New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-25

as apprehcnd it, whether will hear or whether
they win fOrbear and that viii apply il without
evil and to TIC cS SSpbuIdins of All that is god
Thereafter, upiil his death, his home was in GEo9S
loved pastor of Plymouth Church. rlon :he first aid
always preacher Of the Gospel he is known and hc
which he preached made him hrst the dauness
hs e TSe eat sf arcs fs Of the bS5erood
of man." His only weapons were the voice and thc
When he died not alone his own church, but FIVE FIVE
other churches in this city were ed with those no who
the state adjourned for the first time i1 its history
F SION Of It the i popular feeling and the rccagnin on
and a good man bad gone from among them.
What, then, shall this statue mean It win
man who did a work which carried his own name and
the Of his city to the ends Of the world. That
forty wears the demands of nature broad in is
sympothcs and so comprehensive 10 IT. powers, II
and TO all who carry the love Of Brooklyn in their
hearts themselves TO do something for the good name
those of US who knew him there should come the
added inspiration 10 show ourselves less unworthy cf
such high comDaniOnship.
The exercises closed with the singing Of
America and the benediction by Or. Gustav
GOtthcil, rabbi of Temple Emanu-Et New-York;
The committee in charge of the erection OF TIE
Hail. chairman; Fred w. Hinrchs, vice-chair
man; r. Burnham Mofat, secretary; c: T..
Christensen treasurer: Abraham Abraham,
Charles A. Schieren, John p. Adams, Arthur NJ.
Burns, VI. D. the Rev. William I. Dixon, Dr.
w J.. VI. Fiske. John b. Green, Franklin w.
Hooper, John B. Woodward, Herman Liebnann.
Joseph O'Brien, John a. Quintard
The statue represents Mr.. Bcecher in an atti-
tude and attire made familiar by photographs
His head is bared and he carries his soft felt hat
in his left hand. Over his ordinary dress, which
includes straight-buttOned clerical coat. he
wears q heavy overcoat with a cape which Is
thrown back in careless fashion over the right
TO show the quilted lining The figure stands
firmly, and has the poise CHARACTERISTIC of Mr..
Rcecher. His face is slightly inclined to the
right, and in the eyes is the expression OF far-
seeing vision.
The statue is nine feet in height. 1t stands
its entire surface thus affording strong CON
trast by its blackness with the bronze. THIS is
ten feet high and rests upon an unpOlShed 1Ounoa-
ton Of granite On the right side Of the pedestal
is the figure of knerling shVe-girl, clnglng to
il and laying n pam-brGnch at the feet of Mr..
Beecher The eXp preston Of the upturned face is
one Of awe and admiration. On the other side
are two children, boy seated upon his coat
carcleSsy thrown on the lower projecting part Of
the pedestal, and holding up a girl, who, with
cast down eyes, is LAYING wreath at the feet
of Mr.. Beecher. Both are barefooted. These
supplementary figures are of life size.
On the front of the pedestal are inscribed the
name and dates of the birth and death of Mr..
Beecher, and on the back this simple tribute
The Grateful Gift of MuItitudes of
all Glasses, Creeds and Conditions at
Home and Abroad. TO Honor the Great
Apostle of the brotherhood of Man.