The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-08
SERMON TO SOLDIER
REV. W.. S. EMERY breaches
TO STATE MILITIAMEN.
Three Duluth Companies, Members Of
the National Guard, Listen to For
mer North MankatO Methodist
Minister; His Subject Was 1.-THE
Ambulance Corps" Men Blindly
Following the Leaders.

Duluth, April 5.-Captain w. S.
Emery of Amboy, chaplain of the
Third regiment, Minnesota National
Guard, had as part of his audience in
the First Methodist Episcopal church
Sunday evening the members of the
Duluth companies composing the First
httalion of the regiment.
The miitiamen occupied front seats
in the center of the church and were
in dress uniform. Company A was
Under the command of Captain Karl
A. Franklin, Company C., under Cap
tain +. ID. KnowIton, and + under
Captain George w. Stiles. Colonel f.
T.. Resche and Major II. V. Eva of the
Third regiment also We're present
There was special music and the
services were exceptionally impressive.
introduced by Rev. i. c. Clemans, Rev
Emery took as his subject THE Am
bulance Corps" in the military serv-
ice, and the ambulance corps of hui
mainly" i'm civil life. After describ-
ing the scene at Camp LaKeview when
the Third regiment was drawn up for
parade, he told Of the small group Of
men i'm Khaki who stood near an am
bulance i'm the rear of the regiment
and continued:
1T was warm evening i'm June, and
as | sat on my horse | remarked to
one of the surgeons by my side, that
ambulance will come in handy before
We are through tonight
Ambulance in Action.
'Slre enough, one OF the linc of
blue suddenly fell in heap to the
ground. Not a sound was heard from
the line; not soldier moved a muscle,
but the stiffness was broken by he
sudden crack of Il whip, and the am
bulance. corps was started into action.
| felt then, and feel now. that one
OF the greatest things in all the world
is to belong to the ambulance corps
tho ambulance corps Of humanity.
In the times past mems desires
have been so fixed upon certain sects
OF the church of God that mankind and
humanity have been forgotten Yon
who sit in the pews tonight have
Llindly followed your leaders, and
will have TO admit that some of us
preachers OF the gospel have done. and
are doing, the same thing.
THE time has come when we are
studying the psalm Of David, and by
studying it we are learning he worth
of humanity.
Need of the SoIdiery.
Il am not a socialist. although |
have no desire to bring myself to
what is practicable in socialism. The
leaders of socialism are not agreeing
among themselves. | believe tonight
that my sOciability must be wrong. or
all public works are built ON private
ownership. | will follow no creed or
dogma that will eventually lead TO the
red flag.
IL can readily understand how no
monopoly shall have the right to re-
sort to arms, hut | cannot understand
how our standing army and navy be
discharged. our state miltas he dis
missed and our country still be pro,
tected. We need the soldiery to pre-
serve peace against crime. Human ma
tme being what ii is. and not what
some folks would teach us. the army
and navy are necessary.
You raise your hands toward
Heaven and cry to God TO show you
some sign of His coming. And in
stentorian tones voice replies, Mans
humanity to man is My sign