The congregation attending the memorial service in Holy Trinity Cathedral on Sunday was not so numerous.as in former years, and for this reason a passage in the admirable address by the Rev. W. W. Robbins, touching a proneness to forget, may as well be emphasized; for the day is a great one in history and commemorate great deeds. The congregation was very representative, without yoing formally so, there being no military parade for the occasion. Following the form set in previous years, the service was brief, simple and impressive in the best sense of the word. The opening hymn, "God the All-terrible, Thou who ordainest," was followed by a passage from the service for the dead, and then the singing of the beautiful psalm, De Profundis," and the appointed lesson, read by Dean Symons, with its closing words which have been consecrated to the memory of the fallen soldiers: "Their name live th for evermore." Prayers having been said by the Rev. T. W. Hall, the wonderfully impressive ''Recessional" was sung. Buglers and a drummer of the R. M. L. I., standing im the nave, sounded the "Last Post,'' preliminary to the solemn two-minutes' silence, after which ''Reveille" was sounded. The sentiment and faith of Armistice Day were admirably expressed in an address by the Rev. W. W. Robbins, and the service closed with the Blessing, and the singing of the National Anthem.
Mr. Robbins preached from the text Exodus 12, 14: "This day shall be unto you for a memorial and ye shall keep it for a feast. unto the Lord throughout your generations".
A memorial of a great deliver rance given by God at a moment when all seemed dark in the history of the Jews. What words could better express the meaning underlying this day, which has become one of the greatest days in our national calendar?
It is perhaps inevitable that, with the passage of time, the day will lose much of its force in appealing to future generations, but for own selves it must always be one of the outstanding days of the years.
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