The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-07
ANNUAL SERMON
i'10.LEE'S VETE: Rams B J
,Rev. r. "A. Goodwin, Pastor Of Oh
ST. Johns, Delivers Sermon
Of Much Power.
THEIR CAUSE WAS RIGHTEOUS
Men Who Fought for Confclcracy
May Look World in the
i3,%s Face.

i"As The heavens are higher than the
earth so are my thoughts higher tfan
yo,,r thoughts was te text Of power
f,il sermon preaccd by the Rev. K. A.
Goodwin before Lee Camp last night at
The st. Johns Episcopal Church.
,41n splte of the Indictment weather. the
4 Attendance was unusually large and
Il members of the Hollywood Memorial AS
j ISOLATION, Of the lakewood Memorial As
IS ISOLATION, and OF Lee and Pickett Camps
Of Confederate Veterans, were present IN
III full force. The sermon was heard Win
Tie deepest attention, and the opinion
j EXPRESSED at the conclusion was unan1-
nous that it was one Of the best ever
delivered before the veterans on this an
5>nual first Sabbath In May.
After prayer BY the Rev. j. william
Il Jones, the pastor Of the church. Rev. MIR.
Z Goodwin. read the text from Isaiah 500,
sand spoke as follows:
/. I$si 1--WE meet once more at the call OF the
N lakewood Memorial Association to Wor-
ship the God OF our fathers, with our
ewes turned to the past; the past from
8 which the present has come; the past III
which the everlasting God was as real
as He is now, and in which Ills love ana
81 mercy did not fail, for the fall Of the
Confederacy was only one of the many
L events which His Providence, is bringing
.about for the glory of our beloved South.
ct Righteousness of Cause.
Tho sneaker stated that it was too late
70 argue before an intelligent audience
for the Justice and Righteousness OF the
South's cause, as 1t was known and read
OF by all men who are not blinded TO the
L truth by prejudice. passion or ignorance.
y He said that the animosities OF me llfnes
Il Of '61-G were forgotten. ana ,hal 'n ~.
war and its results could be reviewed IN
i a calmer and more dlspassionate manner
than was possible decades ago.
1.-THE sermon was most eloQuentlV DEW
(, cred and electric sentences were not IN
frequent in the course of the ADDRESS
y Other facts were stated in way 10 conf
gnel the attention. such as Wnen ne ue-
clared that 1T seems to be written IN , inc
laws Of the development OF NATIONS wa
before peoples can unite INTO one ETY.
single people, that their blood should DC
mingled. not only in each others VEINS,
5huts on the battlefield Of fratlcidal strife.
. ia : wc look back thoughtfully over the
Ereat struggles as we think calmly U
4i}s causes and effects, we can raise ou'
En,ds and look with unfiinchinE eye INTO
sI,a face of any man, and say: we
rolght for the right and under the Same
circumstances we would do It again.
&55Rey. Mr.. Goodwin asserted that the
south still has a great part TO play III
The nations history; that its h,shest uu'y
will be to preserve the great prlnclpies
for which the founders OF tile icpuu'i"
fought and died.
Sin concluding his address. the speaker
tpoke especially Of the characters OF me
lhrce greatest figures OF the Confederacy:
General Lee, General Jackson, and Pres1-
Gent Davis. He dwelt at length on the
3conflrma ton of President Davis, and the
5yIsit paid him by his pastor; Rev. DR..
Niinnegerode, while he was In the prison
al Fortress Monroe Ec emphasized the
purity of the illustrations trio and spoke
Tor having their figures and characters
asia beacon light to personal betterment
OF cha racter. He said he was glad the
,1ay had been termed Memorial Day, and
hoped the day was afar or when 1t
i,rould be changed to Decoration Day.
I'm applying the sermon. In speaking OF
the characters of the men. he concluded:
..And now, veterans In the noble strus-
gle as your lines are growing thin, l
ask you to remember Jackson and Lee
and Davis, as Christians and to Follow
their faith thatiirtsu may be heroes in
The great arn.l' OF" the living Lord"
Among the ladies of Hollywood -Associa- |
tion present. were Mrs. \. B. Randolph, |
Mrs. j. Taylor Elyson, Miss Minnie |
Baushman; Mrs. White, Mrs. w. J. John |
neon Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Gray, Mrs.
Catcsby Jones and Mrs. Hart.
Some of the members OF the lakewood |
Association in attendance, were Mrs. j.
vt. Hughes, Mrs. S. r. Bererdge, Mrs |
Christian, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. d. c. |
Richardson Mrs. Carter, Mrs. Hancock !
and Mrs. New.
The Lee Camp veterans turned out in
,9ul force under the command OF leuten-
Am Commander ". B. Freeman. They |
especially were hearty in the apprccia-
ation OF the eloquent sermon delivered by
Rcy. Mr.. Goodwin.