The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-18
PRELATES PAY
TRIBUTE TO
PARKER
Two Bishops and Many
Clergy at Memorial
for Lawyer.

cOpal Cnurcn-Ine 1tl. IteN' Ill GuWib
S. Lines, bishop of the diocese of New
ark. and the Rt. Rev. DIR. C%ortlandt
Whitehead, bishop of Pittsburg, Pa
were in the chancel of Trinity Church
last night with the Rev. DIR. John c.
Eccleston, of Staten Island, a former
rector of the parish; the Rev. Louis
Shreve Osborne, the present rector, ana
his assistant, the Rev. Thomas Will
lam Upton, at memorial service for
the late Cortlandt Parker, who was
for nearly seventy years a member OF
Trinity Church, had been Sunday
school teacher and superintendent, a
vestryman from .1s4S to the early six
ties. when he was elected junior war
den, which office he held until the
death of the late James d. Orton,
whom he succeeded as senior warden
lie also for years represented the
diocese of Newark in the general con-
ventions of the Episcopal Church OF
this country. 6
In the pews were Chancellor william
j. Magic, former City Counsel William
b.. Guild and Postmaster James
/. HAYS. two of Mr.. Park
er,s Oldest Newark friends; for
mer Judge Thomas s.. Henry, John
A. Clifford. James. Hodge, q. Wisner
Thorne and other officers of the church,;
Governor-eleet j. Franklin Fort, Jere-
miah O'Rourke and others.
Sons of MIR. Parker and other rela-
tiyes were present. Bishop Whitehead,
a relative, was the guest of Cortlandt
Parker. jr.
The two bishops, the Rev. DR.. Ec-
cleston and the Rev. Mr.. Osborne paid
eloquent tributes to the dead lawyer
and ehurchman, and Chancellor Magic
spoke for the bar of New Jersey.
In the afternoon Congressman r.
WAYNE Parker presented to the Sunday
school a large picture of 1.-THE Child
Jesus in the Temple Disputing with the
Doctors" The picture was wfled
by Cortlandt Parker to the school, in
which he ever took an active interest,
and 1t now hangs on the wall of the
Sunday school room.
Il. S. Wilson, a member of the parish,
wrote an original poem dedicated ito
Mr.. Parker. 1t is in blank verse and is
as follows:
A tribute to That Grand Old Man,
CortIandt Parker.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. they said
While gently laying him in earth's em-
brace
Their silent grief-his solemn requiem
No more shall we behold his form erect.
His classic pose-his countenance suffused
with manly dignity, and sterling worth
VIII ever on our mem'ries be engraved,
Strong mental-bucklers that fafeguard the
truth,
And make foy manhood's powerful panoply.
His life bore all those marlss which made
his life
One grand triumphal march. until its close.
Most noble was this man in thought and
speech,
Most honest in his dealings with mankind,
A very Nestor in his day and race,
In whom was pledged the highest form of
law,
Whose counsel was most sought for by
those men
Who valued wisdom in its purest sense.
One may visit distant lands, where scenic
wealth
mtensifies ones love OF earthly bliss;
Where placid lakes reflect bold Alpine
heights,
Or sweet ambrosial glades that fringe their
shores;
Taste that rare nectar tropic fruits possess,
When plueked meath azure skies and
radiant suns,
or stand upon the palatine and weep
Because a modern city has engulfed
Inc BFdllltuI dliu SAbllhiiAy VI ANOiilD.
Is Rome ,ess worthy of the name 1t bears,
That now, with new environment and
gracs,
IL demonstrates a progress far beyond
All human knowledge since the world be-
gan?
And thus, methinks, the s%plehdor of his
life
unsullied by those tricks and bIandih-
ments
Through which some rise to afiuence and
power,
WIN. in the wide arena of this state,
Incite our budding youth to rise and grasp
!. The helm of righteousness with godly
We miss his stately mien
And august bearing while he lived with us.
His old companions grieve-he was TO
them
A patriarch. in rlpened years and quest,
Instructive love %pervaded his dear home,
His eyes beheld the blossoms of that love
Adorn the grand profession of his choice,
fThey mingled tears when his great force
was sped
His zeal for civic purity and fame
Outdistanced all his compeers. He was
To lead the current thought by timely
aids,
Through healthy dietion from his faciIe
pen,
Rorndly he eensured wrong, proudly he
dwelt
On living principles, sustaining right.
Honored through life by men whose names
are writ
In golden letters time cannot efface.
Can TINS great city seek a nobler theme,
Or one more fitting to its marvellous
growth,
Then dedicate a plot on some green mound
Where he was wont to pass in manhood's
prime,
Within the shadow of the church he loved,
Close by that home where loving hands re-
celved
The warm expressions of his constant
care,
Where he has stood and viewed the rising
tide
OF commerce sweep our grandest thor
oughfare,
Bedecked with vast emporiums where
wealth
Doth multiply itself by giant strides
And thereon raise a monument in bronze,
A testament in witness of its faith
In gifted men, whose heart-beats throt
with ours
In all that aims to make a city great.
IT. S. WILSON.
The Rev. Mr.. Osborne conducted the
religious services last night, a feature