The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-03
CLOSE AFFINITY BETWEEN
WAR AND CHURCH, HE SAYS
Or. Powers Delivers Memorial Sermon att Monu-
mental Episcopal Church---Large Building
Filled With Veterans.

The memorial service held for thol
Confederate dead at the Monumental
Episcopal Church yesterday afternoon
was attended by congregation that
nlled the spacious building from chan
Gel to the outer doors. The seats in tho
centre aisles were reserved for vet
Grams, members OF the memorial sos
cictics and tho Daughters OF the Con-
federacy. Is and gthoy were sail occupied.
Confederate uniforms were to boasecn
IN every part OF the church. ana old
soldiers from every Southern State took
part in the service. The singing by
tho vested choir was very fine The
ministers assisting were Rev. DR..
Snecd, Of Misslssippl; Rev. Or. Alfred
Arundel. Of Tittsburg, Pa, and, Rev.
NJ. Dudley Powers, u. D., of Flint,
Mich. DR.. Powers delivered the memo
rial sermon. paying eloquent tributes
to tho Christian soldier.
d Impressive Service.
Tho professional hymn rendered by
tho choir was Coward Christian Sol
diers.'' The beautiful Episcopal church
service was conducted by Dr. Arundel,
assisted BY Or. Snccd. Tho anthem,
led by Mrs Warren, ono OF tho sweet
est of Richmond's singers, was SPLEEN
didly rendered.
DR.. Powers was announced to deliver
an address, but he took q text and
preached an eloquent sermon. his
theme being Tho Christian Soldier"
Tho text was from Luke, xiii. AZ:
when the centurion saw what was
done, he glorned God, saying Ger
tainly this was n righteous man."
1.-THE first man to glorify the cruci-
fled Saviour" said the preacher, twas
Il thief. and tho second was II soldier.
From that day to the present time
there has been In the economy OF God
a close affinity between tho church
and the soldier. and there IS indeed an
iaf'nity between war and tho church.
l'War like the church, has been po-
tent factor In the solution OF great
problems.> Mitch of tho progress and
civilization which the world has en-
joycd grew directly out OF apparently
demonstrated that tho Christian makes
/ the best soldier and the best church,
man Is made OF the trained and drilled
soldier.
Fighting From Pulpits.
! 1.-THE Southern soldiers who fought
her battles in the sixties wcro pro-
cminently Christian warriors, from the
!, leaders down to tho privntes in the
franks. The nblest commanders of the
Southern armies were dcvout church.
men.
The bishop OF Virginia was "a Con-
federate soldier The bishops of South
Carolina. Georgia. TENNESSEE, X zen
lucky were soldiers, ind the bishop OF
? North Carolina is the son of a vet
> Gran. Go where you will throughout
the South and you will find pulpits
!, filled by men who wore the Confcd-
!, crnto gray, men who are now fight
. ing from the pulpit for tho freedom of
: mems souls as they fought for free
. dom in the great civil struggle In
7 the philosophy OF God the life OF n
1 true soldier peculiarly fits him to Do
!, tho prench1r Of Gods word.
| "NYlth the right material to start
( with there is no place better to build
, character than the camp and the field
Z OF battle There man gets a train.
2 ing that makes him as steadfast and al
r strong DIS the everlasting hills, 1t was
because the Southern soldier was
+ Christian soldier that you find 1t sc
: hard for him to surrender the conyic
tons which impelled him TO battle TO
elthe right. ! Will not surrender m.
4 convictions because mino enemy was
E stronger: nccH not be and do not In
t tend to be reconstructed just because
t a strong government thought ough
g to be and tried to reconstruct me.
\ "rhe men who fought on this sol
{ for what they knew WAS right are still
mighty factors In shaping the destin,
; of this nation and molding TIN
thought OF the world. They have nevc
surrendered their convictions. AM
e thousands of them are living day Il
A int if,,,l, ..,nil ia Il
4 very walls men and women daily wen
6 to God in prayer for the Confederate
soldier. because they knew he wa