The Portland daily press., 1897-10-06

tenor, and Mr.. Baker, bass. Mr.. Walter
Smith was organist.
There's No Death in the Home Land,
was the first selection rendered by the
choir.
Then Rev. Leroy S. Bean read from
the Scriptures, beginning with the old
| familiar passage, Blessed is the man
that walketh not in the counsels of the
ungodly, ETC. Similar passages were
read, the passages closing with the story
Tor the translation of the prophet Elijah.
Rev. D. B. Randall, bent with long
years of service in the cause of which
General Dow was leader, who did
valiant fighting in the cause of the slaves
in the bondage of man as we'll as those in
the bondage of habit, offered the PRAYER.
Oh, Thou who inhabitest the elements
who art God over all, with reverence we
bow before Thee, with deep humility we
| come into Thy presence. Thou art for
Eternity, we are but for a moment of
| time. Thou art infinite, we are poor and
weak and soon pass away. Wherever we
may be we arc only passing to the tomb.
., teach US to make right use of our
days. May Thy spirit, may Thy presence
help US. May we feel that Thou art near
US. We thank Thee for the life OF our
friend who has departed. We thank Thee
for his youth, we!thank Thee for his man
hood, and for the work which he did
We bless Thee for the marked change in
the thought and habits of the community
wrought through his efforts We thank
Thee for all the associations of his life.
There are few here who remember the
early efforts of the leader in the enter
prise. We thank Thee that the woMen
have taken hold OF this cause. May Thy
blessing rest on all the hearts that are
sad. As other nations hear of the death
OF him who labored so faithfully in the
cause of temperance may they be stimu-
lated to new efforts in the great cause in
which he labored. May fidelity character
ize all our lives SO that when we come
to close we may die peacefully.
REV. DIR. ASA DALTON,
of st. Stephens church, next spoke as
follows:
A prophet is not without honor, save in
MS own country and in his own house.
The truth of the saying is proved by it's
exceptions, of which Neal Dow furnishes
o striking example The general recogni-
ton OF General BOWS great work and
greater worth Is no less creditable to the
people of Portland, all classes of our citi
zens, than to Neal Dow himself
Distance often imparts q glow to view
both OF men and things, which is dissi-
pated by coming nearer to them The
comparatively unknown is mistaken for
the magnificent, when familiar inspeo-
tion would breed contempt. Not SO with
Neal Dow. Greatly as he is honored
abroad, he is even more so at home, where
his whole career has been subject to
lights more sea rching than bent upon q
throne, and revealed nothing TO his dis
advantage. They have served only to bring
out into clearer view his many admirable
traits and the strong worth of his char
acter.
''Call no man happy till he dies,'' was
saying of the ancient Greeks. Neal Dow
was happy alike in life and death. Happy
in his ancestry, in his parents. the home
influences and training which started him
in the right direction. 1t was the pure
serene atmosphere of the Friends which
he breathed from his birth whioh proved
a tonic to his moral constitution. He
OF moral aim in life, which was to grow
and strengthensby what it fed upon; hap
Ply in the town where he began to carry
out his high purpose; happy in the epoch
which seated him in tho mayors chair,
and afterwards in the legislature, where
1nllS5l he achieved the greatest single
success OF his life. l was in Augusta
that year, and can bear witness to the
epoch making law which then and there
was passed by the Legislature, and received
the governors signature. Happy for him
as the testimony of towns to the efficiency
OF the new Jaw, given then and since
Though less successful in the cities, this
was no fault of his.
: When ten years later the war began, his
patriotism famed up, and gave him the
grand opportunity to serve and to suffer
for his country, in which he was as brave
and unfiinching as in his previously
chosen line of action. Since then, he has
had the health and happiness to war with
the liquor traffic to the end of his earthly
life. Not that he thought or taught that
you can make man virtuous by an act
of parliament. This imported and
adapted phrase indicated an entire misap-
prehension of Neal Dow's life work.
What he did hold was that the liquor
traffic is kept alive for the money there is
in it, and for no other reason. The profits
of the business must be destroyed, before
you can destroy the traffic, perfectly
sound and sensible conclusion. So only
can be the saloon, that nuisance to every
community where it is found, be effec-
tually suppressed.
But Gen. Dow knew that moral infiu-
ences are alone sufficient to insure the
final and full triumph of the cause he
had at heart. He was not man of one
idea on this or any other subject So far
from this, that few among us had equally
wide and diverse sympathies, tastes and
pursuits. He was the friend and adyo-
cate of every good cause. A more public
spirited citizen has never lived in Port
land. His love for his native city was a
ruling passion to the end. He was equal
ly proud of our state, and all the states.
For his country he suffered and bled,
when by reason of age he could have
claimed exemption from active duty. Nor
was he man of action merely He had
vigorous, discriminating intellect. AS
an effective speaker and writer, he has
never been surpassed. His power of max
ing statement, clear. cogent and con-
elusive, was unequalled in his day.
Above all he delighted in his choice and
extensive library, in which he passed per-
haps the happiest hours of his life. High
rose the tide of emotion in the heart OF