The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-28
WCTORIA'S MEMORY
SUBJECT OF IMPOSING SERVICES AT
ST. PAUL's CHURCH.
MOTHER OF THE EMPIRE.
THE THEME OF REV. j. L. SCULLY's
ELOQUENT ADDRESS.

scotch Societies IN raging IriDute
to the Memory of a Good wOmnn
and a Wise and Gracious Ruler.
The Church Packed From the
ChanceI to the DOors-City Govern
ment Representative Lesson of
VictOrIa's Life and Reign.
The memorial services at st. Pauls
Episcopal Church last night in honor of
! Queen Victoria, designed to testify the
loving generation in which she is held
by her subjects and former subjects in
Savannah was a remarkable testimonial
to The memory of the dead queen.
The audience that assembled to take
part in this tribute to the virtues of
good woman, a wise and gracious SOW
ereign and one of the most august rulers
her people has ever known, was not
to be circumscribed within the limits of
any race or any creed. There were pres
ent Jew and Gentle, Catholic and Pro-
testant, natives of the British Isles and
Of almost every country in Europe, men
of every station and of every creed.
The church would not hold the crowd.
Every seat in the auditorium was taken
long before the hour for the beginning
Of the services, additional chairs had
been placed in every aisle and every
available inch of space in the building
was occupied. The aisles were packed,
men and women filled the vestibule and
the vestry and very many We're turned
away from the doors.
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Englishmen of Savannah, and the st.
Andrews Society, the organization of the
sons of Scotland, occupied seats especial
ly reserved for their members.
Mayor Myers and several of the City
Council, Judge Emory Speer of the United
States courts. the consuls and vice con-
suls of most of the foreign governments
| represented at Savannah. Rev. l. p. Men
des. of the Synagogue Mickva Israel, and
a number of distinguished citizens of Sa-
vannah were in the audience.
The decorations were exceedingly sim
| pie. Between two of the central pillars
of the auditorium was suspended the
British flag, flanked by the enslgns Of
Ireland and Scotland. From the litany
desk hung a portrait of the dead queen,
framed in black crepe and draped with the
Union Jack From the center of the
large flag that hung between the Two
pillars was suspended the laurel wreath,
which The Victoria Society will send to
England. to be placed on the queen 8
grave.
The musical programme was elaborate
and was beautifully rendered by the choir
of the church and Signor Brocolini. Slgnor
| Brocolini sang Cavalry" as the offertory,
and From Heaven, l Heard a Great
Voice. one of his own compositions with
fine effect, his deep, sweetly musical
voice filling the church.
Rev. j. L. Scully, rector of st. Pauls.
delivered the address. Rev. Mr.. Scu.ly S
subject was 1.-The Mother of the Empire"
His text from Isaiah, 1928: Ana hlngs
shall be thy nursing fathers and Queens
thy nursing mothers" Mr.. Scully said
Let me first briefly explain why have
chosen this text and find in it the ex-
preston of an analogy. The prophet is
meditating on his beloved Israel; ne
knows that his people are to accomplish
|
of His WILL they are His redeemed, and
in the Goth chapter he sings a triumphant
song. as if already the vision of faith was
realized. Arise! shine, for thy light is
come and the glory of the Lord is risen
upon thee
But there is an awful contrast as
sharp and bitter as was revealed in the
year that King Wizzah died, when the
glory of man was seen to be as fading
that day. The prophet sees that the real
condition is much below the spiritual
ideal. The glory and splendor of his flu
ture hope is lost for a while in the suf-
tering and misery of the present. But
they are to be redeemed, for the gentiles
who have conquered and despise them
shall be the instruments in Gods hands
to accomplish His work. His people snail
have their kings given to them for foster
fathers, and their Processes for foster
mothers. The lesson is plain. God raises
up the mighty of the earth and entrusts
them with His purposes and commits the
care of His people 10 them.
Every student of history has been
struck with the fact that the great pc
RODS of the worlds history are largely
the biographies of few great men, Every
thoughtful man realizes that the far
reaching movements of life are inspired
W bht SOu4S WHO rise ABOVE Its Qed
level and monotony, as the mountains
rise in domination of the plains. Human
ity drifts, ii is borne along by the energy
OF the struggle of instincts, but now and
again, at some critical period, or crisis
of existence, some one, not the product of
nature nor yet wholly free from it, arises.
God has breathed into his nostrfls the
breath OF quickening life. he becomes
a free and ruling SOUL he passes thro'
trying ordeals, he wrestles through a
Light of gloom and dread and al length
he triumphs. AS prince of God he has
prevailed, prevailed to be chosen to stand
against the senseless aims or rashness
Of his fellows. To force the tide of the
worlds life into purer and higher a
nohler and saving course.
such an one was the late Queen. AS
God raised up Esther. the beautiful and
modest Jewish girl to ascend to the
throne as Consort and guide 20 the King
Of Persia and save the people from their
| enemies; as He raised up Moses. we be-
lieve He raised up Victoria the Queen
to do His great and marvellous work in
the nineteenth century. And tonight IN
! Gods house and in the sight Of men we
confess some of the debt OF honor and
| gratitude we owe TO another Of His
saints and servants. who has finished her
| course in faith, whose heart guided tn,
desunies of a mighty empire for over
sixty-three years
Her work is better understood when We
compare the present with the condition.
OF the English people when she wa
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