Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-14
IN MEMORY OF DR.. PARS0N
SPECIAL SERVICES AT CHURCH
OF THE REFORMATION.
B-onze Tablet Unveiled and Dedi-
cated-Sermon by Rev. DR..
Freas of Baltimore.


| services N honor of the memory of Rev
III. W iliam Edwin Parson We're held yes
'erday morning at 10 O'Clock at the Church
| OF the Reformation. A bronze tablet was
unveiled and dedicated. AS Miss Virginia
Smith and IIurick Mengart pulled the cord
which uncovered the tablet biblical verses,
/ IF a man di, shall he live aea;n -, from,
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''i'eEc'h IN me Shaii never ne. from the
words of ST. john, were found engraved
/ thereon,
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placed was beautifully decorated with
palms and cut flowers. The tablet is of
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Sermon by Dr.. Freas.
The regular morning service at ii
O'clock was conducted in the church au-
HH"riHhi ny itrF- '" = ffeas OF Ba'ti-
more. Who preached IL sermon from the
teyt The righteous shall h.. in evcrlast-
ing remembrance" Psalms. cXii:6.
You can estimate no lnau j.stly in
crowd" the speaker said. "jIc is hidden
ia ne thro9% his iisnre is oversnalowed
confessed OF mistaken. only as he moves
away and APART can we follow him with
ap?reciative vision and discern Alright the
% ~ '''.m ~ " a. pc ~. ~. 4.
sti.rs nfr f,,o,,, M, tn fn,oainarv nd az
cid SntaI and causes them To loom up as
they rscede :" That there comes to MS by
ami 10y roctified conceptions and juster
conclusions.
Applying these principles to tho de-
parted pastor of this church. how does he
appear after two years of absence from
familiar scenes and beloved friends? To
me he begins TO tower up larger nobler,
altogether admirable. as we set our
selves at this distance to estimate his
work and worth. His life and career are
far enough removed to afford us more ac-
curate and adequate estimates of them,
ana he is vet near enough in time for
10 recall IN faithful memory his genial
presence and the real force of his per-
sonality.
I'VE are gathered here today. before OBJ
him te snmnpom hack tho dear hTotbe Eve we
once knew and still love. as ne was when
YET among us ana 10 comfort ourselves
~ III +I ,.,, i 10 ~ iao
hind him.
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ne ue"th VI tiie ma" "hoii touas W"
ioioi was d Shoch " US all f,nii''
strangers ana uhiarlIlidr suifou''uihss'
far from nome summoned suddenly unto
the departed hosts, his end was alto
pether unexpected The announcement of
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r. 10 Nv, ,ha svnoa Vel,
yorh,s ,'' -. -, - t;.nds and class
ns..as bis all ;e sincare,v n,ourned
"Jt saan,ad CO GRANGE that tho Great
D;snosnr Of vents sbon,d have ca or.
deraJ Tho Cavity danartnre of His sar-
Ia-r1o. A r3roun and Dr r Co.wald
Stricken down in their mower and promi-
nert nsafuInass inter wears of spaechlass
iinparinp here waiting for the calJ-hon-
nrea Io7.ed and worthy as thew were-at
Ias+ W avon mi, NJ the society Of their
sn,w,,a, ,rI lisannsar in the shadows
u-hfch bida The 1Insaen world TO he
srnronad az was orr brother at once
and soon into the presence OF the Lord is
&c he would have wished and far better