Smyrna times., 1903-05-20
OF REVOLUTION
ASSEMBLE IN NEW YORK
TWELFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF GEN
ERAL SOCIETY AN INTERESTING ONE.
Mr.. Thomas S. Start, Former Smyrna Boy,
Does Some Fine Solo WOrk-Mrs. Caro-
line J. Raymond Unable to Attend.

mr.. InOmaS D OtdItS EOiWSi Smy u" DN''
Does Some Fine Solo WOrk-Mrs. Caro-
line J. Raymond Unable to Attend.
The opening service of the Twelfth
Annual Convention of the General So
ciety of the Daughters of the Revolu-
ton was held on May 10th in st. PauPs
chapel, New York. Mrs. Caroline j.
Raymond of Smyrna was elected a
delegate to represent Delaware, but was
unable to attend owing to the sudden
death of her son Alonzo Raymond Mrs.
Francis Elliott of Newark was the only
from Delaware. The
place of meeting for the opening service
well chosen, as this building is second
with historical memories.
This chapel was erected in 1866. 1t
is the oldest public building and the
only colonial church edifce in New
York. On September 18th, 1776, Ad-
miral Lord Howe and Sir Henry Clin-
ton took possession of the city. On the
2lst, ne-eighth of the city was burn
ed, but st. Paul narrowly escaped. I'M
mediately after his Inauguration as
first president of the United States,
on April 30, 1899, President George
Washington with both Houses of Con-
gress came in procession to st. Paul's
chapel, where an appropriate service
was held. In 1918 the remains of
General Richard Montgomery, who
fell at Quebec, December 3lst, IT'S,
were deposited under the monument
in the chancel window at st. Pauls.
The sounding board on the pulpit is
said to be the only preRevolutionary
relic still in its original place in the
city of New York. II President
Washiugton's diary from 1889 to 1891
as regularly as Sunday comes is the
following: event to st. Paul's chapel
in the forenoon.
The service was to have been con-
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix,
rector of Trinity Church, but owing to
his illness, the Rev. DR.. William r.
Huntington, rector of Grace Church
oficiated.
Delegates From Nearly Every State.
Two hundred guests, who had come
from nearly every State in the Union,
and the local members of the society
gathered in the parish house in the
rear of the church, and, headed by the
officers of the society, members of the
General Executive Committee. and re-
gents from the different States and the
clergy, marched to the church in
pairs.
The service was thoroughly patriotic
patriotic songs being sung and
prayers being offered for the Presi
dent and people of the United States
The decorations were plentiful and il
accord with the spirit of the occasion
The choir of ST. Paul'ssang Steiner
Magniflcat in A fiat, the solos being
sung by Mrs. Harry Whitney and Mr.
Thomas S. Start.
interesting Sermon by Rev. r. N. Kemp.
The Rev. Robert Morris Kemp o
st. Paul's, preached the sermon, par
of which is the following:
''In this shrine, the place of 80 man.
memorable events in the history of on
land, it seems that there is an especia
appropriateness in the assembling @
ourselves together here that we MAJ
worship the God Of all ages and @
every land, aud that we may pay ou
alteration and allegiance to Him, an
again thus the fitting inspiration as
prelude to your meeting, together wit
patriotic impulses, summOning you
earnest endeavor toward a priceless
goal.
"This has brought you here froi
every quarter of our broad land. Ma
God be thanked for it. Here, wher
the father of our country worshippeC
an example of devotion to his God {
we'll as to his Fatherland, is a plaC
where our minds may we'll be lost
the contemplation of the progress, {
tae lack of it, toward those ideals ft
which and in behalf of which he al
, his contemporaries lived and died.
"There is that, and there ought
be, in an historic shrine, which bin(
} us reverently to all that for which
t stands. This same church buildir
: has sounded with theprayers and rur
} with the praises of those forefathe
r who have left to us the legacy of Il
, shown duty to God and their fellc
men.
Patriots Ashes Beneath Altar.