Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-26
CiOa War Made Men Better, Declares
Venerable Chaplain Thomas HarwOOd at
Memorial Service Held Yesterday
Veteran Gives "reminiscences
Mastery Sermon on Mean
ing Of Memorial Day De,
livered BY Rev. c. 0 Beck.
man; Patriotic Orders At.
tend in Body at the Method
list Church.

That the majority OF the soldiers
who passed through tho iery test Of
service Ia the War Of the rebellion
ca'no out bettcr men for the exper
fence was declared by REV. Thomas
HARDWOOD, past chaplain Of the ma .
uonal q. a. u. and the oldest Grand
Army chaplain In point OF service In
the country. In "reminiscences given
az the Memorial day service held yes
terday morning at the Lead Avenue
Methodist church. DR. Harwood'a
address was most Interesting and inn
pressive, ~ was the Memorial SER
mon delivered by Rev. G. o. Beck
man. pastor of the church. the entire
service being one Of the most sue
cesafui and impresslycly patriotic
ever held In this city. The church
was filled. the members OF the q. A.
X. aud all the mems aud womon's
patriotic orders attending en- masse
The special musical features included
"a duet by Miss Ruth Bright and Ms
Robert Scwcll. a solo by MIR. sewell
and violin number BY Miss Grace Nc
kce OF Conncrsviilc Ind.
Mr. Bcckmsn's address was as fol.
lows:
Memorial sermon.
And II shall come to pass. " thou
shalt heafkcn diligently unto the
voice Of the Lord. thy God. TO observe
and 20 do all His Commandments
which ! command thee this day, that
The Lord Thy God will set thee on
h'Rh above all nations Of the earth"
Deut 2g.I.
After listening 10 the address OF Or.
harwood a veteran OF the Cross and
of the War OF the Rebellion. II has oc-
CURED "a me- that upon first
thought. u may seem prcsumptuous
for me. "a young man. who had not as
yet been born when the din OF the
conflict of the rebellion was over. TO
address an assembled body OF men
whose deeds are the achievements OF
~ previous generation. whose acts
have gone upon record. whose cx-
ploiis are found In tho pages of his
tory; the history of the grandest ma
ton our Lord has established: whose
swords flashed IN the sunlight, whose
rifle shots reVerherated through tho
valleys aud over the Savannahs of tho
Southland. who wept tears over fallen
brothers. and wrote the sad news og
wounds and agonios and death Co the
widows and orphans. 20 sweethearts
and loved ones long before he ever
knew anything of the horrors Of war.
hut when We remember that we. the
young men. are the heirs Of this grand
gdNTrnm cfIt ~ wls~ps- integrity you
helped Ia maintain and preserve at 80
great a cost. is our government. the
N entirely done away
with. and my right Ia address you Ia
fully maintained
You have received many rewards
and great benefits from this govern
ment which you have freed from lis
colossal curse. the blacklist stain
which has ever rested upon our glorl-
Gus country: that al human beings
holding other human beings In bond !
age the curse Of slavery. You have
received much from this government |
which YOU redeemed but We shall re-
rsivo more than YOU. When we en-
tered this country Il was az peace and /,
unity and principles prevailed: when |
We entered the world this United !
States OF America WIS what she is TO. |
day. the leading nation OF all nations. |
God forbid that any young man
should forget to honor the men and |
women. and the women as much as |
he men. who IN our countrys need /
gave themselves 40 freely sacrifice
upon her altar.
I cannot. nor can anyone else ever
gay anything which will add 10 the
anne 81 the departed heroes or YOU
heir living brothers.
We do not believe in war Tho
men who have the longest and the
arEest experience Of It's horrors be-
ieve the least In II. II II brutal and
,arbarous. opposed 10 the spirit OF tho
gospel OF the Prince of Peace. the
'hrist Of "a universal brotherhood. And
ct II We have caught In any de-
rec the spirit OF progress, II we have