Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-27
HALLOWELL.
Memorial Sunday Observed
BY Grand Army Men.
HaIIoWelI High Trims Oakland
High, Saturday, at Baseball.
childfen's Day Is Observed a! Old
South Congregational Church.

Svuiu vVDStC60tVhet ~uuivHh
| s The union Memorial exercises in the
| First UEiversalist church, sunday
feyening, were Of nature SURPRISING
| previousfyeafs. The pastor, Rey ]. w.
| steele. always showing interest in the
things that are worthy, asked of his
| people their cooperation in making the
occasion something that the veterans
| and their friends would remember and
| appreciate. His parishioners evidently
responded. Nothing was left andone.
Special music was prepared under the
ldirectien Of AImo +. Neri and finally
rendered by a quartet choir and or
| ehestra. The church was profusely dee
| GRATED Ia the national colors and cut
| flowers. Charles X. rilden Was in
| charge of tie decorations under the
aaspiees cf the Sons of Veterans and
he WAS ably assisted ny Fred Fuller.
| LLOYD @. Powers and Horace A. Trun-
day. Those who composed the choir
| and orchestra: Choir-AIiss Brown. or
eanist: MISS Mraston. alto Miss
| Wadsworth. soprano; Mr.. Bailey. bass
Mr.. Parlin, tenor. lofehestra a, r.
Neri, violin: H. j. Libby, eornet: f. G..
Maloney, Aute;I f. G, Hilton leellos J.
NJ. Stuart. bass VOL. z. v Pease,
| clarinet.
The following order Of service was
observed:
Overture, Orchestra
Anthem-"God Of Our Fathers,
| Choir and Orchestra
| Prayer Rev. James r. Cochrane
Solo Face to Face Miss Wadswerth
Scripture Lesson. Eph. vi:1-2o.
LYNN lsSss, Congregation
Sermon.
Anthern-"Gone to Their Rest
Hymn 100. Congregation
Benedietion.
Recessional.
The,~crowd was simply immense.
The church was completely filed and
many were gathered about the doors
on the street under the bright moon
| light and were. enabled TO enjoy the
exercises. Seated in the front part of
the church, in the order named Were
the members of John r. Hubbard Post.
g. A. r.. Gen. c. w. Tilden Camp, s
of V. Ivanhee Castle. knights of King
Arthur and the Ladies' Relief Corps
The theme of the sermon was:
Weapons of Warfare I'd Cod. to-4.
@TheA weapons of our warfare are
not carnai but mighty through God to
1.-THE pulling down of strongholds.'
After extending the cordial welcome
to the veterans. the Sons of Nentrans.
1.-THE Ladies Relief Corps and the
Knights ri King Arthur, he said in
part:
Today recalls many Sundays be-
tween 81 and '65, some in the trenches.
some on the field of battle, some, in
camp some at home. Today revives
the memory of many comrades whom
feeting time has borne down the cur
lrqlt of eternity. There are many sad
Irecollections of those days, many
hardships. many trying scenes which
we who stayed at home can never
realize. but We can never forget the
debt of gratitude which We forever
lowe to the Grand Army of the Re
public for their loyal, their noble. their
heroic defence of the federation of the
states of the Union
| think that this Memorial Sabbath
and reference to the heroes OF the
Isixties would not be complete without
Isome mention OF that greatest Ameri-.
can. heroine and equal of any soldier
Tor statesman of the Civil War. Clara
| messenger of mercy to many sick
land wounded soldier in the sixties.
She went ahead of Florence Nightin-
gale, fer she carried on her worlS all-.
solutely in the face of the enemy To
the sound of cannon aud cioAe To the
firing line. Nor would il be complete
without passing reference to Bar
bara Frietehie. Not because She did
what Whittier said size did, but be-
cause she was the kind of woma+
who would have done it if she had
been put to the test. She was of the
| stern stock which knows no fear A
woman of blood and iron, who was
Intensely devoted to the Union and
who would have esteemed it a pleasure
as well as a duty to die for the flag.
AS stand before VOC with my eyes
sweeping over 80 years, remembering
so WILDLY the battles that were fought
between the years of 81 and '65,
wonder sometimes il | have not mis-
taken the. years of my age and in
stead of just having entered upon nv
third score of years whether | was
not born 10 years earlier. was born
in the city of Baltimore and was liy-
| ing within 10 squares of the place
where the famous 10Th of April riot in
1861 occurred that turned back the
Massachusetts regiment and defeated
her plans to reach Washington From
that day to the surrender at Appo
matox four years later / was scarcely
outside of the hearing of the cannons'
boom or the rattle of musketrv. With
my youthful curiosity and early de-
light for soldier life and the dam
Ipanionship of the men who were fight
ing our nations gbatties | was often
with them in the CAMP, sometimes IN
the hospitals and not infrequentlv
when the soldier boys were in the last
moments of life I recall moments
when suffering from wounds, they
could not write that have written
many letters to their friends at home
After fifty Years these scenes come
once more very wildly into life. and
l realize somewhat that | can enter
INTO the feelings of those who were
engaged in the real perils and depri-
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