New-York tribune., 1903-03-09

Keexuk one by marched by and sHsa Sa drHRPea sd
aGsr int t9 oseFs 6s EsaTo Tose s above the
surface Each was nt witness S ana how many
thousands Of dowsE psGedA thiS evening
upon the memory Of Henry I ia ara some respects al
ways child The overlooking natnTs s ot 0o repress
n Sf5s sfeh a.
evty in the pulpit 1t,9s he e Il You
heart in sraittacket nor let pc trosb life be
Soifowes seii IL Impulse ~ forms o,
To him the Of P 1Se
an that aernk It s
IN the great IL the a tSose
edsy eut enp not faith
without works is dead Beechsrs Gee bibles IN AA"1"S
He Tead from fe rst the Of the g5est
dT ddmnstion MaT bGt nGt tRe into eOod
of the nation the yivfyng spirit OF o. anS for
pTeF one sOddi sDd
So 9ns cbs1en M t Of Sa
Sss fE Joy Thsn was III the
and he felt that the tine was Near ~inE. their
voices on Independence Day In ti.s cry OF praise
ooDe land: this land and, Of +, liberty; .Ss Yr:e"
to to th 5 s pNe
cisco audiences cruelty to the at the
qE tns oGT oG cSrsan S4sta me- ~e
the arrest and wth9ut t tra1 bim oa eeT
6s as city 0' the
h5 css 81 Nor "a. H s Rs os
hatred of oppression bounded by the
Were 1es his is friends m He welcomed Kossuth PySSu,h
RpIPsl RpPeal TaS foT GRTu 9trugslns gsfh umanty
And in al this rs he .nvs Was 5q ut e1 ay e he
loved it, and loved it. not for himself alone but for
az So 'af so SENS his theoosg dm@ It Was single
SENTENCE God Is love- Athoggh a1nonS whose af-
rmations T the certanty and place Of endless pun
ndu and for whe he
M IT & hf a fhs mEhy 5TnGsfn Would
to be more merciful than the Puritan and the FL FL
gqm TsTs Ts gds caed himself s yet
things he said the epsph pIe e
udsmen9 Rafs9 rGr of SFe the pTisy c q the
ultimate pardon Of the wicked that me- {ns
meber Of the ha chHrch Of England hops
costs CO Among the strety orhodo theoqg
always object of n M boundess ndE
the Insn but the qgh5 @ bran I 10 aY MS wsnder 4
men that on on this o his G6 @e his
ory; fitting that in this city where ms grGS bing
which shall speak his name to those who snaii
come after US: 1,,o con-, shall mass away. and
memorial buildings will crumble and dtsappear Win
The early death Of his dearest friend stirred the
heart of Tnglands last great poet to its prnioua m
memory viii ths END Of time ,ba in the the
nf zre seF 9Ht
that until struggling humanity no Longer On its ap
pealing heart will be seen in undimmed letters the
name Of Henry Ward Beecher
DIR. HILL1s's APPEAL.
The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills. pastor of
Plymouth Church, then made statement on be-
half of the Beecher Memorial Committee. He
said
Mr.! ' Beechers work foc this country and for the
Tord Ths SSS tn 9d bS s 1n han d to
the gensraon his life and W9rb has THUS a1fsnded Iad
his work MI Beecner wrote the first Of the great
hymn books and it was deensd best 10
but he Of Ghrstisn Tni0n @ do was nc ang1
appears HIS church, Plymouth, was the scene OF
his greatest work and there he taught men If
slavery; there he made his plea for liberty; there ere
he there s Se So to o1erhroW the
Caivnis and to humanze theology 5.,o and there ERE
G the poor ad u" Weak alike LOOKING forward into the
outh church shall be to New-York and BROOKLYN
what the Old South is to Boston It Is n hStoT1e sc e
preserVed II must be done by those of who love
who know not Joseph
THE FORM OF THE MEMORIAL.
The memorial movement includes several different
have petitioned the Board of Estimate and the
%bo or part 9n OSa Of he bocF on wRtch Plymouth
named HhnFSn the s enS ward as BeeeR PARK view
the naccesshility of Mr.. Beecher's grave a9d @ IN
the removal Of MI Beechers body 70 this park as
sociaed with the great scenes OF his life ana tne
It should said that those who faEqr or this I6n6r re-
ton of about nine to Han h is for o9 h peop Of Of
the country contain the pulpit from @ which 1n MI
Heecher sold the slave girl the pulpit rom %h6n M
sHbda1 after the death Of Alexander Hamilton and
the sermon on ''Temperance when deVeioped
ln1G lorpts sne of Hsrret Beecher stowe Mr. Beehers
oghsm of Mr. BeechT fe 1d he In
life. of which nearly hundred exist to overture
poTtTaxing The great scenes in the history Of
SHn i6eoa 4e6 sha1RS Y
pT to Hayns nd doT m Beehr m sns sale Of 1 the slave
girl in Plymouth Church; 10 make this me me.
a snail nail o fund 4na by no .ans G
the building in Be yga Gh the and TaSh
published annually and sent broadcast for incite
Ronh OF Of the the Country and by bringing in various
from time to time fhat nf are ~ 50 G
kind of patriotic Mecca to which the children @ and and
and pledge themssves a9sw 4ss t.11s to the
Portrayal of the great Leaders in the history Of
PnFty W5m ffqm tRe 81 sen r tdn the
the days OF nepn b5,d6 nnd BeeHheT l Il pos
in the interest Of the multitudeS Of young men and
Sav to Mr. Beechers spirit and work
and so make this memorial building one OF the
fnFes ndTes "5 hv he Of and Lincoln
and buildings like the Old South Church and Inde-
| pcndence Hall.
| THE SUM THAT IS NEEDED.
TWO hundred and fifty thousand dollars will be
to 9g hs ne M plans s and md these
block W hol