El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-30

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) 4 .Ional cemetery.
Both houses Of congress stood ad-
2 1ourned to permit members to observe
the day. Practically all of the gov
/ eminent departments and bureaus
were closed
Jewish rabbi. held a cross to the lips
. Of dying Catholic, when no Catholic
priests could be found.
Prayer is the dependence on God"
the speaker continued, and he who
prays asserts his dependence on God
Prayer is the alliance with Almighty
God. for he who prays and declares his
dependence on God becomes an ally of
God
Different From Faiser's Idea.
President Lincoln often said. I've
been driven to my knees by the over
whelming conviction that I had no
where else to go A delega ton OF
ministers said TO president Lincoln
during the Civil war, We hope God
IS with us. and the president an
iswered, 7 hope we are with Cod
All honor to British tenacity. all
honor. TO French fervor, all honor to
), American ingenuity all honor TO all
, nations helping in the struggle for
humanity; but let US look to the great
commander in chief Of all the allied
nations I believe today we are on
Gods side. If the Germans can truly
that divinity our devil"
Boy Leads aAmerica.D
The meeting closed with the singing
of America" in chorus. preceded by
the same rendered in solo by four
year old John Hayden Brumby, son of
Mr. and Mrs c. p. Brum5y. The little
fellow was attired like Uncle Sam
and stood on the speakers table as he
sang the national song
Flowers in ProfusIon.
The hail was magnificenty deco
rated for the occasion Flags were
furnished by the Popular Dry Goods
company, while flowers in profUsion,
furnished by the chamber of COM
merce, were used as stage deCOrauUus.
Mesdames J. F. Bowen and Joseph
Hurxthal of the L. D. c.. and Irving
Mcneil. of the ID. a. r. being in charge
Of this feature At the close Of the
meeting the flowers were gathered up
to be taken TO the cemeteries to be
strewn on graves of departed veterans.
\ Members of the C. A r post Occu-
pied front seats during the services
4 Always Fight for Principle.
Never has the American people
! entered into a war unless they be-
! leved firmly that they were fighting
for q principle that was right and
I just and that stood for the good of
all humanity. and not themselves
alone" said judge Walter D. Howe at
4 Evergreen cemetery, Thursday noon.
to a crowd Of a 200 persons. When
I George ~ aShingtOn. the gentleman Of
\ Virginia. took command of the little
colonial army Of the revolution, and
fought through seven years Of hard
Y ship, starvation, and suffering, ne and
his men did IL for the liberation Of
their families from the hold Of q for
Z eign king and autocrat.
Secure Freedom OF Seas.
when Old Hickory Jackson defeat
ed the British at New Orleans. and
seamen OF New England made them
j selves feared by the most powerful
7 navy in the world. they did il TO make
] themselves, and to all mankind Never
{ have the United States Of America en-
{ tered upon q war Of conquest or Op-
preston, and always has the Stars and
{ Stripes waved for a righteous cause
Fight For State Rights,
did the south pick up the sword
] in 1860 to secure dominion over the
negro race, and fasten the shackles
I Of slavery still faster2 The four years
I of hardship. and suffering which the
/ gallant troops Of the south underwent.
hungry, cold. barefOoted, Outnum-
I bered, but fighting fearlessly and
y daunrlessly on, is the answer to that
4 question The world knows that they
were fighting for a principle that was
I dear 20 every southern heart. the es-
tablishment Of state sovereignty.
Battle for United Nation.
And did the north in that same
! great struggle fight for dominion over
{ their southern brethren No nation
war Of I860-54, defeated often. yet
! finally victorious. unless they had be-
! fore their eyes beloved principle,
/ which the north had when they fought
/ for the preservation Of the union.
\ France Rises Like Phoenix.
! But in Europe about the time Of
/ that terrible struggle there was aris-
/ ing a nation whose creed was do
I miuion- conquest, and power. its be-
I lief that might was right And in
/ pursuit Of this policy they fell upon
I fair France, and crushed her, think
! ing that never again would she raise
! her head among the nations of the
i world But France did rise like the
! phoenix from the ashes Of her defeat.
Z and again became strong, and able to
! fulfil her destiny as the bulwark Of
I civilization and humanity.
Rally to Save Worlds Freedom.
Time went on, and the savage
/ power fattened upon her spOils Of war.
] until suddenly there came the rape OF
] Belgium, the burning Of LOuvain, the
! invasion Of France, and the threat TO
] all the world. Then the men of Bel
] GUM gathered about their heroic king
/ and the spirit Of Joan Of Arc en-
! tered into the soul OF JOftre, the grand
! old man of the French army. and gave
! him the power that thrust back the
/ hun as his jaws were closing around
/ the fair city Of Paris. And then the
I spirit of Harold the Saxon. William
l the Norman, Cromwell. and a score Of
l other English heroes entered the
] hearts of England. and sent her sons
I TO fight side by side with her old enc
my France, in the battle for the
worlds freedom.
kuiserlinEs Unlike Attila.
and the murderer, by his own
tongue, came to be called the Hun.
But IT is worse than the Hun ever
thought 10 be. Attila, king of the
ruthless savages who Overswept Eu-
rope, at least gave his body TO his en-
emies, when he sought their con-
quest, but the diseased William and
his six defective sons have never been
within cannon shot in this great war
Attila boosted that where his horse
trOd the grass never grew again. but
the savage on the throne Of Prussia
has had the teachings OF the gentle
Christ before him since his childhood
and the lessons Of 1900 years Of Chris
tianity TO teach him better.
l. s. Wakes to Horrors.
And while this war between saw
agery and crime on the one hand, and
humanity and civilization on the other
was raging. IN our own dear land
lowered the spirits of Washington,
Lincoln and Lee, but we moved on un-
touched by the ruin of conquered
women, the mutilatiOn Of young men
and children and the murder Of old
men. women and children promiscu- [