The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-05-31
ON MEMORIAL SUNDAY
ON
Union Services Largely Attended Rev.
T. E. Thuresson Delivers A Most
Impressive Sermon.

Impressive Sermon.
The union services ON Sunday in
honor of Memorial Day were very
largely attended. The patriotic orders
We're present in body. The union
choir gave some very choice music
and the church was handsomely de-
corated. Rev. 7. e. Thuresson
preached sermon that struck a re-
sponsive chord in the hearts of all
and which was pronounced one of the
most eloquent discourses ever heard
in our city. Rev. Thuresson took for
his theme 'sThe Voice of the Nations
Dead. The following is the brief
outline of the sermon:
TEXTILE beng dead, yet
speaketh.
These words We're first said of
Abel, the pioneer saint. The inspir-
ed writer declares that the centuries
had passed, the life and blood of Abel
still spoke its message to the world.
This is true of our nations dead,
especially of those who spilled their
blood on battle fields for freedom
sake, and to preserve for US an UNI
broken union.
The voice of our nations dead re-
minds us that we are the debtors of
past ages. AS each succeeding spring
time is debtor to the season that has
gone before, also each generation
owes it's tribute to those who have
wisely and unselfishly toiled in the
years that have gone by.
There are three things that make
nation Its Land; its people; it's
institutions. We have the best land
underneath the sun; the best balanc-
ed type of manhood and womanhood
the centuries have produced; while !
our institutions of government, school,
and home, in their liberties, privi-
leges, and opportunities are unequall-
ed in the circle of nations.
Much of the efficiency and grandeur
OF these we owe to the generations
preceding US whose courage conquer
ed the, land whose mingled blood built
up the finest race; and whose patri-
otlsm preserved our institutions.
The voice of the nations dead is
teaching that no great good is wrought
without sacrifice. Man solves no pro-
blem until he puts himself in, with
all he has. The men who have
wrought most nobly for the world,
are those who have forgotten self in
their interest for the common good of
all.
History affords conspicuous ex-
amples in Moses, Socrates, Cincinnati
tus, Paul, Garibaldi, Washington,
Lincoln, and the whole host of heroes
who, when our government was as
sailed turned their faces from home,
friends, and business, and gave them
selves to unselfish service in terrible
war. But it is the old lesson often
learned, no great good comes but by
sacrifice.
The voice of the nations dead
teaches that God trusts the common
people. We will not rob the great
of an item of their glory. Our gener-
ais fought we'll. but even they were
from the rank and file OF common
folks. The common people" fought
the battles that gave us our country.
and preserved it intact.
1t was ever thus.
When God wanted man to liberate
His people from Egyptian bondage,
He passed by kings and princes, and
chose Moses, keeper of hocks.
When God wanted man to secure
the liberties of the Anglo Saxon He
passed by the "blue blood of Britain,
and chose tiller of the soil. He
made league with Cromwell, and
put in his hand the authority to strike
death blow to the "divine right of
kings and the sturdy commoner put
a crick in the back of every king
from that day until now.
When God wanted a man to put his
heel on Americans greatest curse, (
human slavery, He found ragged boy
down on the Sangamon bottom, and
trained him for his task. He had
a lazy father, and was left mother