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Show TRIBUTES ARE PAID CIVILWAR HEROES Memorial Day Services in Church at Provo Draw Large Throngs. Special to The Tribune. PROVO. May 27. A large congregation assembled in the Baptist church today for union memorial services, held under the direction of the pastor, the Rev. Archibald Ar-chibald Stewart. The Rev. J. H. Coffey, a retired minister of the Campbelllte church, offered the Invocation. The script oral rending thirty -fourth chapter 'of Exoduswas given by the Rev. I.ud-wlc I.ud-wlc Thomson of the Congregational church. The Rev. P. H. Goodwin, pastor emeritus of the Conc;repatonal church, read a Memorial day letter from the National Na-tional Association of Patriotic Instruction, and Superintendent U K. Kggertsen read Lincoln's Gt-ttvsburg address. Captain R. F. King of troop F spofce of the spirit of lovalty. devotion and sac- ; rlfice which cha racterized the veterans of the civil war and urged the present genera tion to emulate the example set bv the men and women of thaj- generation. genera-tion. Mrs. May R. F"arrer, president of the Woman's Relief corps, read an eloquent Memorial dav tribute. The Rev. F. V. Kuhns of the Methodist church preached a patriotic sermon, tak-Ing tak-Ing for his text "What Mean Ye by These Services," Kxodus. 1?:2G. He spoke of the 'blessings which, under the providence of God and in the furtherance of His purposes, had followed the conflict of the civil war. and how a united nation, en- j Joying the blessings of liberty, was pre-pa pre-pa red to assist in establishing freedom i and liberty In all the world. He uryed the a crept a nee and application of the doctrine that the performance of duty Is more sacred than life. The combined choir, conducted by L. A. Cuihertaon. rendered patriotic selections. selec-tions. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was sung by Mrs. I. H. Masters. The benediction was offered by the Rev. William Wil-liam F. Bulkley of the Episcopal church. |