New-York tribune., 1900-11-20
In MEMORY OF DR.. sTORRS
MANY CLERGyMEN EXPRESS THEIR AP-
PROBATION OF HIS HIGH QUALITIES.

An impressive nenoysl service the Rev. DR..
RsehArd g S;orrx held last evening IN the
Church OF the Pilgrims. Remsen and Henry SITS.
Brooklyn II the ffty-fourth anniversary of
his settlement as the pastor OF the church The
platform banked with palms and white chrys-
enthemurns, and several OF DR. Storrs's favorite
Aymns were n tire choir Following IN
vocation by the Rev Or T 2. Mcleod and the
<sse.ng Of Scriptures and prayer by the Rev. Dr.
Harry p Dewey. the pastor Of the church, the
principal address delivered By the Rev. Dr. A
J. Lyman
DR. LyMANs ADDRESS
Dr. Lyman briefly reviewed DR.. storrs's early
career hs ancestry his birth in Massachusetts. his
edrcation and the temper Of the times AT that
period. after which Re said "a part;
The hereditary conservative element was strong
;a ors.r fbsi cy,za9ia ~ mus s % ~ HS was
not htted was he called to be a radical an
Ssltat., gonseF n new noysnentE DthHf ~ ne ne
With them he mad no personal quarrel He vas
20 large man toT personal quarTe!s A., We & a+k
that De is fitted for and set 70 90 on the earth,
thts great nan was hrted. and which he was set
% % he 90 SO sQperfly wei and with ] sssh a
and complete orb in the sky Of our American church
wa Nh ta 9r va & Is P2% 2,d kq9~1 .56g 10 all /, sn @s
70 rsnas en- e @ 9he % iTeaie t5rstian faih in terms
OF majestic modern eiocuence. II was 70 set the
isfsa stsi 6 to s s n @ si e3 q Ra c 'Fo Fao Ii
70 haEInCfA%e aliierelets W.-re Ge1rla' COT coit'o
cur ctlT~bes q rgs 70 hroa den without lowering
the pulp, 80 the platform without detriuNnt TO
either. but - dignity ard enrich both' NJ,
Al the bottom - BIS nature vas ms fuFIAn
sense n ri-n-Tcusress ana justice. his peculiar
OR fba 7e-iry II p A- faltn in the pres
eat Ecverei-n-y - j-nig1fy God n human aiIsars
FationslSrn reo5ed in - most cornrnaniing fg9re
through ih@ Trans lfl7Hz3 decades o. the !sst MY
HIS CHARITABLE NATURE
During sU tb4 anxious .rears of he great debate
Yrez.oeat as nea- pr siorrs perhaps as any
eyn ho7re a. a e st,.dE in MS chlrch he talked
r1th IL Tfta son 10 - n.ps' IIlFeseELeo Wy
tines heated discussion ran stand here. and;
speaking earefEi!y. 4fflfm tat never once aIo
sfire varl r l-r mn among hose with whose
ep'Eioas ae Est no' = n n z4ga ~ ia 9nfe c6d 5ad
xay word your grave what should II be-
tTss-se4 a. - r-frr= F,., ,fre- ha,ed Tnef
And when J. efi tnat day r. looked at me level
snd s;ealy far moment. and ms eyes h4iaG win
10 man erer carried 50 Htrle mere lumber IN MS
oat Of sighf. and always seemed 70 be out Of tis
oEE slEhf, His memory 5f Thcc 80 t1ch he's re. n
- me once. II yeu were suddenly 70 ask me who
vas the ruler o Japan five hundred years age
ISL moe, --e1arstion be ASKED 70 stand
IL the ..egen-s NJ Music and try 70 tell audience
what could T-rner"7er of the history Of Jspar.
@ az JI4ar"G would almost lntali5!!
:.
always teles~ ~ sr=t fhen microscope aferwart.
y there tine for ir He had first n sweep
the horizon before he examined anything near his
fact. but given that horizon and the general per
spectiye coulC hardly help looking ~ the In
diT.6ual object 3 iEt Way He did
His ecguar~E re marvel n two generations
\ stately ar c7rienr professional II waF. kind
of "RoEnsn triumph. ~ language. recalling OF
coUrss G!hHo- and NaCau.ay. but lighter than the
Torder0lz uaEA ~ Ilbbou ana less artificial than
Mscsulsy Perhaps Burke was more nearly his
prototTrs
The Rev pr P r. Meredith. pastor Of the
Tompkrs Avenue Congregational Church. said he
would certain impressions Dr. Storrs made on
him the years tefore the c1ose Of his life. The
frst Impression Of the hnassiveness of his
hood He Was great in every field in which he
vas built ~ . grand scaiS Grand n perslstency
Of work and achievement II was bis deep spirit
GaIiiy which the source of his power. Dr.
EtnrrF ~ work He corsecra cd
every power he had the ministry Of Jesus
chris. Ifs work would die d long
lived he served his generation by the VIII Of Cod
The Fey. D. q. Cuthrert Hal. president of the
inior Theological 9ernirary. read letter of regret
from Bsrru Potter that he could not he present.
Bishop Potter thar Brooklyn did well
mourn ,he loss - a man and
Epirstions ol his iife. strong manhood had
beer F7iShof. Potter constant envy and admiration
81 late years rT. Stn-"s. wrote the Bishop. was
great gift - Brooklyu and MS generation.
The Rev Dr J. Douglass Adam said Dr.. Storrs
hsG ffi = dep impression The social ana phlaD
fhroYic life - BROOKLYN. and also on the National
life.