The Washington bee., 1889-03-02

Memorial services, in honor to
| the late Rev. JnO. w. Chickering,
D. D., were held ON last Sabbath,
Feb. I7Jh, at the Fourth Baptist
Church, 18th and r SITS. n. W., at
3 p. m. under the auspices of the
Chickering Memorial Society. The
service began by singing hymn,
"Why should we start and fear to
die," worded by Rev. S. j. r.
Nelson, after which DR.. E. M. Gal
laudet read the XIII Chap. 1st.
Cor. and followed in an ardent
sympathetic prayer. The choir
then sang "Jesus lover Of my SOUL
Rev. DR.. Robt. johnson was then
introduced, as the eulogist, DR..
johnson began by reading a notice
of the death of DR.. Chickering
clipped from a paper; he then very
amiably quoted the life and char
acter of DIR. Chickering since he
entered the ministry. He said that
DR.. Chickering was an universal
christian who believed that it took
! the Father, Son and the Holy
Ghost to regenerate the black and
red man as we'll as the white, he
said that DR.. Chickering was one
of those christians which the color.
ed people seldom meet, for he did
not look upon the color of man but
upon the principle and character,
and when he extended his hand to
an individual his heart did not,
like good many of his white breth-
rem, remain In the trunk (body) but
went out into the fingers !; he closed
his remarks by telling of his per.
sonal knowledge of DR.. Chickering,
how fervently he preached for him
on several occasions and that he
had came in contact with him at
various places but always found
him to be the same DR.. Chickering.
DR.. E. M. Gallaudet, president Of
the Deaf and Dumb Institution,
was requested to say something.
The Doctor said he would only
add few remarks to what had
been said; that he thought the
Rev. Johnson had very ably and
truly spoken of the character of
this venerable man; that he had
known DR.. Chickering for a number
of years, making his winter resi-.
dence at Kendall Green with his
son, valuable colaborer of his in
educating the deaf and the dumb,
going back in the summer to the
old homestead in New England
that it is true that DR.. Chickering
was a man that whenever he ex
tended the hand the heart accom-
panied it. He said he thought that
the Society not only do honor to
this venerable good man and the
bereaved family in commemorate
ing his death, but to themselves
and the community at large as DR..
Chickering was a man that spent
his time and means in doing good
wherever it was needed. He closed
his remarks by saying that he
knew of no person whose christian
character is more worthy of immi
tation than that of DR.. Chickering.
The following resolutions, which
had bsen adopted by the society,
we're read by Rev. Nelson:
We, the members of this society,
believing that an expression of
gratitude to our benefactors is a du.
ty which the Great Ruler and Bene-
factor of all has devolved upon US,
and upon all mankind, and that
in the late Rev. DR.. Chickering,
the colored people of this country
and especially of this city had a
true and tried friend at all times
and under all circumstances We
desire to give some expression of
our gratitude and sincere devotion
to this our benefactor and friend.
But we feel that we cannot better
express our feelings of gratitude
than by the adoption of these resO.
IutiOns:
WHEREAS, AS the Rev. Jno. W.
Chickering was a true friend of the
colored people and to the oppress-
ed, regardless of race, true Christ
ian philanthropist recognizing the
universal brotherhood of mankind,
and
WHEREAS, He was a Jealous ad.
vocate of equal rights and equal
justice for the colOred people both