New-York tribune., 1903-03-09
TRIBUTES TO BEECHER.
MEMORIAL, 81
$4,000.
FOR
Mouor Lor, Mr. Cleueldnd, Justice
Breuer and DR.. Hills Speak.

eIrfeeuth anniversary OF MS oe0tn AHc ava
erny was filled 10 overhowing, ana more th1h
$4,000 was contributed for the memorial move
yn.nt for a little public park on the block on
which Plymouth Church is sltueteo' 10 Se H0'''N
Henry Ward Beecher Park.
1-riiah r kennedy presided, and INTRODUCED
ravor Low who was cordially received ana IRE
euently appIauded in his eulogy OF MI beecher'
srhe Mayor spoke of Mr.. Beecher as the chaiiI-
It,, ~ free speech and free labor. and said that
- o,s g., his day did more than Mr.. Beecher to
substitute god of love for god OF fear
The memory OF Mr.. Beecher." said Mayor
Y,ur e4s secure. whatever you or may de- It
"a htttne that q memorial to him shouid take
sorne permanent form. and I hope that the
,,oven,ert for a memorial to Mr. Beecher VIII
be crowned with complete success.
I-rprasident Grover Cleveland, in a sympa-
',ho.ic address recalled a Cermon he had hearo
In Plymouth Church forty-niae years ago. whose
sn,nressiyeness had remained fresh ana orlsh'
.n his mind during all the time that hao shioe
psssed In days Of trial and trouoious per
pIexity Mr. Cleveland declared, IT'S re'nen'-
brsnce had been an unfailing comfort ano III
evcry time o. depression and discouragemeiic
the lesson it taught had brought restoration OIL
hope and confidence.
What this sermon has been TO me III all
'.hose vears' said Mir. Cleveland. "I alone know.
I rr.sent its recollection to-day as a personal
credentisI Of my own especially emitting me to
-enresentation among those who meet TO recaiI
and rnemoriaIize the fame and usetulheSS VI
Henry Ward Bsecher."
Mr Cleveland, excited the sympathetic ap-
rlsuse of his hearers by saying mat IL vas
manifest that no material shrine could be built
20 Mr.. Beecher which did not make Plymouth
Church part Of IT.
ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CHINESE.
David ] Brewer Justice Of the Supreme Court
ra,d that the wrong to the negro was not the
,rIv wrong that appealed TO Mr.. Beecher He
denounced before San Francisco audiences
cruelty TO the Chinese.
Were he now living. said Justice BREWER
show would he thunder anathemas al tha' leslS-
Iation Of Christian America which authorizes me
arrest and deportation without trial OF Shi-
nesc Iaborer who does not carry Win MN
certificate just often city ordinances 6u
thorize the shooting Of dog FOUND On 'ne
streets without tag or his collar.
The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills, pastor OF
Plymouth Church, outlined the scope OF the
Reecbcr memorial movement and the plans OF
the committee who have 1t in charge
The Rev. Dr. F. ". Gunsauius OF Chicago
.;5 +hsra Was the heartiest concurrence Of the
Middle and Western States with the movement
70 build a memorial to Mr.. Beecher
st the suggestion Of Mr. Kennedy, atter 'he
addresses subscriptions were made for the
Beecher memorial Among those aii1outlceo ecu
nero $4,000 from. Mrs. c. W. Wallace. Sl,ooc
No. Henry Hentz. s. 600 from DR.. Rossiter w
RAYMOND. 900 from Henry w. Phipps. S2oOo
from the Rev. DR.. Hills, $1,000 from Mayor
Low. $500 from CARL H. De Silver, SiOo from Dr.
tunsaulus, 500 from Henry Sanger Snow and
S1OO from General Horatio c. King. About
$4,000 in all was subscribed.
MAYOR LOW INTRODUCED
...o- .bo singing Of one of Mr. Beecher's
@ayori.e hymns Love Divine, All Love Excel
,irs" F,litah r Kennedy introduced the first
sneaker of the evening Mayor Low, who was
cordially received. MIR. Low spoke as follows
! W,aS Mayor of Brooklyn. had the happiness of
a. msetns @ IN fis ssSrn xSy PG0g bFdsy
] am glad 70 be privileged tonight to preside, as
.aIi"d 10 consfder the erection Of suitable me
or Of Henry Ward GecN Me- ReecheF Es
Inarkable man. He had been. during long life a
s95y pqsay ilgsPSs eissr SSat a4ns he
from his life haze Proceeded lnnoehees lot eooo
On the afternoon OF the day. twenty years ago,
asked me whether vas intending TO preside at
the brtSsy at to be be he'd 5s, that S evening
could forget the occasion which he first saw
M on R sn s19 eoon IS when ' Wende emo Ph
had 10 50 Pe6 6orss M tF PhPs aPdenc hd
when Isaiah Rynders followed by gang of ruff
s % s mS S1n as shs s Sna friend aad
spare man leaped upon the other end Of the plat
Ger. Germ! Come over to Brooklyn Mr. Philips next
Ss IN 10 BGo We he ree eeG you
have often though5 that that anscdote is sinsu-
early manhood TO cid age he ~es the fearless and
re- yspee 0G Of Of free OF seeg aR oGe
did more Than ne to create the CONDITION III OF the
making men free and labor free: and no one in his
sd neo,Ie ndn aIike the idea Of God OF love {oT
the idea of God of fear. The power Of the man
f of @ sPescS such been gwen 70 T but feS R
great fund Of human sympathy. rare sense Of
gcr and ft for iiiaistration that charmed and
which he dealt made him an almost matches
In the very best sense: he was a popular orator.
for he could reach the hearts of the plain people
vas not ali. for he could also cast his spell over
WReeer 9e he oSd Ills a Speeches in
when the Civil War at its crisis and public
Nar9R and SUPPORT Of the south Sere not . only
sEerPeces Of S ecsuenes but 10fether they con;
by sn orator. Evening after evening those who
ored by interruptions to break up the Meeting but
e1enng after eSsnRs sr Mr 6rc see;hsg @ wore out his
andienoe, after audience with him as he demon,
especially the welfare Of the aborins Of every
the Union. which stood at once for free labor
and for free men.
Il is TO Perpetuate the memory Of such a man
or rather ! will gay that, for the memory of
Henry Ward Seecher is secure, whatever may
do: but Il the purpose OF erecting BILE
memorial such a that this meeting has been
called II is ftting that the pastor OF Plymouth
Church one Of Nr. Reecher's SUCCESSORS in the
pulpit which he made ilfustrious, should have given
The inn7use this movement It is equally fitting
that such memorial should take some perma nent
form which will make 1t of value to the church OF
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