The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-09

his earnest tones. III haply they might
hear again his words of love and come
fort; and we would invite those who
have never known his ministrdtlOns.
TO come, and. standing within the in
huence of that sacred place. 20 feel IT'S
gentle leading % a better and more
useful life.
Shrine Of the Great Preacher.
"Our hero has himself declared i'm
what manner his sisine should be APP
preached:
when I fan and am buried in
/ Greenwood, let no man dare 10 stand
over the turf and say Here lies Henry
Ward Beecher for God knows that /
VIII not Die there. Look up If you love
me- and if YOU feel that have helped
you on your way home stand with
your foot 0u nay turf and look up; Tor
i win not hear anybody who does not
speak with his mouth toward heaven.
"It would SAVIOR of hardihOOd IF we
who knew Mr.. Beecher and his work
and who now contemplate the ouildins
of memorial 90 the spirit and lnsplra-
tion of his labOrs. should De content
with a mere idle token of remem-
brance. AssuTedly n it is 90 typity his
lofty Intentions and purposes. and III
10 is 10 memorable his unsparing con-
slant usefulness and his fidelity i'm
interpreting 10 his fellow men the
message of God. our memorial must
be center Of work which shall re-
dound TO the glory Of God and the God
of humanity.
"It is also entirely manifest that we
can build no memorial shrine 20 our
hero which viii attract his favor and
the presence Of his spirit without max
ing Plymouth church part on IT,
NO place on earth is so perVaded by
his spiritual influence: and his love and
affection for earthly things has no
abiding place more sure than this.
Plymouth church was erected by ana
for him. During more than forty
| years. and even TO the day of his death,
I it was an engrossing subject of his de-
votion. and the scene of his anxious
self-sacrihciug labOrs and joyful trl-
umphs. Living. his name and fame
could never be separated from it. and
! dead he has sanctihed IT,
"If our work of building a memorial
I 10 our hero is prosecuted in the spirit
I that characterized his work on earth,
and If we mingle with The love we have
l for his memory a serious purpose 20
emulate his love for humanity, our
/ hero worship viii be inspiring and ele-
waiting. IT, invoking his approval and
| I'm his name we extend his life work
we shall not only exempllfy our affec-
/ ton for him. but shall follow the de-
| signs of God as they were revealed TO
I him. and if at the shrine we erect,
humanity shall look up and shall cast
/ oh-its burden of sin and selhshness
and uncharitableness we shall know
D that our hero is there. and that
/ through his intercesslOns our efforts
! have received a divine blessing.
/ Mr. Cleveland was followed by Jus
/ tice Brewer
Plans Of the Committee.
/ Rev. Newell Dwight Kills, pastor Of
/ Plymouth church. outlined the scope Of
/ the Beecher memorial movements and
/ the plans Of the committee. He said;
This movement 10 build some me-
mortal 90 Henry Ward Beecher grew
/ out of a striking emergency. As you
all know. his old church. Plymouth,
/ is in a downtown district. The time
I is not far of when commerce VIII
crowd out the churches. Thus far
kind of fatality has attended Beech
er's work. He wrote the first of the
great hymn books and it was deemed
/ best 20 change the name. He founded
"a great religious newspaper, but the
name Of its founder and editor % D long
/ en- appears His church. Plymouth, was
/ the scene of his greatest work. and
there he taught men the love OF God.
| There he made his protest against
/ slavery. there he made his plea for
| liberty, there he taught as charity and
/ liberation between the churches; there
[ he labCred 10 overthrow the old Cal
vauism and 10 humaniZe theology, and
there he taught as the law of SYM
pathy and service for the poor and
. H-H e. HH. la
/ future. our committee forecast the day
I when Plymouth church shall be TO New
/ York and Brooklyn what the Old South
/ is 20 Boston. 10 is a historic building
/ and should be preserved. but If it is
/ 10 be preserved it must be done by
( those of as who love Mr.. Beecher.
Memorial Park.
This memorial movement includes
/ several different features. First. to
/ condemn the whole or part of the
! block on which Plymouth church is
/ situated. as a little public park. 10 be
+ named the Henry Ward Beecher park.
Many pray for the removal of Mr.
/ Beecher's body 20 this park. 1t is also
/ proposed TO erect a Beecher memorial
I hall to contain the pulpit from which
/ Beecher sold the slave girl. the pulpit
from which Lyman Beecher preached
1 his sermon on dueling the Sunday after
/ the death of Alexander Hamilton. and
/ the sermon on Temperance which
/ developed into the Washington move
/ ment with the manuscripts of Harriet
/ Beecher stowe Mr.. Beecher's sister
together with the portraits, photo
/ graphs. paintings OF Mir Beecher and
/ the epOchs I'm his life. of which nearly
/ 100 exist. to overture some Abbey or
. .H O rH. #HH
/ trayine the great scenes in the his
/ tory of American patriotism.
Amount Required.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand
/ dollars will be needed TO carry out
I these plans. The executive committee
/ believes that Mr.. Beecher's name and
/ work belong 20 the entire country
/ This memorial hail of patriotism is TO
/ belong % all citizens, Catholic and
i Protestant, Jew and Gentle, poor and
/ rich alike. We hope there VIII be
found I'm various parts of the country
/ some men who win give $4,000 or
\ 500 900 or $4,000 each, more who VIII
give Sc 600 each. 100 men who win give
I ST. 900 each. 1000 men who VIII give $500
/ or 5000 or 500 or s. each, and thou
] sands OF others who viii give smaller
+ sums down 90 81. We would also sug-
1 gest that the great clubs i'm our cities
\ political clubs and commercial clubs.
/ set apart a night for the review of Mr.
! Beecher's career. his life and work.
/ The committee viii gladly put these
! clubs iu the various cities I'm touch
/ with men who viii present to them
\ the life and works OF Beecher
/ Al the conclusion Of the addresses
/ "a subscription for the Beecher memo
/ rial fund was started by Mrs. w. c..
/ Wallace with a contribution of $4,000
/ Other contributors were Henry W.
! PhiDps. $1,000. DR. r. W. Raymond