New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-12
BOSTON'S TRIBUTE TO BISHOP BROOhS'
A LARGE AUDIENCE LISTENS TO DIR. SAMUEL
ELLOT's EULOGY AND THE REV. NJ. }.
S\V\GF'S POEM.

S\VAGE'S POEM.
Boston. April IA large and sympathetic au'
dicncc gathered In Music Hail tonight 10 listen To
the cnlogy of Bishop Phillips Brooks under tn" aus
pices OF the city. Alderman sanford called the meet
ing to order. and Alderman Ilclorom presided in the
absence Of Mayor Matthews. The Rev. j. H. BOD
fish offered prayer. and after vocal ana Instrumental
music original poem WAS read by the Rev. Minot
j. savage. The culogist selected for the occasion
was DR. Samuel Eliot but. owing TO an attack OF
aryngtis he WAS unable to he present. and the ad-
dress read by Colonel Charles r. Goldman. Dr.
Eliol's address In part as follows
We are COMMUNICATING no financial magnate, no
military chief no political leader literary celeb
riiy but a religious teacher. He embodied 'he
higher things OF thought and action. and ii Is OF higher
things that We To think while We think OF him.
First, and most striking. ind@d. summing up al
there may be- said in detail was his individuality,
80 wonderful a harmony between simplicity ana
depth. His sympathy the fount from "iich
flowed forth hi, lbeYlty. For that great virtue his
name has become synonNm". hut now much HIS
understood IL Is how much, therefore. he has been
Phillips Brooks was LIBERAL because he believed IN
ruth as whole rather than as mosaic of frag
ments lis yasness its capacity OF indefinite appre-
hen,ion IT,, constant growth as studied from qua 10
blossom and from blossom Ia fruit: It's eiasu'i'y'
it, vitality It's charms to him. No burdens
were more burdcn>omc or more ineAcusabie III his
sight than those laid human spirit seeking aler
that could he removed.
lie was very fond Of prasing the nine'eehth century,
the century OF Illumination. the century oil rrHel' tho
,lory of all the ccntlics-paIty, no donh'' IN us
nicrprs. its discoveries, It's material ana lmhaefEt
,dvonces in all directions but chiefly. II We do not
mistake him. in the nearer approach OF man TO
cod the purcr ideas Of Divine nature. the happier
copviction, of il, relations to humanity Int, these
movemens h. could not have entered as lie ala WIN
out unusual Independence of character lnf"cn, thiS
was the one fault found with him by thos" 10
,rhom much greater convcntonality In bis ayinss
and doings appeared desirable.
"Thc simple truth i hr was a spiritual genius Ie
studi.t human nature. hc laii it and himself as a
mart OF it before the Divine nature studying TINS sun
more and made the rcla ~ between them thc sources
and the Issues Of life. lie helped men to know them
solves and more. their better selves. In his pri-
vo. life, the affections that made 1t beautiful 10 his
| kindred and nearer friends his charming companion
| hin his delight in children. and the unchangcabs
,mniity OF bis habits his manners and hi, opinions
these are precious recoectons to all who loved him.
! . #, was buried II has than been said,
| like n king Kings are buried with lurled banners.
the bare Of rumpc,s and the march Of soldery, not
one among whom may whether the oil king o:
the new be reignng. Not such the burial II this
| prophet Ills church. filed with the nearest to him.
be sauare md the streets throngd with multitudcs
10 whom he had mIni-tered by service, by speech or
by simple character this was not stately ceremony
SD much as an impassoncd farewell from hearts full
| NJ grief and reverence and love. The emotions Of
that day have been kept alive 10y the tributes upon
| tributes which have succeeded. Learned and
learned religious men and men not confessing them
selves religious orthodox and radical, Protestant and
Rcman Catholic. Christ an and Jew-al conditi ms and
ten pciament piid one uh'ersd ou'Duisl OF homage
| TO his memory
After "A selection by the Johnson Quintet Club as
sisted by Joseph L. White. The exercises brought
to Il close with bencdictlon.