Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-05-29
A DECORATION day SERMON
Rev. Holloway On The Dangers
of Memorial Day Losing
It's Great Signi-


Two very interesting and instructive
sermons were preached yesterday by
tbel minister of College Avenue Bap-
fist Church to his congregation wor-
shipping at Red Mems Hall.
In the evening the subject OF the
sermon was SayonaroIa. the Martyr
of Florence. - This course of sermon
lectures on church lhistory have pro-
dnced marked interest, and the one
Yesterday morning was of especial his
torical value, bearing with its forcefui
presentation many practical lessons.
At night Mr.. Holloway chose for his
subiect 1.-THE Blue and The Gray. -
II was a Decoration Day topic aud
very appropriate TO the season. The
Rev. Mr.. Holloway said in part:
"There is danger of Memorial Day
losing its sacred significance as the
time spaces from the terrible inter-
necine war which called it into being,
lengthep. While it il is the prayer of
every true American that the hatred
and prejudice which inevitably exist
ed while the wounds from the most
terrific and i'm some particulars most
meaningful struggle Of the ages were
still unhealed, and the heart of Amer
lean motherhood and wifehood was
still nailed TO the cross of wars un-
speakable torture, shall leave no ugly
scars on the memory of the united
nation. PRAYER should be equally fer.
vent that the solemn lessons growing
out of the Civil War should never be
forgotten.
THAT strife made the North and
South one in the calling forth OF com
mon sympathy from the experience OF
common pain and sorrow. And this
lesson had its beginnings in the hearts
of the women of both sections when
they gave their best beloved for the
altar sacrifice of cherished conviction.
For the sorrows of the women who
were compelled to stay at home were
keener than the sutferings OF the men
at the front. who could, at times.
forget such sufferings in the duties OF
camp life and the awful excitement
of actual battle. Though the brothers
of the Southland and the Northland
knew il not, the discipline OF sorrow
was doing more Co make this country
one while the war was still on than
was the occasion when the last gun
was silenced at the majestic command
of peace.
''That struggle taught unmistakable
clearness that a cause is never settled
until it is settled right. Slavery was
rong-intrinsically wrong, and all
the attempts at compromising only
postponed and made more fearful the
day of settlement. Now, without men.
tai reservation, we can truly say &c
the world this is thesland OF the free
and the home of the brave. As TO
the negro, the whole country is rapid.
ly realizing. / think, that his problem
is to be ultimately settled by the peo'
pie of the South. The North freed
him and the South will place him in the
position God designs him to occupy
in the human family.
1.-The fraternaI spirit now shown by
the veterans of the Blue and the
Gray proves among many other
proofs that the late unpleasantness
brought the two sections to thorough
appreciation of that the fact neither
side could boast of monopoly of 10y.
atty to conviction and courageous adj
herance to conviction. The Oonfeder.
ate and the Federalist came to thor
ough appreciation of each Others
bravery on many hard-fought battle
field. So long as the jewellers in the
Northland remember Pickett's charge
at Gettysburg aud so long as jewellers
in the Southland remember the FEEDER
alists' charge at Lookout Mountain,
none dare to claim that courage was
sectional.
"God in HIS Providence has shown
the United States of America that the
American Continent, vast and rich al
it is, is too small to give space to two
growing and success compelling Anglo
Saxon republics. To discharg g oul
unique duty to the human race We
must face the world as one people
one in the inspiring glories of an un
PARALLEL past, and one in the hopes of
still more glorious future.