The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-12-15
In the evening memorial service


was held at the First Presbyterian
Church. Hon. John Whitehead, pre-
sident of the Society of Sons of the
Revolution, presided at the gathering.
The church was well-flled and the
program proved most interesting.
After an organ voluntary Rev. W.
H. Kershaw made the invocation. A
responsive reading was conducted by
Rev. Kinsley Twining, d. D. Miss
Corey sang the "Star Spangled Ban
ner" and Rev. T. I. Coultas D. D.,
followed with prayer.
Rev. W. M Hughes, D. D., read
the oration delivered by Major-Gen-
eral Henry w. Lee before the Senate
and House of Representatives in
Philadelphia, December &c, 1899.
Miss Corey sang "My Redeemer
and My God. - Rev. Samuel 2.
Batten then read a very able essay
on Washington, The Citizen. Rev.
Albert Edman, d. D., delivered an
interesting address which appears in
part below:
"The Character of Washington An
Inspiration to True Patriotism.
\ Tonight, though century has
passed and all that was mortal of
Washington has long since mingled
with common dust, we think not of
his death and burial, but of the man,
whose memory we revere and the
grandeur of whose character looms
up in ever increasing proportions as
the years go on.
/ desire to speak of the character of
Washington as an inspiration to true
patriotism.
There's tendency in these days of
cross materialism in the interests
of so called scientific analysis and
historical criticism, which has neither
imagination OF reverence, to dissect
the character and motives of men of
the past, whose names once we were
taught to revere and honor. But
none the less the great purposes to
which they were consecrated, lifted
them out of the common ranks of
ordinary men. They stand to us for
something large, grander than them
selves We their children, inheritors
of their doing and suffering, do we'll
to cherish the memory of their names
and the devotion of their lives. 1t is
we'll to realize the characters and
deeds of the truly great-in that way
we reverence and love the things
high and noble. The greatness of
mans character should be measured
by the results of his life and devotion.
The real Washington as we study
his life, measures up to the ideal
which succeeding generations have
lovingly formed of him. There is
mean or unworthy to be seen
in him. Contemporary history displays
the utmost reverence towards him.
Those who knew him best revered
him most.
The chief motive in Washington as
it appears to us, was lofty sense of
duty. 1t was the commanding ele-
ment in his character, which gave to
it unity, compactness and vigor.
When he saw his duty before him, he
did it at all hazards and with infiex-
ible integrity. He did not think of
glory or of fame and it's rewards, but
of the right thing to be done and the
best way of doing it. Through the
whole course of his life, he never fall
tered in the path of duty as it lay be-
fore him. He had no regard for pop
ularity, but simply held to his purpose
through good and through evil report,
often at the risk of his power and in
fiuence. And yet, with it all there
was the most modesty and simplicity
of character.
1t is needless to say that with such
a spirit of unselfish obedience to duty
he remained steadfast amid reverses
and obstacles that often shook, and in
not few instances overthrow, the
loyalty and faith of the stoutest
hearts in the momentous crises of the
Revolution. Once and again in the dark
days Of the period, during the winters
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