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THE SPRINGFIELD ·UNION, SPRINGFIELD, MASS., MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1:;40 ·
At Laurel Vesper Service Yesterday in Granville
Don Jos e Browning Photo
Robed choral sin gers, with trumpet accompaniment, a t Laurel Vespers yesterda y a ft ern oon in Granville ·as event of Laurel Week.
�ONE THOUSANDAT IMPRESSIVE
LAUREL SERVICE
Song and Prayer Turn Granville Hilltop Into Outdoor Cathedral
"Evil in Europe will disintegrate
and give way to a better world as
God h as set greflt processes at work
that wil! bring the ultimate triumph
of right, truth and kindn ess, rather
than the victory of brute force," was
th e message of hope and faith delivered by Dr. James Gordon Gilkey
of Springfield at the Laurel Vespers
In the impressive natural la urel amphitheater on the Phelon hill -top fa rm
In Granville yesterday as one of the
events of Laure; W eek,
Laurel Banl,ed Paths
About a thousand men and women
of all ages and creeds joined in hymns
of praise and the ringing notes of
"God Bless America," w ith the old
New En gla nd organ accompaniment
played by Mrs. George Bailey. Passin~ a lon g laurel-banked paths to the
hill-top, visitors from m a ny cities and
states stood amidst the laurel and
j uniper facing a natur a l stage h ewn
out of g rey l edges in ages past and
,set with lau rel and pines pointing
in to the deep blue sky.
V\Tinding up the pine-screene dpaths
on eith er side of the stage, the lllack
and white robed choral singers ent er ed singing "God of Our Fathers,"
·w ith trumpet accompaniment. Appropriately then came t h e song
~1th
words written b y Miss Elisabeth ~.msl ow, "There'9 Laurel on the Hills, as
sun ~ by the trio. The chorus sang,
"Th~ Lost Chord." and Mrs. Ida Lyons
S cott musical director, sang a solo,
"If I' but Lift Mine Eyes." The choral
progra m incluaed "Oh God Our H elp
One Thousand
(Continued from First Pag·e)
in Ages Past," and ·. "Fariest Lord
Jesus," tb.e Crusaderf' hymn . .
"Just as God has put the processes
of the corning of the spring and the
rebirth of this g lorious . laurel bloom
after it bas lain dormant under win ter snow, and i:s the dawn comes after night, there are processes below
the surfaces of history that give stability, strength and m ean ing to lire,''
sa id Dr. Gilkey in his inspirational address. "We cannot stop the corning of
spring or dawn , and man cannot interfere with them . Neither can we
interrupt or delay the moral forc es
that are God's processes.
Moral Truths Live On
"There are moral laws and truths
in which we may find courage to face
t h ese tragic times. The triumpl1 or
right is a moral law written on tablets of eternity . . Falsehood, cruelty
and unrighteousness must go down to
·defeat and at long last the Ideals
of truth and righteousness will win
their way to a better world. Some of
the processes in the world which give
u s courage today are:
"First: there are many m en and
women who have brave ideals for society and tons of bombs cannot destroy these ideals ".Vhicb seek friendship not slaughter, co-operation, not
killing.
"Second, n ew leader s w!I! arise.
Even if violence and hatred everrun
Europe, in a rnillil,n homes in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France
and other countries boys and g irls
will b e trained to thin!~ courageou"
thoughts and to plan a world organized around friendship, not rorce. By
and by, when those boys and g-irls
become . new leaders, they will bring
about a happier day. Men go down In
slaughter, but strong men keep corning on th r ough the generat ions.
"Third, evil is se,lf-destructive. This
is the r ecord of all history. Down
throug hth e -ages the n ations have
fallen from want of righteousness.
~'bey will again.
"Fourth, whatever his race, the
Christian belives •that God gives every
human being new life after death.
Just as this beauty that surrounds us
r ises each spring with new . life and
n ew beauty, so •
We -believe the personality continues its growth in some
new realm as one of the processes
God has put into ,Jife" .
Kindly Hospitality
Winding down pathways cut deep in
laurel, P,i nes anrt juniper, men and
women passed through the laurel re•
servation gateway to find a _friendly
greeting from the kindly owriers of
the laurel hill-top pasture, Mr. and
Mrs. Austin T. Phelon. The greyhaired farmer pumped cool ;well-water
for the strangers at bis gate, and gladly shared with them the beauty Nature had lavished on that rocky New
England farm.
Each day throughout Laurel Week,
some farmer shares his la urel-laden
pastures wit h all who care to enjoy
the laurel displays. On Tuesday there
will be members of thP, Westfield River Parkway Association to guide those
who wish to j oin the laurel tour leaving Grandmothers' Gardei:i at 3 o'clock.
The route will take th em to Major
Nelson Farm, W est Gran ville and
Granville State Forest. At 6.30 there
will be a strawberry ice cream supper
served in Old Academy Hall, West
Granville by the ladies of the town .
Reservations :should be made with
Mrs. George H. Aldrich, telephone,
West Granville, 3269.
For those who wish to visit the
West Granville
laurel reservation
without joining the tour. the route
will follow r oute 10 to Southwick, turn
right at church onto route 57 and procP.ed a lon g the \)ea1,1tifµl gorge road
to West Granville w'here the laurel
reservation gatew~y .,xiU be see11 un
the left. The staie for est road is a
left-hand road just before r ea ching
the Major Nelson farm .
State I'olice r eceived many complim ents for th(l _manner in which they
handled the heavy traffic at the Laurel
Vespers service w:~en the long line of
automobiles with r egistration plates
from Florida, Illinois, Virginia, N ew
York, Connecti<.:ut and Massachusetts
joined the procession on Phelon Hill ,
West Granville, two miles beyond
Cobble Mountain R -~servoir.
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Laurel Vesper Service At The Phelon Farm, Granville. June 23, 1940
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Springfield Union account of a service held at the farm of Austin T. Phelon on Sunday, June 23, 1940. Article published on June 24.
A remarkable event attended by over 1000 people during "Laurel Week." Dr. James Gordon Gilkey of Springfield delivered a message focused on recent events in Europe and belief in the "triumph of right, truth and kindness, rather than the victory of brute force."
He predicts that, "New leaders will arise. Even if violence and hatred overrun Europe, in a million homes in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, France and other countries boys and girls will be trained to think courageous thoughts and to plan a world organized around friendship, not force."
This service took place just 16 days after the start of the London blitz during which the Germans bombed London 56 of the following 57 days and nights. Continuous bombing lasted until May 1941. In December 1941 Germany declared war on the United States shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the United States responded in kind.
Seventy three of tiny Granville's citizens would serve in World War II. Randolph Brooks and Donald Frisbie would lose their lives in battle.
By the end of World War II in 1945 it is estimated that there were 60-85 million civilian and military deaths worldwide.
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23 Jun 1940
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The Springfield Union, Springfield, Mass.
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From the collection of Muriel Dickinson Leslie.
Generously loaned to the Granville Library Historical Room for digitizing by Darcy and Julie Clifford.
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