, 1881-09-25
HENRY WARD BEECHER.

HIS Et'LOGY OF GAI:FIELD.
NEW YORK, Sept. .4.-The entire village of
Peckskll tried to puck itself last evening into
tho First Methodist Episcopal Church to parrici-
pate i'll the memorial services to tho late Presi-
dent which had been arrunged for at Il mass
meeting Of the citizens on Tuesday evening last.
Tho church is tho largest in town, but it was en-
tircly too small to accommodate the throuR. and
even after the Presbyterian church adjoining
had been packed with an overflow meeting there
WIS still great crowd in the street unable to
get iu1o either of the buildings The fact that
tho Kev. Henry Ward Beccher WAS to deliver IN
address WAS sufficient of itself to draw the pco-
pie, anG they went thithcr from miles around to
hear their great townsman speak on the subject
OF the universal sorrow. Chaunccy II. Dcpew also
went bck to his native town to participate III
the expsession Of the popular wo. Gen. Hustled
also was on the list OF speakers, which embraced
ali the pastors i'll town US well. The services
opened with the e1quisit rendering of an anthem
by a large volunteer choir. when ThomIs Mel
son, tho Chairman OF the Committee Of Ar
ransemcnts, opened the specchmaking with
few remarks, advising all to get tho lesson Of
fraternul forhearance which the Tragedy pointed,
aud introduced as the Chairman of the evening
Mr. Frederick ". Seward, who made Il brief iu-
troductory address After the adoption by
rising vote OF q set Of resolutions prepared by
Calvin Frost, the Chairman introduced Mr..
Becchcr, saying: - We will be addressed BY
fciow-townsnan whom ycu all know
MI. uEEc1iEK's ADDRESS.
MIR. Beecher was listened to in tho deepest
sileucc; and though he spoke III low. slow
voice, NOT word was lost to single cur. IIe
said 1.-The time will cone when shall have
Il right to expect from competent minds u care
full nnu elaborate biography Of President Gar
field. 1t i'll becomes us Ut this tituc, when we
are I'LL under cloud, III deep sympathy with
one another, that should take tho time in
flights OF fancy and In eloquent periods. This
is funeral service. We are gathered together
tonight as IL household would be gathered where
the father had been stricken down. We are not
a!unc in our sorrow. The world today 1nourus,
Not even when Lincoln was slain WAS there
such universal sympathy. America WAS then
disestcemed by many, lttlo esteemed by
more, loved by few: but now 10 other
nation commands more universal respect, and
respect not fur tho trappings Of monarchy,
not for governmental display, but because she
has become at once full Of strength, brave. hon-
est, and noble; And there is not all organized
Government in the universal world that has not
had Its pulse uuickcued by the impending snr-
row that has come upon us. Crowned heads.
chief Ministers, men of Legislatures every
where. and parliaments, the nob!cst and the
highest, and chiefly the noble Queen OF our
mother country, NIL have taken home this sor-
row into their own household and nude it their
own, and tonight we are ono with the English
speaking world; we are one with tho civilized
world, speaking in every tongue, but with o1c
heart and onc thought Of sorrow and sympathy.
The brave man has gone. | would not shy that
President Garfield was endowed befurc a!!-r.cn,
| but he inherited tho best gifts that God
ever gives to man when he Is born, for
| that which his mother bestowed upon him
| was Il wholesome constitution. ct}uab;c
| temperament, aud noble example OF virtue,
| industry, and frugality. These were as birth
gifts given to him, and he did not frltter them
| AWAY. From lis earliest life he h:ls shown the
| one trait Of high Ideals ind perseverance. fie
/ fought against poverty and trod 1t under foot.
| lie rose from obscurlty aud shonc ns star. He
| fought against every adverse circumstance.
| When the country demanded that uonc OF her
/ sons should quill he pressed forward, mt his
| military history Is 1nurked with the same traits
| that conspicuous throughout his whole
| curccr; and now he that stood where mighty
batteries were helching forth death on every
side, and on the field where thousands Of bullets
were lying, has fallen beneath the single bullet
| Of Lastardly assassin, and when he iay upon the
| he'd of sickness, the same traits were couspicsl-
Gus. He met death, and grapplcd with it, For
a long time tlook cd al IL he would master death
Alas! no. lie Was ripe The measure Of hts
| glory had been filled to him. There was given
to him, us to tho illus,rious Lincoln,
! THE CROWN Or MAl:rYEDoa.
| There Is not a man worthy nf tho natne that
| does not just us much homer the name OF Gar.
field AS If he bad helped to elect hisu- There !:
nu more conflict. only the culm OF un!ec1sa
peace. I look with admiration on the aia1,- witt
profound sympathy upon those who nre nearest
TO him, but even greater admiration upon the