Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-17
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Immortality of the soul and inspire us with
the hope that we shall dwell with him
some time in the realms of peace.
Comfort, we beseech Thee. as Thou
alone canst comfort. the bereaved wife and
family, and bring us all, In thine own good
time to Thee, through Jesus Christ. our
Lord. Amen
Rev. DR.. Edward Everett Hale then
spoke His funeral address marked an ex-
ception in the custom of the Senate.
Many statesmen of great renown who
have passed away during their fncumbency
I'm the Senate have had services over their
remains in the historic chamber. but 1t has
always been q rule that the preaching of
funeral sermons be omitted. The ceremo-
MES have been confined to the reading of
religious services, to prayers and to Scrip
tural quotations. Only once before. upon
the occasion of the funeral of Senator Nor
rilI. was music introduced In the chamber.
Rev. DIR. Hale was attired In black
robe. He spoke for about half an hour. He
referred to the intense Americanism of the
man whose remains lay before him, and to
the victories he wrought as more worthy
of the republic and of people devoted to
the principles of self government than were
any victories that could have been achieved
The mellow voice of the chaplain re-
sounded musically through the great cham
Der. He quoted frequently from the Scrip
lures. He spoke follows:
DR. Hale's Address.
most, and those who knew him little loved
him much. You speak of no else as you
go and come in these days; and this is the
Impression which is made. say on man
like me, almost a stranger to him PERSONAL
". 1 knew him very little. and yet 1 feel
the power and the charm. There are nun
dred men who are hearing me better fitted
than am to describe him, or to account for
his power But l think they would all nave
.l,a yr,,NfYo "a
of thought and action which comes when
mans heart is engaged-the energy and sue
cess of a man who does what he loves 10 DO,
what he wants to do. what he ought to do
because he loved 1t, because he believes In
1t, because he lives not for himself but Tor
those whom he so gladly serves.
Indeed, here is the difference between
men; between the men who are serving
themselves with every throb or the praln
and every breath which they draw. ana
those other men who are eager. who are
passionate in their determination 10 enter
into the Infinite work and TO serve Hah-
kind. The first are remembered only as . NC.
poleon ia remembered or any other calamity.
The others are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
a true man Is known and loved.
.'I was talking once with a distinguished
missionary. who had spent hair MS NE III
one of those philosophical countries whose
religion came more or less into fashion
among us half century ago. And ne saio
to me that the people whom ne had hVeu
among loved the Lord their God with all
their heart and with all their mind, but
they did not love Him with all their
strength. Hour after hour yesterday, and.
indeed the sad day before, l have been
thinking of the converse of this failure or
such men. Our friend lived with all his
might. He found out what was to be done
and he did 1t.
The Man Who Forgets Himself.
LAS God lives. this thing shall go
+h hat mi
energy of Napoleon, it is worthless: but
if it comes in the consciousness of man
who forgets himself in his passion for sue
cess. why. all things follow. The class Of
people, which is too large. who make it
their profession to ascribe the worst con-
Ceivable motives for every human action,
could not make him out when he appeared
in what is called public life. They made
the mistake which such men always make
of thinking that the mind with it's maneu-
Vers and memories and imaginations, is
greater and stronger than the soul of man
" hen it work in sincerity, in truth, in
faith. and hope and love. They had to
imagine, therefore. a skillful and cunning
lntrlguer, man who accounted for his
success as You might account for a boys
success in game of marbles. But the
analysis of character did not prove trIe
you might as well compare the ilted adj
JectIVes and substantives of a schoolboy's
meme meme against the passionate song of
Here was no contriver no scbenar NO
mere inventor. Least of all was here any
copyist Here was a whole-souled child os
GOD. VINO believed in success and who knew
no" 10 succeed by using infinite powers
He knew that faith and hone and love
serve II you would mine iron or smelt ii or
draw II into bars. and he was not afraid to
trust In faith. hope and love, If the bust
ness in hand were the governing of states
he did the thing he was set to do
In enc of the noblest of his promises
the prophet of Israel assures his peopl,
that in the happy days to come: Their
iulers shaii De of themselves and their gov
errors snail proceed forth from the midst
OF them "
Had any man asked Mr. Hanna what
was MS theory of administration | think
ne would have said it was this theory of the
frophet You see the whole thing changes
In the old system the rul ng class looks out
Tor the ruling class. The Caesars look ont
, Tor the Caesars, or the priests for the
priests: or In military government the
army Tor the army or in China thew say
the grammarian class for the grammarian
But When we, the people are at the helm.
We the people. take care of us the peo-
PIE. OF the whole, and not of a class or an
order A man like Mr.. Hanna a man who
really believes in democracy or the purpsse
OF any republic, is seeking to carry out
that central theory. II you want Fen
franklin. take Ben Franklin. though he is
tailow chambers boy: II you want Abra-
ham Lincoln. take Abraham Lincoln. and
take either as you would chose doctor or
an engineer. or a shipmaster of a boat
builder. Get the best
Hanna in Politics.
Eight years ago an accomplished friend
OF mine said TO one of the speakers in the
canvass. Who is this Cleveland man. this
Mr.. Hanna. whom the newspapers are dis
cussngF The answer hangs by me- I
wonder II the man himself remembers it.
Hanna is man who means to apply to
politics the methods of business men OF
honor
; Honor. truth and love. Go to the bot
tom and they are what win success A
square bolt will not fit the round hole In the
side OF steamship. Truth! Unless my
WORD Is as good as my note. my note will be
looked at coldly when / offer IL 10. dis
count Honor. And unless | pursue the
duty God has given me with an eager love
or those who have fallen down. or those
who have stumbled. unless in my strength 1
bear the infirmities OF the weak all woe Is
me. Love! And so. when men tell us what
Is true that this man more than other men
could mediate between the men who pro
Vlue the tools and the men who handle
them. that this man had the confidence OF
The workman and Of the man whose father
was workman or the man who like him