The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-05-05
|EULOG|ZES SOUTH'S
| GREAT CH|EFTA|N| IN
MEMORIAL SERVICE
R e v. J. O. Helsabeck
! Pays Ringing Tribute
to Gen. Robert E. Lee.
| VETS. HEAR HIM.
Pastor Of Third Chris
tan breaches Sermon
to lakewood Memorial
Association.
VETS. HEAR HIM.

Appropriate church services which
usually precede the observance of Oak
wood Memorial day We're held in Third
Christian church last night the pas
tor. Rev. J. O. Helsabeck. taking as
his subject. Our Tribute to Our Heroic
Dead" Mem bers of Oakuooi Memo
rial association were guests of the
church, a section being reserved for
Them. Among these were a number Of
veterans O fthe War Metween the
states, in Confederate garb.
The pastor took his text from He
hrews II; i. In his discourse ne re-
counted Some - the life of General
Robert t. Lee. aud eulogized the
southern chieftain. incidentally, he
paid ringing tribute to our brave
defenders in the late world war
He told first the Biblical story OF
heroes OF faith, among whom he emu
Iaerated Abraham. Joseph and Moses
Heroes, he declared have never laid
down their lives in vain. a nation that
tffuiuphs by right Of justice and viz
tic always II made the stronger and
the better for the trials through which
it has passed. he said
Our Southland. ne said. has richer
heritage than we shall ever be able to
reckon.
The name Of Robert + lee, he i'd
ts synonymous with 7enor and et9arac-
t%t It las BIS inheritance. ne aces
rot wonder that his name has been
placed alongside those Of Caesar and
Napoleon. Lee, he said e the one
great military chief the South has pro-
duced. He dweit AT some length on
the sterling Christian character of the
be loved general
1t is fitting. he said, that we should
memerialize the heroes of i.-6. 1851
and 1918 as Cod irmortalzed Ahra :
ham. joseph and Moses. The names at
Washington. Lafayette. Grant. Lincoln,
Napoleon. Lee. Johnston. j a C X o n
Loncstreet and Stuart. he said. be,
longed alongside those Bihltaal- CHAR.
acters. The world war. he declared
produced heroes who viii rank beside
those OF the trouhlous periods from,
1875 to 1865.
He paid ittinC tribute to the gallant
defenders of democracy in the late
struggle which cenvuised the whole
world
Mr.. Helsabeek's Sermon.
He spoke. in part, AZ follows:
Why is it well to memorialize the
soldiers of 20, 81 and lS9 Why do
thoughtful people give literally of their
ffaeaes- tfs--Eets- monuments of
marble, granite and bronze to the
memory of Washington, Lafayette. JEFF
ferson Davis, Robert F.. Lee, Stonewall
Jackson. J. r. +. Stewart. Joseph f.
Johnston, and others. while still other
monument will be erected in honor
Of the brave boys who fought in
France
Ia il not for the same reason that
God. through his holy spirit, in his holy
Book. has riemorialized and immortal
t2ed the names of great men who lived
OF old There are certain traits
OF character that stand out pre-emi-
nently in these men and we would
keen them ever before us and our
children that the future may be blessed
With mon and women after their type.
In the hail of honor there are too
many worthy names for one discourse.
The minister usually takes one Bibi-
cal character at time,
Blessed is the people whose heroes
are worthy of honor. Our Southland
has richer heritage in hers than we
shall ever be able to approximate. try