The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-29
TELLS LESSONS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
Rev Benjamin Young breaches Me-
mortal Day Sermon.
G. A. R. Is IN ATTENDANCE
NATIONAL UNITY AND PATRIOT
ISM ARE PREACHED.


y george X. Maxwell posts of the G. A
r and Of the two women's relief CORP.
and the ladies Of the q. A. r. The en-
tire interior of the auditorium of tn,
church was decorated with flags anl
bunting and flowers, and d specia
musical l,, programme was rendered
IHVse hymns We're sung in the order
gwen @ Worship the King all C.ior-
lous, There is a Wilderness i'm Cod
Mercy and America" As special
numbers, Miss Agatha BerkhoeI SANG
Inc tIdg Without One Stain" and
Barbara Frietchie.''
me sermon was preached by the
pastor, Rev. Benjamin Young from
ihe text. Number now and see who
! Is gone from Us."-I. Sam. xiv. L. He
said:
These words were addressed by a
great warrior to a small band of sol
di5rs who had enlisted under him to
90 patJie against common enemy
iheS were brave men who Wed with
edch other III the performance of deeds
: OF Valor- At this time they are in
/ camp. The DiCketS have been thrown
out and one Of these observes a strug-
1 gle IN the ranks of the enemy. He re-
! ports 10 his superior who issues the
I order OF the text, Number now and
! Sc who is gone from us The roll
eau Is taken and it is found that two
/ OF their braVest are not with them
J Wo are reported missing. Similar i'm
( pulses much touch the hearts of your
I commanders, members Of the Grand
Army Of the Republic when tn V sug-
/ geSt that you repair to the sanctuary
OF God. and standing about d holy al
/ Tar, look about you and count the COM
( fddeS missing As we think Of the
weight OF the hand of time evidenced
OF. athe q prayer together for a cause
molly defended and take to heart a
lesson which the conflict of life
teaches
II IS exceedingly fitting that we sc-
knowledge the guidance of God in our
hlStGFy- In the minds of our fathers
such acknowledgment has always
been recognized We cannot afford to
forget the supreme. The foundations
or TINS r. public were buttTessed by the
piety and prayers of good and rever-
ent men. II is we'll TO blend piety with
patriotism. II Is proper that we pay
tribute to the SaviorS Of our country.
Here, no eulOgy is too beautiful for
the dead and no praise too elaborate
Tor the living
1t is often beneficial to look at the
past It is not good to live in il. From
the tangled skein of thu past we may
UnWeaVe guiding philosophy for the
present The common heart is stirred
and the citizen pulse beat is Oufckeued
by frequent references to IL. Some
would blot II out. Many hate history
superficial observers who can never
perceive an upward or onward trend /
IN the struggles Of nations. COntem-
platiOn Of the past may nerve for a /
pres Mt crisis Children may get a gen /
UIne inspiration from viewing the /
achievements of their fathers.
Study of the Past Helps.
The backward look OF study may I!
heip one TO perceive the meaning of {
history. Our theories and political |
are formulated often from a
study Of national or universal exper-
fence travel over a vast UudUlatiug
plain. In many places channels have
been cut by the spring freShets. /
look about me but my vision j. linn (
tied. [ cannot understand th5 contour
Of the country. 7 seem to be moving
in maze. I ascend a mountain and
view panorama enchanting to the
Eye I trace the direction Of Wonder
stream and NOTICE the form of that dis
ant mound ] mark the formation and
he slope and from the various trends
about me read the fascinating story
)f geology I understand As I look
back and around So in the sphere I
nave i'm mind today. In the mighty
'ontilctS Of the past we s @ the apuar-
mt breakup of progress. but from the
yTeat trends which have arisen there
rom We read the onward and inward
movement of history. IT Is profitable
o look back tt is i'm this way that W. (
appreciate the meaning of the civil /
var The issue was not born i'm a day {
The roots which fed the trunk ram
" back into revolutionary history
he conflict did not spring up sud Z
EMILY The fearful storms. to take n :
gure from met orolOgy, do not arise . J
N the instant Cyclones are debtors
% law Unseen forces link themselves ]
oSether- BY due process that sreck Z
On the horizon IS aUEm= ntcd Clouds J
orm by COmDaHies. by bat1aIioue nv |
TIgades and corps. The Ominous q
umbling is heard as the hosts march d
D INTO position Nearer and nearer. I
lEheT and higher a roar. fash and y
he clouds are on fire The detonatfOns D
re sharp: and arfUI and the storm z
urStS upon us ia wild fury. This storm @
civil war which shook this nation
, It's foundations came as q result
{ forces operating along certain lines
rom the time of the revolutionary q
ar The jealOusies and auimoSitfeS of / C.
ne confederation, thu personal feel n
lgS and opinions of some of the men ];
no framed the constitution. the the 2
~ies of some eminent statesmen the q
roVISo- the notification ordinances of z
81 in South Carolina. the compromise C.
gislatiOn OF the great paciffcator.' u
e1Ty Clay these elements fused into &
syuCr=tism which doomed up omiu- s.
jsly on the national horizon s
Doctrine of States Rights. 4
Then again there was system of no. {
teal thought Of which John Q CAL p
pun was the leading eNDonpnt This | y
aintained that any state could nulIifv O.
be laws Of congress when il deemed Il
lem unconstitutional This was rank ( a.
)litical heresy. It made the state su- Y
-eme and not the states This as is
on Hoist points out. practically meant Fl
lat whenever different views are en- E
rtalned about the powers conferred by d
lie constitution upon federal govern p
ent. those Of the minority were 10 q
'eVail which was an absurditv I'm "
r a republican form of government. o
llhoun and others would make the b
non loose, insecure and disjointed. If II
is political doctrine had obtained of
hat use was the Declaration of indie IT
ndenCe or even the constitution |
ere was the issue. Was il to be rnion Il
mere partnership? Was il as tho / II
pTeme court has said: An indie o.
fuctbie union or indestrIIctible !
aIes Inc north said il was and a
g glory of the outcome WAS NOT the il
Ct that the. northern armies 80 81
me by main physical force the ar
les of the south. but that they Dro- ! m
nted the overthrow of the union and / u
aled with their life blood upon a ma y
mai altar that holy doctrine that the -
ltes are 'one and inseDara bIe - Ts \
ere man who doubts the wisdom of W
outcome II IS in perpetual union -