The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-10

er. some OF his maxims become famous
wherever English is spoken.
An insight into the clergyFian-author'S
character is CLEANED from the precepss
he followed during life and which he
advocated for others who would be suc>
Cessful. They were:
Look up and not down.
Look forward and not back.
"Loof out and not in.
Lend a hand"
These maxims were used as notices
br the f4end-a-Ha Clubs all over the
country which were organizer under
the name of Henry Words worth Clubs,
following the publication of DR.. Hale's
- book ''Ten Times One is Ten" This and
his ~Msn Without a Country made his
name known TO the English-speaking
word.
First Charge.
DR. Hale's first permanent ministerial
charge was the Church Of the Unity,
Worcester. Mass, In 1876 He graduated
from Harvard in 1889 with the degree Of
A. B. and in 1912 was given the degree
Of a. NJ. He remained with the Church
OF the Unity ten years. After that he
was pastor of the South Congregational
resigned and became pastor emeritus.
For the last six years he has been chap
lam 81 the United States Senate, con-
tinuing in the meantime his literary
worn.
DIR. Hale was elected president of the
National Conference of Unitarian and
Other Christian Churches in 1894 and
was member of its council from its
organization. He was an overseer of
Harvard from 1866 10 1870 and from 1876
10 1887. Harvard conferred upon him the
degree of s. T. d. in 1879 He has edit
ed many publications., including the
Monthly Chronicle, the Boston Afescel-
lany, the Christian Examiner the sun
day School Gazette and the Lend-a
Hand Record. He also assisted in edit
ing the New England Magazine and the
Commonwealth
Some of His Works.
Some Of his best known stories and
books have been Margaret PercivaI in
America: :" IN His Name" Sketches
in Christian History What Career?"
The Story OF Massachusetts" Our
Christmas in a Palace" Boys He
rCes'' ard Nh. Tangier's Vacations.
he was editor "a Modern Achieve
ments,' published in ten volumes in 1905.
Dr Hale was always Welcome in the
cloak rooms OF tie Senate because of
his genial personality and his remints-
ceINes. He vas an authority on the
early history of the United States aid
particularly that pertaining TO Boston
and Massachusetts. hIe might lac seen
often. previous to converting OF the
Senate, chatting with some Senator,
mos frequently ore Of the Older mem
beTs. he was especially '-chummy''
win the late Senator Pett1=N of Ala
banss and il Is related that when he
received his appointment as chaplain,
he informed Senator Teller. of Colo
rados himself a venerable Senator, that
there was but one mature mn in the
Senate beside himself. Asked. who that
Vas DR.. Hale responded, Senator Pet
tus. he Is what / call mature man. :"
Dufl2g the latter years OF his life
Or. Hale was as busy as a man half
his age He ScOrned the IDEA that
pulpit work should occupy all of a min
lsteTs time, and wrote a number OF
books and lectures to demonstrate his
theory. He was an opponent OF long
sermons, and contended that any ser
mon might be written In few hours.
His Life Work
Summing up DR.. Hale's lie work. one
may say that he has been a friend of
humanity, Journalist, minister. author
lecturer. organizer, social reformer. phi
losopher. and philsnthropist- In all
these walks Of life he proved a success
Senator Pettus, shortly before his
death, said OF DR.. Hale:
Man seldom makes a success of but
one thing in life. DIT. Edward Everett
Hale has made a success Of a dozen or
more things"
Dr. Hale attributed his long and use
ful life 10 plenty of sleep. his love for
the open air. and his inyariable rule to
live each day 20 itself He learned from
his mother, he said. Ito get along as
well as one could each day, never Dor
rowing trouble or crossing bridges be-
fore theN were reached"
He was the son Of Nathan Hale and
Sarah Preston Hale. and a grandson
OF the Rev. Enoch and Octavia
(ThrOoD) Hale He was a descendant
in the seventh generation from Deacon
Robert Hale. who came to Massachu-
seft.s from HertfOrdshire England, la
1852. He married at Hartford, Conn.
October b. 1882, Miss Emily Baldwin
Perkins.