The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1923-06-01

TRIBUTE PAID TO
AMERICAN HEROES
Union Services Held AT
Presbyterian Church
ADDRESS BY PADEN
Beautiful Ceremonies Were
Carried Out Last Even
ing Here


memorial services were held last
evening at the Presbyterian church,
in commemoration of the honored
dead of three American wars.
The different military bodies, con-
sisting of the G. A. r. Womans Re-
lief Corps, the Spanish American
War Veterans and auxiliary, The
American Legion anu auxiliary met
at the postotfice at 1880 and marched
to the church in column form. At the
church the honored seats were re-
served in front for the Boys Of 1851
to 1865" with the other bodies sitting
directly to the rear. The altar was
appropriately draped with an Amer :
can flag, and boquets OF lilies adorned
tables.
The feature of the services was the
eloquent sermon preached by Rev. L.
Ross Paden, pastor Of the Presbyter-
| ian church, who lauded the unselfish
work of American soldiers in all wars
since the birth of the country. Rev.
Paden was assisted in the service
last night by Rev. George F. Aiming.
ton pastor of the Congregational
church, and Rev. w. P. Clark, pastor
of the First Church of Christ.
Special vocal music for the occa-
sion was rendered by a quartette
consisting of Glenn Shoemaker, Holly
Brandrup, Miss Mayme. Schippel, and
Miss Genevieve Meade. The singing
of these well known Yocalists was In
deed pleasing.
Miss Mayme Schippel, a soloist OF
this city who is rapidly coming into
prominence in the musical world,
favored the gathering with sweetly
sung solo. Mrs. w. NJ. Taylor acted
as accompanist.
"Of Zebulin, such as went forth 10
battle. expert in war with all instru-
ments of war, fifty thousand. which
could keep rank, They were not OF
double heart. l Chronicles II. 33
The men of the tribe of Zebulin
were hard fighters. There is much
in them to make us think OF our own
Americans. They were just average
people. When David was besleged
they brought bread on asses and on
camels and on mules and on oxen
meat and cakes OF figs and bunches
OF raisins and wine and oil and oxen
and sheep abundantiy and there was
ioy in the camp Of Israel. l guess
YOU who have lived on army ratlons
can easily imagine the Joy. They lived
on the highway of commerce reach
ing the great sea and were CONNER
cial people and loved the dollar but
they were not without ideals. Inc
very name Zebulin means elevated
or lofty and they had their high
ideals. And they could express them
Debora in her battle Hymn tells how
to the help of Israel came out OF
Zebulin they that handle the pen OF
the writer. We had our PRESIDENT
and Commander in Chief during the
late war the one man preem1nent u
great ideas. Throughout the war ne
astonished us by the precise and lum.
inous words with which he expressed
what we all felt to be true.
The children of Zebulin sang De-
borak knew how to handle the pen
men of words rather than deed she
of the writer but lest that mightlead
one to suspect they were idealists.
quickly added. They jeoparded
their lives in the high places OF the
field" Some times it was whispered
across the Sea among the Central
Powers that because we worshlppea
the dollar we would not hight anu
sometimes it was limited that. we
were a nation of idealists and in
practice In the test of fire and blood.
capable of putting our ideas into
Lofty Ideals Back of War
There have been lofty tremendous
ideals back of all our great wars.
Ideals whose glory and splendor
kindles arrest the sacred falme they
would rather die than that truth and
freedom should fail.
War is not altogether brutal. We
must not forget the splendor and
glory of the Ideals for which our
soldiers fought. II
have just spent two weeks IN
Indianapolis. A city built aoout a
great Soldiers monument. The mon
ment is at the center of the city In
a great circle about are the great
banks and business firms Of the city.
1t stands 2S4 feet high and the
streets radiate in every direction
from this grand memorial. ~
History Built Around War
Our national history Is built
around our great wars. Whether we
like it or not it is true. The great
ideals of freedom equality OF op-
portunity and representative govern
ment have all had to be baptized and
confirmed by the blood Of men who
regarded it as Mans perdition to be
safe when for the truth he ought to
die" -.
Education SuppIants The Sword \
But I think one of the finest mem
orials our nation has built for her
soldier alive or dead is found In the
Philippine Islands, Is years ago this
month the American flag first waved
over those islands. To cay there are
1000 miles of fine roads built by
our Government and in place Of
sending war ships our navy trans
planted whole ship loads of school
teachers to those Islands and great
institutions like Silliman Institute
have been planted by our churches
and today three million people on
those islands. can read the Bible In
English. Our government has spent
s750,000 in curing the lepers about
thirty percent of them having been
cured. regard the work of our gov
eminent and christian people for the
people of these islands and our mis-
sion work in Cuba as one OF the a.
nest memorials of the men who
fought in the Spanish American war.
That war sprang out of our objection
to the oppression Of these Island
People. We cried Remember the
Maine" but the reason the Maine was
blown up was because of resentment
on account of our remonstrance1
against tyranny and oppression and
misrule. We are only carrying out
the spirit of that war the original
splendid ideal back of 1t when We
build schools and churches among
these people.
Religion Necessary.