Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-05

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Sir Moses Monteiiore HAT made
! the Earl of Bcacousiield possible,
! Not only England and his race but the
whole world eau call him bicsycd. How
! beautiful tho story of his help to tho
| oppressed of Spain, Italy, France, Rus.
| sia, Turkey Airica aud Palestine. For.
/ getful Of self, uumindful of danger cN.
| posed to disease, in peril by land and
| sea, no part OF CaJth was too remote Tor
him to 60 when thero was
wrong hG could help to
| right or. suffering no could assnagc.
| During his busy lilo lac made soycn trips
to Palestine. the first in 1877, when 10
| years old; the last fifty years later, when
lie was 30. Tho rejoicing ut his coming
aud tho warm welcoming from tho
thousands to whom his presence meant
| comfort shelter, food, raiment-ayo, frc-
queHtly life itsclf-who can dcscriheg
He was not sectlrian in his charity. All
were Gods poor who needed SuccOr.
| When sending money 10 those suffering
from cholera ia Smyrna in 1865 he wrote;
I'VE have sent you money as you have
asked, for the Jews; but our practice ia
life has been to give aims without con
sidoration of race or creed How sweet
the prolonged life devoted to such uscs.
His became
IAN ace that nclts with unpcncivol decay
And glidcs in modest innOcenCe away;
Whose peaceful day beneyocuce ondcars,
Whose night congrdtulattng conscience
Tho general favotlte, as the general friend,
Such age there is and VINO shast wish Ia cndT'
What cventful history and wonderful
changes this observing life of 2 full CEN
tury witnessed! l1Stto 1881 From little
to much! From the cold gray Of the
early morning to the bright cfftIlgeneo of
midday. From tho dtmncss OF tho
nickcring candle To tho steady glare of
the electric light! Born when George Ill
was king" he saw the trouble to tho state
arising from the insanity of the oldest of
the Georges, and was mature man OF
nearly 40 years, when tho last of the
fools and prctcndcrs called George the
fourth of that name, assembled the throne.
He lived through the reign of William Nv
and welcomed the present queen mother
of England to London, whom she camo to
power, nearly half n century ago. lilo
was well grown boy when Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinette rode in the tunl-
bril- on their way to the guillotinc, fol-
lowed by the howling mob of Paris. He
saw us rulers of France, Napoleon
emperor, Charles X, Louis Philippe
Napoleon III and the many presidents of
the frequently recurring republic.
He lived through the terms OF every
president of our own native land, intel
iigcntly observed the course of every
chef executive from Washington 20
Cleveland, and watched with interest the
growth from the original thirteen to the
existing thirty eight states, from three
million to sixty million free people, He
may have heard somo of tho trial of War
rem Hastings and been enchanted by tho
clouuence of Pitt, Fox and Sheridan.
Boy and man together he could have
listened to Mirabeau and Gambetta He
was u youth Interested in affairs when
Bonaparte, the young Corsican was first
heard of dealing out Geld lead and iron
hail to the Partisan mob. As young man
he watched "the little giant as his sharp
sword carved ut tho map of Europe. He
and his business partner Rothschild
know of the escape from Elba and tho
mcteoric rush from the shores of the
Mediterranean to the banks OF tho Seine.
He saw the nephew of his uncle" Ma
poeon III, elected president and pro
claim himself emperor. Life of wonder
full opportunity He saw both Waterloo
and Sedan and could express sympathy
the last of his race" fell under
the spears of tho Zulus.
Had he desired so to do he could have
personally compared Washington with
Wellington, Napoleon with Grant lie
knew Byron Shelley Coleridge, Charles
Lamb, and yet lived to know Dickens,
Thackeray and Tennyson. How inter
csting it must have been to talk with this
grand old man of these and other COM
panions of his length of years.
His faculties were unimpaircd until his
death. In the last year of his life he was
described by q visitor rs genial, cordial
host, and delightful conVersationalist.
He nobly earned and well deserved the
peaceful quiet OF his declining years.
NO chronic torturcs racked his aged limb,
For luxury and SlOtii had n0uriShed none
for him."
Ho sleeps with his fathers, having
executed IL monument more lasting
than brass and more sublime than the
regal elevation of pyramids, which
neither the wasting shower, the unavail-
ing north wind, or an innumerable sue
cesSion of years and the flight of seasons
shall be able to demolsh."
OTHER MEMORIAL ADDRESSES.
The address of Senator Henderson was
followed by u few remarks from Hon. K.
Roscwater. He related how he, aS
school boy ut Prague, heard every morn
ming the deacon as he preceded tho fun.
eral cortege, eXclaim: "The benevolent
never die" Such was the case with Sir
Moses DIontoiiorc His works would live
after him through the succeeding ages,
and be more lasting than any monument
erected by human hands,
Rabbi Benson then followed in talk
on the life of Sir Moses and the relations
existing between the Hebrew and Chris
tian religions. The mourner's benedic-
ton was then rendered in Hebrew, the
choir sang Hear Our Prayer" and the
service closed with prayer and bencdic-
ton.
The music for the occasion was very
finely rendered throughout. The choir
WAS npinnDSpU of AIrI L., Cha IN hp lain
Mrs. Day, Mr. wilkins and Mr.. PennelI,
Prof Dworzack presiding ut the organ.
Arrested and Released.
1t was developed Saturday that the