The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-05-31
MEMORIAL SERMON
Preached by Rev. p. J. Cullinane at Sacred
Heart Church Sunday Morning Last.

Preached by Rev. p. j. CulIinane at sacred
Heart Church Sunday Morning Last.
o! Union Vet, how proud and grand heritage
Is yours:
o. priceless love that win not die as long time
endures;
o. precious flower of matchless bloom whose
perfume day by day
wili sweeten every cross and trial that meets
All honor, then, the martyr dead the fearless
good and wise
Who for lis sake in evil days made willing sacri-
OF earthly hope and earthly JOY and dared to
face the gun
To feed it with their own hearts blood the boys
| of 81.
The memorial era in Yale this year
started at the Sacred Heart parish
church last Sunday morning at 1890
when VIM. Dunphy Post GAR, led by
the company colOrS, marched to the
sacred edilice, attending Holy Mass and
listening to the talented pastor Father
| Cullinane preach q sermon, which while
containing much laudation, voiced
many sweet sentiments Of brOtherly
love and advice to the veterans who are
now in their declining days.
The clergyman's talk was on the lines
of the conversation between the Christ
us and certain lawyer i'm which the
latter asks the NaZarene "What is writ
ten i'm the law" And the answer the
reply that has gone ringing down the
ages "Thou shall love the Lord thy God
with thy whole heart, and with thy
whole soul and with all thy strength,
and with all thy mind, and thy neigh
bor as thyself," as is recorded in Luke
X: 26-27.
| Charity was the keynote of the ser
mon, impressing on his hearers the doc
trines of the Catholic church in this
respect, and showing that love of neigh
Dor is the grandest next TO God emo
tion that can stir the human heart.
| The loye of God who is an infinitely
pure and all holy personality is easy, as
the natural bent of mankind is toward
something higher, but obedience to the
other which is like unto the first, "love
thy neighbor as thyself'' requires much
grace which must come from the foun-
tain head.
Directly alluding to the veterans pres
ent he said "The thousands who today
lie on Southern battlefields and the sur
vivors of those who fought that this
noble country--th best on earth
might be preserved, represent the best
type in conformity with the command
Love thy neighbor' as what greater
thing can a man do than give his life
for his friend. They left father, moth
er, sister and brother, to preserve intact
that precious boon of liberty to wor
ship God according to the dictates of
their own cOnsciences. Quoting from
the Declaration of Independence we
hold these truths to be self-evident, that
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed by their creator with certain
inalienable rights, that among these are
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happi-
ness, and it is these men here today
we may thank for the fact that these
principles remain intact to this day
"Our government was not made for
one alone, for one state, or group of
states, but for all that each might en-
| JOY the benefit, and by that word all,
mean that all men are brothers, and he
that is untrue to his country is at the
same time untrue to God and his neigh
Dor, and is not Christian"
Continuing he asked his hearers to
ever pray for the veterans and instruct
their children to honor and respect old
age no matter where found, but more
especially so If the aged form at one
time wore the blue. Saying further
| that as the family is the unit of the ma
/ tlOlls DdlOllo anu lilOoO III kC VI luC
training of our youth should endeavor
at all times to cultivate in their hearts
q true love of country, love that
would make them sacrifice everything
even life itself i'm defense of Old Glory
that the principles of Life, Liberty and
the pursuit of happiness would be for
ever present.
The church was neatly decorated with
bunting and the national colors, while
the banner of VIM. Dunphy Post GAR
occupied prominent place in the cen
ter arch.
The church was crowded by a mixed
congregation who listened with deep
attention to the sermon of the pastor
OF the church, who is one of the best
pulpit orators in the diocese Of Detroit,
that can claim some of the best talent
i'm the United States. Mcqueen, Com
mand, Hallissey, Whelan and a score
of others are i'm that class with FIR. Cul-
linane, whose fame as a preacher is
state wide. Father Cullinane isa Mich
igan boy born and bred and his sermon
plainly showed that his love for coun-
try and the veterans was the fOunda-
tion of his training.
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