Pickells,
n n of St. Andrews church read the
~ D'' 1., e., A. es4L D..
scripture ie9So" lo-A 'n0 ~" ''''iii'
and prayer was onereo DY kew. Or. I'd
ward T. Fairbanks. The annual men,
.;o1 serr,on was delivered nv Rev Ed
0'''- ~ Chon,,on and 6 o;uon ho1on
Waru M ma f'Aii''--' Gnu s'@" ''1o"
in tuIl'
...-;,,,o +,irgs IN riob+eorsress milf
thnI answer US, o God Of our salvation.
Psalm 65: 5.
Two possibilities present themselves to
a,on Standing where I stand tonipht
a. nD nav deliver an Grafton mon The
HNoo+ Wer or he NAV nreach sermon
;nct;re to believe that the Grafton wopld
10 +ha easier task for the sneaker and
.,,;9I,t nrove TO be the easier task for the
i;ste,er nc well. But NV sense of the re.
n9one;h;l;tv which vour invitation has
IA mon me and ofthe hi5h Significance
"fth;s solemn assembly imnels me IN ar
4a,,,nt the sermon. il is a Grave and
sor;P,,s adventure For # Is M Eobt
4h;ng for man TO undertake to infer.
t,-a+ eom4th;no of the sniritual s;oni6.
aance of events that stirred the establish
ID order ot a GREAT society TO its FONDA.
ions that revolntion;zed the course of a
,nnit;tude Of human lives that sent a
hole generation Of freeren to tbe hitter
I'D acting school of war that eet n
na+;an of slaves free and that wrote a
nhonter of the worlds history whose s;o.
,;Gdorce looms eyer Iarger with tie
roars
Vat undertake II with son,e r,easrre
orcorrage because there ;s sncb a lie
ness between the exnerience of nations
and of individuals The great lessons
that both have to learn are practically
tbe same. The truth mon which ali
heol+hf,l life must found itself ;s Identical
for ho+h The temnta t;ons ot ,,r;de and
nasson to which both are Subjected are
,,o+ ,,,I;ke Aud the conditions that oov-
arn tr,,e Greatness for both can he ex.
nressed in the same words
60 +rre &c this that in the Psalm from
uL;ch INV text IS taken il is NOT alto
,Totbe- easv ~ discern when the writer is
9th;nL;ng II the nation and when Of the
;nd;y;dTaI He sneaks of the goodness
and the severity of God. The Goodness
tba+ I;s+ens r. human nravcr. that salts,
eas n,a,,s hungry hod;ee and sorIs that
lists the Garth With heautv and frn;tG,l-
neSs. tbat Owes hounds IN the seas and
cote the Mountains unon their eternal
foundations. that condescends to man
no on individual. thar resnects his free.
don that hears with his fraiItv. that
onters into his ambitions. and that leads
bin, often nv a wav which he knows not
into The fr,1;tion ri his desires All this
e +r,,e of a man. oil this ;s +r,,e of a
+eon Je u = -' $50 '-''O - - -
Rrt the ev ner;ence which thew share in
con,,,o,, rey,er becomes deener and more
E,lI If meaning than when Cod teaches
them some terrible lesson Of righteous.
naes Tdo not mean that Cod's GREAT
ress reedS anv gr;Inress If method IN
reveaI = II i not that Rut rather
49, +bore oro come truths Of once ca
s;n,nIe and eo nrof1und that notbino but
a +remerdous exnerience--an exnefience
which marks lie forever and leaves
,,,;nbt,, ,,,e,,e,+os of itself craven unon
the vcrv natnre-;s adennete TO Their
revelation II ;s when men and nations
arc ,earniro these lessons that +bev 90
down into a valley of trouble ont of
which some door of hone Is finally onened
40 tLar, Tbev set orr mon +hcir nnest
con6den. ard ,,,eol because NJ the;r CON
6de,,co tho, co,,,e 80, worn ord bnn,h1ed
bnt forever STRONGER because Of What
+be;r qrroo+ ner;e,sce hoe TAUGHT then,
Aud +Iav H,ery I;LeIv date the attainment
of+Le;r sn;r;+,ol tna;or;tv from the dav
,yhe,, CA orsyered their nraver for
,yrao+,ess n +err;h1e words of riobteous-
Tsss
II 7 u,oro osLad RI indicate the two
Greatest ;Ilrs+rat;ons of this truth 7
ebo,,Id ;,ol;,o 70 c;te the exnerience nj
Tsroel ,.att n,,t of re home and sent into
RobU1on;au az r,t;v;ty that Il rn;ght FIRST
Ioars I'D tho,, taach The World +hat Cod
is 0ne"orin aid forever One In learn.
;no I'D tnao,,;rcr tbo+ lesson Israel
he @ 1,i;rhod b. c1o;n, IN GREATNESS
No neo 1 has aver everted a n1ofounder
pSoP'S De- D. -. $50. Co.. oroa+ress
raS ansrrnrnd - crave and terrible
+or,,,s
AnJ rex++o;+ sborld n,+ the lesson
+ba+ -. 49, ~ o 49, vas cot r. learn
IN 1ee1 IT, mas not en- ME lesson
.IthonnL 49, ,,.;ro;rlos ;rvoIvad cor he