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MEMORIAL SUNDAY SERMON TO VETERANS OF POSTTRIBUTE TO CALVIN COLE-{■ROVE FOR WHOM IT WAS NAMED.Civil War in Many Respects the Greatest- War Ever Waged.A large audience was present at the Memorial services hold at the Baptist church yesterday morning at 10:30. The members of (he G. A. R. and W. R. C\ accompanied by the drum corps aitenemg in a body. Rev. A. Watson Brown delivered an especially fine ser-man, taking for his text. Remember the days of old, Deuteronomy 32:7, and paid a glowing tribute to the veterans. Rev Brown said In part:For forty-six years the nation has consecrated this closing week of May to the memory of those heroes, living . and dead, who fought in the Republic's great war. This custom is a beautiful recognition of the valor and patriotism of that brave army which offered itself as a buffer between our nation and its assailants. Tt Is indicative of the love still living in the hearts of men for the Institution and ideals that were saved from destruction in that great war. and St is an encouraging commentary on tIngratitude of a generation which has grown up since those tragic times which tried men's souls.I have been thinking how peculiarly appropriate it is for you, Veterans of the Grand Army, to meet for this service, in this church. For your Post Is named from Calvin Oolegrovp, who was n member of this church. We recall that he was the first Michigan soldier to lose his life in the war. Carrying the colors of his regiment on the disastrous rleld of Bull Run he fell never to rise again » earth. In his pocket they found a certificate of membership In the First Baptist church of Marshau And so we welcome yon here this morning—In the house where he from whom you are named wor-j shipped—fifty-three years after In* fell, in memory of him, together with the three-hundred thousand comrades that fell as-he did in the* land or the south and of the thousands who have departed since am: the noble remnant whose lives God has graciously spared to remain with us a little longer as a reminder of those old heroic days an., an inspiration to devotion and love ! or the land they fought to save.? The Civil war was In many respects the greatest war ever waged. In its protracted bloodiness, in the principles involved and the permanent effects resulting from it, few wars of all history can compare with it. A million men were engaged in It. The battle line extended across the continent from the mouth of the Potomac to thr Rio Grande. In the single battle of Gettysburg 2,600 men fell. The very foundations of the nation trembled and Anglo Saxon civilization hung in the balance. The other wars of our nation seem lili-ruere skirmishes compared with this titanic .conflict. It is ’.veil that we remember these days of old for memory is at once a warning and an inspiration.Why was all this fighting necessary? It was greater than a conflict between states. Rather it was a struggle between Ideals, political economic and moral. it was a crucible refusing the silver of civilization. It was a storm and tempest clearing the atmospherr or Christendom. Earnest, honest rot.I fearing men were on both sides but the hidden ideals of one side were selfishness, oppression and feudalism. while the fulminating sptr»* of the other was humanity, freedom and brotherhood.Selfishness haa been Ihe cause of every war from those of ancient1tJAssyria and Egypt to that of distracted Mexico.We are enjoying the bounteous fruits of the sufferings of these brave men. The memory of this becomes a challenge. Are we .willing to drink the cup and be baptized with the bitterness and suffering , that was theirs for the sake or tin ; common good? Evil is still with us I and Sf we would be true to our i heritage we must fight it. TV* j best, honor the heroes of the past ] with real heroism wo face the dut- ] ies and shoulder the reflponslbih i ties support the right and oppose i the wrongs of these modern day? of ours.” ]Following the sermon, Mrs t Mary Clay borne, .patriotic inairuc- f tor of the W. It. C. presented Rev Brown with n gorgeous'bouquet ot j red, white and blue flowers, i.j be- i half of the corps.
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Marshall News Statesman
Marshall, Michigan, US
Mon, May 25, 1914
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