The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1907-05-27
MEMORIAL SUNDAY
OBSERVED BY THE
NATIONS SAVIORS

heart for the men who saved the nation.
When l stood on those ramparts and then
in the Capitol building and watched the
agents OF graft and greed, said 1t is
the men who have freed the state who
have made possible free church. and
today, passing over those stirring events
in the COS which linger so firmly en-
trenched in your memories. / want to
talk to you of free church in a free
state"
Can the church help save the state7 1
answer, yes As you have saved the state
from war and bloodshed and rebellion, so
you also may help save II from corrup-
ton and graft and bribery So the church
may maintain that theocratic Democracy
II say TO you that Democracy Is not an
experiments say to you that we must
have faith in It, The only way the people
may govern rightly is through a Demo-
cracy that must persist through all its
struggles 10 victory. AS the pastor of a
Baptist church, whose form OF govern
ment is Democratic, / say to you that
this church believes in theocratic Dem
ocracy. God works by and through the
people for the whole people. In this we
must put an abiding faith
Sacred to the state are the principles
OF Democracy, which are a heritage OF
the past. Stripping them of their hubbish,
the church must take them and apply
them to present-day questions.
First of all these principles let us ac-
cept the complete separation of church
and state and the establishment OF a free
church IN free state.
Another principle which / think will
play its part In this work is the practical
servitude OF our leaders. In proportion as
they are servants OF the people they in
crease in value to the nation.
Theodore Roosevelt is the man who is
the peoples servant. and the people are
with him, no matter what political par
ties may align themselves against him.
He's the man who will fight for the right
and for the people and for liberty and
against greed and graft.
Then, again, another cardinal principle
is the sacredness OF the ballot box and
of citizenship I'd rather have 0x men
who will stand up in a caucus and be
counted than 60 who want TO take refuge
behind a secret ballot
The names of the members of this
church and Sunday school who enlisted
during the War OF the Rebellion were
printed on the church calendar as fol-
lows: job III. Wells, First Regiment;
Nath. Winslow, Jr., First Regiment; c.
G. Ladd, First Regiment; James s. Hud-
son, First and Eleventh Regiments Will
liam Nottage, First and Fourth Regi-
ments: William Mellen, First and f. Bat
terry; John Waite, Third Heavy Artillery;
Staunton Grey Fourth Rhode Island Vol
unteers Andrew Grey. Fourth Rhode Is
land Volunteers; Charles Nottage, Fourth
Rhode Island Volunteers; ]. r. Buffum,
Battery A; George Cutting, Eleventh Reg
!ment F. Danforth, Eleventh Regiment
III. NJ Schofeld. Third Battery. Connec-
ticut; e. c. Pomroy. Second and Third
Cavalry: Byron Eddy, Eleventh Regi-
nent; G.. r. Woody. First New York
Battery; 7. J. Leonard, Eighteenth In
fantry. Connecticut; Henry II. Stewart,
Battery A; w. II. Lawton, First Cacalry;
George L. l.. Messenger, Hospital Corps
Daniel Holmes, Fourth Regiment: Charles
Colburn. First Cavalry: Edward Colwell,
First Cavalry: Samuel G.. Colwel Bat
teries A and II; George s. Boutwell,,
Navy: Frederick Buttondorf. Tenth Regi-
ment.
PEARL STREET CHURCH.
The officers OF Rhode Island Depart-
ment. Grand Army of the Republic. and
the veterans OF Prescott post, with ofi-
GERS and members OF Rhode Island Divi-
elon. Sons OF Veterans. attended divine
worship In the morning at the Pearl
Street Baptist church, where they were
made guests of honor and listened TO
patriotic sermon by the pastor. Rev.
j. a. Hainer
The service followed the usual order
Of prelude. doxology. invocation, re-
sponsive psalm, hymn by the congrcga-
tOn, reading or the scriptures by
the pastor. anthem by the choir. prayer
end a second hymn. The musical features
were all OF a nature appropriate TO the
occasion. tho hymn preceding the sermon
being America"
Mr. Hainer announced az his text the
oft-ouoted words OF the second epietle
| OF Timothy. Thou. therefore. endure
hardness as good soldier Of Jesus
Christ" On this text he preached a SER
| mon. in which tha qualities OF the good
| Christian soldier and the good soldier