The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-04-04
Venerable Preacher and Author
nsnorsd at Boston.
Senator Hoar Makes an Address Which Is
fs|IcItsusIy Responded to-Lsitsu From
President and Senator Lodge

Boston April f-In recognition OF his
long. busy and fruitful life as journalist,
theologian, philanthropist and man
of letters, several thousand of Boston S
leading citizens gathered I'm Symphony
hall last night to honor Rev. Edward
Everett Hale. ID. d., and lend him the
hand of welcome and congratulation on
his SOth birthday.
The assemblage was a large and in
many respects a notable one. for nearly
every sect and race in the city was repre-
sented. The evening was devoted TO three
anthems OF praise, a most fitting respon-
sive reading. a learned and eloquent ora
tion by Senator George Frisbie Hoar and
singularly unselnsh response by the
chief figure of the occasion.
one of the pleasing fea lures I'm connec-
tion with the celebration, but one which
did not figure in the evenings program,
was the presentation to DR.. Hale of
substantial sum of money. which he
found upon his return home from SYM
phony hall
The evenings exercises began with the
singing by the Cecilia society OF Cesar
Franck's arrangement OF the l50th Psalm.
The audience then Joined I'm a number OF
sentences of responsive reading, and this
was followed by Gounod's anthem. Send
out Thy Light" Major Henry L. Hig-
ginson then introduced Senator Hoar, who
made an address of greeting and con-
graduation.
Peter Cornelius Grand Finale to the
Pera OF Barber OF Bagdad," the 'Sala-
maleikum" chorus. ending with the words
Live till your thousandth year I'm fame"
no aff w
DIR. Hale was introduced by Senator Hoar.
your thousandth year In fame" was then
sung by the society, after which Dr. Hale
was introduced by senator Hoar.
IL was some minutes before the eminent
divine could find words to express himself,
but at last he said that he was very
thankful for the generous welcome:
Put yourself In my place" he said. "I
am TO do something which Nhave all
along advised young men not TO do, and
that is 10 talk about myself. IL would
seem for moment as II we must look
backward and not forward"
DIR. Hale then spoke briefly of his early
life and said that he was urged 10 enter
the navy when young man, then 10
take a position in large mandatory
of brick and finally he learned the print
ing business. He could not tell why IL
was that he had entered the life OF
minister. With great deftness he turned
the thoughts of the audience from him
self TO the work OF the ministry, and
finally toward the future and the great
opportunity OF mankind I'm the present
century. He closed with the words:
Each is 10 live for all and all are 10
live for each other.
Two interesting letters were read by
Senator Hoar, one from President Roose-
welt and another fro.w Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge. The evenings exercises
closed with the singing by the entire au-
dience of the old familiar hymn. "St.
Martins" and the benediction by DR..
Hale.
During the day DR. Hale received letters
and telegrams OF congratulation from all
parts OF the world. One came from the
interior Of India and another from the
Rocky Mountains. while practically every
author In the country sent some kind of
81 message.