“COMRADES IN ARMS.”’, 
Subject of Sermon by Manchester Pastor at 
Memorial Service Last Sunday. 
Union memorial services were held last 
Sunday morning at the Baptist church, 
Manchester, with sermon by the pastor, 
Rev. E. Hersey Brewster, assisted by Rev. 
Vincent Ravi, formerly of Winchester. 
Members of Allen Post marched from 
their headquarters under escort_of Col. 
Rev. E. Hersey BRewstTerR 
H. P. Woodbury camp, S. of V., and 
these with the members of Allen Relief 
Corps occupied seats in the center of the 
church. 
After the usual opening services, scrip- 
ture lesson and prayer by the Rev. Mr. 
Ravi, the pastor welcomed the veterans 
to the church in a few brief remarks. 
The choir sang “‘March on, March 
on.”’ 
““Comrades in Arms’’ was the subject 
of Rev. Mr. Brewster’s sermon, his text 
being: “‘For we wrestle not against flesh 
and blood, but against principalities, a- 
gainst powers, againstthe rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world, against spiritual witk- 
edness in high places. ““(Eph. 6: 12.) 
He said in part. 
“Tt is perfectly true that everybody ad- 
mires a soldier. Perhaps in no country 
does a soldter get his due as in ours. We 
could pay no better tribute to our Grand 
Army than in the institution of Memorial 
Day. ‘Today the whole nation bows its 
head with the veterans at the tombs of 
their comrades. A great tide of national 
sympathy extends over our broad land. 
And it is well that this should be so. 
“Tt would be quite interesting to go 
over the list of men to see who are today 
occupying places of trust in our civic life. 
Offices of trust are given to these men 
who followed the flag in’61. In a phil- 
anthropic way, too, there isa demonstra- 
tion of this appreciation, for the pension 
list at Washington tells us this. 
“‘Now what are the reasons for this. 
Philosophy has given one answer: that in 
the heart of every man there is a primeval 
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something that responds to the military. 
“History says that no body of men 
has ever acted as the men of the army 
of ?61. No men ever went into a struggle 
as these men. They sought not aggrand- 
izement, nor graft; patriotism did it. 
““The gospel tells us that all men are 
soldiers; that there is comradeship that 
always existed in the world; that all men 
have that in them which responds to the 
call of God. All men have been soldiers. 
From the day when he ceased to be a 
slave until God made him free man has 
been a soldier. 
“Men are struggling against sin. They 
have battled against temptation and the 
struggles of life, but by God’s grace and 
help the race is still moving on and we 
are all ‘comrades in arms.’ 
“‘T believe that the real battle was not 
always against flesh and blood, the real 
battlefields not those with names such as 
we attribute to our fields of battle; our 
foes not of flesh and blood, but ‘wrestl- 
ing against principalities, powers, spirit- 
ual wickedness in high places.’ 
‘“Slavery was one ofthe devil’ s ownin- 
stitutions—one of the ‘principalities.’ 
Who can tell what spiritual hosts hovered 
above the fields where you fought? You 
were battling against evil and therefore 
something more terrible to meet than foes 
of flesh and blood. We will come to 
see that real battlefields of the Civil War 
were places where righteousness swarmed 
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the battlements of evil. 
‘“The war.is still on. We today are 
wrestling; we are seeking victory against 
the principalities and powers; we are 
battling against spiritual hosts of wicked- 
ness, and therefore we are comrades in 
arms against this. 
“I do not think the best friend of the 
veteran is the politician, but the ones 
who are fighting against graft and for 
purity and freedom in ofhce,—the men 
and women who are banded together for 
purity in office are with you. ; 
This broad, deep comradeship calls 
three things to our attention: (1) to an 
understanding of this conflict and to a 
true appreciation of this spiritual conflict. 
(2) The ideal of the struggle. We are 
seekinga better country where there is 
peace and light. (3) The suggestion of 
an equipment. But how shall we equip 
ourselves? “Wherefore take unto you the 
whole armour of God.’ This comrade- 
ship calls us to this equipment that we 
might battle against the foes which we 
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