Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28
TRIBUTE TO TEE DEAD
MEMORIAL TO DEPARTED SOL
DIERs AND sA1LoRs.
Services at Eighth Street Synagogue
Patriotic Address by Rabbi Simon
Musical Program.

| Memorial services In honor of the ma
tion's dead soldiers and sailors were held
last evening at the Eighth Street Temple OF
/ the Hebrew congregation. s5The exercises
were interesting and elaborate, the sing
| ing of the choir being feature of decided
| merit, while the address of Rabbi Simon
| was replete with patriotic fervor and elo-
| quent with beautiful tributes to the men
| whose sacrifices saved the union of states.
The national flag was draped in harmoni-
| Gus folds about the balconies and the selec-
| lions of the choir were made with a view
to religious ceremony and patriotic senti-
ment. The services preceding the address
were interspersed with song and the prayer
OF consolation for those who had lost loved
ones by death was beautifully rendered
by Rabbi Stern, the congregation standing
The honorable bronze button of the Grand
Army was to be seen everywhere through
out the temple and many of the old soldiers
were accompanied by their wives and chill
dren.
DR.. Louis Stern led the exercises, reading
from the Bible and from the regular service
of the church, after which he offered an
eloquent prayer for the men who had made
of the United States the splendid nation it
is today. 1t was filled with patriotism. He
thanked the God of all ma tiOns for the pros
perity which had been showered upon us
and for the blessings which had been grant
ed us by the Divine hand after the men
who had fought for their country had made
1t an indissoluble people and raised it's flag
where no one might lower It. He said that
it was true spirit of Americanism which
does not recognize any difference in race or
creed and that the God who looked down
on the congregation was the God of all
mankind He asked the blessing of God
upon all who had fought side by side in
that great war of the rebellion and upon
the chief executive of the nation, upon the
government and upon our dearly beloved
country.
Following this prayer there was a medley
of song by the choir into which was woven
strand from THE Star Spangled Banner"
the congregation arising with one accord
and standing during the rendition of the
| national anthem. The sight was beautiful
and the spontaneity with which it was done
was impressive.
Rabbi Simon led the latter portion of
the services and began his address by say
Ing that there was no more inspiring spec
tacle than great nation doing honor to
her noble martyrs, her fallen heroes who
had laid down their lives for her union, for
her future, for her very life. His address
was highly patriotic effort and was deep
ly appreciated by the audience. especially
those who had been members of that army
which had fought for the preservation of
the Union and who had bled on many a
field for the cause.
Rabbi Simon's. Sermon.
Rabbi Simon, in the course of his re-
| marks, said: s.1G
Decoration day is both memorial and
monition. AS the former it is a priv
lege, the latter it is an appeal While
it is a source of personal satisfaction to
remember our departed soldiers and sail
orS and to weave about their hallowed
memories the laurel chaplet of our love
and devotion, yet at the same time we but
honor ourselves in that act To recognize
greatness, to applaud valpr,s to apprec ate
heroism is as creditablei to our high stand
ards as it is to those whose virtues we
canonize.
I'm this spirit this nation is proud to
memorialize its heroes. With how many
naughty and selfish through excessive
wealth and consequent luxury does history
furnish US! Our country, after an ex stence
of more than century, has become one of
the most powerful under the sun. Unto
its coasts flows the weaHhHof continents.
Unto it's Golfers is poured the gold of other
lands. And yet America has not stumbled
in her prosperity. Her wealth has not
made her unappreciative.
What an inspiring sight is this specta-
Gle of a nation of seventy millions bowling
in grateful praise and acknowledgment Of
the work and worth of her heroes, A ma
ton mourns, weeps over the graves of lost
soldiers, strewing with flowers and bedew-
Ing with tears the mounds of earth that
incase the remains of her saviors. A ma
ton mourns and Herewith manifests
deep sense of thankfulness to Good for
having blessed her with martyrs, the light
of whose bravery shall shine on unto the
end of time. This, 1 say, is beautiful
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