New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-12
iBEECHER's MEMORIAL DAY
AN ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY.
upcH AND suypAY.scHooL SERVICES -AS'

CHURCH AND suSDAr-scHooL sERvrcEs -As-
pREssrs ny pRs. ABBOTT. HALL AND RAYMOND
Yesterday was tho anniversary Of the funeral OF MT
Beccher, and il was Ob served as . memorial In Ply
Church s9 the regular o e.. ss"ss 90
while the afternoon and evening were a's"nSsY Evch
w Wss to Sdsnea amer MSs tho
In Lent holiday time, with flowers. me pulpit
lilies and I PINK roses and on SIDE filling the
from. Of the platform wrIe o great n San %sre Oh ba.a
and efocuve arrangements of fan palms, all around
tho circle, and the choir also was covered with palms
DIR. ABBorPs TRIBUTE.
DIR. Lyman Abbott preached from the text: aTo
live is Christi He followed the OF the Apostle
Paul. and showed how completely he gave himself up
TO life Of which Christ tho vital element. tho
centre about which all else gathered how he passed
by al thai. would naturally interest man OF his
70 a%s Dr.
year Of Mr. I pcwer and work
but he had not been able TO bring himself now
as had h0, that what had boon said Of Paul true
Of Mr. Beecher HIS whole intellectual ana mora,
stones bcrause they woe ". jtads in the gates OF
S ~. ovs o }:
ONION WAS not arraycd like them And u =, times sa 40
Ss% assa . ss to s
from Christ and out of His Kingdom when 10 came
Ss.sss f ~ s. SSs P1 %ss;
And too 70 great to DO comprohonded Ho lived IN
personal fellowship with Christ He v wss s" or Ssr
IVES 50 large and inspiring that until men reached the
on W Wh we &c loved IN hs HIM was tho
could not ~ Be ae Thin him. great
BIN might DO In ns, too.
THE cHILDRENs MEMORIAL
Tho afternoon soYvice was tho memorial OF tho
Plymouth Sunday school The congregation was
seated I'm and under the galleries. and tho children
t.rte v,lorao in Ia
body Of the church. Presently childish voices wero
family heard without, singing tho words OF the pro
cessonaI. Hsrki bark, my soulr growing louder
Ssnd seventy i've little girls and boys. all dressed
memorial " banner inscribed in gold, which pro
sentod to tho Sunday school Tor last years Ami;
Ssnd ornSd Rh s' passed. singing up the
aisle and through tho vestibuic and down the east
90
% as Mr. ssssS acaa have 70
banner guard ~ front ~ ,%S ad by
e Of thu 'fis vic
sisted Of hymns by the school by the eonsregaS sa
csvsnnaS and Miss SonfeS and addresses BY tho
Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott and Charles H. Hail. OF Holy
Sherman, the Superintendent
Mr.. BEKCHER AS A BOY.
Dr. Abbott spoke to the children Of Mr.. Beecher's
life Of Presbyterian boy Of seventy years ago with;
out New Years Easter or Christmas, aing many OF
In his talks and his writings. and wondered whether
the gently nurtured softly cushioned luxury fed boys
of today were getting the same training In courage
The Rev DR.. Charles H. Hall spoke OF his own Pres
bytoran bringing up, and traced the progress OF reg
Bushnell and Henry W ard Beacher the greatest ex-
pononts and apostles. the men who had LAID me foun
dations on which future teachers would ba1; oSsd
Indication of Mr. Beecher's greatness was his I'M
consciousness OF H.
DR. RAYMOND DESCRIBES THE MAN.
In the evening. Dr. Rossiter W. Raymond spoke OF
Mr. Beocher's character and teaching. lie said In
part:
1t is yet too the life of Henry Ward
Beechcr eyes still full Of tears and cannot
speak VI the life words Of him who is gone,
but our heart cries for It's beloved He impressed
ON s seE Present ana careful is Impossible
because no 10 still near II Impossible To measure
The thermometer is thrust into the nre is con-
sumed in the trial lie used TO say OF The photogiapheTs
and he might Of us now, who are trying to catch
and portray bis spiritual nature As one who. as
Of the example he gave Of He owed his
hs not s ss be ss but Y msn he mid
qf "a fodi ' in 's asSss habit ana sSsa
know he Was man o, moods but a nc "q @ hs
S sp Of e Severe smco lie aed With an
exquisite fitness In all solemn service lie 9sed nu he
theory" every bell in befry shall rig lie has
been called natural orstoryes but he developed GSt6y
himself IN speech in thought IN feeling Even ms mar
veous gift Of illustration was largely the result OF educS
The basis OF his adoption OF evolution as good work
ing eaSoa Ga the Ss S nc Was
ps9ed and bis mere zee be ruth not for
any particular way stating It, the assent OF his fellow
men-mans need Gods neaIness. an eternal progress Oh