The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-01

to his address the vast assemblage had preserved church-like quiet, but the ringing words of Dr. McGlynn soon evoked an outburst of applause which could not be repressed. Dr, McGlynn spoke with great feeling, but his evil dent grief at the loss of his old friend did not prevent the display of some characteristic flights of eloquence.
 '"Ihe place where we meet this after noon is not one dedicated to religion or to the services of God, but has gen. erally been used for purposes of amuse- ment, recreation or of riot. It has to-day been made sacred and we meet here upon holy ground and stand ashamed in the presence of a message directed to us from the throne of God. It is no ordinary message that the mes senger brings us. That messenger of death has brought to our hearts that which has immeasurably shocked us.
 we stand upon ground that is made
 sacred by the remains of man who
 was raised from among us by our
 Father in heaven to spread the mes- sages of truth and righteousness and justice and peace to all. Het died in SLIuSSlG lOI LllG CtluSC Ol uuIlStlllty Silu especially that of New York, but it
 was altogether too small for his broad
 mind an indominitable energy. The
 struggle in which he has always been
 engaged was for the rights of man and for justice to all.
 Henry George had," Father Me- Glynn said, repeatedly quoted the dec- laration of independence and referred to it's sublimity of thought and expression,
 but the presidency of the United States was too small a position for such man to occupy.
 ''He Was," said Father McGlynn,
 simply a seer, a prophet, forerun-
 ner sent by God, and we can say in | all reverence and in the words of the Scriptures when they said that there | was man sent from God whose name
 was John He was sent to bear wit
 ness of the light. . q believe I am not guilty of any | proclamation of the sacred Scriptures
 when I say there was a man sent from
 God and his name was Henry George"
 Dr. McGlynn was here interrupted by
 applause throughout the hall and seem- l ed deeply affected. He alluded to the l touching eulogy bestowed upon Henry
 George by Dr. Abbott as only express l ing what he thought of him as friend
 and brother
 Tt brings to my mind the fact" he continued, that eleven years ago 1 there were assembled together great | multitudes in another hall of this city.
 That meeting was held to ratify the nomination made by the Central Labor | union of this same man who lies here
 now for the mayoralty of New York.
 l then spoke in favor of his nomina-
 ton and have never regretted it. have never repented of what I said of l this boy who was taken away from | school to make his way in the wide | world this little boy who, subsequently
 became printer at the case, and then
 a sailor upon the ocean and who de- 1 voted his life to the interests of our | suffering humanity"
 | Henry Georges brain," he said. "as | well as his heroic heart, were ever on
 the alert to grapple with the causes of | poverty and ask what means should be
 taken not to alleviate but to remove | them. His gentle heart was ready to i break because he saw that nothing 1 came from the professors of the schools 1 of political economy which could inn prove the condition of the people. be- cause the limited knowledge of these | economists was hardly to be considered 1 within the geunds of science at all. 1 Truly it was designed by providence.
 said Dr. McGlynn, "to raise up such a
 man before the world to expose the fal- l lacy and the injustice or their reason- l ing. Wherever word has gone that, | Henry George is dead, his teachings l live his voice is heard though he lies still in death. His works have been
 read throughout the world and in every 1 language known in the universe Henry
 George speaks to all humanity to-day.
 Why is this vast gathering assem- 1 bled here to-day? Why is it that vast
 multitudes have come here from early | morning to gaze mournfully and lov- ingly on his face and to again contem-
 plate the noble character of the man? 1t is because there was sent from God | that man Henry George, and that we should receive the message sent us by the great messenger of death and main- tain the teachings of which he was the indomitable advocate. It would indeed be pity that such a man should be elected mayor of New York. It would be a pity that he should be compelled to bear the unenduring strife and the | unceasing troubles of such a position. He has died as a man-as he should have died.
 Tt is a great thing to be preachers if we are only true to our teachings, practice what we preach and follow in the dictates of right. Let us then imi- tate him whose remains we gaze on here this afternoon and who died in carrying out his teachings"
 Father McGlynn entrusted the ideas of men who believe life was merely for purposes of eating, drinking and enjoy ment, with Henry George, who had shown how a better ideal for all hti- manity could be attained and said that no greater impetus could be given to Georges precepts than the lesson un- folded them by his martyr death. Dr.
 McGlynn spoke of Mir. Georges work as the discovery of truth and said that he had in his last chapter of life made profession of his faith and had revived the dropping hearts of his disciples
 His life is before the whole world,'' : Father McGlynn concluded Hike an