The Saint Paul globe., 1897-11-01
WHEN THE FROST is ON TIE PUMP KIN"

mourners and the friends of the family
did not arrive until about stwenty min
utes after that hour. The family and
intimate friends occupied the reserved
seats on the right hand facing the
platform. Young Henry George occu-
pied the chair next to the aisle in the
front row. and his mother was beside
him. Mrs. George was heavily Veiied
when she entered the hall, but during
the speaking she raised her veil and
followed the remarks of each speaker
attentiVely While she showed plainly
the strain that she has passed. Mrs.
George maintained her composure
with strong fortitude. To the right of
Mrs George were seated the othel
members of the family and relatives,
including Richard George, a son of the
philosopher, and lis uaughter, Miss
Anna George. John V. George,
brother of the deceased. and other rel-
atives were present.
The reserved seats II the left W-re
occupied by the paubearers and the
ushers The pallbearers had entered the
hall a few minutes before the family
came in, and like them, they came In.
by the Forty-third street entrance.
The committee which had charge of
the funeral arrangements included
John Brisben Walker, Hamlin Gar
land, James Clarence Harvey and
others who also acted as pallbearers.
Mayor Strong sat at the center OF
the platform and he was surrounded
by a number of the more distinguished
persons present. Behind the mayor
sat Seth Low, with Col. George d.
Waring by his side Among others
present were: John Jeroloman, pres
| ident of the hoard of aldermen; Mayor
Gleason, Of Long Island City; E. M.
Crout, Nathan Straus, Joseph La
To Oscar
Straus.
The exercises began at 1925 with the
singing of the hymn Lead, Kindly
Light by the Plymouth church choir.
Rev. Dr. Heber Newton, who was Mr..
Georges warm personal friend as we'll
as pastor, read the burial service. Dr.
| Newton did not wear his priestly
robes. and he had no. reading desk.
| The service was therefore, in way,
| entirely informal there being also no
| responses. 1t was, however, the regu-
| lar burial service Of the Episcopal
| church. The only music rendered in
| connection with it was the chanting of
| the Lords prayer.
AT the conclusion of the burial ser
vice DR.. Lyman Abbott spoke briefly
| upon the character and public services
! of Henry George. -
DR.. Abbott spoke in his customary
manner, calm, critical and judicious,
| yet with much earnestness. He avoid
| ed anything like extreme eulogy, es-
pecially as regards Mr.. Georges pohtl-
| cal teachings. but his praise for him
as a man had no bounds. He began
| with the statement that those who
agreed in part and disagreed in part
| with Henry George, and even those
who disagreed almost entirely with
| him could unite in the expression of
| their admiration for his character and
60, h a
What is it to follow Christi" asked
| DR.. Abbott us it not to show the
spirit of Christ himself? No one, 1
| think, was animated more clearly by
| his spirit No one more faithfully fol-
| lowed his statements than he whose
sudden death we are called here TO
mourn. Many men try to follow him,
more, 1 think, than IN any previous
age
DR.. Abbott also spoke in the highest
nraise of the intellectual side of Henry
| George. He said Mr.. Georges mastery
of the English language his ability to
put things in the most forcible pos
sible way, and his genus Tor arouSlns
enthusiasm would have placed him in
| almost any position inspublie life If he
| had been content to be merely a poll
| tician. But he was not a self-seeking
man. In fact. the speaker said, he
| had never met a man who gave so lit
| tie thought to the erect upon hlmselr
and his own fortunes tof his public ut
| terances as Mr. George. He was
man of unf1inching courage and he
had an unquestioning faith that there
| is a good God who did not design his
| children to live in degradation and
wretchedness. To do something TO lift
| Gods children to better plane had
| been the subject of Henry Georges
| life.
! Rabbi Gottheil spoke next saying:
Before the civic contest -is decided in which
! this brave man staked his life, death has cast
| his irrevocable vote in favor OF him and
| crowned him victor in the race for crown
that outshines and will outlast he transient
! triumphs of the coming battle. 1t is race
| for worthy manhGad and benefactor OF his
| kind Friend and foe stand side by side in
reverent awe by his ifeless frame. In seal
| ing 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. wall
| of grief is heard from all parts of the coun-
| try and once more the old Hebrew maxim
| is confirmed: The truly wise are greater in
| their death than in their lives:
| Life means conflict, and conflict means pas
| sion, and passion obScures our eyes anG 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