Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-11-01

IN part anu QlsdSf6cu III pat Will
Henry George, and even those who dis
agreed almost entirely with him, could
unite in the expression of their adj
miration for his character and their
love for him as man.
What is it to follow Christi" asked
DR.. Abbott. SIS it not to show the
spirit of Christ himself?
ITO bring this about, to put the or
binary interests of life within the
sphere of Christian influence. was the
object that Henry George devoted his
life to. 1t is because | believe that
Henry George was thus true follower
of Christ, that |, who also try to be
true follower of Christ, am glad to be
here to-day and say these few simple
words. Injustice he did not look upon
as mere theoretical wrong. He loved
truth, he loved his fellow men and he
identified himself with them"
DR.. Abbott also spoke in the highest
praise of the intellectual side of Henry
George. But he was not self-seeking
man. In fact, the speaker said, he had
never met a man who gave so little
thought as to the effect upon himself
and his own fortunes, of his public
utterances, as Henry George. He was
a man of unfiinching courage, he had
an unquestioning faith that there lis
good God who did net design his child
rem to live in degradation and wretch
edness. To do something to lift Gods
children to a better plane had been the
object of Henry Georges life.
Rabbi Gottheil spoke next, saying:
Before the civic contest is decided,
in which this brave man Gtaked his
life, death has cast his irrevocable vote
in favor of him and crowned him vic
tor in the race for crown that out
shines and outlast the transient
triumphs of the coming battle. 1t is
a race for a worthy manhood and a
benefactor of his kind.
Friend and foe stand side by side
in reverent awe by
HIS LIFELESS FRAME.
In sealing his lips forever death opens
those of myriads to speak his praise
and manifest their gratitude to the man
whose thoughts were ever for liberty,
justice and humanity.
He advocated a social order in which
every toiler shall be sure of his due
reward and poverty and degradation
shall be unknown. A wall Of grief Is
heard from all parts of the country
and once more the old Hebrew maxim
is confirmed:
1.-The truly wise are greater in their
death than in their lives
Life means conflict, and conflict
means passion, and passion obscures
our eyes and clouds our vision. 1t
drags the bravest and the best into the
tumult of the common war cries, and
they must ever stoop to things which
but for the stress of the hour they
would keep far from themselves.
but when the smoke of the battle
field has cleared, and the shouts of the
army are hushed, then the fallen hero
rises to the fullnesa of his stature and
enables us to measure his greatness
truly.
And in so doing we shall md that
there were three elements in the work
of this man which insures to it
permanent influence.
First, is
THE ABSOLUTE HONESTY
of both his thoughts and his state
ments. He went in search of truth
and accepted it as he found it-not
caring to run counter to establish opin-
ions held to be fundamental of social
order.
In the spirit if the old prophets he
would declare the word Of God as it
was delivered to him and he would
speak his message in clear and unmis-
taxable language. Now, God has so
armed all honest utterances that what
ever error may be mingled with truth
it can never fail of its reward. Time,
which tries all things, will separate
the dross from the gold, but the weight
of an upright word in season, uttered
in righteousness always makes for
righteousness and inspires other souls
to rise and do likewise.
THE second element of his teaching
is that it was gathered on the field of
real life and exciting conditions and
that its deepest roots lay in the mans
own experience. 1t was not the result
of abstract thinking. 1t did not aim
at constructing system. He faced
the facts of life and grappled with them
for the purpose of changing them into
better facts and more wholesome adj
justments
Lastly. and this perhaps is the chief
cause of the hold he gained on the peo-
pie, he was impelled to his efforts by
a deep sympathy with his feuow-men,
whom he considered to be exposed to
sufferings and privations which are not
beyond the power of men to remedy.
THE people felt
A GENEROUS AND BROTHERLY
sympathy in all his teachings and it
was simply heart answering heart that
he gained him their confidence and
ranged vast crowds of followers under
his banner.
'"They say that his theories were
dangerous because they seemed TO create
disaffection and consequent rest.essness
among the working classes, but that is
altogether beside the question.
1.-The only true standard for any
theory is furnished in the measure of
real and lasting good which it will do
to that particular class and if theory
can stand that test, it can never fail
to be of lasting benefit to all classes.
Measured by these standards we
may be confident that the life OF this
brave son of a free and generous ma
ton will be chronicled in its annals
with letters of gold-nay, beyond the
limits of his native land his name will
be known and respected as one of the
hosts of Gods servants who desire TO
glorify him in the eyes of men by es-
tablishing among them reign Of hap
piness, of justice and Of universal