St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-01
Y. VERMONT. WEDNESDAY, JUNE /, 1910.
Memorial Exercises.
Sermon at South Church Sunday
Evening. Exercises Memorial
Day-G. A. R. Hall Dedicat-
ed in the Evening.

The first service in annual observance
of Memorial Day was held Sunday even
ing at the Sou b church. when the men,
orial sermon was delivered by Rev. F. S.
Tolman. Invocation was offered by Rev.
T. M. Hodgdon of West Hartford, Conn;
selections were sung by the choir of the
church, b. M. Shepard, Mrs. D. {. Stiles.
Mrs. {. A. Brodien and Harold 0. French;
the responsive reading was led by Rev.
DIR. Hodgdon, prayer was offered by Rev.
Peter Black and scripture was read by
Rev. E. E. Phillips.
Rev. Mr. Tolman's subject was, "The
Trinity of Patriotism" and he took his
text from Micah 6:S. He made reference
to the changes in the ranks of the Vete-
rams in the past 40 years or more and re-
called to their minds many experiences
both sad and pleasant, which were theirs
during the strenuous years of the war.
His sermon took the form of message
from the Veterans to their sons and dau-
ghters, and he acted as their mouthpiece
in delivering this message, which he saw
by their faces they would like to give.
The several points brought out in their
message were, Give your best to your
fellows" as the Veterans had given their
best tor the flag, for their country, and for
the principles for which they stood. Not
get out of life all that you can, but to
put into life all that you may of your
talent, of your time, and of your thought.
Give your life for the benefit OF those,
your fellows. Make it life of blessing
and make the world BETTER" BE not
time servers. There is no worthy victory
either in war or peace, that is the result
of time serving" BE loyal to principle
at anv COST" "Be your brothers help
err" Share with each other as did your
fathers and brothers on the battle fields.
Eternal vigilanceis the price of liberty"
| There are problems just as serious in
1910 as in the years gone by, industrial
| problems. social problems, religious pro-
blems, for which is needed all the wisdom
of consecrated manhood, careful thought
and consideration. Mr. Tolmans talk
was simply the thought expressed in his
! text. enlarged and applied to present
| day life and problems, and was practical
and helpful.
The church was decorated with the
| national colors and foliage.
The fraternal orders turned out splen-
didly on Monday in spite of the threaten
ing rain and made the line of march
present a very fine appearance. The band
was at their best and the members of
Cham berlin Post have reason to be proud
that so many joined in doing them. honor.
The exercises began with the raising of
the Posts new flag at Citizens bank
building. The band played The Star
Spangled Banner" and Quartermaster c.
Il. Woodbury. raised the flag after which
the crowd gave three rousing cheers.
At the Union school the customary
exercises by the children were given. The
children of the first three grades, Union
school, sang two patriotic songs, the
boys of grades w., V. and VI, Summer
vile, gave a gun drill, and chorus of
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sang national airs.
The usual ritualistic ceremonies took
place at the soldiers monument in Court
House square and the procession moved
to The Colonial for the afternoons pro-
gram.
The exercises at The Colonial consisted
of music by the band, prayer by Rev. T.
J. Leonard, recitation of Lincoln's speech
at Getty ysburg, by Mrs. Grace Butterfeld.
Marching through Georgia" by chorus
of the public school children, reading by
Charles Ross of the roll of honor of
Chamberlin Post which is printed below.
The Vacant Chair" by the school child
rem, and an address by Rev. E. A. Hoyt
of Hyannis. Mass.
Mr.. Hoyt spoke with feeling of coming
back to St. Johnsbury to speak to the
same company of men to whom twenty
years ago he preached the Memorial Day
sermon. His subject was the work of
the citizen soldier in the Civil War and
its lesson for us. His talk abounded
with poctical quotations and amusing
stories and he held the close attention of
his audience. He emphasized some ofthe
qualities which made the citizen soldier
so valuable, his mechanical ability, his
high moral purpose, his spirit of self
sacrifice. There are two ways of making
our nation great: one the old-fashioned
way of fortfying with great army and
navy, the newer that of defending our
land by raising up good citizens. "Our
country's surest defense is the trained
citizen rather than the trained soldier.
The ship of state is safe, even unarmored,
if manned by good citizens. Our best
our citizen soldiers"
The exercises closed with selection by
the band, and one verse of America by the
audience.
On Monday evening the new Grand
Army hall in Citizens bank block was
dedicated with fine program. Mrs
Caroline Chamberlin Lutz, through the
commanding officer of the post. presented
a portrait of her brother, Col. George E.
Chamberlin, for whom the post was
named. and the portrait was accepted
by adjutant Charles Ross. A piano solo
by Mrs. G. l. Green was enjoyed and
chorus of public school children sang
several patriotic airs to the delight of
the veterans who always appreciate
catory address by J. Rolf Searles is voted
one of his best efforts and greatly pleased
his hearers.
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