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The Washington herald., 1908-02-10

/ the chapel that sacred morning until he
/ had gained his compOsure. The vener-
able ordaining prelate, Richard Gilmour
approached his young levite when they
were alone and on bended knee asked
his first pTieStly blessing Kissing the
newly anointed hands, the bishop looked
up into Father Stafford's face and said:
/ May these hands be ever raised in bene-
diction and your lips speak only words of
truth"
THE next two hours. alone in my
room" said Father Stafford. were hours
of agony, but the resolves l made then
We're the guiding stars of my life"
Therefore, the secret current that gave
motion to every faculty Of the great man
whom his fellow-cItizens to-day honor,
that swiftly sent his sympathies to the
I homes Of the poor and the bedside of the
sick. that set going that rare judgment
which made him the counselor of the
doubtful. that drew out from the depth
OF noble soul the finest traits of friend
ship. that urged 10 broad and persistent
study that carried through an upright
citizenship that fired a love of country
only paralleled by love of church, that
drove around the bOrderlands Of the earth
and came back freighted with the human
interests of the world, that brought to
his mind the sOundeSt Drinciules of gov
ernment and the strongest motives of
brotherhood-that secret current was gem
Grated in the heart OF a priestly eharac-
ter its motor power was love of God and
feiloW-men.
His Duty to Suffer.
Father Stafford never lost sight of the
admonition Of the church on the first day
Of his priesthood-"It Is the duty of n
priest 10 offer sacrifice to bless, to gov
ern, 20 preach, and to baptize"
For twenty-five years he daily ascend
ed the altar and stood between God and
His people, offering up the Infinite ran
som OF the unspotted Lamb and the in.
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from its sources in the views of Kant and
tumte down 10 the synthetic philosophy
Of Herbert Spencer. which eliminates in
the conclusion tR1t while ultimate meta
physical questions are insOluble, they
compel a recognition on an inscTutable
power behind phenomena which is called
the unknOWable'
Then. after demonstrating. through
critical analysis, that neither Darwin nor
Pasteur had been able to discover the
origin of life he concluded with the tri-
umphaut declaration that as the new
philosophy has failed TO shed any real
light upon the source of life. so at life s
close il leaves Us stranded and alone
without a guide or even the hope Of
personal friend, upon the frozen and
painless shores Of the "unknowable.'
Held Up the Cross.
Against that dark and despairing back
ground ne held up the cross. whose
shadow, he said. has been the sunlight of
all human history. In the blaze Of that
sunlight he then revealed. with a fiery
missionary zeal born Of the strange
witchery Of his Celtic temper. his con
CeptiOn Of the gentle personal God OF
Galilee who, he said was ever whisper
ing over the top of the centuries His mes
sage of love and hope and peace to every
human being ready 10 meet Him hand Ia
hand and heart TO heart. The echo of
that neVer-tO-be-fO forgotten discourse stiIl
fingers on the shores of the real. albeit
the great heart and brain from which il
sprang now sleep like q dream in a
grave.
While this plu ned Christian knight was
thus uphOlding the standard of the cross
here in this Capital-amid the statesmen.
Jurists, philosophers. and historians or a
thoughtful and inquiSitive nation--the
pale messenger came with his inverted
torch and beckoned him away Disraei
youth, dalusiou, manhood a struggle;
old age. a regret. Happy indeed is the
man who is able 10 rob old age Of regret
by falling ia the thick Of the fight, in
the MONDAY Cf mis- manhood and with
his aTmor on. Thus did our noble. gifted.
heart-winning friend pass Unimpaired
through that ever-opening door that
swings between Forever and No More.
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THE PHILANTHROPIST"
REV. DIR. ABRAM SIMON.

The dominant note Of these memorial
exercises is not funeTeal. but triumphant.
This hour registers the enthronement of
the late Father Stafford IN the undying
affection. and appreciation OF unnumbered
thousands. We have not come TO mourn
How have the mighty fallen" but rather
to reflect how the soul Of Jonathan was
knit to that Of Ddvids. and that even In
their death they were not divided" " Love
Of this kind gives at once Justification
and dignity 10 this gathering. Pathetic.
indeed, was the call of Jonathan 70
David, Tomorrow viii be new moon
Thou wilt be missed. for thy seat will
be empty" 4 month ago the uppermOst
note was the anguish Of loss the vacant
chair. the aching emptiness. the stricken
priests, and then only the church could
voice the pang and yet the glory Of it
all To-day, another new moon having
waXed, the whole District has found its
tongue and sings in accents of victory,
Thou art missed, but thy seat is in
our hearts, a thing Of beauty and a joy
forever" The great OF the earth might
wei envy the spOntaneity, the generosity
the sincerity of this OutpOuring Of people
and its tributes OF love.
1 Many-sided Man.
The great Rabbi Jochananben Zakkai,
almost two thousand years ago. said to
his favorite pupils Go forth and dis
cover for me the best thing in the world
to cultivate" One answered, "A gener-
GUS eye" another said, "A loyal friend;'
third called il a good neighbor;" 4
fourth was convinced il was the Culti-
VatiOn Of prudence and foresight" while
the fifth replied. A good heart There
upon the learned master said. Il con-
slider the last answer the best. for in his
reply all Of yours are included" The
heart proclaims the man. Which is the
best phase of this many-sided man whom
We here are trying 10 portray?
Which do YOU applaud the most in his
splendid equipment-the scholar the ora
tor the patriot, the friend, the priest?
Does not the philanthTopist include them
allf Philanthropy is the heart on fire,
dfiamc with the consuming passion Of
love for suffering and struggling human
ity. The philanthropy of the late Father
Stafford was the deepest and most abid-
ing expression of his loyal, brave and
pTiestly heart Il was this heart of love
which gave conservation to his scholar
snip. fervOT to his patriotism. loyalty 10
his friendship. wings to his oTatOry. and
lusteT to his priesthood. Ii was this
heart Of love which inspired and digni-
fed with sublime purpose all his varied
activities. His philanthropy gushed forth
from his heart and OyeTfiowed the entire
man. like the "Oil on the beard of Aaron.
reaching down even unto the hem Of his
garment
Love on Three Threads.
Speaking more analyticaIly. the skein
of his love was woven Of three threads
the dramatic, the patriotic. and the re
ligious- The dramatic quality calls for
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Clerks want to Go to Church.

Reading, Pa, Feb. 9.-Clergymen called
upon Mayor Gerber yesterday ana point
ed out that many clerks in stores had
expressed to them their desire 10 attend
the evangelistic meetings in the Auditori-
um. but were prevented by the fact that
they were required to work every even
ing until 6 o'clock They believed the
stores should close for an afternoon.
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NoveIIst Nferedith SD Years nIa

London, Feb. 9-George Meredith. the
author, is planning to celebrate his
eightieth birthday next Wednesday. He
will receive a small delegation of mem
bers of the Society of Authors, headed
by Anthony Hope, at his residence, Flint
Cottage, Boxhill, Surrey.
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WILL SELL CHINESE CURIOS.
Mrs. COnEer, Widow of Minister ia
China, to Dispose of Collection.

Los Angeles, Feb. 9.-Mrs. E. II. Con
ger. Of Pasadena. widow Of the former
United States Minister to China, has sent
to the American Art Galleries. In New
York to be sold at auction, a collection
made after the capture Of Pekin by the
allied troops
Much of the stuff was bought for a song
from troops who looted the imperial pal
ace and other treasure houses. The col
lection was admitted duty free as part Of
the ministers baggage.
The largest single piece in the collec-
tion is the great bell from the temple of
agriculture, just outside the Pekin walls
The Washington herald., 1908-02-10
Welded FOR 100 YEARS.
Hungarian Couple Live to Celebrate
Their COnnubisI Centennial.

Paris, Feb. 9.-In the little village of
Isonbolgi. Hungary. a married couple
have just celebrated the 100th anniversary
of their marriage.
The whole country took an interest in
the celebration, Emperor Franz Josef
himself inquiring for details from thc
officials. The husband is 126 years of
age and the wife 116. They have IL
descendants in the village.
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TRIBUTES TO FATHER STAFFORD.
INTRODUCTORY.


We assemble to-day in the of who the friend
OF ALL without regard ceedCommissoner Mcfarland
THE CITIZEN
He was of the highest and best type Of citizen
counting day we'll occupied without the time OF close
having done kindly deedNice President Fairbanks
THE FRIEND.
If text were needed should find # in his words
once, but many spoken All men of all the churches
the children of God and them for my friends Rev
DR.. ]. Van Schaick.
THE SCHOLAR AND PHILOSOPHER
Among all the Christian orators to whom have listened have
known deeply mbued with the neces-
s of meeting the trained gladaors of agnoscsm upon the high
plane of human logic where the intellectual battle must
bly, be fought out hand to hand and hi ht-Ton Hanns
Taylor
THE PRIEST
Father Stafford lost sight of the admoniton Of the
church on the first day OF his priesthood 1t the duly
of priest offer sacrifice bless govern to preach and to
baptze Father McGuigan
THE PATRIOT
A priest OF Cod dedicated to paths Of peace he
realized that there comes time when it is necessary
for the wrath of God find expression the word Gideon
and he looked upon the millions we spend in armed
equipment premiums of insurance paid shield people from
the horrors OF War-Corporal Tanner.
THE PHILANTHROPIST.
In the rectoy high among the priests OF the race OF men
who have consecaed their neect their eoquence their patriot
sm their dreams ambitions and their hearts the glory of hui
manit, happily greet thee Denis Joseph Stafford phan-
hroPst, because lover of men.-Rabb Simon,
THE ORATOR
The real orator always is in earnest Father Stafford
aaame with eamesness. He carried his hearers on
the wings OF his eoqunce those spiritual regions where dwell
the better angels of our naure.-Senator Beverdge
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WHOLESALE DECORATIONS.
1,13O Yards of Ribbon for Recip.
tents of New HOnors in France.

Paris Feb 9.-The French government
has decorated 5,Sl7 persons for services
Of varying merit. the decorations in every
case being either that Of Officer Of the
Academy or Officer of Public Instruc-
ton.
The list OF new honors takes IN no
fewer than l0b columns IN the Journal
OfhciaL 1t took over forty-one hours for
the various cabinet ministers to sign the
diplomas.
The comforting Of the decorations has
neceSsitated the use Of 1.l30 yards Of violet
silk ribbon. for every one OF the new
officers. large proportion Of whom are
women. are entitled 10 wear a strip OF
velvet ribbon on the breast or in the coat
lapel
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SECRETARY TAFT AT ST. LOUIS.
Spends Busy Sunday and Leaves for
Kansas City.

Kansas City.
St Louis Feb. 9-Secretary William II.
Taft arrived here at SIS o'clock tonight
his train being an hour and three-quarters
late owing 10 a wreck in Ohio. and left
at 80 tonight over the Burlington Rail
road for Kansas City.
During his stay here he talked politics
with Republicans; dined with f. \.
Hitchcock, former Secretary Of tie In
terror; heard Rev. Or. Samuel J. NiccoIls
preach in the Second Presbyterian Church.
and held an informal reception in the
Planters Hotel
Republican City Chairman Jephtha D.
Howe who went TO meet Secretary Taft.
not having been invited to the reception
here, was not with the Secretary Of War
when he arrived here. About twenty-five
Republicans met Mr.. Taft at Union Sta
tion. and seventy-tve Republicans were
at the Planters Hotel reception.
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THE FRIEND"
REV. DR. JOHN VAN sCHAIck.

We meet to-day in the presence of a
common sorrow. Men of every creed
and sect come together 10 honor one
great name A hundred years ago a
gathering like this would have been inn
possible.
Fifty years ago. or even twenty-five
years ago. it would have been improb-
able The fact that it is possible to-day
We owe 10 broad, tolerant men like
Father Stafford. He always hOnored men
as men, tie always recognized what we
were and not what We professed. He
was friend 10 rich and poor. and rich
and poor alike gather here to-day to pay
a tribute 10 his memory.
In speaking of John Cotton. his an
eestor Phillips Brooks. once said this:
IT would DE terrible thing. il would
narrow our life and make it very meager.
If we had no right to honor or draw in
spiration from any men except those we
agree with or who would approve of us"
Pays "a Tribute.
II right 10 speak to-day depended on
agreement with all Of Father Stafford's
views, ] could not stand here. If il
rested IN the fact that he must approve
Of all / accept, / should have TO hold my
peace. But the day has come when great
men, Catholic and Protestant. are the
Joy and inspiration and help Of all men.
and simply stand here to-day To ac-
knowledge my debt.
II Il text were needed for this brief adj
dress. I should find il I'm his words. Not
once. but many times, he said; "All men
ln all the churches are the children Of
God, and l want them for my friends"
In human society, as II is organized
to-day, there is much which divides us.
We therefore, owe much to the men who
by pTecept and example bind US together
From childhood 20 old age we meet the
prejudice OF race, of creed, of social con-
ultlon- one man is born with "a dark
Skin another with q light One first
sees the light of day in the old mother
chufch winch he loved; others know first
the synagogue. or the shrine. or the
churches Of the Reformation.
Free of bitterness.
We are born apart. We grow apart.
We absorb inheritance of bitterness which
comes down from the religious wars of
the past. And yet this man was one of
those whose eye was clear, whose heart
was large, and who could say. All men
in al! the churches are the children Of
God. and l want them for my friends"
II did not mean that he was false to
his convictions. IL did not mean that he
was dislOyal to his church IL did mean
that he saw far off in vision the time
when prejudice and bitterness would pass
away and he wanted to help on that daV.
And il is well for US TO remember this. /
The qualities that make a man A true
and noble friend are not the weakest. but
The strongest, in the soul. And the work
a man does through friendship is not MS
smallest, but the largest. contribution 10
the world.
There is no social problem before ms
which IN the last analysis Is not prob /
lem OF friendship and brotherhood What 4
Father Stafford did TO break down hines
of prejudice and build lines of friendship 4
no man can estimate. And every time ba |
made friend he helped solve the social 1
problems Of the world
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HONOR DR.. STAFFORD
Thousands Pay Tribute to
Memory of Priest.
THEATER AUDITORIUM FILLED

Vice President Fairbanks, Senator
BeVeFidge, Rabbi simon, Corp.
Tanner, DIR. Van Schsiek, and
Others Speak On Noble Qualities
Of Heart and Mind of Dr. stafford.
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THE PATRIOT"
JAMES TANNER. Register Of Wills

We are gathered to-day TO give public
salute and farewell to the memory OF
him who all men who ever came I'm con
tact with him. even though briefly. even
after, without regard % denomination Oh
religious belief, spoke of IN affectionate
tone IS Father Stafford" But it Is
farewell only in the larger public sense
Those who. in his all too brief stay
among Us. came within the charm of his
magnetic personality, who knew, 10 some
degree, his work and walk i'm life. who
recall his mighty intellectual powers pow
ers even exercised for the betterment and
happiness Of mankind. bat who above all
recall the love and charity of that great
| heart of his-they will never say farewell
70 his memory
Friend Of the Soldier.
! There will be many Of MS who in the
/ future. IS we sit IN the silent hours of
! The night calling memory's roll OF the
/ loved and the lost. viii. as the ghostIy
procession passes In review before mem
| ory eye, find the loved presence of Denis
/ }. stafford IN the front rank.
To my most humble and Insignificant
/ personality has been accorded the great
honor OF undertaking. in this distinguish
| ed presence 10 speak for "a very few
minutes Of him as one who loved his
country.
! belong 10 generation that is fast
/ passing into the unknown. A close stu
dent Of world affairs. Father Stafford,
coming upon the stage of life after we
had settled the dispute iu the court OF
last resort. quickly recognized the pitiahie
1 figure cur people as a whole would have
appeared in II the nation had not been
hello together. and how thoroughly the
people OF these two continents would
have become subject % the CaJs-pay
and contention Of the mouarChial gov
ernments Of the old world. He fully
recognized that 20 the yal0r Of the men
who, iu storms # blood. maintained the
unity OF the Republic Is directly atrribui-
able the fact that to-day We stand as q
power occupying front seats iu the parlia-
ment OF nations. abe federation of the
world, co-equal with kingdoms and Um-
pires.
4 Viriie Patriot.
His patriotism was of the positive.
viriie brand. Believing as he did that
under oar form of government there was
% be found the largest liberty of con-
science, the greatest freedom 10 worship
God as man may see the light. the most
complete demonstration Of the equality
of man, and tie greatest protection OF
the individual rights thereof. he desired
10 have the militant aims of that gov
ernment, its army and navy, OF such
strength and thoroughness Of equipment
as 10 be able 90 command respect the
wide world round
Not till he mad crossed the river of
death and the angel chorus broke upon
his ear had he heard music more I'm ac-
cord with his spirit than he had found
in the strains OF My Country, 'Tis of
Thee"
To the priest OF the church who min
istered 70 sin-sick souls. 90 the man OF
intellectual and orarorical eminence who
enlightened and charmed us. 90 the pat
riot who was utterly unable ON geograph-
ical lines. TO differentiate hIs love of
country, to all of these We bid goOd-by
but most teuderly. I think 10 the great
loving heart ana loyal friend-Hail and
farewell,
The Washington herald., 1908-02-10

Prophecy Of Mrs. Stevens.
W. c. I. U. President.
SOLID SOUTH FOR PROHIBITION

National Officers Talk Temperance
"t First Congregational Church.
Mrs. stevens HarshaTs Evidence
10 Prove Final Success OF Cause
i'm The state Of Maine.
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THE PRIEST"
REV. THOMAS Z. AlcGUIGAN.

Denis Joseph Stafford. chosen from
among men in the things that appertain
10 God was by nature and by ordina-
tion priest of the Most High.
He remembered not the day, he often
said, even amid the mysterious impress
sions Of childhood, when a vocation to
the priesthood was absent from him. He
chose himself with the encouragement
Of religious parents. the schools most
suited 10 prepare him for his life work :.
and though they took him far from home
and kindred during many long academic
years. which were fraught with divers
hardships for sensitive soul like his,
he did not finch from the task
His cherished recOllections of college
days. so often related, and his unswerv-
ing loyalty to professors and institutions,
told how that towering intellect and
mighty heart of an extraordinary young
man were curbed and trained and fash
ioned and directed, until he came forth
from the seminary, every talent freely
cOnSecrated TO God, his whole self a holO-
causI for the people.
The day Of his ordination to the priest
hood claimed the fOndest place in Father
St6ffOrd's S memory. | recall his speaking
Of il on the occasion of a young priests
first mass, about three years ago.
Hours of Agony.
Fearful Of the dread assumption of
sacerdotal power moved by the solemn
ordination of holy church. lonely on the
hilltop Of Calvary. reached after years
in via Crueis, he would not depart from
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"SCHOLAR AND PHILOSOPHER"
DR.. HANNIS TAYLOR.

Mr.. President: The famous English
agnestic ana historian, Buckle. who died
at Damascus. made, near the close Of his
iife "A pilgrimage 10 the Holy City with
caravan that included representative
diyincs from many denominations.
After he had discussed with them pro-
foundly the theological problems that agi-
tated the world during the last genera
tiOn. one of the company called upon him
20 express his views as to the essence of
the issues involved and their probable
outcome. In reply Buckle said: i see,
on the one hand the young and growing
Older Christian host, one wing of which
rests on the distintegrating dogma Of
private Judgment, the other on the CO.
hesiye dogma Of an infallible church.
he then added, In my Judgment the
future Of Christianity depends upon the
power Of the Catholic Church to defend
Future OF Christianity.
am not mere 10 say one word that will
even give color to the truth OF Buckles
prediction. I repeat it simply TO empha-
size "a fact that all must admit. and that
is that the future OF Christianity must
depend upon the combined power Of all
its disciples to defend it against that
growing aguOstic host whose Chicftains
are pTOClaiming to tho world that the
existing order of nature Is the result Of
q gradual process. and not Of special Crea-
tiOn--a process that finds its source not
In a conscious and personal God. but in a
vague and inscrutable power behind phe-
nomcna called the "unknOwab BILE"
Among all the Christian orators 10
whom I have listeaed. ] have never
known one more deeply imbued than our
dead friend with the necessity Of meet
ing the trained gladiators Of agnosticism
upon the highest plane Of human logic
where the Intellectual battle must in
evitably be fought out. hand to hand and
hilt 70 hilt. His severe training for that
battle was the most conspicuous feature
in his forensic life I can never forget
comparatively recent and notable occasion
on which with the aiSles Of his church
crowded 10 the doors he traced the
origin and growth Of modern agnosticism
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THOSE ON THE STAGE.

The executive committee in charge Of
the exercises was composed of the fol-
lowing:
Hon. Henr y. r. Mcfarland. Cuuo H. Rudolph
Richard Y 0ulahsn. John Joy Edsou. Scott e.
Bone, Robert y. Harper and Patrick j. Haitgau.
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THE FRIEND.
THE SCHOLAR AND PHILOSOPHERS.
THE PRIEST.

Father Stafford lost sight Of the admonon Of the
church the first day OF his priesthood 1t the duly
of priest offer sacrifice bless to govern to preach and to
baptize Father McGuigan
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