Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-02
SERVICES FOR FIVE
SOLDIERS HELD At
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
REV. GRESHAM MAKES STIRRING
ADDRESS IN HONOR OF FIVE
GOLD STAR MEMBERSHIP. {.
PRlCHARD SPEAKS.

Sunday night The service was hell
+ for five OF the a.ty,Jlr lads ON tho
church honor r5I who fell in the great
war They were Marshall Par
acker Keith. ieree. Benjamin Reed
err Milton Ward and Fredergk ZeIer
L. L. Thompson gave an eloquent ad.
dress on the righteousness OF the
cause. and W. =. Pr.chard gave worIs
Of consolation to the families of The
lads, following by briet words from
the pastor
Rev. G W CheSsmau said
We are not unmindlul of the tragic
sorrow in the homes OF these five
fallen lads No one can ever know
the intense heart grief who has not
suffered q like .Oss Bur hose of rs
Tor whom the war has not spelled trag-
edy in che taking OF a brother or son
nevertheless desire. God knows we
desire. to suffer in outgoing sym
pathy with the suffering ones. God
built into our natures the capacity
for Ylcari0us Suffering and We make
your bereavement our bereavement.
too We consider that the lads who
fell fought for us. They repres entei
all Of us on the tortured fields OF
France. They saved the world from
rdyerting to the law OF the jungle. and
only the basest migrate could refrain
from fervid thanksgiving to God for
the blessings Of new word day
vouchsafed unto US by the shedding OF
this precious blood
Their lives were not thrown away
in a petty cause Let US ever remem-
Der that They made the supreme sac.
ritiCe to save the world from PAGAN
shackles and to usher in a new era Of
Christian civilization They marched
under the banner of the hosts OF free
dom to strike for the salvation Of
lolty ethical principles in the life Of
the world.
These lads were members OF the
elCanest army ever modified They
We're led by men Of Nuimpeachable
Christian integrity They themse. yes
We're conscious champions of the
riEGt. They hOncred womanhood,
sn0Wercd kindneSses upon the chill
dren Of an alien people. and enieared
themselves to the people Of France
and Britain and Italy because of their
m3desty, courage and splendid deyo-
ton to he allied cause
Somewhat Nike unto the strong Son
of God they mounted 10 a calvary and
gave their LIES blood to set men free.
They fought and died to yanquish hat
red and to exalt brotherhood. They
HE'D as knights Of rien. eousness pros
ecuting a holy crusade Today four
Of them rest beneath the torn sell
their yalor freed and the grateful
mothers Of the poilu lovingly and ten
deIty keep their graves
u believe every che Of them has
seen the face OF the Christ on the war
.0rn fields Of honor believe every
one OF them breathed prayers to
heaven for God s. strength ana guild,
ance. | believe every one OF them
committed his lie to the Savior Of
Men and died in the faith of the cruel.
fed one. All Of them had Christian
homes and praying mothers, and the
prayers OF those mothers tridged the
ocean and found their boys in iugou'
and on battle line
We can confidently believe they
have all passed through the valley Of
tho shadow Of death with their great
companion Christ With Him they
have entered into the abundant life,
and this is supreme consolation for
| this tragic hour Thanks be unto God
for the great hope Of q blessed IN
mortality and God hep YOU all to fine
a refuge in it,
/ At the close Of Mr.. Cheeseman's ad
dress the following interesting paper
was read by W, f. Prichard, paying
tribute to the departed heroes
! 1t is especially fitting that ",
should have memorial services for thu
brave boys who gave their lives 70
our country 1t matters not whethe
/ they lost their lives in the trenChe
/ or in the hospitals from wounds o
disease, the sacrifice is the same. TIL
! life given by the soldier is the ex
! IRENE measure OF sacrifice and emit
ties the giyer to have his name en-
rolled on the fair galaxy Of fame
The heroes Of our nation are no
forgotten or neglected by the generS
lions that follow. As evidence 0
that fact there Is an organization i
the United States known as tn
Daughters of the American Revolution
Admission to that organization il OF
tanned only on the fact that the gent
ology of the applicant traces directl
to some soldier of the Revolution.
membership is highly priced and r.
garded as a great honor
Upon the relatives Of the sodie
falls the great loss and grief TIL
mother heart IS lacerated and tor
with anguish that can only be Apr,
ciated by other mothers who al
passing through the same trying o
deal. The father. sisters and brother
all have their griefs to bear for tn
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