The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-09

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| II WAS some moments after Mr.. Clevelandi
stopped speaking before Mayor Low could
get a chance to Introduce Justice Brewer
who said:
SPEECH or JUSTICE BREWER
In the marvellous transformng years IRON ~
1850 to 1880 Henry Ward Beecner was Ia m nsIled
s III srsa. nR rsaSSeT' Of an ustroa family
We are here to testify u n %itnessss ' Each
heart testihes Nay more. the world Is full
Of Testimony. There iss oud 81 w nms re-.
spects always a child. The overt ,s,, ma
tire Of the boy remained perennial f T hiS,
R.,S sSsa .n aG $HRssss .ss
When some OF his ministerial brethren gently
espostristed with him for Thst tney ,m9yT re-.
| II you knew how much ! kept back ne
st i be e chilled BY the cold touch q susi:
ness age All through life he Followed us
Z has been said that he would have made ,Se
| a great actor. Doubtless he would for me
great actor is the one WHO fully and faith ih.
soul soul Shakespeare is read where Lord Bacon
| is unknown. One felt while the other rea-
spned The voices S of the near az the Ss% nteeet
| from the other. SO Mr.. Beecher as minis,
ter Of Christs gospel will be ok known ,o land and
| the most logical creed has been buried IN
the cold oblivion OF unread history. He was
q p1t ,hs Intellect, saf bu'
| heart Ii means love Of country, and the
most intense patriotsm ,e9 oyr hen nssurt L
was that during the bitter hours OF the Ciyli
| War. both at home and abroad, ms voice
out s9 nSaS tho stsrs ana Hnn srpss
| The sight Of them brought tears TO MS eyes.
| They spoke to him Of GLORIOUS past, MADE
and deaths. He could not shut himself up
| in his study and write articles on theologs,
or stand IN pulpit ana deno1hee y .r life of
caily prea cher in politics, y was fitting TINT
| April IL, 1851. was raised again on April "a.
ise5 MIR Beecher should be selected to utter
| for. the nation its exultant' triumphant
~" 10 him the Declaration Of Independsnce
meant all that It said. The consent OF the
wss leader ws in the great in
| republic between liberty and slavery. tie
stood with those who had goods but not i,S Son
works /. dead Beecher'. Bibles in Kansas
| became solid arguments for freedom
| great Civil War; not party supremacy, not
sectional dopinatop but TIE thn yivfv.
Liberty and union. now and forever. one
| and inseparable. ,
| that appealed TO him lie denounced before
| San Francisco audiences cruelty TO ne
| Chinese. We're he now living how would
| he thunder an8themas al the legislation OF
| Christian America which authorizes the
arrest and deportation without trial OF a
a certificate. just az often city ordinances
| authorize the shooting OF a dog found on
the streets without tag on ms fo ~ nnpI Mor
sion bounded by the territorial limits OF ms
own land, The oppressed everywhere we're ,
Bis friends, He welcomed Koss Udbis PLY PLY
coming with an appeal for struggling hu-
in a Jingle Sentence. God Is love Among the
| strictly orthodox his theology was always
hn had oo too much conhdence in the boundle.s
mercy Of the Infinite. but the doubt as 70
his theology never ,emptied the pews. Inc
In ali ages some hereto has thrown hi.
| arm around struggling humanity and blessed
ness Of MR. Te Beecher. theology was one source
heart. Love and sympathy beaet cheer and
bv the great appeal which comes from human
| frailty and suffering is one whose words
nd f HsSrT e%ard s
| forth the Inc Xorable demands OF Justice and
Righteousness. there was minor Key which
| and bade ali borrowing and fallen ones to
look to the heights whence cometh strength
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poet to It's profoundest depths. and Arthur
bs orme To the end Of time in the srsnde st
mausoleum ever built upon earth; the In
Memoriam- Of Alfred Tennyson so shall II
needs the uplifting power Of love and sym
pathy. on its appealing heart vii be sesn IN
nndimmed letters the name OF Henry Ward
! Baccher.
The Justice turned aside when he had
SPOKEN about Mr. Beecher's feelings re-
eardins the Californian's abuse Of the
Chinese and about the Chinese Exclusion
laws, to say:
Talk Of sending missionaries 10 China
let us send few to Congress. II they
should chance to reach there on Sunday,
they might change somewhat the order OF
eIercises.
DR. Gunsaulus said in part:
THE Middle West To this B>echer propo-
sition says yea and amen. The West
stretches her great warm hand 10 you to-
night and says In her great hearted way:
lei US get together and build this memorial
20 Henry Ward Beecher
The West would delight 20 see a green
spot on Brooklyn Heights. II would h.
better than sermons-that green spot for
IN. little children