The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-06-15
RIVERSIDE.
Firemen Observe Memorial Sun.
day-Noisy Crowds on the
Electric CarS-0ther Notes.


day and the day was observed by Nara
gansett Engine company by attending d.
vine worship at st. Marks. where spe-
cial sermon was preached by the rector.
Rev. II. A. Remick. Mr.. Remick took his
text from / Corinthians, xv-2. by which
also ye are saved, il ye keep in mind
what preached unto you"
Mr.. Remick delivered a very interesting
DISCOURSE as follows:
As | understand the meaning OF our
meeting here today, II is 10 make IL
stand in the same relation to the fire.
men that our Memorial. or Decoration
day does TO the soldier and sailor. The
act does not seem SO much OF an imper-
thence when you stop and consider that
the heroic acts OF the firemen In the pro-
lection Of our property equal, II they do
not exceed. IN tneir noble self-sacrifice
and devotion to duty the highest exam
Piles of patriotic fervor that the annals OF
warfare have recorded In the lives of
these preservers OF national liberty.
The interests involved are as large as
the country itself. As you read OF the
forest fires which lately swept over one
OF our New England states, did you not
stop and consider that before the dam
age, all accomplished I'm a few minutes,
could be repaired, even the youngest OF
you who are before me will be descend
ing the hill OF life: and far the greater
part OF us will have Joined the great ma
jority.
In 1901, the latest Official returns that
are available, the losses by fire amounted
TO over $3.50. 100000, and 200 fremen gave
up their lives in the performance OF
their perilous duties. In Santiago. Decem-
ber 8. 1863, a fire broke out in the Church
af a,t. III
ages. 1000 lives were lost. most OF them
women. New York. ST. Louis San Fran
cisco and Chicago. OF our larger settles,
have been victims OF this fell destroyer.
In the Chicago fire IL, 450 buildings were
consumed and over 100000 souls made
homeless. Almost every village and ham
let In the land can point you TO a time
OF large confiagration in its history.
Edgar Allen Poe has vividly described I'm
his Poem OF the Bells" the appalling
characteristics OF fire
Now IL there be praise for the paid de-
partment In this frightful and perilous
contest with the elements OF fire; the
spontaneous efforts OF the volunteer fire.
men. with its exhibition OF the spirit Of
self-sacrifice, calls for higher degree OF
commendation and approval The people
or every community should vie with one
another TO assist In the attempt to real
lie the true significance OF the day.
Ihere is not property owner that fails
10 derive a benefit from the existence of
these bodies OF men. banded together for
the protection of that property.
III you carry an insurance, its cost 10
you Is made less by reason OF the recog-
milton on the part OF the companies that
the danger is minimzed by these efficient
organizations. No association OF men ia
truly valuable unless the tendency OF that
association is toward the building IN of
manly and pure moral character. know
that possibly you may object that these
are not religious organizations. but nv
friends. just so long as you are Gods
creatures and breathe His air, and are
participants In the blessings He so
bountifully outpours. just so long does
this sweet handmade of God go by your
sioe TO make every act, every desire.
every word. religious act, desire or
word TO bind you In a fuller and closer
communion with your Father which Is in
heaven
number OF the different classes and
conditions OF men are represented on the
membership roll OF Narragansett Engine
company. l must say for you as a body
mat many of your acts have been plainly
and unmstakably religious acts; Chris
tian acts. No case OF real suffering has
ever made its appeal to you unanswered
cant be one OF your member or a needy
fellow citizen or his family.
over $500 has been contributed by YOU
TO the relief OF the needy and distressed
All people ought for their own good and
for the good of Others TO throw the
weight OF their influence on the side OF
the church of God and become regular
attendants at it's services In the world
of business IL would not be taken as a
lvIlo ante 10 trt.
active member OF the Christian church.
And all this goes to show that I'm the
estimation OF the business world that all
church members are not necessarily
Christians.
The real test OF Christianity Is not n
mans behavior on Sunday but his atti-
tude and disposition during the days of
the week that follow. There are certain
elementary truths, one OF which is that
the Christian will not lie and the other
that he Will not steal. Lying Is one kind
OF tampering with truth 10 our neighbor's
disadvantage; stealing Is any process by
which a man gets something for nothing.
III you live as violators OF these fun
damentals. then you are not Christians:
and III you adopt these as n guiding prin-
ciple OF life. and practice them in your
dealings with mankind. then thus far YOU
are walking as every Christian should
walk
Cease TO do evil. learn 10 do good;
cherish the memory OF all noble lives by
striving yourselves TO initiate their vir-
tues and then I'm your garland OF fra
grant flowers there shall be no withered
or cankered stems TO mar its loveliness
by which also ye are saved II ye keep
In mind what / preach unto you"
The following music was rendered by
the choir Wpk. for the Night is Coming.
Nenite Exultemus Domino. TIE Deum.
Laudamus. Come Ny Soul Thou Must BE
Waking. Jubilante Dec. Guide Me O Thou
Great Jehovah. O Jesus. Crucined for
man.
Mrs. Brown sang with the choir ana
her powerful contralto was one OF the
features OF the music. She sang sc)o
parts, as did also Harry Gage whose
tenor was very effective. Mrs. Brown
rendered a solo as an offertory.
NOISY CROWDS.
The crowds which passed through here
on the late electrics INDUCED I'm consider
able hilarity, although things were quiet
all day. Travel was decidedly heavy
during the afternoon. but there was no
disorder until the late cars, when the
crowd lndulCcd In vocal music "a atfch "A N