Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-15
uis Compositions Sung and Mem
oy ritting|y Observed by the
congregational Church.
NOT A SPECTACULAR MAN.
,o, Mfr. Goshen Pays Eloquent
Tribute to Life and Deeds oil the
Dead Music Master.

n,irg In the First ConsreBauoiai
mo.nh in honor of the late orgahist,
cnui''s ,bomas Radcliffe. A feature OF
Iio, s.rvioe was the music. with Mrs. L..
ln' ,s,,lar al the organ; the music be-
u ~" ~" COMPOSITIONS of the deceased,
NY ne choir sang the anthem by winch
Az nrofessor had won the hrst prize III
me recent contest.
inc bis discourse. Rev. Il. l. Goshen
FAN .ro adequately appreciate or deter
mans real worth, one must
a .and removed from him by the lapse
,,ears. For the life of a gifted one
,sarer in the perspective ana When
.Ss,,yed from the vantage GROUNDS
Sending SO closely associated win the
ne Of him we remember today, IL IL
~ W, easy to tell the story as II snouhi
~ odd and yet II love prompts the
."i,,no and conducts the nearing We
shsm learn the lesson. Thomas Rad
NV was an transformations man. In
H. ME and In his music there was
n.,.,ng spectacular. lie despised a
.rck, he refused to prostitute mis- art
tn introducing anything that was
mean, How spendidly did he thus
,sveal the soul of the true musician ana
the true man.
ma had many talks concerning music,
q. history, It's power and It's posslDill-
tIss and in all our conversation | did
ma, once hear him say an unfair or an
nocharitable thing OF our musicians.
RON much is this spirit Of fairness
needed among us who seek to worship
Al the shrine and learn the power Of
music How pitiful TO see one who
sings or plays carrying petty little
despotism through life. Have all the
modern education that you may: be a
master OF technique and all-prohcient
IN method. and yet, living n sordid, pet.
" little life, never will you pass be-
You'd the antechamhers of the temple
Of music: never will you make real
contributions In the worlds richness In
song or sound In all those does the
lie OF him whom We remember this
morning teach us needed lessons. But
It holds teaching greater stu. Seek
ing the greatest contribution that he
made, / would find IT, not I'm his music.
rare and precious as that Is, not In his
simplicity of character, beautiful and
altogether helpful as we found 1t, but
would say that II was revealed in that
one grand trait called falthfulness. For
Is years he went In and out before you
with a regularity and punctuallty
that was fauItless. When IL O'Clock
struck on Sunday morning I knew that
he would be at his post and that a mo-
ment later the organ would sound. Not
always was II convenient or easy.
Sometimes il-health counseled him to
remain al home and yet he came-he
was not detained by bad weather nor
delayed BY belated cars. He planned
10 take his place and perform his part
not because he was largely paid, for
he was not, not because he must. but
because he would.
"Oh, you men and women upon whom
so much depends. you who have II in
your power 20 progress or retard a
great work, here, as you remember the
lie and the service OF our friend and
eo-Worker, may you resolve, all of You.
from this day, to bring faithfulness. A.
deity and conservation TO the work
mat cries for your help and your exam
pie Let this be the suggestion that
comes TO you from him whom we loved
and lost awhile,
II no towering shaft ever rears itself
TO mark his resting place, II no eloou-
ent tongue ever recites his virtues. n no
panegyrlc ever be brea thed An his honor.
SUI has Thomas Radcliffe buided for
mmseli a monument that shall not
cru'nnle With the sweep of years. be
sA'ermlnated by the tolls of time. or
Mrnished by the rust of life--the mon
umeht OF life--and written across that
monument In letters clear and bright
see the words: he was faithful"
simple transformations, faithful even
l'e ehdi these words he merits, for
ne possessed their virtues.
Formed on the good old plan.
uue and brave and downright honest
man,
ne Ole" no trumpet in the market
place '
face, ''' wv
supplied with cant the lack of grace.
ful will
"hat Others talked about while their
=, hands were still"
some DAY | trust that we viii nlace n
memorial tablet near this organ, mar
~ simple phrase shall reclte these vir-
w. ana shall say to the children of the
sm r1iuh' MS Is in memory of a faith
'1l man 90 thou and do likewise"
ar ouched life's harp and music
s sp"ed IKE rippling waters; his fingers
s"ept me keyboard OF life's great or
sSI ana beautiful melodies and avn
plolles resounded. He lived n sinnle
s ian and honest manly life. He was n
,.rh IT,, burrows, the archbishop of Cam
W'VVIutN was spending Sunday with
tn'ialh h. Gladstone. The archbisbon
NJ no pastoral duties that day. and so
~ attended services with the Gladstone
,ns"uy' While engaged in silent praver
vas nolced that he was very i'm Vs
, as carried from the church and in n
.,a minutes was gone. Az Mr. Glad
ioNt, recovered from the shock ana
siSeu upon the face of his friend no
snn u, tie died like a soldier IN
Ssn uS a morning preceding Christmas
Ia ihomas Radcliffe PLAYED for ms
was lar from Well and vel n,
800 ssN beautifully At the close ~ ~,
, ill.,, ne played for the 26th Chrlstmas
Chor,,sa ',ls church the "Halleluiah
hIs a. As ne touched the last note
the ~ nad Tor the last time touched
Well {y,gyDeiu or the organ he loved co
famu,, Nst q beautiful memory for hls
mi ILL, anu MS friends, What n bea,ItI.
.,,.i y'.'naf TO a long life OF faitbSni
by Ne few days later, surrornded
NJ nose who loved him. he laid don,u
,lsan 'S,h ana like soldier went 20
Angna Gro"n old and blind. M,cbaoi
ths 49,. sroped his way into a gallery ~
M. a'aUcan' where with unllfted -
o. o. ~ ngg ger felt their way over The "Tcr,
starS,,r hldias.'And the old cord,paI
Ia w. near heard him say, aGraat
WHY WIZ, carved It, greater of All he n en-
hsyr fashioned the sculptor. ~ s,1ii
VI III still learn" sun
msr am t . old sculptor. seeking t,a
el1s ne mat he loved. aid Thomas y a .ae
thread W, mat last Sunday morning
Ne SaI MS way toward the ore ra0't IN.
rsre e' daT oSilded and that he loved Win ad,
III, r uIsSsotlon' And finding II b,s S m,rn
chornnaae 4 breathe m" .tuai liz ssn-
so ''q rs And there he stonn aiie'ulah
rnony sGr having sounded ,he lss, MOT no,
sayins . ,' faith and hone nn,te y,
slc s mat he found the horoa a, ~ IN
wh.rs . .l harmony Is eternal anu
a. n. we 'HalleluIah chorus" so,, S,,a