NELSON MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13653, 19 February 1913, Page 4 (Supplement)

NELSON MEMORIAL SERVICE.

LARGE DEVOTIONAL GATHERING

Th» School of Music was not largo ctoSSu tTSold the g«at number-ot the congregation. ..(service E. Lambqrt (Baptist), Mes,r». U^G^^f^n^V^% God, Our Help in Ages Pa«t » tho Bflv. J... P K^pthorneread the sentence, >: St Tolin xi 25-26; Job xix, 25; 1 lim., vi 7. The first lesson Psalm xc was i w ATv H P. Mourant, attei Si*VßirVE. Lambert offered. ° Tlwßov- J- H. MacKemsio,in an ad-thn-ico pnd snow. Captain Scott con-., X ™ hi* message to the publicthat £ bowed" to the will of Providence And tho epitaph on the monument erected over the Waves of the last three to Perish was: "The Lord gave, and the Trvrrl tikuth iwav Blessed be the N^of the Lori'' The people desired to consider what tlwi. S^^L iSc"mean for those present. There -y^ciQ many aspect, in which thoy^uld^neider it, and meditate on. it. Everywhere sacrifice was tho cost of. progress That was true from the suffering of t c mother in the home right up to the pain of Christ, who died on the Cross There were some still living that could recaff the day ß when the nation was touched with the deepest emotion at tho loss of the John *J^J" expedition in 1845. It was in'4*-hefoie relics of the expedition were found and tho nation was still in suspense in '59 when an expedition was despatched in search of the lost explorers The same story of sacrifice centied round David Livingstone, alter whose death was awakened world pathy for the sufferings of the Afncan Savi. Tlio result was that the natign demanded that the' African slave traffic SJT-dAffi Roman empire there had been «},CK)O,----000 slaves, and men were regarded in the light of how many siaves the) owned? Christ c.amo and set all these free by his. death upon the Cross. A few years ago the English nation was stirred at the news oi the departure,or some groat English, scholars to teach tho fosuel as missionaries in. unina. Why^wS the nation stirred ? Because tho people recognised the; sacrifice made of then- opportunities at Home- tor the enlightenment of the neatfcen peoplaof China. What contribution did the Pcop]« intend to made for the help ot then fellow men, and for the g.ory ot.theii G°»Rock of Ages" was sung, then the Fecund .lesson was read by the R*i W. S. Lucas, followed by a prayer by Mr G D. Verco. ■* His'Lordshio Bishop Sadlier, m an ■address, snid'that in contemplating the national calamity the first thoughts must bo that God, who -wna our Fathoi, l-now whst-was best, loved us ami bec>uso he 'loved us would do what was Host "He- nothing does, or allows t« be <l"ono. but thou wouklsj do tho^.iinve if" thou could see the end as well asHe ;) In a tireo of calamity it was -ivell to think nf thought,, suggested by in "in- VAih\]v. life After, all. a national calamity bad its sanctifying influence. Thorn w.ero thn^ important fecU contondod for in public utterance* "•■"1 tlie Fror^s o'^K'fnnns.r nic l-ns-3 ol tll<3 Polar party. Such a calamity had a st"'uiying and aoboriug tiiect, on the national li^e in the onward rush for wealth' and fame. It brought _us in touch with thoso things that fflvo. subBtanpp to life, -and it made ufi think that tikmi :uo, npt to- dif';credil> actual,.6acn(ico and true nobility. -W* were not !ikn tho .n,;iimak, whicli v/^ro unnftected liv'r. public sorrow, but, being flocialbeiit'«; we felt the* sorrow when it oaine tor other P»oole. Aszain-, a national calamity give expression to feelings which other times people too sbv and rosenxnl to give. The do-ni-h of tho noble Captain Scott and his fel10W.C-. would brine the pe-oplo back tn n roaliftation of thfir wn true «"d noble i'ec;lino;s,'V.-hicl) were always in _+ho Ih'jI'ln.n h^art. Tlic^o would bo ca.locl ti\ ft nnd show tliat the human: heart still ••iiV'.»i g tnif. In roading Captain .-Scott's last message there -yrvk .an. nbsonc.^ of unhealtbv r-nifition and-'morbid ox^'ifce-ln-Gnt whitih often ehriractorifird last vnf^ip<>acs. Instead there AV.a^/'.IL Bri-, ti.".l>" hnnc.'-tv .-vul conrag?°. and .-. thft w.hicli Tccnlled ti-e-. words,. "T^t us sneak Irue-of our neitrhbour." -Such a cabin-, ity.lmcl a- vemssurii'.g effect also. H^v !>s',->".p.iiil'v,: do>e« a nationaVcalainitv ovriko.-sstrouff1 feelings of emotion M'hon it is tho:TCSxilt of .«<?lf^sacT%e, .which ,iis the -.law. undervwhidi-,; Wf*; liyei and the seprft -of our: being." ~■■ Th^-ri^ceftsitiois and'luiurieiS:. of otir'life' are^ by

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tho sufferings of millions in tho world. Our government, civic laws, science, and. \Hjligion have all been bought for us. by blood shod for us by those who Uave devoted thomsolves to those causes. The speaker likened the career of Captain Scott to those of Father Damien, who died after a life's service in alleviating the .suffering, of lepers; young Madcap, who for fourteen years held out in Central Africa and-finally secured British sovereignty thre; and, the groat Vienna physician who after devoting 'his' ©nei*gies to reducing tho death rato of babies due to bloodpoisoning from -27 per cent to 1 per sent, perished from this ailment. A ■ nationality which has struggled, soldiers that-have-stood in tho fierce heat of battle, man and wife who have passed through madness andipain, have been brought closer together by sacrifice. The great Haw' of self-sacrifice prevails in all the world, &o was it any wonder, •that the Son of God when he oam e > redeem the world chose 'this law to &avo 'the woiM'by'his death upon .the Tree at Calvary. A's people entered the dim sanctuary tii .sorrow they .saw the writings upon tho wall, at first so mixed, collecting themselves, and forming -a compact whole, and one definite design. They mourned the loss of these southern heroes, and desired'to express their sorrow at their deaths. The Bishop concluded his remarks by the lines from "Julius Caesar": ■ • '

.. . ...-■ "Now cracks a. noble heart, Sweet angels'sings theo to thy rest."

Tho hymn, "Abide with Mo" was succeeded by Bisliop Mules leading the congregation in tho Lord's Prayer. A Benediction was then .pronounced by Bishop Sadlier. At the conclusion, the "Dead March" was played by the Citizens' Band.

Mr. Wood) acted, as organist during the singing of the hymns. The .hall was kindly lent by Messrs.' John Fuller and Sons who cancelled their performance to allow the service to be held in the School of Music.

At the Theatre Royal last evening tho pictures were stopped for five minutes while the orchestra played the Dead March in Saxil in memory of tho late Captain Scott and members of-the exploration party who lost their lives while returning fro mthe South Pole.