Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-05-27
Very Appropriate and Interesting
Service is Held at the Congre.
gational Church-Large
Attendance.
REVOLVER DELIVERS ADDRESS
Splendid Sermon on Value of Mem
orials-0ther Ministers Take
Part in Service.

In spite of the threatening skie:
a large audience attended the unior
memorial services at the Congrega
tional church Sunday morning. As
the pianist, Mrs. w. H. Cook, play.
ed the solemn chords of the Pill
grim's Chorus from Wagner's Tam.
hauser, the members of the Women s
Relief Corps and the Grand Army OF
the Republic marched slowly down
the aisle and took the places of
honor reserved for them at this SER
vice held in memory of the great
war in which they fought and suf-
fered.
Following the words of invoca-
tion, spoken by Rev. R. R. Percy,
Rev. C. H. Kamphoefner read for the
scripture lesson the story of the in
stitution of the memorial of the
feast Of the Passover by the chill
dren of Israel upon the eve of their
deliverance from the land of bond
age. Rev. NJ. l.. Melick offered the
morning prayer and the chorus choir
sang very beautifully an anthem
taken from one of the compositions
Of E. L. Ashford.
The address of the morning was
delivered by Rev. A. F. Colver and
was based on the text found in Exo-
dus 16:26-27, words which tell
briefly the purpose OF the ancient
memorial of the Jews.
Rev. Colver spoke briefly of the
great value of memorials in general
as a means of preserving for future
generations something of the princi-
Piles and spirit which actuated the
forefathers of nation and the
handing down of these for the in
spiration of the youth of the land
today. He then took up at some
length the subject of the great infu-
ence which the history of the Jew
ish nation had exerted over the
world pointing out that in spite of
its insignificance in government, lit
erature, art and philosophy, when
compared with other influential ma
tions Of antiquity,it had exerted tre-
mendous influence over the civiliza-
tion of the ages and no nation in all
history is better known. The rea-
son for this remarkable fact Rev.
Colver attributed to a small piece OF
literature left by this people, called
by some "The Book" which records
the dealings of God with that ma
tion.
Thus the great influence of the
Jewish nation has been a religious
influence and since it is so great it
must have had an unusual origin.
This origin the speaker found in the
feast celebrated on the night before
the departure O. the children Of Is
rael from the realms OF Pharaoh.
And this fea.i was kept every year
as memorial to remind the second
and third and fourth generations of
the special way in which Jehovah
had delivered his chosen people
from their condition of servitude.
and sent them on their way to the
chosen land where they were to
found a nation which was to be pc
culiarly Jehovah's people.
AS the Jews thus cOmmemorated
the events surrounding the estab-
lishment of their nation, so it Is the
duty OF the citizens OF this United
States of America to convey to the
youth of the land the principles and
spirit attendant upon the inaugura-
tion and preservation of this people
and the history of Gods dealings
with us.
The first responsibility for this,
Rev. Colver would place upon the
parents in the home. He greatly de-
plored the tendency of modern times
to delegate the former prerogatives
OF the home to school. community
house, club and church. The home
today Is fast becoming little more
than a dormitory to sleep in and an