Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-01
Affairs on the Virginia Side.


| MEMORIAL SERVICES AT FALLS cHURcH-uNroN
| REPUBLICAN CLUB.
Correspondence Of THE EvExma srAR.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. Sept. 26th. 1881.
The members of the various churches Of this
| village met to-day at 10 o'clock am, at the N.
f. Church South, Rev. Smith, pastor, to have
memorial services with reference to the late
| President of the United States. There were
! several pieces Of music performed BY the choir
during the exercises. The solo (soprano) In the
piece 1.-The Sweet BY and By" was sung, with
fine effect. The Rev. Charles Ball, of the II. e.
church, made the opening prayer.
! Judge J. II. Gray was first called on for re-
marks. He said that the religious portion of
our people Tor the past eighty days had been es-
| pecially, a praying people, asking God to spare
| to the Nation the life Of the President. The
| question was raised in this fact with regard to
| the disposition Of God to answer favorably
| prayer. He believed that God had answered
| these prayers in accordance with His superior
wisdom: He had no doubt but that the Presi-
dents life had been prolonged by God in answer
to the PRAYERS of the people, until they were
prepared to expect, and the President to sue
coed Gen. Garfield to give happy promise OF a
wise and satisfactory administration OF public
affairs.
The Rev. Mr.. HohtelIem, OF the Methodist
church, was called on. His idea was that in
President Garfeld's life, character and action.
there was an example for the people to emulate
He had shown the possibilities OF human ele-
walton. And now the question Ia, will we under
take to step up higher as q people?
The third speaker was the Rev. Mr.. Thomas,
OF the Baptist church. He began by referring
to one Of the legends Of ancient Rome concern
ing the sinking of the earth In the forum, form
ing great chasm that could not be filed up.
The auspices were consulted and the informa-
ton was given ''that the ohasm could not be
filled except by throwing into it that on which
Zones greatness was to be based and then the
state should prosper" N. Civitius declared
| that Rome possessed no greater treasure than q
brave and gallant citizen in arms. He offered
himself as the demanded victim. He mounted
his stead and leaped into the abyss, which soon
closed up. He was the sacrifice for Roman
crime. President Garfield was the sacrifice for
our national shortcomings, reasoned Mr..
Thomas
Spencer A. Coe followed Rev Mr. Thomas.
The effect of the assassns act was stunning to
the whole nation. The national calamity had
cloud that had overhung the whole nation would
be found to have silver lining. The nation
shall rise from its severe trial renewed In pur-
pose and with higher accomplishments
the M HSsse Of your city remarked on
one of the highest examples in the life of lanes
A. GARFIELD, one every way worthy of emulation
ne reierred 70 him as model statesman. Chris
tian, son. husband, and father
me last speaker was the presiding elder.
Rev. Mr.. Gardner, of the N. E. Chnrch Sonth'
He was decidedly able and eloquent. He said
there was IN the character Of the late President
the highest and the brightest inspiration to the
young men OF this land. He had had his atten-
u 70 Drawn TO Gen. Garfield all the atters public
mendable The late President he had observed
following ms line Of duty unostentatiously and
unanected by the gayety, glitter and pomp of
the world He attended stfll after he became
PRESIDENT, the plain modest little church Of the
christian society In Washington.
In the evening the republican club had
memorial sUviccs 1t the cOl0fed NJ. E. church.
s. A. Coo, ]. n. Thorn. O. Fits Rev. Hohtel-
lem and others made brief addresses. lisa.