Evening star., 1907-10-30
LAST TRIBUTE TO DEAD
SERVICES OVER REMAINS OF
WILLIAM W. BIRTH.
Address by Rev. Walter G. Mcneil
of Wesley M. E. Church.
Interment Private.

The funeral of William W. Birth, Wash
ington's oldest native resident, was held
this afternoon from his late residence the
Lenox. 1923 T. street northwest at 2
O'Clock. There was a large attendance
of close personal friends as we'll As of
the associates of the deceased members
OF the Oldest Inhabitants Association
The services were conducted by Rev Wal
ter G. Mcneil, pastor of Wesley Metho-
dist Episcopal Chapel
The minister took as his text the
twelfth verse of the ninetieth Psalm: 80
teach us to remember our days that we
may apply our hearts unto wisdom I'm
the course of the many days of this life
upon which the sun has now set many
changes have come said the minister.
The movement has now become Sc
rapid, the shifting scenes reveal such
great surprises that men wonder whether
anything is fixed and certain whether
the foundation of life will hold. Faitf
finds the answer in the Eternal God. The
heavens are the work of Thy hands {
Lord They shall perish. bat Thou shalt
endure. The years shall have no end God
changes not. This is to say that His
owe and His power do not change
Religion Abide.
The realities of religion are abiding
l'i aver ii'iI'Hltll lot SlIl. TtUeNlDtlOD, I'M
MOI, r,aIiiy Whatever csc changes. man
is sure of God There is forgiveness for
the sinner, and consolation for the sorrow
ful and help for every hour of need. God
Is actual in the midst Of life real to a.
who seek him Men do not deny God to-
day They rather have come into the
possession of clearer k"oW edge concern
ing him. Wrong views distorted images
have been corrected. Tn@ hlunder of men
tod law l,sl. IL.
OF people daily accept their daily bread as
though there were no G.ver.
IheY frtter way their lives as though
there W.T. no Christ to whom they owe
dominion. They spend their days as
though Thea" were no eternal life The
folly of men, their sin. is that they ig-
more God.
IN the presence of a life that reaches
far back and now overlaps eternity
there are voices that call men to number
their days and take account of true wis
dom They say to men that the things
that are worth while are the Things that
make for the sous eternal welfare. They
affirm that in the midst of the things that
change. reality, satisfying reality lies in
the things of Cod
The Pallbearers
The active pallbearers were three mem
bers of the Oldest Inhabitants Association
Messrs. W. K. Willard. ]. Richard Rig
giles and Benjamin Reiss. and three close
personal friends of the deceased Messrs.
Frank Middleton. Morris Woodward and
George Pitts. The following members Of
the Oldest Inhabitants Association were
included In the list of honorary palbear-
ers; Messrs Allison Nailor, jr. S. Thorn
as Brown. Charles B. Church. Jacob
Veihmeyer, Benjamin c. Wright. A. H.
Ragan, ]. D. Cathen. II. NJ. Dellinger,
Crosby S. Noyes. William r. Smith, WI
lam II. Williams. John T. Chancey. A. w.
Kelley, l.. P. Seiboid, Dr. J G. Howard,
J. r Mahoney, T V. Noonan, Fred L.
Moore. Albert Groupe Gen. John NJ. Will
SON Thomas W. Smith, T. Edward Clark
and ]. Edward Libby
Upon the silver plate of the casket was
the Inscription William Wilmore Birth,
January II. 1sOS, October 2s. 1907
large number of floral contributions
We're banked about the bier.
Interment was private and was In Rock
Creek cemetery.