Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-09

hero Is prosecuted in the spirit thet char
aeteriEed his work on earth ana u We
mInsle with thf love we have for he
love for humanity, our hero-worship will be
Inspiring and elqvhting. II, Invoking MS
nPpr 1ss e ne i " lhis nd na nni;v ~ eSempiify our
affection for him but shall follow the de-
signs Of God as they were revealed to him.
b look up and shall cast on Its burden
OF sin and selhsfness and uncnaritabieneas
ne shall know. that our hero IL there and
mat tnrougn MS mtercesslons ouf ehVIes
v received a divine blessing.
BeecheF Natures Child.
Mr.. Justice David ]. Brewer said;
In the marvellous transforming years from
1850 to 1880 Henry Ward Beecher was a man
OF prodisious influence. He may wen De
called It's great preacher.
ne was natures child and IN some re- e
ture Of the boy remained a perennial spring
IN him pathos and huIno were always ~
rem gently exbostutSted with him for what
they thought too much leyity, IN the p"iplt,
he promptly replied, "Ah, brethren, you
SepSt' bs lSEsaVe H me never u ypu placed h%sTd lis heart In
a straight-jacket or let II be chilled by the
cold touch of a business age.
During the bitter hours OF tine clvh wa.
his voice rang out strongly, hopefully and
~triumphantly. He stood on Engfsn plat
forms and conquered English preluolces
His country's flag was not q mere plecs
OF cloth, worth so much a yard. He Loved
the stars and stripes. He was empnatceily
a preacher in politics. IL was htting Una
ON April IL. 1851. was raised again on Aprtl
IA. 1866, Mr.. Be6cher shouldNbe selected
to utter a triumphant note In these sym
''For the peoble misled, for the multi,
tudes drafted and driven into TINS clst
War let not a trace Ht sni hno5s arep ths
musket and they. return TO their ale.
glance, then stretch out your own hones'
~" old hH DAYS g ~ kindness. our hearts walt
for their redemption. All the resources OF .
renovated nation shall be applied TO re,
building their property and smooth cow
Again, note his constant hostility TO al
forms OF oppression. To him the Declare,
said. He was a leader in the great strug,
gle In the. republic between liberty ane
slavery: He stood with those who nae
| goods, but not conscience, for sale.
He read from the first the meaning Of
the great civil war; not party supremacy
not sectional deprivation but the transfp,
vivifying spirit of Webster's prophet'
words, Liberty and union, now and for
ever, one and inseparable."
Denounced Cruelty Everywhere.
2 He denounced before San Francisco au
dlences cruelty to the Chinese. Were n
em@s T AZ he IeM mGEIa OF ~ Christian Amer
lea which authorizes the arrest and de
portation without trial of a Chinese la
tidcate? The oppressed everywhere wer,
his friends. He welcomed Koeauth. Plym
outh pulpit was open TO every noble SOU
coming with an appeal for struggling hu
And in all this he was but following thu
leading Of his heart, He believed In iib
self alone. but FOR all the sons and daugh
tiers Of earth.
So his theology Il was condensed in
brought up under the old. New England
theology, among whose aiirmations thu
Soor nnSymbers pSiaS Tuitit,saea were cansn,c
uous, and while perhaps he never who'll!
rejected its atirmatons, hts sermons oub
bled over with. indications of a belief tina
the Almighty would prove TO- be NOR
I~nerciful than the Puritan and the PHI
grim were willing he should be-. Will
v~ersaIist among the strictly orthodox, hi
theology was always an object of suspi
cion: They felt that he had too mucI
Infinite, but the doubt as to his .theolog,
never emptiea. The principles. The brail
may ~ All Taa ssss I tos sRe hereto nsSgs p Ss ssu thrown !,
arm around struggling humanity an
blessed it. The very cause Of the sup
was one source OF HE wondroas power.
II is hitting. then, that on this annfver
sary Of his deast we gather today to d
city. where his efeat work was done, her
be erected a meinorial, which shall speal
hts nsme 20 THOSE Z shall come ate
longer needs the upliftins power OF Low
s s sympathy, on its apPeslinF heart vi
Henry Ward Beecher.
PASTOR Outlines Scheme.
Rev. Newell Dwight Hills. pastor q
Plymouth church. outlined the scope Of tn
Beecher memorial movement, and the plan
Of the committsss He said in part:
This memorial movement Includes severa
whole or part Of the block on which Piym
park to be named the Henry War
Mr.. Beecher's remains to this park. II /
also PROPOSED, TO erect q .Beecher memoria
Raecher eoId tha sis % firi an mh,Hn ~.
which Lyman Beecher preached his sernsol
on dueling the Sunday after the death 8
Temperance which developed into th
washington movement with the manu-
seripts of Harriet Beecher Stowe, MI
Beecher and the spochs q bis lie. Of whicI
Sargent for a series OF paintings portraytnI
the great scenes In the history OF America
Two hundred and nfty thousand dollar
will he needed to carry out these plans
We hope there will be found in variou
parts of the country some men who VII
who will give 5000 each, 100 men who Wi
give 1900 each, LOCO men who will give $50
others who will give small sums down
81. We would also suggest that the erea
clubs In our cities, political clubs and con-
mercial clubs, set apart a night for the re
View Of Mr.. Beeeher's career, his life ar
work. The committee will gladly put thes
clubs in the various cities In touch wit