Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1921-11-17
Under the wide and starry sky,
Dig the grave and let me lie
Glad did live and gladly die,
And l laid me down with will.

UnQ0T the W1QS anu StdTTy SKY,
Dig the grave and let me lie
Glad did 1 live and gladly die,
And laid me down with will.
This be the verse you gave for me:
Here he lies where he longed to be.
Home is the Sailor, home from sea.
And the hunter home from the hill !"
Mr.. Wilson's voice is fine and his
rendition of the song brought forth
great applause. DR.. Fayen of the
sanatorium was his accompanist.
and his playing was SO skillful as to
call forth much praise.
Following the song by Mr.. Wilson
came the address which was made
by Rev. Hal Lloyd, pastor of the
Unitarian church in Marietta. The
main thought running through his
address was the relation of the unit
to the whole-how each carries its
own burden of Importance and how
each suffers if the other is affected
in an adverse way. He carried the
thought from the birth of this ma
tion to the present time-showed
how it was exemplified in the his
tory of the thirteen colonies. He
referred to the Civil war and to the
duty each state owed to itself and
to each other state, and to the
United States-a combination of all
the states-or units. Coming down
to more recent times, he showed
how Germany, with a few satellites.
undertook to dominate the rest OF
the world-showed how that nation
had an undermining weakness, and
that weakness was the forgetting or
not understanding that she was but
a unit in a whole. Thus in violat-
ing the rights of other units-na-
tions, Germany plunged the world
into an abyss--a great and awful
war, costing tremendous loss in
life and treasure.
He explained how regard for both
state and national laws must pre-
vail. The duty which is performed
to the state does not absolve us
from obeying certain national laws.
Neither does fidelity to the national
law give one a right to ignore
state law. He spoke of the guiding
hand of God in national affairs, and
spoke of how some people say things
come about in the natural world
by the working of a law. Laws of
nature he said are but the manifes-
tations of a great Power back of
them.
Mr.. Lloyd drew most. of his illus
trations from scientific facts, and
being master hand at word paint
ing he made what to the average
person is usually dry subject, at
tractive. His comparison of the
of the human body with
it's system of arteries, veins, cor
puscles. delicate nerves, ETC., to the
material system of countries with
their great streams and tributaries,
their navies, railroads, telegraphs,
etc., was marvel of completeness.
He said it was wonderful Power
that created man and the universe
and made such wise provisions for
their care. He recognized the over
ruling power of God in the destines
Of people and nations.
Carrying the thought of the unit
being part of the whole and the
whole combination of the units,
all working separately and together
at the same time, and still US
ing the analogy of the human
body, our thoughts are taken in
this connection into the higher and
spiritual realm, and to the won
1erful words of the great apostle
Paul as recorded in the 18th chap
ter of first Corinthians, where he
said: "For the body is not one mem
Der, but many. If the foot shall
say, because I am not the hand, 1
am not of the body; is it therefore
not of the body? And if the ear
shall, say, because / am not the eye,
am not of the body; is it therefore
lot of the body? If the whole body
we're an eye, where were the hear
ng? If the whole were hearing, where
we're the smelling? But now hath
rod set the members every one Of
hem in the body, as it hath pleased
him. And if they were all one mem
Der, where were the body? But
low are they many members. vet
,ut one body"
In his address Mr.. Lloyd paid a
Inc tribute to the soldiers of the
American Legion and to the veterans
If the Grand Army of the Republic.
number of the latter occupied
.hairs in the front of the middle
ier of seats during the exercises.
Following Mr.. Lloyd's address
anne another splendid solo "Khaki |
4ad," by Mr.. Omar Wilson:
saw lad in khaki with braided |
star upon his sleeve, and a little |
cane to swing,
lie walked down Piccadilly so |
proudly, as tho he were a king. |
saw man in khaki, with one arm
clutched across crutch, the other
in sling,
lie limped down Piccadilly so slow
ly, like hawk with a broken |
wing.
yet everybody knew that he. though
very pitfful to see, was finer than |
a king. Awkward.
The benediction was pronounced |
" Rev Frank Gillian of the Malta |
A. E. church.
At Malta M. e. Church ...
The grand climax of the day was
t the Malta M. e. church, where
he men Of the Bible class were
osts to all ex-service men. of
9th the world war and civil war.
,onVeyances were furnished for
hose not able to walk, and notwith-
tanding the stormy and disagreea-
le weather a large crowd was pres.
mt. After assembling in the main