SERMON BEFORE G. A. R. 
Rev. C. Arthur Lincoln Preached 
the Memorial Sermon at Man- 
chester Last Sunday. Services 
Well Attended. 
Rev. C. Arthur Lincoln preached 
the Memorial sermon at the Con- 
gregational church last Sunday 
morning before the members. of 
Post 67, G. A. R., and auxiliary so- 
cieties. The services were well at- 
tended and the sermon listened to 
with rapt attention. 
The pulpit was draped in the 
Stars and Stripes and there were 
simple floral decorations. ‘The sing- 
ing was by the congregation. Rev. 
E. Hersey Brewster of the Baptist 
church read the scriptures, portions 
of Isaiah 64, and Luke 4, and he 
offered the prayer. 
“Think not that I am come to 
send peace on earth: I come not to 
send peace, but a sword” (Matt. 10: 
34), was the text selected by Mr. 
Lincoln, who said in part: 
“These words, startling as they 
may seem, all agree, come from 
Jesus Christ. They clung to the 
memories of His disciples and have 
come to us through the ages _ be- 
cause of their peculiar significance. 
There are at least two explanations 
as to their meaning: (1) that they 
are wholly symbolic and (2) that 
whenever a man takes a stand for 
right and truth he must take all 
persecutions that come to him.” 
The speaker referred to the many 
wars that had been waged in the 
cause of religion from the time of 
Christ to the present day, saying 
that these people thought God sanc- 
tioned war in the cause of religion. 
“But we today believe that God 
‘never sanctioned a war for the 
cause of religion. In the recent 
Russo-Japanese war in one or two 
days’ fighting some 8000 soldiers 
were killed; but there marched out 
after them a small army of Red 
Cross nurses. To me these repre- 
sent the Knights Templars of the 
Middle Ages, who carried with 
them the sword of God. These men 
most truly represent what the 
cross of God stands for. 
“Can we belive that the sword 
waved in our Civil war was paled 
on white-faced men in defense of 
God-like principles and  God-like 
country? No one can say but that 
when you went forth for the defense 
of your homes and families that you 
drew the sword of the Lord. 
“Henry Ward Beecher in his bi- 
ography is reported to have been 
found in his study by his sister 
moulding bullets, and when she 
asked him what they were for his 
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erim reply was “To kill men.’ He 
also raised money to send rifles to 
the Union army, which the soldiers 
enlléday eechers Frifies!  selinere 
were thousands of others just like 
Beecher who, though they did not 
see service at the front, worked for 
the cause. And when you found a 
man not willing to work for the 
cause you found a coward. 
“The spirit of the sword of the 
Lord is the spirit of true  Christ- 
likeness. There are three elements 
entering into this—the sense of per- 
sonal responsibility that made mil- 
lions of men lay aside work at 
home and go forth and risk their 
lives. They felt this is my country, 
my home; these are my principles. 
It is this same sense of personal re- 
ponsibility we need in this country 
today, and thank God, we _ have 
some such men. 
“Another element is courage— 
not alone the courage of soldiers, 
the brave men who risk their lives 
for their country’s sake. It was 
not alone these men who went into 
the war that had courage. I have 
no need to recall to you those dark 
days when men and women at 
home suffered and prayed, and 
sang songs of joy even when the 
day was dark. All over this land 
we found the spirit of the Lord. 
“Still a third element was the de- 
termined persistence in well doing. 
‘I intend to fight it out along these 
lines if I fight all summer,’ was the 
spirit. 
“But all these elements are ele- 
ments of Christ-likeness. You may 
become Christ-like and feel the con- 
sciousness of God. A man who al- 
ways puts himself on the side of 
right will always come to know 
God. 
“We can best give our testimony 
to these beloved memories, not by 
assembling in the house of worship, 
but by every day deeds of justice; 
not by tears, nor by laying tributes 
on the biers of those whose lives 
and actions we would emulate, but 
by emulation and action we take 
upon ourselves.” 
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