The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-05-28
SHOWS REWARDS OF SERVICE
Well Known Minister Declares That
United Nation Is Heritage Given to
Posterity by the Union Army Serv-
ice Is Largely Attended.

''How are the mighty fallen in battle.~
Speaking on this topic the Rev. I.
w. Corey, pastor of the First Baptist
church, paid a notable tribute to the
veterans of the civil war at the annu-
al memorial service held at the First
Baptist church on Sunday evening.
1t was one of the most notable serv-
ices of the kind ever held in Kenosha
and the man who believes that the
interest in the cold soldier" is wan
Every seat in the church was filed and
the great audience entered into the
spirit of the service with patriotic
fervor. There was large attendance
of members of the Grand Army of the
Republic and with them came the
members of many allied organizations.
Special music of & patriotic nature
was furnished by the church choir as
Avenue M. E. church orchestra
furnished two numbers for the musi-
cal program.
Drawing lessons of patriotic feeling
from the famous song which David
sung to commemorate the great BRAY
cry of Saul, Mr.. Corey declared that
there was scriptural precedent for the
honOring of the men who had taken
part in the great wars for the preser-
walton Of the nation. He recalled the
stirring events of the civil war the
gathering Of the companies, the rattle
Of the musketry, the roar of the can
non, the bandaged heads and missing
arms; he told of the sorrows Of the
war, of the pain and anguish of the
friends and relatives who had been;
left behlhu. He told Of the heart of
the nation being stirred to patriotic,
fervor when tire men began to learn'
the real value of the flag. He told of
the heroic work of women and the de-.
velopment of their unselfsh patriotism
under the conditions which. the war
brought forth.
He spoke especially of the meaning
of Memorial Day and declared that TO
the old veterans more than to any one
else was due the keeping alive of this
sentiment of love and honor. He de-,
clared that as years passed the COM
ing of Memorial Day would be the
coming of a great festival Like the
Fourth of July is now hailed as the
birthday of the nation Memorial Day
will be the day which commentaries
the preservation of the nation.
He declared that the men who,
fought in the war of the rebellioni
need have no fears that the great deeds
they wrought and the great victories
they had won would be forgotten byI
posterity. He spoke of monuments
in every city of the nation proclaim
ing the deeds of the union soldier and
of the work Of the government in col
Letting and placing in the archieves
of the nation every scrap of paper,
which would serve as a memorial to
the noble deeds Of the soldiers. He
declared that posterity would always
have and revere the story of the union
soldiers and that these memorials were
not only of the general on his horse,
but also of the private soldier on foot.
He spoke of the rewards to the
soldier, who fought for his country.
Not only did he receive the pittance
of money called pension, but he had
the glorious knowledge that he had
been a part of a great epoch of a great
nation. He declared that the rewards
to the soldiers of the civil war were
not these pensions, but united ma
tion, the stars and stripes waving over.
the great cities of New Orleans, Memp-
his, Vicksburg and Charleston, the
satisfaction of a united country, the
knowledge that by their services they
had made 100000 men and women
free and had guaranteed freedom to
all in the great territory making up
the western part Of the country.
In concluding Mr.. Corey spoke es-
pecially of the great religious fervor
hiatt had been shown by great leaders,
in the civil war and he declared that,
the hand of God, while unseen, had
directed the movements of the presi- .
dent at Washington and the generals
and the privates on the field of bat
tie in the great movement for .,
united nation.