The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-06-01
in MEMORY OF
SOLDIER DEAD
MANY ATTEND SUNDAY SERVICES
Sermon by Rev. Mr.. Chambers, who
Talks on PatriOtism--Past,
Present and Future.

The opera house was packed to over
flowing Sunday morning by members
Of the Grand Army, women of the
Relief Corps and their friends, who
gathered there to attend the memo
rial services. Rev. II. d. Chatmhers,
district missionary for the Episcopal
diocese in Oregon, delivered the ser
mon of the day, his subject being
'Patriotism-Past, Present, Future. "
After the gray haired veterans of
the Grand Army filed into the hall,
followed by the ladies of Candy Post,
W. r. G., Rev. Joseph Mayes de-
livered the invocation. Murray Kay
sang "Abide with Me" The scrip
ture reading was SUPP lied by Rev. W.
c. Gilmore, Of the Congregational
church, Rev. o. j. Nelson, of the
Unitarian church, delivered prayer
at the close Of the sermon, and Rev.
j. l.. Hershner closed the services
with the beuediCtion.
Taking his text from Deuteronomy
VIII: >, "ThOu shalt remember all
the way which the Lord thy God has
led thee, to try thee and to prove
thce,' " Rev. MIR. Chambers dwelt on
the illustration from the children Of
lsreal, that if they iorsool the law of
the Lord disaster to their nation
would he the result, and brought
forth the idea that I'VE must find
God 5 hand in history"
at is not only necessary to follow
In the track of battle and listen to the
wall Of the conquered or the shout of
the couqueror, but we must find Gods
hand in it, " Continuing, the speaker
said in part
eve look ut the history of our
country and we find it has risen from
one of the least to one Of the greatest,
if not the greatest ON the globe. Look
at the great men our country has pro-
udced. Every crisis in our history
has found the right man atsthe helm
Washington at the time of the Revolu-
tion Lincoln at the time of the
threatened disruption of the union;
Mckinley at the time of the freedom
Of Cuba, and it seems Roosevelt at
the time of bondage of wealth, trusts
and seliishness
"The war of the Revolution sought
and gained freedom for which the
stars and stripes have ever stood from
that day to this. What hand has led
us?-God's. His name is stamped on
every dollar that we earn. Not war
/ has made MS what we are, but the
providence OF God.
al think of the purity of the homes
/ of our ancestors; their quiet rural
| lives; their fear of God; their love
of country, and the patriotism pro.
duced there that made our nation
/ what it is today. | think of the won
| deriul progress in invention, rail
/ roads, newspapers, and try to imagine
what a country this would be without
a God. look at the purity Of the
| literature of the past, not of the pres
ent; at the grand institutions of free
| dom our ancestors founded. Today
about 100000 people of every
nationality live to enjoy to the fullest
measure this liberty. What hand di-
rocts in this solf government against
every power to disrupt it, which other
nations attempting have failed? A
God fearing country; with righteous
ness It's hasis.
"rhis brings us to the present.
/ Pessimism define as seeing only the
bad in life; optimism as seeing only
the good, closing the eyes TO the bad.
| A course between the two Is more to
/ be desired. The children Of lsreal
were warned that they should remem-
/ ber their dependence upon the power
/ which wrought their deliverance, lest
when they had eaten and were full
/ they became pulfed up with pride.
"That is our danger today. The
hand of God is in danger Of being
forgotten forgotten in the growing
skepticism of the day; in popular
doubt; a powerful press to large eX
tent inhdel; denial of whole or a
part Of the Bible Sunday dGsecIation;
multiplication Of religious sects;
brotherly love forgotten; spirit Of
commercialism with no right or wrong;
war of capital and labor trusts; i'm
pure politics; worship Of the almighty
dollar; society with its numerous
demands; policy which is often lie; /;
our manner of bringing up our child
ren family life on the wane.
"We have forgotten the God who
bought us; the blood which cements
us. There is grave danger of our
liberty being lost. Because true lib
erty honors God and man; because
there is nothing in tLi4 whole world so
grand as man. He is freeman
whom the truth makes free, and all
are slaves besides The spirit of the
times means the decline Of true patri-
otism
"'What can take the place IL this
world of God? Patriotism is no: mere
opinion, nor mere sellishness. 1rre
; patriotism sets itself against all at
tempts of the babbIe to break dov II
the institutions Of purity in our lard.
1t was when the statue Of patriotism
at Rome was dethroned, that Ron o
fell, and so will be the history Of II is
, country
Directing his remarks to the Grand
Army members before him, the speak
er continued:
eve come today to remCm er the
past, those who won and maintained
our freedom. There are few left of
this host. The march of the remnant
5 grows less; the graves more in num-
Der for decoration. Decoration day
, is the Sabbath of our patliltism.
q These lives were offered on tie altar
3 of their country, and the altar made
the Offering a holy one. We mention
p not the great generals, but the rank
: and file; the mothers and wives and
sisters who labored at home. We loob
t over the dusty rank to the hoy who
l bravely trods along, whose only fame
r was short line in country news
paper telling of life bravely laiC
% down.
''The remnant ought to inspire us
The call today for such men al
shouldered the musket at the call o
. Lincoln-men of stability. ImpurIt!
> IL worse foe than war; it take
= brave men to stand for right ami,
y devils sanctions. We cannot be mer