New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-23
EMERSON DAY AT CONCORD.
MEMORIES OF THE POEI AND Philosopher
ADDRESSES By TIE REV. DIR. BAETOi, W. I. HAIR
RIs AND oTHERs-POEM BY MR.. ALCOIr.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE IRBUNEl

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ADDRESSES By THE REV. DIR. BAEToi4 W. T. HAIR
| Rls AND OTHERs-POEM By MR.. ALCOIr.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNEl
| Co~coED Mass July 22.-The School of Phlloso-
phy. and the whole town of Concord as well to-day
| paid tribute to the memory of Ralph Waldo Emer-
| son The Town Hall was filed by cultured audi
encc when the services opened at - o'clock. Above
| the platform was an oil painting of Mr.. Emerson
| taken twenty years ago. Around TINS
were entwined the National colors.
| portrait in front of the platform
represented him IN his riper age. The usually bare
walls were prettIy decorated. and evergreen was
everywhere visible. On eithersd of the desk were
! large mausolcums Of evergreen. On the platform
| there was a bust of Emerson, with wreath on tHe
brow. contributed by Miss Alcott. Columns of
sweet peas and wild flowers from the nelghborng
woods were on every hand These decorations
were arranged by the young ladies OF Concord
There were present, among others, Mrs. Ednah ID.
Cheney DR.. McCosh George Parsons Lathrop. DIR.
| Wilder. the Rev DR.. Holland, Mrs. Julia Ward
| Howe and Mr. Alcott.
The services opened with prayer by the Key. Dr..
! Holland of Chicago.
The principal event of the morning, was an
address bv the Rev. DR.. C.. A. Bartol on " The Ma
| tnre of uowledge-Emerson's Way" In it he
| said:
feel the magnetism from the name Of one
never accounted unbcl wing save by rucl as he had
scared OF sight OF INTO the heaven OF aith' II can
| bring back Tor a moment mat light Of our day
which Emerson was. il VIII he sober joy for to nave
and shared M, love not demon-tratyc bee iOath 70
ASK any return, l. "A mcmoraole privilege lie Is h.t
dead nor IN the past Is il for being old and Tor
~ those ye Inow are gone 40 particular ia
| vor IRON an acquaintance with Emerson would
~ rU,er""n,s Genius was love for all But we are not
| IN
mint Of his imagery as Of god ne power lal auS MS
bright and uuwOrn, was an offspring o tue wedding
OF matter and MIND. lie had foreglim OF the unity OF
the secret in tie shape. the outward and in
ward to him Of equal worth the unaparen' INV 'oie
eternal power and Godhead were pre- III i7 NieM as
much I'm the Apostle Paul's. ana AS though ne were
| wiring the Episfle to the Romans lie was inspired
influenced sent In the execution o. ms oIu,I9 'o H
not artisan. bat an artist always seeing the one
! which makes the unity aud the universe; i,
He was offended az the hlnt uat spun. i-nt c Wv, t
result matter made very thin lie saIcd at or 'iIer
star lie liked BOnapart, : word History n fable
agreed upon" AID wrote: " Time distributes INTO sum
spiritual homUopath, the hi CHEST potency III tine largest
! dluton, ana tremendous forces IN the icaSi space
il not the quantity but action under the SKIN that
Affects The agnostic that most refined specimen OF
intellectual world considers impcrtlneht an culo7!
beyond phenomena aud their laws. nu, s'l-
| non complete Yet every important question sim re-
mans Whence how wnHT "n t onTc If that
Are we blown from tLe nebule Who blew that huge
bubble aud how did Won step from or to II l. Is wicked
10 brand as usc,s. curiosity Of which nature IN and
out l- the prOmptcr On rms everlasting ground
rest philosophy and religion which are more than sci
cncc Tnis nucrscnslbe, supersOar, Aupcr aurdl not
! IN the OF miracle or violated avs lao" steadily
| Emerson taught, " Let who VII Wrahst' VIII Won
der" this is to be idealst, and not mleralist
such he WAS lie may have made strong statements
which, unqualified look the oih"r way as When e,ays
A man part OF the landscape" But lie mobiles ms
! own extra, agauce oar obj cuops to HIM are mostly
scored hio own pages bis critics are Ike dogs that
| "A i!S own premises Formed Tor the ad-
ming of beauty IN nature, he yet peiceyes the peril
that herself with her ideas may seluce
size -lrccre with whom me SOU commits adultery
in Withdrawing its WORSHIP rom God Emerson behcli
both I'D and rom tie hear' OF God he derived the
sacred drops ~ life.
hcnsive. practical view of principles, out only Keen
single u, rcepious fatally certain within whatever held
fncooiic lie IN Sulattd sum- as were
| Milton Dante Wordsworth; an island rather than u
and the ghiy Browning Is not. His ST le Is crisp aud
in-u T; he Himself Is obo without seam all of one
ton of beads to be strung, AL belonging together by
their perfect shape aud nue. pat The Dert lines are Ike
a succession OF rockets with their fierce saes, shining
~ ,.' pn,s say are song, not syilpn6ne, ode,
not dramas. Bur there was tune IN his mind 80 con
l,nersnn drl,entrd m "A good voice and no man had
better; this sag" bard too, supreme on this side
the sea. and destined To rurN all the rest lis strains
are mis- cnuipgs of nature, sounds the wind blow
ing where IL .tr 10" tdngs from some ar-Oh eel, s,al
shore arcuated but not created VITA any cunning ven
trloquisu lie ride, aud conNerees with the Lord; he
PITCHES his key he listens TO repeat some sertphic
STRAIN ard receive and communicate Is the highest
INC -tateents OF our time will pass away before
lights or be made trivial by deeper dsccrnmcut; but
long language lasts those real en- RANGES 81 Cod
| which We call poetic Will display that " house OF
| many mansions" IN which they are practlsed and to
whose spacious feeities hey lead
There is but one edge Of battle IN modern thought all
other controversies trcs to this whether come
Of the uncertain unal!vc ana UNAWARE az LIVING one
Is seadc substance and essence all is what we call
sou an expression, aeci lent incident only oil that
resent rrpudate the quacks But nm De So lei me go
accidentally as came. care not now soon; am not
grateful that exist and there Is no Oiasphemy IN 80
yng as, 10y 7ugposton 'neIe is none lHr me 10 oas
phcmc. NObodys feelings are hurt, nobody Is there
Bur We are not at the end I'm of years the whole
new popular form 81 knowledge may change COD May
show Ills agnu, but lie VIII not do II through ne
yelopment theory My friends lie has MOI nGt
countonance. But that religion may be power
there must be common con essiOn church. Liner
son feared the excuses 81 lddcash aud went 10 meet
ing egularly IN his last days count II spiritual as-
sent in IN. not All mte ctual assent III hin To Emei
sous school OF Character VINO Wouu nor Dcomb ~, Di1
any one know him and not take lesson III NOBILITY !
| What iebuke did envy need out rom MS look No
courtesy TO oilers bat he owed TO himself! Could man
nets finer than bloom the gencalogc tree OF earis
"mce ranked All companies Where mankind sits is
the head OF me table, II not to boas but 10 bow
Emerson wa one Of those with the power Of drawing
rom me upper atHiospneIe, ToPJu ~ 'o 1 u
il worth whie TO live AT a " II there be gods IL good
| to live; II there be none, 1t is pleasant 10 die"
| Following DIR. Bartol were "Ion a Monody on
| Emerson" by a. bronson AlcOtt and short remarks
| Oh " Emerson asa Poet" by Joel Benton, of Armenia,
NY Mrs julia Ward Howe and others then par
ticipated IN a discussion Of the merits Of this won
derful Genius The principal addresses Of the after
noon session were those OF Professor W. 1. Harris
Oh The Dialectcal Unity in Emrrson's Prose- y
and of John Albee, oil Newcastle n. H., on "Emel-
| son and ThOreauD