With a service impressive through Its sheer simplicity, the war dead were remembered on Sunday at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Armistice Day ceremonies under the auspices of the United Services Association, Long before the hour set for service, scores of dignitaries, army and navy. officers and representatives patriotic allied organizations fled {nto the church to musie played on the Cathedral lawn by the band of VMS. Cumberland. The band chose tunes with military smartness. that recalled all of the tradition that has. buill, the Empire, and reminded all of the deep significance of the day. Long after 10.30 a.m, dozens eager pay tribute to England's heroic dead, crowded into the' church where: standing room only was available uniforms in evidence re. duties of the present, the: Union Jack hung at halt mast to the. right of the altar no less reminded fof sacrifices in the past. A congrogation representative of every walk of ite tu Shanghai's foreign Settlement assisted in. the services, for which Mr. Kenneth Brand, chairman of the United Services Association, read the'
Tmmediately on the stroke of 1 o'clock, the Fall of drums from the. Fear of the church sounded the solemn warning for a two minutes' Silence and meditation dedicated to the memory of those who fell on the attlenelds in the years of 1914 to 1018, Only when "The Last Post" was' done and the brasses sounded "Reveille" "was the Union Jack. raised on the staff. In a momentary hush, Dean A. C. S, Trivett surveyed the huge congregation, and then, his voice strong with the conviction he felt, he reminded the living of their Inherited trust and warned of the disastrous consequences of forgetful ness in the possibility of another Basing his address on St. John, 1 13, "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends," Dean Trivett proceeded, reminding his congregafon of the words carved on the stone above the Unknown War tier's grave in Westminster Abbey, "The most that man can give, Life it~ self, for God, For King and Country, for Loved Ones, Home and Empire, for the Sacred Cause of Justice and the Freedom of the World"
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