The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-02-12

/ pnOfolltnoGraph OF t1e euioxy ueilsereO
by Mr.. Blaine on President Garfield /: q
copy of the memorial service at Cleye-
land catalogues Of the colleges at Hiram
and Bethany, in which President Gar
field had been both Student and instruct
or, and several photographs of the old
chapel. The building is estimated TO
cost SIS, ,0o0, but ii has gone far beyond
that limit. Mrs. Garfield contributed
$1,000, one half of which sum was ex-
pended for a memorial window. The
new church is called the Garfield Me-
moriai Church, and the bulk Of the con-
tributions which came rapidly into the
treasury were given after the death of
the President, and with the understand
standing that the building was to be a
memorial unto the deceased beloved
President.
The laying Of the cornerstone was in
the evening, between six and seven
O'Clock, and the anniversary, although
sad one, was an occasion also of JOY.
On that occasion DR.. Power said: "lne
association which gi.es this day pathetic
significance, and which is bound up in
dissolubly with the work we have here
begun, is that connected with the Ia
mented leader of thu people, whose
familiar form crossing this street to the
little frame church, with his mother on
his arm and his wife at his side, rises be-
fore US to-day, and whose constant pres
ence here is the best recollection of his
life, the long-looked-for crown of the
many labors of this work"
On the same occasion Congressman
Pettibone, of Tennessee, a schoolmate
and classmate of President Garfield,
said Men will remember, when We
shall have passed away. that there used
to come on each Lords Day a man who,
with the tendencies of genius in his eyes
and power on his brow, was otashamed
to be known as an humble believing
Christian. Let the edifice be builded
and let the conscious stones to beauty
grow" And so the cornerstone was laid
deep in the memory of the people
mennonite Of one eoncerning whom Ma
ture might stand before all the world
and say: "This was man"
The Church ofthe Disciples Of Christ
was found by the celebrated Ohio evange-
list, and his followers everywhere for
many years were called, derisiyely,
Campbellites. A little body Of believers
in the Gospel as by him expounded COM
menced in ls43 to weekly meet in Wash
ingten; first from house to house, then
in the little old frame church. From a
dozen they have grown TO nearly six
hundred. Rich in faith but not in gold,
they waited and watched and prayed,
and one of the most devout, earnest, help
full Of them all was Congressman James
A Garfield. But the central mind, the
moving spirit, the tireless energy back
of this successful growth and continuance
of prosperity is Rev. Fred d. Power. He
is man who early in life became pos
sessed Of an ambition TO become good,
not great; 10 achieve blessings for man.
kind rather than ease for himself In
brief, he early learned the primal truth
Of all religion, the positive bestness of
Christianity in doctrinal sense, namely,
that No man liveth unto himself" His
life has all along been an exemplification
of that beautifully-expressed thought of
Tennyson love struck the chord of
Self, that rembling, passed in music
out OF sight"
Selfshness and love are abhorrent of
each other Unseifishness alone can
wing spirit close to the great white
throne and DR.. Power is unselfish, there
fore spiritual, lovable and as corollary
10 that statement, popular He has been
in charge of this congregation for fifteen
years. The little frame church made an |
American citizen angry when he called |
Dne Sunday to see the President at wor-
ship, and was unable TO gain admission. |
and left saying: "The President oughtnt |
TO attend this little Campbelite shaLty.
where people can't get in to see him."
DR.. Power has always drawn intellectual
audiences to hear his discourses. Among
The large assembly now in attendance /
weekly are Congressman Finley, Cooper
md Owen, Of Ohio; Mcmillan and Rich
ardson, Of Tennessee: Treasurer Houst-
ln, ex-senator Saunders, Senator Regain,
with their families I'VE now have room
or all in our big Campbelite wigwam,"
'ays DIR. Power, but it is manifest from
he growth Of his audience that it will not
De long before another building must be
erected or the present edifice be enlarged.
The common people hear him gladly,
ret the most learned and philosophic
hinkers find in his sermons rich food
or reflection; gems of thought, wrought
bright, sparkling and new from his mine
If information, polished and scintillant
n the workshop of his brain. The cir
of Gar6eld's attendance was
for the church, it is true; but
he reader must understand that Garfield
vas one Of the most scholarly men of his
ge, and would not have been an attend
mt of a church unless its pastor we're
uperior Tan. The success Of the church
g mainly due to its efficient pastor.
Card of Thanks.
If the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam