The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-09
OBLIGATORY SERVICES OF
DOANE MEMO RIAL STATUE


Judge in Righteousness the poor and de-
an all-pervading eloquence, to maintain
Justice, love and mercy.
HE was a father to the fatherless. dry
ing the orphans tear and stillinS the
widows bitter sob; a benefactor to the
needy. giving while it was his. to give and
with 1t all so modest and retiring that his
own right hand knew not what his left
was giving.
Thus his works have engraven in the
hearts of mis- fellow men a tablet more
lasting than monument of bronze or gran
tie. His public and private position have
won him respect and esteem on the one
side, love and devotion on the other.
when Aaron, the first high priest OF
Israel, died, the Bible informs US thai
the whole house of Israel wept and mourneu
on his account. So was the death OF TINS
priest of the church felt as a public loss
and the voice to honor him found a re-
sponsive echo in every heart.
1--WE thank God for the life He mas
loaned us. With Him departed a great
man. Great not because he was a pro-
found scholar, great not because he was
an eloquent divine. great not on account
of his great philanthropy, great not only
that he Yves wise. but greater than all
because his great heart went out unre-
servedly to all his fellow men. In the
poets words:
" we live in deeds; not years.; in
thoughts, not breaths;
Tn feelings. not in figures on a dial.
We should count time by heart-throos. He
Who thinks most, feels the noblest. acts
LIES but a means unto an end, that end
Beginning, mean, and end to all Things
God
Great and good men do not end under
six feet of soil. They throw the thousand
sparks of their ideal into the darkness
above the soil, and each spark grows into
a light, a star, a living truth, a world
a virtue. a character. a model, a principle,
an everlasting power. Thu sun thoug
set still shines in the stars radiant gilt
ter and in the moons reflected ray.
80 Monsignor Doane still lives. and
will live on forever in the lives of others;
through the influence of noble character
and charitable deed he will live in the
recollection of all who knew him, n
coming generations, when they look up TO
this monument, will learn that it immor-
talizes a man who was appreciated and
honored for his manly virtues, a man OF
the purest ideals, all his purposes great
and lofty.
Such is my humble tribute to Father
Doane, the tribute of the Jewish rab
to the priest of the church who knew no
creed. no race nor section.
Let me close with the hope that as in
this days ceremony all differences of re-
ligion were sunk, and Jew and GENTLE
asked to unite in token of respect and
honor to a great and good man. that in
all our future walks we Evill remember,
that differ as we may in religion. we
are one as citizens Of our great republic.
children of one Father in Heaven; that side
by side we stand in every walk of life;
that We wish to labor for bringing on the
dawn of the golden age, when the sun of
humanity. the sun of universal love and
harmony, will nave risen high towards the
zenith. flooding the earth in every part
with his blessed rays, warming the hearts
OF men toward one another"