The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1897-03-29
Pays Him High Tribute in His Sermon
Yesterday.
HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER
Told of How the North Mourned Over
Grady's Death.
IT WAS THE MAN, NOT THE WORDS
Grady Himself Was q Greater Attrac-
ton Than His oratorical Powers.
His Personal Magnetism.

morning, IN when ne pdlu hlSh tribute 10
Henry ". Grady
DR. Shutter led up to his remarks on Mr.
Grady by telling of this his first visit to
the south. He was glad. he said, to pay
his first visit to the city where lived
nobly and died all too soon-Henry w.
Grady. He told OF the great love the pople
of the north had for Mr.. Grady and how
his death caused them much sadness
Aside from Mr.. Grady's wonderful pow
ers as an orator ana his unequaled abili-
~ as speaker DR.. Shutter spoke Of his
personal magnetism. The man himself is
greater than his logic and his character
more beautiful than his words He pre-
scented the most rugged and uncompromis-
ing truths 50 gently and eXquisitely. said
Or. Shutter. that opposition was disarmed.
ON this line Dr. Shutter discussed the life
ana character. and mis- words were words
Of praise to the noble man whose memory
Is dear 70 every southern born person.
DR. Shutter said:
Now. my sermon Is finished. but there
yet fingers something that / wish to say
First al an. 1 want TO thank you for the
kindness with which YOU have received mo
ANA listened 90 ms words. / want 10
thank all who have assisted us ia ana way.
our Unitarian brethren for the use OF their
church. our Jewish brethren for the offer
OF their temple and the press for their
kindly notices. ! came here simply 10 help
an old friend IN his s.ew enterprise rs one
pastor mieft help another. and not as a
travelling evangelist. 7 have nothing 30 say
about the evancelists. except that / am not
One. wish 20 relieve them Of ana o3iun
ihat they might incur through my being
numbered among them.
- greatly appreciate the fratorual spirit
-.H
influence I myself possess ! want to be
used Tor promoting peace ANA good viii
among mon. There IS no sect or dcnomlna-
'ion WITH which DO not fratcruize So FAR
e fAeF Riu let mc. When called across
me ocean 10y The Illness of my child Two
years aeo tae president OF Methodist
university occupied my pulpit. ana much 20
iaa horror OF some of the ancient brethren
" That denomination. ] myself have FREE
quantly conducted the chapel exercises and
lte'urei 20 the students of that institution
Why. do Won know ! cannot hate "A Ro-
man Catholic with the proper degree OF
Christian hatred. ! know shat this is very
very wicked. ana ! have often mourned
and wept over This failing but I cannot
h,lp i. It makes me- doubt sometimes
WAtther I was ever "Soundly" cOnverteat
Hut many OF my best friends are in that
ola historic church.
And what DO YOU think did when I
came 20 Atlanta? 7 left my pulpit IN charge
Of Rabbi Friedman. of the Hebrew temple
i,w weeks aeO when he was out OF the
city spoke for him. So you see how shock
ingiy Ink and aditudinarian / am, But | am
resolved mat no mans theology shall tear
him ont Of my heart. / sometimes combat
ideas but never fight men
The spirit of fellowship that IS finding
its way into the churches ! want TO see
prevail perfectly al last between the two
great sections of our common country
the north and the south II Is coming. and
every wear hastcns 10 Tie cousummation.
This is my FIRST visit To the south. and
I consider ID fortunate that this visit Is
paid 20 The city whore lived so nohly and
died all too soon YOUR eminent fellow cit
izen. Henry ". Grady.
NO man from this part Of the country
ever made so profound and favorable an i'm
preston upon tine mind of the north His
utterauces Were eagerly read and seriously
pontered. ! remember the sadness that fcl
unon the north when the news Of his un-
timely death was flashed through the con
tinent. We an felt that we had been be-
reaVed of personal friend. our newspa-
peers teemed with ,ulogies. our orators
spoke his praise The bells OF our churches
rang his dirge. our choirs chauted his
requiem and the worshipcrs ~ the affairs
invoked for his family and friends the con-
returned.
Gle was born mediator. II Is carved
upon his monument which stands in your
public square. He died while ne was loving
The nation into peace Tho clear and
steady light which he threw upon the
questions which north and south failed TO
see alike was doing more than ANYTHING
else 10 dissiDate the clouds Of misunder-
standing and TO dissolve the rocks of
prejudice that prevailed in my section. lie
first enabled us 10 see clearly the nature
OF your problems ana To appreciate the
weight of your burdens.
1T was his aim TO promote peace and
unity LOYAL 70 his own state and to all
It's interests. material and moral. his heart
was large enough TO embrace the nation.
PATRIOTISM was MS motive. love was his
nature and truth his method TIa smoke with
fearless and unfiuching dircctness what
he saw and believed TO north and south
alike. setting forth their respective du-
ues anu Obligations. but he always spoke
lhat truth, as Inc apostle eujoins. in love,
ANA he emphasized ID with he mower of
MS superb manhood. What a difference the
man himself always maScsi Rarely has Nfr
Grady been equalcd in tho beauty of his
majesty and beauty Of his thought and
fht iorc, but there WAS always that in
dcfnahle something about him that made
on" ieel th&t the man himself was greater
than his logic and.tlis character more beau
tiiul than his words 1t was said OF Finer
son that ne took down mems idols so rev
crcntly that they deemed il an act of wor-
ship II may be said Of Sir Grady that
he presented the most rugged and tueom-
promising truths gently and exquisite
" that opposition was disarmed-indeed
10 was never awakened. His magic per-
sonallty and winning grace transfigurcd
the sterncst truths and made them seem
Ike magnificent ideals.
Whatever public measures he NAV have
deemed important. Mr. Grady believed
that the final security and prosperity of tho
nation lay IN the development of the pri-
waite citizen. There Is no erander sentiment
ia literature than this: We note the bar
racks of our standing army with its rolling
drum and its nuttering flag as points OF
strength ana protection. But the citizen
standing in the doorway of his house con
tented on his Threshold his family gath
cred about his hcarthstone. while the even
ing of wcil-spcnt day closes in sc.nos
and sounds that are dearest-he shall save
the republic when the drumtap is futile
and the barracks are exhausted
I'm the soul of the private citizen north
and south. whether ne wore the blue or the
gray. lie the foundations Of our future
power and glory. CHS sentiment will live
when the granite pedestal i'm which il is
now carved shall have persisted The spirit
of him who uttered il hovers like a bene-
diction over the pines of the north and the
macnalias Of the south.
citizens Of Atlanta. again thank YOU
for your kindness. and when. i'm a few days.
7 return 10 my home under the north
star / shall bear with me the tendercst
men cries of your city, which lies fair under