The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-01
HONOR MEMORY
OF THE BRAVE
(From Mondays Advertisor.)

(From Mondays Advertiser.)
In prayers and sermons yesterday the
Grand Army of the Republic was laud.
ed for the work it performed during
the conflict of 81. '65 in reuniting the
Republic and bringing all sections once
more under the flag, The services were
largely attended and the sermons
throbbed with patriotic utterances At
Central Union church the members of
George w. De Long Post, Grand Army
of the Republic, attended the morning
services in body and were assigned
special seats in the body of the church.
At Central Union.
The members of the George w. De
Long post, Grand Army of the Re-
public, marched to the church from
their hall, all wearing the familiar
SLOUGH hat reminiscent of war times.
Each wore lids G. A. r. badge upon
the breast of his coat. The pulpit was
draped with an American flag, upon
the platform being Rev Doremus
Scudder, pastor: Rev. A. A Ebersole,
assistant pastor, and Rev. John f.
Cowan, DID, pastor OF the Kohala
church. The latter delivered the Me-
mortal Day sermon, which was patri-
otto and Mandatory of the sacrifice of
the veterans who had offered their
lives to preserve the Union. His ser
mon was entitled, "The Cemented
Sta.es of America, - novel title
for very interesting talk on the
now closely united States of the
Union, made so as result of the Civil
War.
His text was from portion of the
scriptures wherein is told of the par
tition of Israel into two parts, the
similarity of the proceeding being
shown in the division of the Repub-
lie when the South seeded from the
Union. He said the American people
and the states We're more thoroughly
unified today than at any other time
in their history. The bitterness and the
misunderstanding of the Civil War
have passed away. The people know
each other better and are cemented
by moral and religious convictions.
The States We're more united today
than ever, but We're not entirely ce-
mented, but the question of the unity
of the States has never been raised
since. That war settled it. 1t is al
most unique in the history of the
world. England has been holding Ire
land, but the United Kingdom is not
cemented kingdom. Norway and
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donna hard in her clutches, but was
forced to yield, but there is now no
more likelihood of a conflict between
the States than there is between the
separate kingdoms of England and
Scotland.
The speaker branched off somewhat
from his theme to speak of general
subjects. He said he believed the
time was not far off when the Nation
would have uniform divorce laws so
that all laws will be alike from Maine
to Hawaii; have laws to protect girls
from immoral men; laws to regulate
child labor; and there should be ore
standard of home morality for all the
Nation. Religious integrity is the
strongest cement for a nation, he said,
speaking also of the fact that the
great corporations, insurance COM
panies for instance, seemed to be able
to commit deeds in violation of laws
which would send the butcher and the
baker to prison. The time was COM
ing. however, when it could no longer
be said there was no Sunday west of
the Mississippi; when people would
no longer flock to Dakota when they
desired to sever the bonds of matri-
mony and to get rid of husbands
and wives as they got rid of tubercu-
losis in Colorado, while he hoped the
time would come when the gentry of
the prize ring could not feel that they
| could go to one city and find 1t better
| for their profession than another.
The speaker paid a fine tribute to
the men who saved the Union, direct