The times., 1898-05-23
TRIBUTE TO GLADSTONE
Rev. Frank Bristol's Eloquent
Eulogy. '..''''
FAME BELONGS TO THE WORLD.
The, Great EpgIfshnan Labored for
of Almost Infinite Knowledge
Washington Was His Inspiration-
~ He Loved Aniericn's Constitution.

The The Rev Rev. Frank Bristol paid a glowing
tribute last evening to the memory of
William Ewart Gladstone whom he char,
acterized as the most illustrious states
man of the nineteenth century. His sub
ject was "Gladstpne- ne-Schnlar. Statesman,
Christian" HfS
The morning service at the Metropoii-
tan Church was given up TO the celebra-
tion of childrens day The exercises were
unusually interesting and were witnessed
by large congregation. President Nc
kinley was also an interested spectator
The platform from which the little ones
delivered their recitations was handsome
ly decorated with roses and wild flowers
conspicuous among which was a large
and beautiful bunch of peonfes, the favor
of Mrs. Mckinley.
The program of exercises consisted of
reeitations and songs. all of which were
rendered in splendid style and with much
spirit. A feature of the exercises was the
recitation of THE Star SpangIed Banner
by Master M. Bennett. 80
The other numbers on the program
were:
vail; The Use of Flowers" Harlow Bris-.
tol; 'Hosannas, Old and New" Nellie
Lutz; The Boyless Town, Ferguson
Fague; The Last Hymn" Edna .Kings-.
man.
In entering upon the discussion OF the
topic for the evening, DIR. Bristol said:
"A life is not an accident. 1t is result.
product of mental. moral, social and
political conditions. the offspring of laws
and forces at work in the brain and heart
and in the blood of the age: To produce
personal greatness is the mission of all
else that is great Science, literature
government, education and religion are
but means divineIy used in the c0nstruc-
ton of a noble character and the inspira-
ton of a useful mighty life.
-"Ie about the supreme name Of Jesus
We gather in our admiring and grateful
thought the names of prophets. apostles
and martyrs CO old. so with love for
modern righteousness. with. belief in
the nineteenth century power of truth.
with a just appreciation of the present
| triumphs of grace and conquests Of love
and achievements of genius and saeri-
| fee of heroic patriotism let US gather into
Irthe galaxy of the truly good and great
| the names which will give to the. nine
teenth century an unfading splendor on
| the pages of history.
j The year 1909 saw the birth of three
! great champions of right and freedom.
( tqeraldss OF the worlds larger liberty pro-
| phets OF the bright tomorrow, apostles
of the political gospel of true. enlightened.
and righteous democracy. Italy gave her
| Mazzini America her Lincoln, and Eng
land her William Ewart Gladstone"
The speaker then gave brief review of
| the early life of Gladstone. which gave
promise of greatness before he reached
| his. majority. He said: For sixtyrfive
| years he has been in public life. one of
/ the most powerful Individual factors in
/ Victoria s. reign and in the history of
/ European politics And after a life of
! unparalleled activity he came from the
| political conflicts of his time without a
| blemish upon his character" "---~-,.4
| Speaking of Mr.. Gladstone as a scholar,
/ DR.. Bristol said: -
we were told that ne was able to con-
| verse in all the leading languages of Eu-
| rope and that as a statesman and orator
| he might have addressed German scholars
| in Berlin in good German, French savants
! in Paris in choicest French, Italian in
/ Rome or Florence in italian and Spanish
! Dons in Madrid in faultless Spanish
| Continuing Mr.. Bristol said: Few theo-
| logiaus took q more profound interest in
! theology or in the study of the Bible and
in the science and philosophy of religion
! than he. MIR. Gladstone. by virtue of his
/ universal knowledge. his forensic eIo-
/ quence, his logical acumen his intellectual
| breadth. dignified and educated eIoquence.
| has placed new ideal before the political
| world of the high minded legislator and
statesman which has exalted national
| politics and added fresh dignity and hon
or to diplomacy and statecraft.
He was the champion of human rights,
and although he chose for the securing
| and maintaining of those rights institu-
tions and forms of government less radi-
cal and democratic than ours no large
minded student of his useful unseIdsh
I life Will question his devotion TO what he
| conceived to be the highest interest of
mankind He did the right as God gave
him to see the right
American citizens have. reason TO re-
member the name and revere the memory,
| of Gladstone. He revered with the
names Of our national fathers, he saw
| the significance Of our territorial possess
| sions; he appreciated the grandeur of our
i recovery, from the waste and bitterness o..
the Civil War; he saw our place in the
| front of the advancing national agencies
OIL ClNllZdliOHr ne undeTStOOQ our MISSION
| to mankind; he foresaw our splendid des-
tiny. ] have thought that he found his
| ideal of public character not in the rich
Grecian, Roman or Hebrew annals of
virtue and patriotism, nor even in the
! glorious history of a nation which had
bred an Alfred a Hampden and Sidney,
but rather that he looked toward this nev,
nation and saw rising against the clear
| horizon of an immortal fame the charac-
ter which inspired his emulation. for
| Gladstone said. Washington is. to my
mind, the purest figure in history And
again what tribute came from his pow
erful and honest pen TO glorify American
craftsmanship and the genius of our ma
tonal institutions when he wrote, The
American Constitution is so far as can
see the most powerful work ever struck
off at given time by the brain and pur-
pose of man. .