Arizona republican., 1915-05-31
DAY OF MEMORIES
 NOT OF MOURNING
Spirit Of Broad Patriotism That Marked Years of Reconstruction Needed to Successfully Ward Off Present-day Dangers

Reverent memories of the men who laid down their lives in the great struggle in the sixties, and lessons from that war out of which came united nation marked the annual Memorial day service yester- day at the Central NJ. E. church Almost 100 members of the G. A R., United Confederate Veterans, Span ish War Veterans and the Woman's Relief Corps attended the service, and listened to the address by Rev. w. J. Sims himself the son of d Confederate veteran.
 Taking as his text the message of David to the men who recovered and gave fitting burial to the body of Saul, the pastor drew many les sons from the words, And now the Lord show loving kindness and truth unto you, and I will also requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing" David, he pointed out, had consistently shown the spirit of a true man, refusing time and again to injure Saul when he had him in his power and at the time when he learned of his death, instead of re- ioicinG oyer the downfall of his enc my, blessed those who had performed the rites of burial So it was in the years that have elapsed since the CIVll war, for the wounds that once rent the nation were healed by the spirit of those who had, for four weary years faced each other on many a battlefield Just as nature had been quick to repair and cover over the raVages of war, so had the true American spirit removed all traces of the bitterness that once existed
 The day, the pastor said, was not one for mourning, but for memory. The men who had sacrificed their lives for the cause they believed right were not to be mourned, for were not their bodies sleeping in the soil they loved more than life? Rather were their deeds, their devotion to be remembered. with that pride which every patriotic American must feel, and their example in the hour Of danger to be emulated. Ameri- cans loving their country with the greatest love of any people, had shown themselves men in the past. when that country was threatened
 The greatest dangers to America. as Tn th past, Sald the speaker, turk ed within, not from some foreign foe Greed. which makes it's victim thoughtless of the needs or rights or others, was essentially un-American. lndolence of the sort that leads to the denunciatiOn of all government, and rebellion against authority, the indolence of the man who will not work. was a growing danger, aiming directly at the foundations of the republic. Extravaganza, which at times seemed to be running away with the American people, was an other potent source of danger, while ignorance constantly threatened to overthrow the bulWarks of the con stitutiOn. All of these, said pr. Sims. are to be guarded against to be re- sisted and to be stamped out if this nation is to endure. The struggle against them is one which calls for the very qualities shown by the men whom the nation is honoring today unselfish devotion and love of country.
 A feature of the service was the singing of "TentinG on the Old Camp Ground" by the choir. The church was appropriately decorated for the occasion with American flags