Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-03
SPECIAL SERVICES
TO BE HELD AT CHURCH OF THE
COVENANT WEDNESDAY.

Coincident with the funeral Of the late
John Hay at Cleveland Wednesday morn
ing memorial services will be held In this
city at the Church Of the Covenant, of
which Mr.. Hay was a member and an Of
f1cer. Acting Secretary PIERCE of the State
Department. at whose suggestion the serv-
ices will be held, will represent the State
Department
Mr. Hays pew in the church was draped
In black yesterday and large floral piece
of lilies Of the valley was placed there.
An appropriate tribute to his memory was
read from DR.. Teunis s. Hamlin, the pas
tor OF the church, who Is now out of the
city.
Dr.Hamlin's tribute was as follows:
The pastor desires to express not only
his own very deep sense of personal grief
and bereavement In the death Of the late
Secretary of State, but his profound SYM
pathy with this congregation in the loss
of one who for SO many years has been
devout worshiper here, a faithful and de-
voted trustee, and most generous giver
both to the church. to our mission chapel,
and to every good cause. The church has
rejoiced in the great honors that have come
to Mr.. Hay, and in his almost unparalleled
services to the nation and to mankind.
Today ii is stricken in his death, loss to
the world SO great as almost to swallow
up our sense OF personal sorrow. May the
consultations Of God be abundantly with his
household, and may the nation ever cherish
his memory and emulate his example. So
We all devoutly pray"
Mr.. Macfarland's Tribute.
Commissioner Mcfarland who is a MEM
Der of the Church OF the Covenant, has
paid the following tribute to the late Sec
rotary OF State:
Next to my personal loss, Of which I
cannot speak, feel most keenly the loss
to our community and especially to the
church. The Church OF the Covenant had
no more faithful supporter or more gener-
GUS giver. He was, when well, q con-
slant attendant. and no one took more
sympathetic part IN it's services. AS a
member of the board Of trustees, he gave
time and attention to all its business af-
fairs.
With his wife, always associated with
him in all benefactions, he gave largely
to the church and, through it, gave gen.
boards of the Presbyterian Church at large
and to many other good causes. The
church building itself and the building
of the mission at 2Sth and NJ streets,
known as Peck Chapel, owed much to these
gifts.
The communion at the Church Of the
Covenant will never be celebrated without
remembrance of Mr.. Hay, for he gave the
silver service for 1t. No wonder the church
is grateful as well as grief-stricken today.
''Of course, Mr.. Hays benevolence was
not confined to the Church of the Cove
nant. He gave, with his wife, to every
worthy enterprise in Washington and to
many outside. And his manner in giving
was as gracious as in social intercourse,
not only because Of the courtesy, but be-
cause of the real interest. remember
with peculiar pleasure the hearty way in
which he gave me a generous contribution
to the building fund of the Young Mems
Christian Association, in which he so
thoroughly believed, and his promise TO at
tend the opening of the new building next
October"
Chief Clerk Michael Of the State Depart
ment has pointed out that Mr.. Hay was
the third Secretary of State who died in
office the others being Abil P. Upsher of
Virginia and Walter Q. Gresham of In
diana.
Secretary Hay" said Col. Michael,
loved his old friends best but was quick
to appreciate sincere friendship in new
ones and took great pains to cultivate
it. He hated hypocrisy and despised pomp-
Gus use of official power. His greatness
in statecraft has been recognized and the
best critics at home and abroad have as
signed him place among the greatest
cta teSmeO in history