Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-04

The four hours allotted Tor llliS Gre
mnny proved Inadequate and an eXtcn-
sion of an nour was made.
f'frty thousand people masscd in
front If City hull auG adjacent Ways.
.Yd many cases Of faintinG wpmen
we're noted. Police ambulancrs car
ri,d ~ people from the crush to their
homes and others We're cared for in
City hall.
The body will be- taken at II o'clock.
tomorrow, to Concord fpr burial.
The following culngy by Rev. Ed
ward Everett Hale Was delivered:
Il think that we, who knew him in
his home life. feel as if no one els.
knew how to prize him, though Il
whole country is expressing admiral
ton and tender love. r" b" with him
in his home, To walk up and down the
streets with him, To- sit with him here
at church. to 20 into the family life Of
Il town lik, this where ~, Know each
uthrr w"ll. where IS" al" Indifferent 10
artificial conventions. And he would
like. T." have me say this here. Th"rr
b,N"i MIS- a p'r~uu So Suuplr. 50 nat
turll. t,.Nyi. Il person Wur relied So en-
/ tIr.ly ui.nu th' realities. truth. right
! 'rrISur~s ANA I'.'r'. ~" would HAY"
] = al 10 you hat Ih,. Wisdom Of love is
! first pure. then peaceful Yes. gentle.
( Nui II WITS this that made him the
\ gentleman thu ~" was. H. could be-
4 Vehement iu .Nrr.~s.uu when needed.
7 iut Nv ,uuuuu ify. in common talk,
. H.. r..i,I absolutely upon tho sincerity
t... ..,..,..--t..r- and I tbir, That
I'm, ... ,I.. Nr,.,f..,,,. ,,.n.I.. which ~
| ,..t .t-.t, -., ....,.f,f.,,,1,. ,p,.. .,.,,I
,,..ip W. Nh. rt,li.r urt.r,,,cr m,y H..
tr.,..I ,ttf...tI, IN Why ftith III mau. ~
his c,.t.iu,s tnat they were tn chil-
! dr,u ii God. th't thy would inherit a
diNiu, nature and 10 his certainty of
/ tn. rr"Sru," If God which would rX-
! Ir,.~S itself ~ simnly. 80 unexpectedly
sometimes. but which Mas come, huI.,
IL ,.nlIrs, in his Ijtc ana talk.
| Il see that someone saws tin. H.. al
! wnvs seemed To have read even ,tlliuC
! ami that is curious. In that e., Try
! thing" there was il very wild" range OF
! thought in the history Of religion ana
| religious thought. do not know any
man or Woman to whom | should have
gone with such certainty to tell me
| a hout the best English religious writ
| crs. especially Of the centuries between
| our Puritan emigration and our own
| time. He would he u little apt To have
| one of those fathers nf the 18th cen
! fury on the table. He would cite fa-
miliarly to YOU what one of them had
said to him. ana always he fitted in
thos" oracl,.s Of the spirit with the
! daily cXiGcncirs Of life with politics or
| with literature. or with marketing or
with Il Journey. 10 Thee Their" Is moth
| ing great appears, great God there s
nothing small.
| thnt thr death blnly c;irnr. on christmas
cvr. last wear. when sh. was called
away. This WAS true. No hour PASSED
| but he WAS conscious of the weight he
was carrying III trying to liV. as he
had lived. Hut UP till that tim" even
| iii hard criticism Of his life from those
he loved. even the stress of public life
and tn" necessity of even dispensing
! those whom ne loved to please. l think
W. Sh"uih ~ SdH mat ms N WIS 2
h'liN "i''. ~ WIS HtI'n luil' ''h L-"r'i
:" lu!i tHdt no "h' thh d'S'rl"' lhat
p'l Always H'l'" iuh "i S''Ii''' ~
| l"tS'' 'h"rouSnlH generous S'"''Ii'hI
ih't ne 'Np''''h "lh''S To SI''r' WIN
nm. something which would max" thu
, world 4 better world. 1t seems most
unusual to say that if YOU caught Him
wErn H. We're not at work for this