The Republican journal., 1906-05-31
MEMORIAL SUNDAY.
II is Observed at the Congregational
Church With Sermon by Rev. David L.

molning, May 9TH, the members OF the
Iost attending in body and occupying
seats reserved for them in front Despite
the unfavolable weather there was large
cone1egation. The subject OF the sermon
was 1.-The New Patriotism and the Ira
ditions of the Past and the text from IL
chronicles. GOLD ''For the battle is not
YOURS, but Gods" The pastor said;
1t is a pleasure to welcome here TINS
morning some of the representatives OF
tragic period in the history OF our country.
You come to us, my TRENDS, Surrouhueu ny
the memories OF one OF the Eercest cohIllcts
az the ages Together with your comrades
all over the land who today, to the beat OF
the muttied drum and with draped coioIs,
are a1ching to the great church OF God lor
memorial services, you REPRESENT iol YOU
selves and for the countless thousands
sleeping in both northern ana southern
cemeteries and beneath many oioou-
stained field of battle. great achievement,
not only in the history OF our country, put
Of the world For while the Civil War be-
gar solely to preserve the Umon, YET the
INST shell that shrlehed across lhaIiestoh
harbor sounded the death-khell OIL SlaNerA'
the greatest blot on the American common
wealth Four long years did war stalk
through the land, leaving in its trail ruin
and desOlatiOn. Getty Sburg's sixty lhous-
and Characteristics shirty thousand; An
tietam's TWENTY-FIVE thousands these attest
fine aWfulupss of the conflict. For southern
homes were desolated just as mUch as
Northern homes, and home love IS the same
the world over, and hearts in the South
were steeped in sorrow as deeply as We're
those Of the North. We of the North have
rallied from the shock OF battle; the South
is still graphing with ITS prooielLS:, ma lnef
are our problems, too, for North ana 9outh
ceased to exist as geographical divisions
with AppomattoX. We are one people, seek
ing to solve the problems OF one coIntry.
only ] think the burden OF the Gfoolems
rests more heavily upon the cllZens VI
Southern States, than it does upon the cltl-
zens in the North. The whole life OF the
Southland had to b. readjusted because OF
the outcome of the war. But vastly more
important to the world is the fact that the
Union was preserved and that the uhnoly
traffic of slavery was suppressed For time
has nroyed what disastrous thing ii would
have been had the Union been destroyed.
ASH isl great nation has risen from the
devastation of a civil war and has taken ITS
place among the powers OF the World ,
European governments put their ears 10 the
pronnd to listen for the sentiment OF Amer
lea ere they reach out in any new ways for
national ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Even now are
they wing with each other as to when is
the greatest friend Of the United States.
The seeds of all this greatness OF our couh-
try were planted in southern neldS oy
troons of northern soldiers, and watered
with her own blood. Had the union been
dismembered, there never could have been
a world bower on the y estern HEM sphere.
ont Of the strife Of the Civil War there has
arisen a great people, taxing luz pace
among the nations and making US voice
heard i'm the affairs of the world. No hOn0r
is TOO great for the men who, at the call to
arms. left all that was precious them to
battle for the preservation of the Union.
Heap high the graves OF the fallen WIN
YOUR flowers, tokens of the memory J u
bear them Let the nag w WIN l,r noo ol af
star missing, feat over the graves OF
both the men of the blue and the gray,
for now it belongs to both. The sons
Of the men who fought against the flag
in recent years. have marched SIDE
by side with the sons OF the men Oh the
North and have laid down their lives for
that starry banner on the field OF battle IN
th. islands Of the sea. There is no room
for luminosity IN our land to-day; Tor the
heart of the South is as loyal as that which
nulsatns in the life Of the North Men VINO
wore the gray have been proud to don the
hlue In witnessing their loyalty to the
Union and defending it from foes without,
In theachievtmtut OF the preservation OF he
niGn. }Ou v Ia ale our guests Today hao d
part: most OF Us d!l not have that honor.
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