The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-30
GETTYSBURG SERVICE
At BAPTIST CHURCH
DR.. l.. S. Bowerman Delivers
Anniversary Sermon on
Famous Battle.

The services al the Emmanuel Ba pits,
church yesterday morning and evening
were in recognition OF the great reunion
Of civil war veterans which is now being
held at Gettysburg. At the opening o
the evening service the Rev. DR., S. Bower
man. pastor of the church, called atten-
ton to the fact that the senior deacon
OF the church, n, D. Corser. was one Of
the survivors of the famous battle and
was at present looking over the old scenes
at Gettysburg. Special music featured
the services and was furnished by Mrs
V. B. Cutler soloist. the male quartettc
and the Emmanuel choir Professor Maude
May Babcock OF the University of Utai
read the Gettysburg address.
Dr. Bowerman's theme for the evenings
service was Gods Guidance in the Ba t.
tle." In part he said;
The student of history often finds
himself puzzled a t the strange turning
OF affairs Well laid plans go wrong
OF the great civil war. Pope had
failed al the second battle OF Bull
Run. Burnside was shattered by Lee
and Jackson at Fredericksburg. Lin
coin turned to Hooker md this is the
awful story Of Charlottesville. Flush
ed by the repeated successes and re-
garding. as well they might, their
leader as the greatest general Of the
eager as Lee for the carrying Of the
war into the Union lines and reach
ing the rich cities OF the, north.
II was during these days that Lin
coin had told his God that we could
not stand another Charlottesville
or Fredericksburg. The leader chosen
was General George G. Meade and he
was selected only three days before
lected the field nor was either on the
field at the beginning Of the contest
The advantage OF situation was en-
tirely with Meade. Had Lee not been
the certainty Of success sover the many
times beaten foe he would doubtless
have needed the protests of General
Longstreet. especially in the charge
OF Pickett up Century Ridge on the
final day.
AS the fears pass and the pros
pective grows better men are seeing
that the time for the turning in the
mitting that God was ruling. Meade
was the instrument for this one oc-
casion He was In no sense the lead
er as compared with Lee, That day,
however. saved the nation While the
bells were ringing came the flashing
message of the fall of Vicksburg and
Lincoln had found the man" who
with unswerving purpose and dogged
tenacity could carry the struggle TO
its final issue.
Few men regret that the issue was
what IT was. Sea rcely will those who
wore the gray and who are gathering
today at Gettysburg regret that Lee
was held in check. Hardly a man in
the southland regrets. The hand
clasp at Gettysburg is the handclasp
Of ali the nation.
After the close or his address DR. Bow
erInan described the reunion OF the bat
tie OF Wilson Creek, near his boyhooc
home and which he visited some year
ago, THE friendship and brotherhood
indicated there" he said. ''has expandet
and wdeued the nation over. AS the,
said then they say more truly today. Coo
reisns. let the earth be silent before him
Each human life has its Gettysburj
God grant that II may be the victory 70
the MODEST and the truest."