The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-02-17
HONOR TO HIS MEMORY.
Phillips Brooks Memorial Service in
Carnegie Music Hall.
ADDRESS BY THE REV. DR.. GREER.
Other Tributes Paid by Noted CIergymen
Thousands OF all sects and Creeds
Fiocked to the Hall to Honor tho
Memory of the Great Bishop.


and creeds gathered at Carnegie Music
Hall last evening to do honor to the men,
ory af the late Phillips Brooks, bishop OF
Massac husetts.
The memorial services began at s o'clock
An hour before that time the hall was
crowded as II had never been crowded be-
fore. II became necessary to shut and
lock the doors long before Rev. DIR. David
II. Greer the chairman, announced the
commencement OF the services.
On the platform were men prominent in
church and in state, among them being
Bishop Edward @. Andrews, Rev. DIR.
George Alexander, ex-Mayor Abram s.
Hewitt, Edward King, Rev. Charles l..
Thompson, Rev. Theodore c. Williams,
Frederick II. Coudart, Rev. Father Ducey,
Rev. DIR. J. II. Day, Rabbi Gottheil, Rev.
Richard 3. Storrs and Rev. Lyman ABB
bott.
The musical portion of the services was
rendered by the chorus and the orchestra
OF the church choral society, under the
leadership of Richard Henry Warren. Az
ter Chapin's funeral march, prayer was
offered by Rev. DR.. Thompson, and the
hymn "Jubilate Amen" was
sweatIy Rendered by the Choir.
Rev. DIR. Greer, in his opening address
said:
This is indeed unique occasion; seldom
II ever, has there been anything Just exactly
like IL in the history of the city. We are not
met here 10 celebrate the memory of some
departed statesman, or some great captain
but we are here 70 pay our loving tribute TO
the memory OF one who, though personally
unknown to many, yet known by his
work TO all; one in whom, living, we all re-
loiced; one whom, dead, we all mourn with
that personal loss is the unique feature OF
this gathering. He was brilliant and elo-
these gifts; yet he was something more, when
one morning there came to the news as
lightning from a clear sky that Phillips
with the afiiiction, thousands united in their
sympathy for that loss"
AT the close of DIR. Greer's address let
ters of regret for absence were read from
Bishop Potter, who had been called TO
smother part OF his diocese; from Rev.
DR.. Henry Vandyke, who spoke of Bishop
Brooks as ga shepherd of souls who laid
down his life for his flock" and from
President Seth Low OF Columbia College,
whose tribute was that Bishop Brooks had
been one OF Gods prophets.
Joseph III. Choate, who represented the
Harvard Club, spoke eloquently. He said:
"There is here a goodly array OF ministers.
Protestant and Catholic. Christian and He
brew, to pay tribute to the memory OF Bishop
Brooks. His heart large enough and
broad enough to embrace them ali. They
honor themselves as well as him by Joining
hands around his grave, as children Of one
father
"Truly he was born great, but a greatness
Inherent from the greatness achieved by some
men or the greatness which others have thrust
upon them. He was not the creature of one
day or one generation. All generations from
the landing at Boston down contributed to all
his noble qualities and noble gifts. All the
greatest qualities Of PuTitanism, purged Of
the drosS, intolerance and folly. were mani
fest in him.
"He possessed marvellous gifts, a mind the
like Of which was possessed by few other men
eloquence, wit, magnetism, that wonderful
gift Of persuading others, and he never
thought OF using them for his own personal
ends.
"well do remember Phillips Brooks when
he entered the freshman class at Harvard
College forty-fo years ago, a tall and slen-
der youth, towering far above his fellows,
with that magnificent head. From that hour
TO this he has been the delight, the boast, the
glory Of his college"
Rabbi Gotheil of the Temple Emanuel |
spoke words of admiration for Bishop !
Brooks, not only in his own name but in |
the name of his community, where that |
man was beloved az one OF their own.
The Rev. DIR. Richard s. Storrs OF the |
Congregational Church, Brooklyn, felt |
that the grand work that had been ac- |
complished by Bishop Brooks was due to |
the spirit within the man more than to
the gifts of body and eloquence which
had been given him. He attracted by the
magniticence of his spirit. He possessed
a rich, stainless soul, jewel of sweetness
and power, which gave emphasis to the
words it drew from his lips.
Rev. DR.. j. r. Day, in behalf OF the Call
vary Methodist Episcopal Church, paid
an eloquent tribute to the memory of
Bishop Brooks.
The Rev. Father Thomas Ducey, who
the Roman Catholic communi-
ty, said:
"Men OF old law and men OF new, Catholics
and those OF other faiths, honor his name |
Long live his memory, for the good that il
may do. Many men will be found to take his |
office, but few men will be found to FIJI his
place"
Rev. Lyman Abbott, pastor OF Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, said:
"He was n man who was mysterious he |
cause he was too great for our understanding; |
Q man so catholic that he was loved alike Ia
Christian temple and Jewish synagogue We |
lament him, not only because he was a great |
man and great orator, but because he was n |
personal friend, and when the word Of his
death flashed across the wire, quicker than |
came the thrill to bind us i'm a com |
mon bond OF sympathy. Who that has ever
seen Phillips Brooks, or spoken to him in his |
study, or heard him from the pulpit, can ask
the question: ais life worth lvingS"