Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-26

Services At the Penney
Memorial Church

e. 4 a. and oehor Pstristir D-d;~
Attend Worship in Evsninp-in-
spirins Sermon by Rev. Wiiiisn r.
Wssa-Deautifui Music
The Mennrial services held ut the
Penney Memorial church last eve
ming were u the highest order md
~ere a complete Gee there be-
ing a large congregation present
who hazard Some fns spualcnx BY
HOME OF the local ministers ana some
beautiful singing by the choir.
At about Tie P. m. the members
Of the c. A. r. and the Sons Of Vet
Grams formed in line at G. A. r hall
and with the Sons Of Veterans duing
escort duty marched to the PENNEY
Memorial church. where they were
met by the women's Relief CORDS.
Ladies Of the G. A. r. and the Sons
of Veterans Auxiliary. They then
entered the church and were seated
near the front.
Invocation was offered by Rev. W
j. Layton and responsive reading
was conducted by Rev. CLAYTON d.
BU1thbg. Few. A. r. Walch delivered
the Scripture lessen taken from the
second chapter, Second Book of
Kings The choir. every member of
which is Il talented musician. sang
several songs in a name WORTHY Of
much communication. Rev. William
T. Wood. OF The Penney Memorial
church gave the Memorial address
anG Il was n Of The best ever de-
lIvered n The ciry.
Rev Mr.. Wood in delivering the
Memorial serInon spoke IN part as
follows. his subject being The Spir-
il OF the Fathers" Second Kings.
20: And it came te pass. $ :
that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask
what l shah do for thee. hfore I
Gin taken from thee. And Elisha
snid. / pray thee, 1t a double portion
Of thy spirit be upon me"
This. ! think, was the most neces-
sary and the most noble request
that Elisha could have made The
spirit Of Elijah was about all that
stood between n Israelitish nation
and total destruction. Brarely and
well he had PLAYED his part upon the
staga Of human affairs. Now the
old patriot Is being mustered out Of
service M is going home.
But Elisha must live IN. He be-
longs To a younger generation. There
IS still need Of men; men of VISION
and lofty purpose men Of courage
INK zeal: larce-hcarIea. manly men.
The problems Of the new Cay though
differing hare and there from those
Of h foTrner generation are @ Iess
imperative. %2LIona! security and
prosperity IN EIisha's day demand
men IL whom is The spirit Of the
Grand Old Mn Of Israel,
l find here a suggestion Of the
~reiution that Young America should
assume towards the vanishing Grand
ARMY Ct the Republic.
There is an epoch N our nationa,
history thai we must never forget.
II il ar epoch as dark as was the
sky Of Israel in The Gays Of Elijah.
LIrrned against that dark back
ground * seer figure Of q bonds
man. Els face Is black by nature,
but through the sinful mixture Of
White bioCG il ranges through al
shades to the fairesr Saxon tIrrs.
His SOU rs distorted by q wicked
system which held him as q aeas2
Of burden. 10 ne bred. and bought
and sold for profit.
Anc Vet IN -hat Declaration Of IT.
dependence for which the patriots OF
IN earlier generation fought, against
heuvv odda, during eight Years OF
prtvatiun and hardship. II was as
serted thai All men are created
equal" and tina among their in
alienahie rights are WIFE. liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness
Gradually II dawned upon the
conscience Of many citizen that
his black slave WIS a NAL and. as
such he had d right TO be free. The
question IF his abolition grew II
prominence: political STRIFE was en-
gendereo. the country was torn ~
factions; sectional feeling hecame
bitter; and finally secession became
incorporate II tho Confederate
States Of America WHICH hurled de-
fiance at the Union. fred upon For1
Sumter. and launched a a-aactul
Civil War.
Then Abraham Lincoln. who ha6
been but fou weeks in the Execu-
tive chair at Washington, sent o u
his first call for volunteers to cone
TO the defense Of the Union. Il was
then that these veterans assembled
with US tonight. and their comrades
who are sleeping the sleep Of death
heard the voice of duty N Lincoln
call; and relinquishIng all persona
ambitions. they laid aside thei:
school books. gave UP their life plans
and turned their vou,h-ui faces II
the direction OF battle and death
singing
We're coming. Father Abraham,
Three hundred Thousand strong"
And they kept coming until they
were more than 4 million strong
And still they N until they