Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-29

Memorial sunday was ooee1F Gu " p@-
triotic societies Of the city attending the
morning service at Trinity Methodist
Episcopal church, where the pastor, Rev.
Robert L. Roberts. Phi. D., preached an
.nnronrists sermon for the day.
Members of Sedgwick post. No. l, G. A.
r.. sedryick Woman's Relief corps. No
rs. sons Of Veterans. and Clara Barton
tent. No 4, Daughters of Veterans, with
the Boy Scout troop of the church. Troop
6 were the guests Of the church for the
service and occupied special seats re-
served for them.
The flowers on the altar table were
furnished by the Daughters Of Veterans
tent in memory of their fathers OF the
G.. A. r.
Memorial Day Sermon.
The minister took as text Chron-
icles %. Is and said in part
Jehosaphat, king of Judah, is here
facing forces Of Moab. Anon, Mt. SER
and is badly outnumbered by this triple
alliance Judah's soldiers fear to risk
battle against overwhelming odds. Je-
hazael the prophet exhorts them to
courage and faith for the battle is not
theirs but Gods In this faith they en-
gagged the enemy and routed him.
We are gathered this morning to COM
memorate the heroes that fell or fought
in another battle that was not simply
the nations, but Gods. If war can be
justified the one that shook America for
/ four black. purgatorial years" can be-
It was not for territorial possessions,
not rorl love of bloodshed not for glory
Of conquest not because the nation be-
lieyed in war and thought it necessary
for highest national welfare. 1t was
1 primarily for the establishment of right
! eousness and preservation of liberty anu
union. Ii was one engagement with
material wea pons in the age-long. ire
pressible conflict between truth and er-
ror light and darkness. right and
wrong, slavery and liberty that is ever
waged in the human soul and in the
| life of nations. The leaders saw it as
such. Lincoln felt himself the agent
Of God in the struggle and depended
upon God to give victory to his armies.
Witness his wrestling with God in pray
er before Vicksburg and Gettysburg for
example.
Veterans, 1t is your proud distinction
1 to have been not only participants in
| This conflict but victors. The men in
gray endured the hardship fought the
battles. and met all the grim circum-
stances of the war as did you. but how
different the result. They saw their ar
ii
eniy defeat and the loss of all for which
| they had sacriiced They went back to
ruined homes desolated cities, a brok-
en- and dispirited people You saw the
| fruits Of victory. YoYu returned to un
] molested homes 1ourishing cities. a
cheering and triumphant people: to you
was given Ill the rewards that com TO
vctors in a conquering crusade. You
Drained rebellion with musket butt.
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this continent into oblivion with bay
onet thrust in its heart. You shot the
Confederacy into shreds and battered it
back into the pit out of which it was
digged. You helped your comRades liv-
ing and dead to save the Union and
sustain freedom and Won h~ve so identi-
fed your country with freedom that She
| lows in the western sky like a star Of
hope for all oppressed peoples NJ the
world They crowd her shores like ca
ger pilgrims pressing to shrine.
But. comrades. we are not here to
eulosize the living but to memorable
1.-THE equally honored dead Did we say
the dead.N How can we forget that no
ble men never die. Lincoln. the loader.
| is more alive and Yields more influence
today than on anv dsv when he walked
tho earth Grant walks abroad in
power IS NJ old The old comrades in
arms ajso live in example of heFcisu.
| in hearts M their cou1tr,'men. in lives
made better hv their deeds Their I'M
rerlshabls monument is this Wheeling
nation IN whose scrolls their ma -0es
erire with Iuster that does not dim.
They also live unto God on fairer shores
than ours
On TUESDAY we gather tn nut flowers
m their rrsTee. and scatter blossoms
IN the sea fragrant symbols ~ lir-
ing love We come not 50 much in yor-
row as IN eunnreeeed triumph. Since =
-loriore death - fitting climax of a use
full Iifa who DOES not envy them the
0,a0ner nf their going! Some died on the
eeld whore their on'v rAnrien was the
hocro. NJ cannon he lash ot slippery
steel or the martial music that cheered
them 10 their last hattie they neve!
saw :he hammer NJ victory float over the
SMOKING field. Others closed their eves
; with friends weeping bv their bedside
To them # was given TO see. and ner-
hans enjoy. the fruits o. CONQUEST. They
/ heard the cheers Of thousands who de-
lighted to 10 them honor ThAv lirAt
q tn A united nation spring ont of th'
= warning states that mot in mortal sirif.
on the memorable fields OF Cold Far
ho~ Vickshprg Gettvshurg and the viii
derneSs No matter when or where the'
M ssed thew went shroudAd in glory am
'aft the nation lieht with the luster n
/ thH'r deeds. Patriots were thew -rhc
laid rfs itself on their countrv's altar
and the victor's reward is theirs Fo
= tho battle was also Gods.
What hettAr time than now to rAmin;
ourselves that freedoms battles are no
, all fought. That eternal vigilance !!
! ~til the price o. liberty. That the in
heritance secured by the fathers is no
/ secure unless pArpetuated and enlarge
:; by the generations that inherit Tn
great conflict IS still on. God calls dali
for volunteers. His burles are BLOWN
for advance all along the line.
IT looks as though right were still o.
. scsfold wrong still upon the throne
!, Liberty needs defence. The red nag @
. anarchy is flung to the SKY the princi
!, pies of false democracy are taught j
ID so-caned Sunday schools in our Trea
cities. The overthrow Of this govern
! ment and our American institutions
Il The proclaimed creed Of no meager mol
. The profteer. the highway ro5ber an
: the gun-nan figure prominently in tn
; news Of the day. Graft and greed seer
= to have usurped some seats Of tn
a / mighty. Social evils Turk no longer i
:, the shadow but boldly face the day 2
marks of the new. freedom" Movie
drenched with indecencies seem on
most popular amusement Ancient SAM
tons seem outgrown. Morals are ''mei
conventions" to be houted by the To-
y ward looking people Of scant brains bi
, full pocketbooks A western. town VS.
~ recently visited by an epidemic Of ill
y gitimscv- as a protest against the "col
" ventions" NJ marriage and moralit
p" Our most popular screen heroes and HI
=. roines are snersons. who change wiv,
and husbands as our fathers, used 4
swan horses The hrs nds Of the ha RI