Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-05-29
MASTERLY
DISCOURSE

The memorial sermon preached hy
Rev. Harry Curtin Harman at st
Paul's NJ. r. church ON Sunday morn.
ing was most mastery effort. origin
al, clear cut and logical I'm conception
it was strikingly appropriate and
whether relating to the welfare of the
nation, or the life Of the individual
ii elected I'm the hearts of those not
veterans as ready n response as came
from tho honored survivors who had
followed the stars aud stripes ta
battle.
The members of Goodrich post. No.
22, q. A. r., were present in full
force, entering and leaving the church
in body The pulpit WA draped
with the stars and stripes. To the
right of the speaker stood the hand
some colors Of Goodrich Post to the
left the beautiful flag Of Company A.
bend regiment I'm front ~ the pulpit
were two stacks Of arms. each
surmounted by small post flag. On
these a musket rested. from which
was suspended the post drum
Rev. Hartman took a. his subject
War a. an indispensable factor in the
worlds progress He selected a. his
text, Isaiah ,. 4 verse Nation shall
not lift mp sword against nation.
neither shall they learn war any
more "
Anniversary days. he said. are edaca.
tional days, commemorating and there
fore perpetuating events. The ass0eia-
tion Of events make history. God and
man make events. When man works
in harmony with God good history il
made, when man j. out of harmony
with God. bad history j. made.
God has given Co the race three
great gifts-the state. the church aud
the school The state j. the home of
patriotism the church, the home ~
religion and the school THE home ~
education
Nothing educates like an emergency
or q crisis through which mn indlvi-
dual passes in his life OF state OF >
nation in it, history. Anniversary
days quicken the national conscience
and feed tho fires of national enthusi-
asm. We can not afford 90 forget the
past. there are lessons to = learned
alike from our triumphs and our fail
urcs. Ours l. world i'm which the
fruits of peace are bought through The
victories Of war.
God does not love war neither does
man love war. War. however. -
means 20 an end There mr. two WAYS
for nations or individuals CD settle
differences. either ~ arbitration or bT
brute force. The time. which will SURE
ly come. has not yet arrived when In
the language Of the text nation shall
not lift up sword against nation
Man has NOT - vet advanced far
enough along the lines of moral aat
intellectual development.
Wars are Of two kinds. military and
patriotic Some nations ar cursed
with military spirit and such wars
achieve mo permanent results Parrio-
tism defends it, lands. ir- people. And
its homes a military war hA- - its
object robbery and conquest 4
patriotic war J. holy war 0ar na-
ti0n has had six wars and with une
rxcpption-the war with Mexiro-th~y
have all been holy wars The var
with Mexico was mistake dis
honorable war and Wa criticised a.
such hy Abraham Lincoln No war
was ever 50 needless - the wa@wazrd
by the South. me- war was .ver -
honorable. 20 indispensable - - war
waged rs the north W. love - sur
viving soldiers. because of v@at they
did for u. because af their ber8ism
and their self sacrifice Nanv q man
among them was prevented ~ the var
from carrying out the cherished plsn-
Of life By needing bis country : call
many an opportunity wa lost for ~
vancemt nt along civic lines and many
an old soldier today l. I'm humble etr.
cumstancy. who hat for the war might
in his old aeg o. In the possession a
competency