Show AT THE large hensic and eloquent A goodly array of air denizens with the sterner aex assembled at the pavilion in lie evening to the closing ol 01 memorial dy the spacious liall was thrones ned boover pret ionato the hour appointed llie low of with the important occasion which alie dayi was oran morn than the day it was evident eliat abe audience ft ere one luithly appreciative of the patriotic ceremonies which they had conie to at tae ceremonies began by Chair noan 11 C calling the to order and announcing alie oie ninn sone hallowed anero ory by ala fotr mr bailey offered prater and the choir filing coer them over beautiful flowers alin chaplain ot the john A DIE 3 A K col T V waa announced and upon the of alie U elnie alie this old world Emi its cradle it liaa ban the custom of roon to pre cervo painting in tory anil in aal then to the future ahe lii alory ahe tradition alio roi nance and the heroic past and so i of slay decoration day e hat in our drained the cup of bitterness to tha very dregs ve pray iol that it may new bo to glicr lips annl whilst we do not deniro to fornet hia terrible amt pmt willial kinita ki pita iiii bloom ato liepe and pray that auch an ordeal neter be re emred of tho american again and therefore on this holiday no call tip tradition t rehearse reh earpe the floriea of tho ar aff callon poetry to enshrine linew uio 0 and the loo 0 o call on to alio llio hat were won wo rail on son with the faith the fortitude an 1 alie heroism of our nations and we alie fairest sprint to garey on alm braves of the nations deab A the first cardinal principle M the grand array is charity aliey today to day kiy tribute to the departed t hey care not under which aae the soldier fought whether he wore tho blui or lie gray but with equal love and tenderness the flowers and daisies were as reverently strewn over the grave of the confederate as on the sod blat rovers the last resting place of his blue coated foeman rie second cardinal principle ot llie grand army is fraternity in the luni ago these men were bound together by and the stern military cf actual var blanding shoulder to and a common enemy for ears sharing with each other the last bile and the last sup and inny a night sleeping under alie eune blanket enduring common hardships and defying a fate through a long and bloody struggle the third cardinal of the grand army is loyalty loyalty pure and simple loyalty blind ani unquestioning to the lag the and to the govern arent alien these three principles charity fraternity and loyalty bind the comrades of the grond army together in one vast and powerful organization and their principles can offend no mans politics nor do they jar with any oed creed the grand army blaim that whatever of service the soldiers and sailors of the union rendered the nation in the war of the great rebellion or vi whatever of glory was achieved tor the nations lag in that war the men of the grand army ol 01 the republic in common with all their old comrades living and dead deserve credit for their honest share this and nothing more in their early childhood aliey biad been taught to believe in ono country Jou and one hag this was the faith liander down from the fathers and they accepted it in all its fullness they proved devotion by deeds that will cling to them through sunshine and adorm when the generation of tho grand army came on earth it was pro des tined to do a great work to solve a tremendous problem from alie very hour of their birth they were fated to a mighty mission the spirits of the past watched over their cradles and their mot liers sang their lullaby and rocked them to sleep when they were baptized the creat archangel arch angel hovered ovar the baptismal font and placing bis fateful seal on their infant brow be consecrated their future to to endurance to loyalty and to death they have proved true to their mia fion and to their faith toey preached eliat faith with tongues of leaping from tho port holes of fort sumler they thundered its truths in blazing broad sides from the guns of the crippled old cumberland as she daok down to her bed t glory at the bottom of the sea aliey expounded its doctrines from the muzzles of their rifles and from alie mouths of their batteries with sabre stroke and bayonet point on countless fields they hugged that faith to their bosom on many a weary march in many a cold bivouac and out on many a lonely picket post blany of you have read the att ry of lie f be out miles within the lines discovered pursued and lying for his and callord cal loed down and fighting at bay v bounded and daini fired inn last cartridge and shouted his last defiance and as the death rattle bounded in ins throat and the death foam oozed out eflowly his clenched depth smiled tor liis last thought nas of loal comrades t pur ring hard and fast to rescue or avenge him of lovine hands labine leini in hia soldier grave and of lifs far off northern village home n here be would be decreed a soldiers glorified by a soldiers idle and that very night v hen the of darkness bad fallen on that e pot of ground sanctified forevermore by a patriot soldiery ern blood and the bright stars were razing down in wondering pity on alie belll corane and the upturned face oo 00 and ghastly in death they naw another and bis troopers go thundering by the dead scout buried and his fate cercell avenged thus it agibe blood of the martyr is the seed of the church where one laid the faith flew to take t ap they died by fifties and hundreds in the prison pens starving delirious mad they rushed to their death by the in long lines and berried columns of blue sleeping over historic fields in all circum betance of glorious war where the too brave though he was crew pale at their battle cry they perished one million men died that this faith might survive and triumph that ito light might blaza on a regenerated land that its rays might penetrate to lie uttermost parts of the earth bringing the glad tidings to the downtrodden and oppressed 0 the new a higher and a better life a brighter hope a free and a happy home one country and one flag A country and a flap that n omen can pray for and bo ail the better li appier and nobler for the prayer a country and a flag that men can die for and go to their deatle niah a emile on their lips and a song in their hearts one country and one J lae it was hie faith of the father of our republic it is alie faith of the grand army it h the faith of this vast and the belief of the lalioo it is alie liopo of the and it will continua to spread and grow conger until alt tho people of this western world accept its saving grace and acknowledges its supremacy and our flag floats in undisputed sway not only over all the of lie adjacent ecaca but on every foot of ground in this hemisphere from the rozen shores 0 the arctic to the utmost bounds of the land of fire in the southern ocean now and gentlemen I 1 hare ened to explain to you the fundamental principle of the grand army iw concisely as I 1 could I 1 have tried to tell you that the ath of the grand army is the faith of which hie order ia the living exponent and the sworn defender and as moot of you were born after fter the war of the great rebellion ended and therefore cannot bo come members of the organization yon can however all heco co believers with us our faith without any party or acy church with you may be connected tor your conscience and your judgment alike approve charity fraternity and loyalty one country and one flag which alie religion of the grand army of the republic Ke public at alii conclusion of the alie geteian waa elloa a round of vociferous a dr A S condon was introduced and in a alpar and voica delivered lia potin entitled memorial DIY oli pint of sun glnn liot circuit of lii riu c in iloilo eliy braian lic today to day ahn yel ly lo 10 f ii an fn beet lilii hon and the nial W s ami ilcin angal of the lin spring while on our ear thy us beat on some distant listro lir tro toil laic what lust til crip with more 0 null or IMP 1 lugii oarn taril a nations diore amk lays wars ril wo p r pren pre n r hie it alic I 1 nl strong nien im ii cr more ton icing eliose le lol and boxt iliev ax a peoples holocaust albil nizile of H s nellit ail rad m day M aam 1 hf atlon till amiller amill jr od the graves dull rn mental rust we know their voices ai of old and grap their liand nor eel till in our ott 11 it turns to but dust once more prang and her rev ii ing breath propitious buds the aan 0 death are chit angels of the air once iloie the brooks lie meadow H green their ra grint binks acim anil ewt content baell e ll 11 where to look through behrs of riiho the long dr ron aisle ot tune to alie alil of alie ellase green li the night the tent tt ith timo roin fiille guard the lonely scene I 1 eel the spell 0 sadness brooding doi n and gloom in oen all alie nirl country side loish hear through deepening alie cri ket and the hip poor hlll from the betana rising tide like koine air morn eliat utako in deity june to isureal rots aal winters noon and that ting and minds t hat blow io woke to wrath tho nations Nat ionn tt ny inen ere met in battles benc any and foe crowed 8 etli hate inspire ing toe fell the daiy diy when CM ry till lii fore alic rod ot batea w ill AN roin alie afir wo the hull hun the n till age 0 w as nn or knew tin binl ot ahi i r M e me alio plain f ot slain tl filom tin ir life out there tina conti oiling lili liori full alic rout a torp c with aw it n girl and as were tt etli them now in alic ilni sli leoine or alic news to roine the lint 0 dead 1 heres rinsing of alii nd hr 0 loarts or tears of relict and silent and lo 10 d in the sl try bixl allt la gaclia clia foint doun and the old leoine mill ly the oica 0 the leip poor mill As lif tunes lii liesong song to key anac tuti t uti ar bonnil where they sleep alio died or you and me dit A 8 the doctors beautiful production received a warm and appreciative response MC allva followed with a bozif can the soldiers forget BO effectively rendered that the hearty encore that marked its chloee would not be quieted till the chairman on behalf thanked abo audience and eliat she wished to be indulged in excusing herfield her fielt lion H W smith was then introduced lie eaid in Bu balance who of in in standing beside alie mounds of alie honored dead can call up their evil deeda their good deeds are evil ones belong to their tula custom ot decorating the craves of the dead ia an ancient ono but in aliis country it luto usario with the 0 A it it rew ont of the memories of alie areat struggle the wife the mother lie bister could not conceive of a boore fitting tribute to the de patted loved ones than to garland their paves p aves with florem it is far more appropriate tor who were in that areat struggle to speak on occasions like these I 1 could add to the eloquent ad dreas of the gentleman who baa preceded me it 18 not iossi ble eliat american patriotism can bedonie enthralled BO ion as the wives and kindred of the dead heroes perpetuate this beautiful custom where rise the moneda of those who opposed in this fearful this name devoted practice prevails pre vaila though they eing of their heroic lead era and of the Etrue gle which they parsed through in the nations protection today to day would form in line niti hearts and moro patriotic purposes la be defence of their country against a coin rn intoe the address waa an impressive appeal to pure patriotism and wai received with hearty appreciation by his hearers alie choir bang the star spangled banner and air 0 S vanan followed with a brief but lelling ad crebb which ho read from expecting to bo able p ret the ad wag delivered TE representative to taip the speaker eft for the rain to alt aake before the notes could bo procured kev J wesley hill Mast henet ep he bald aliis day ia sacred to our heroic dead upon thelt tombs with loving handa we strew the wealth of eirick this Is a day foi memory a day tor teare A mighty nation bavta before the shrine of grioua dead and hayg to noblest dual the tribute of its love other das may leavo their significance and recall from tho twilight of the pant full man a golden milestone but this is the grandest the dearest at them all we commemorate it not to perpetuate sectional strife nor brood oer tho dark chasm washed by the streams of war it fifth its head far higher and tells alie story ot patriotism loyalty and fidelity it recounts alio llio cherished daens of yeara gone by tho toila and defeats and victories of heroic men this day there is an unfolding of history the veil is lifted and we live in alie past again we are out upon the liean bailing A kracl leeg of in an unknown laud we bier from the mayflower upon aly mouth kock and join in a song of praise we live over again alie days of colonial life and thank god tor the cruel savage the unbroken foresta ahe ion cabin and bleak winds of alie new world for they were better than the titles kinga and tyrants of the old there arises the storm cloud of oppression but lier eare patriots drilled in the school of hardship n ho kindle the fires of freedom upon bunker hill bare their breasts to british bullets at stano and die at valley forgo but before expiring with a deathlike grip snatch from the hands of titled tyranny the scepter of usurped pow er this day we talk ot the struggle for the for freedom we read the declaration of ence alie principles of which are strong enough to support alie eternal and pure enough to challenge the admiration of angels a declaration eliat uncrowned kings broke the despotism of autocrats and repealed alie cruel edicta ot thousand years it rave the poor man alie key to fame kindled alie star of hope abbie the obscure hut and crowned the sweated brow of aery honest son of toil but when alie Ue clofed and bace came the of aliis declaration were forgotten and the chains which our fathers broke were fastened by them upon the limbs of ollices ollic rs in the south the negro toiled unpaid babes were stolen from the breasts of mothers and at the tuition balork husbands and wie were separated forever yet there appeared to be prosperity in the land we were successful in all our wars streams of immigration were flowing in upon us millions of miles were added to our national domain our navy won a place upon the high seas but nil aliis was the most solemn mockery an enslaved race looking forth from the windows of anguish rent the heavens with their cry 0 lord how long how long alty wept oer scarred and bleeding backs mercy heard alie sobs of brokenhearted mothers and the awful voice cried one drop of blood drawn by a masters lash outweighs the whole of a nations cold our nations dome was browned with light but the corners were crumbling the foundation w as insecure parties arose above principles dang supplanted patriots and prosperity was for justice to lay wo honor alie heroes of the sword and pen the fighters and thinkers the soldiers and the heroic host who had courage end conviction patriotism and principle heart and brain who etoni buforo ilo tide ot ready to pour forth their blood without stint to sacrifice their lives without complaint this day is sacred to alie boys in blue who kept that flag bloating loa ting above our heads sacred tollio living sacred gotlie dead sacred to the wives whose husbands fell to alie mothers who gave their sons sacred to the thousand memories written in blood in imperishable history emphasized with cliot ami eliell and punctuated the bayonet here in this peaceful land with its flowery vales crystal lakes silver rivers and golden mountain tops abir y battled against army and a million men breasted upon a thousand the wild storm of war these breve these undaunted men founded alie first temple of liberty hey fulfilled prophecy br to pass the drezins and established all the liapes the good and wise and apat have made since man was man the great armies of the world have de and destroyed the greatest soldiers have |