Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-30
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR SOLDIERS
Veterans and Coast Artillery Men Attend Church and
Hear Special Sermons by Rev. j. F. Cobb, DR.. M. S.
Kaufman and Rev. Nelson Poe Carey.

, all through the south by devious routes
and won the cause of freedom to the
enslaved. Now their ranks are thin
ned and the members scattered. They
are turning homeward with the tat
tered, torn and bullet-ridden flag
washed out in the patriots blood, re-
calling that nations as well as indi-
viduals are saved by blood and sacri-
fee.
The present days are days of mem
DRY and we crown our fallen brothers
by recalling their lives and we hail
the coming of the day when there
shall be universal peace, and the COM
ing of the day of arbitration. There
We're times when wars were justifia,
Spanish wars were all Justifiable.
When those great questions of free
dom preceding these wars arose. it
would have been a crime to have
shirked. 1t would have been against
progress liberty humanity and God
We are indebted to those who died
and saved this country and who thus
assisted. in the making of it the fore.
most in the world. AT the graves of
the fallen let us pray that this flag
may wave on until every nation be-
comes as wisely a governed republic
and that all become subjects of the
Prince of Peace.
Coast Artillery Companies.
In observance of Memorial Sunday.
the two companies of coast artillery,
the Fifth and the Third, on invitation
from the rector. Rev. Nelson Poe Ca
rey, attended the evening service at
Christ church on Sunday. Command
ed by Capt. w. G. Tarbox and Capt.
Z. N Coleman Jr-. respectively. the
two companies, about sixty strong,
marched into the church, preceded by
the vested choir. singing Onward,
Christian Soldiers, as the procession
al The companies had special seats
reserved for them in the front of the
main isle, and a large congregation
occupied the body of the church for
the interesting service. The music for
evening was augmented by John p
Swain and Frank E. King. cornet-
lists. James T. Woods and William B.
Young, Jr., trombonists.
The service of evening prayer was
conducted by the rector and before his
address he spoke a brief but cordial
welcome to the soldiers whom he said
he would be glad to greet more often
than once year as company in his
church.
Referring to the way the church had
set aside certain days as the days for
certain saints the rector said that
there was also one day called All
because in the centuries of the Chris
tian church it had been felt there must
have been thousands of faithful and
devoted saints whose names were not
in the church calendar. Like the more
notable heroes they too We're striving
to reach the goal and although they
fell they kept up the fight until the
end. In a similar way the state has
its special days for the national he
roes. and we set apart once a year a
day for the men who have gone from
us, those to whom our country owes
it's prosperity and perpetuity. and on
this day we remember those resting
quietly in sleep for the great reveille.
And as we think of these men, it
is their spirit that we remember. and
we begin to realize that this three
score years and ten is not all, but
there is a life beyond, future life.
And when we think about these men.
what do we remember? 1t is their
character, the fmperishable motive of
their lives that remains. and is the
first lesson coming from these graves.
And the second message is that their
ice are we rendering to city state
and country? How fine a thing it
would be II the keynote of our. lives
should be that of service and not that
Of gTasping and getting Christ said.
I came not to be n1infstered unto but
ing to tell for the benefit of the world
is the one that is given not selfishly
but in service to others.
Rev. Mr.. Carey read the Kipling
poem, The Gentleman Ranker. in IL
lustration of how q life might be
squandered and gave to his hearers
the parting watchword of Honor
Bright" AS long as the soldier keeps
his honor bright he is doing God a
service, and there can be no better
watchword for all, for we are all SOL
diers
In the occasional the vested choir
led the military compa MES down the
them TO the. door by which they left
the church.