The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09
FINE TRIBUTE
OF CLEVELAND
Address Of ex-President at the
Besehsr Memorial Meeting.
PLANS Of TIE COMMITTEE
GREAT BROOKLYN PREACHER
NOT FORGOTTEN.
PLANS Of TIE COMMITTEE

New York. March S-A great mass
meeting was held in the Academy of
Music in Brooklyn tonight for the pur-
pose Of raising funds 90 erect a me-
mortal in honor of Henry Ward Beech
ar The founder of Plymouth church
and for forty years its pastor. Many
hundreds who were turned away from
me doors gathered at an overflow meet
ing DO Plymouth church. Mayor Seth
Low presided at the Academy Of Music
meeting and among the prominent per-
1f Che great preacher were former Pres
dent Grover Cleveland, Justice Brewer
Oh the United states supreme c0uTL
Rev. Newell Dwight Kills OF Plymouth
church ana Rev. Frank W. Gunsalaus
of Chicago. FaV0rite hymns were REM
dered by tine Plymouth choir
Mayor Low Introduced former Pres
ldent Cleveland who said.
mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gen
t'emeu-I claim the right % join lu
these exercises for reasons peculiarly
my own. 4 am here ln obedience to an
impHIse that viii not De denied. and j
am accredited 90 this assemblage by "a
condition of heart and by am Influence
which has been strong within me for
many years. To IS now more than
forty-uine years ago that Z heard In
Plymouth church "a sermon whose inn
pressiveness has remained afresh and
bright iu my mind during an the time
that has since passed. ln days OF trial
ana tr0ubi0us perpleXity it's remem-
brance has been am unfaning comfort
and ln every time of depression and
discouragement the lesson it taught has
brought restoration OF hope and c0nn-
dence.
The Lesson Taught.
'I remember as if it were but yes
terd8y the fervid elOQuence of the great
preacher as he capuvated my youthful
understanding and pictured Co my
aroused imagination the entrance OF
two youns men upon the worlds JOS
Ting aetivities-One laden like a beast
of burden with sordid expectations,
ana the other with a light step and
cheerful determination. seeking the
way of duty and usefulness and striV-
ing for the reward promised 90 those
who love and serve God and labor for
humanity ] have never for moment
lost Che Impression made upon me by
the vivid contrast, thrillingly painted
DO words that burned. depicting the two
careers. nor have / ever failed 90 real-
ize the meaning of the truth taught by
the description given of the happy COM
pensatIOns I'm life and the peace and
sOIaCe i'm death, Of the one, and the
TaCklug disappOiutmeuts in life and the
despair in death. of the other What
this sermon has been 20 me I'm all these
years Z alone know. / present its rec
election today as a personal creden-
Gal .H. |#aH a.HHH HH HHI
20 representation among those who
meet 90 recall and memOrialiZe the
fame and usefulness of Henry Ward
Beecher.
"I am not here, however, for the pur-
pose Of only giving voice 20 "a grateful
recollection. nor solely 90 acknowledge
the personal benefit and service j have
received from the teachings of the il-
gsrri0ug dead have come 90 join ln
The kind of hero worship which is but
another name for a reverent recogni-
zion of that greatness which mani
tests itself when humble faith and
trust in God Inspire sincere and brave
service in the cause of humanity's ele-
walton and hettermenL
Hero Worship.
'It has been wisely said that hero
worship win endure while man en-
dures Let us accept this as "a pleas
amt uuth-up0u the condition that the
man or qualities wOrshiped and the
manner of their worship are of the
very essence of the matter Let as be-
lleve that there is no sadder symptom
OF generations bad moral health
than its lack of faith iu it's great men
and lbs loss of reverence for It's hero.
and but let this belief bee coupled with
The reservation that those called great
shall he truly great and that the he
r0es challenging our reverence shall De
truly heroic. measured by standards
adjusted tO the highest moral cOndl-
ti0ns of mans civilization.
1--WE cannot have the least misgiving
concerning the completeness of the
hero whose name is ON our lips to-
night. and whose memory IS In our
hearts. should a herO's aims and pur-
poses De high and uoble3 our hero de-
voted his life to teaching The love of
God and pointing out 30 his fellow
men the way of the souls salvation.
Should he Doe uuselhsh. self-sacridCng
and generous The self-saCTifce Of
our hero sh0ne out constantly and
brightly and his llle win be- searched
DOB vain for "a selfish. uugeuerOus act
should DE De- couuEeously and agEres-
siEcIy q lover of his country and q
champion of freedom
Heroic Beecher.
"0m hero. in the day of his coun-
trys danger and trial. challenged all
Corners in defense OF our national safe
ty and unity. He stood like a rock
against doubters at home. and he con-
fronted angry. threatening thronss
abroad with "a steady undying COur-
age which wrought tr.umphs for his
country and Tor iis conservation 20
mauh0od-freedDm not hess important
than those of un army with banners.
should he be brave and patient under
personal suffering and amicton2 Our
hero. Ehcn Affections came from hedV-
en-. Ubmissively. continued TO praise
God. and when he felt the cruel sting
of mau's mgaltude and malice DE
ser.nelv looked toward his heavenly
Fathers face and kept within the COM
f0rtlng ughJ OF a pure conscience.
Should a hero crown AN his high moral
attributes with great and benehcent
achicvemeuts2 our hero led thousands
upon thousands to the way Of eternal
life. he surrounded religion with cheer
ul brightness and taught that il grows
best. not in the darkness of terror but
in the constant sunshine of Gods UNI
falling love, DE performed the highest
service 10 his country ln a spirit of
absolutely pure patriotism His lie
and influence We're blessed benefacti0ns
to his countrymen Ear and near. and
by no means the least OF an he did he
created Plymouth church and klndled
there "a light of Christian faith and