The Portland daily press., 1884-02-27

Memorial service Geld by Co'orel ttizens
of Portland Yesterday.

The colored citizens of Portland held a
Phillips memorial service at the Nswbury
street church Last evening The attendance
was quite large. The musical FrogI amme Tor
the occasion Was as follows:
Fone al Mach. Mr.. G. NJ. Wilson, O. ganist.
ChantIT + N Be Done sung ~ ~ b.. he hoir.
Only Remembered. Solo by Miss Tie e Ks
Closing hymn ........ B. he cholr'
Osniri n. @ ice, OF Lewiston, presid' d, aud
introduced Rev. John @. Wilson, pastor OF the
church, who read appropriate seltc'i"rs from
the &c 'iptures. Payer was then # red by
Nv. Mahlan Van Fl rue, pastor of the Uuion
Congregational church at Newport L [. Mr.,
Gfice then made the openiug address.
NIB eRIcE's address.
The tears OF nation, SAID Mr.. Grice, are
more eloquent Testimonial u worth Il al the
most els quoi oraIiOn. Que by one the great
Champions 81 human hheity nrs Numbered
ta tie dead. The life Of Wendell Phi lips
was ~"hderf' aud q, rious. H. 1887 h. cared
to IDENTITY himself with tie u, tl-slAvery
m"vtin'n :, aud tow that lie is d. a II Us d.
t'ns that We thank G fer the service he ren-
der-d tot He did not sas the Al We IL nottg-
ing TO n'e, sm hot saw" but h. considt r.
ed everyone TO be a ut NIB of that brother
hood that makes M the Kingdom OF God.
Rev. Nathan Van Horne was then intro
duccd and delivered au eloquent grafton, OF
which the following is An abstract:
Mr.. VAN RNE's ADDRE4s.
God calls his agents 60 DO his work i'll all
ages. The slave ship that landed on the
shores Of the j mes river aud the siip that
srousht the Pilsrims TO Plymouth Rock reach
ed hire the same yea almost at the same time
aud ths td' a ol liberty, aud the des OF slavery
-FOUR he'd as IL were side by side; INT the r'ght
e"us idea grew slowly, and the 1861 century
f"dnd men dIscassing the qaesliun OF lin rtt
1t WAS mock ry tn say "a nen are err 1T j
free and tQus" while slave marts tx,si.,l .
while tho naSing and SELF OF human being,
formed an iDP rtsnt part OF the comm.rc- of
SEVERAL oil tue states, when the right OF prop
erty IN slaves was respected. Wendell Phil
Inns ie dead. We ielt sad when told that he
had gene. bright light was put out that
DAY; mighty defender Of freedom has fallen
IL he nj ISL Of the btttle Trn-, the IL OK
m u tree. b there are still discriminati q
10 IS to be agilsted sgaitst.
". ndoii Phillips IL dead, and his de tn j.
s'"thei evidence that human activity must
cesss D. low. that de"th mu / nqn-r. Blu
how prt cio as 10 tt'e memars of SUCH a hero, so
ell o'ian 81 brave. so t u-; how mighty " ~
his ! sic, how irrtsi tiblo. He wts often in
d 'hs-r, m-naced Dy MODS, hut he never
Yielded, bit held Tart to tins A mericau idea
liberty ~ a'"st th'~e who were ready do
any u We Can sCt.
He bell sed TINT slavery degraded the m as
ter we'll as tho SLAVE, that it deti acted ir IN
his M np@d. He felt to that il wss vi ,k+d
=" live as isl'a neD, to t,lk of iib.rty whln
trying 70 destroy 10 Aud he derired to bring
.he nation n-ster t1 G. n, for the mlle OF @ d
Is fs. He know there could bs no peace
made with robg, for while uDe slave was cid
l" eohdage there could be peAce, for tte
ss'tr oi b. Fly as abr al II b. ianI
Evrry speech that Wendell PhiGlps de,iv-
raj ..f all
'Ine Came when the ton went school -
thit ~hhderfni ast tor, aud harmed OF him,
ahd when death Game, even tue most rabid of
S.u'hern papers had some thug to say ia
IFaise oi hi arnsstness lad ils 4tchle gs /.
qa-Sc-. Fhe m who Is right mus be- som
LIRE in the majority, Tor right will always
WIN lis the end.
Ills arsums nts could not be answered.; his
Il qnsnce WAS tidal wave that swept ali be.
toi It,.
He vas bread man. He did not find the
anif-slavery movement enough. He was
mighty on the temp rance pla form. He ess
poused the caDse OF men; he advocated
many causes. He was so br al man tina all
that concerned humanity il T. Tested him. HIS
earnest pl' for suffering lroland as amo <
iIa mob est II irt-, bnt no did not torgt his
old friend, The blaek man; and perha ps his last
cubic act WAS IT, consult with commit tt. Q Of
saiorsd me- IN 'st'D, In res ard t, prup ,sed
'Ritaiion iscr'mnsting laws, yet in force
IN ~aitno fI Inc SLA6S.
And his to- d.r care for his invalid wife, now
ieft TO the loving charge OF u grateful people,
showed how deep aud true nature was his
Peace be to him.
At the close OF Mr.. Van Horne's address, Mr..
q. l. Raos offered the following resolutions,
which were adopted:
Whereas, The colored citizens Of Portland, Me-,
bay. le trned Mi.h pr found sorrow of the recent
d cea-e of Wen'ieu Phillips, ther. fore BE- it
Res0fUed, hat la tue doAth OF Wehde PHILLIPS
humanity his 8 sincere advocate o hJmau
righ 8, the poor and oppressed devoted frie.ai,
and tue cause OF human progress 81 quent
oiat r..
Resotoed- That his heroic etfors In behalf of the
bias man 10 the Uni oil States both beto e and
ter emancip ,iioa, d mis- generous endeAvors TO
pr more their wetare Will he lie d ty hem Ia
gTatefu renpmdrance
Res0 red, That hose tons be tublisheffn
tie Pr land naiy papers, aud copy of The sane
DO transmitiei 10 hi' family.
q. A. Woodbury., E,q., ia an interesting adj
dress Traced the history of the sDti-s avery
movement, and spoke of Mr.. Phillips conuec-
zion with IT,
The service closed with The benediction by
Rev. MIR. Va II rue.