The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-11
REV. E. E. HALE PASSES AWAY Venerable Chaplain of
 Senate. USEFUL CAREER IS CLOSED Active Life of 87 Years Comes to
 End. Great Services In Washington Among Public Men--President Taft Exc
 presses Grief At Loss
 Of Friend.

Boston. Mass, June 10.--The morn ing light was breaking as the venerable Rev. Edward Everett Hale. D. D.. Chaplain of the United States Senate. Unitarian divine. philanthropist. au- thor, journalist and lover of. peace. breathed his last today in his home in Roxbury.
 At the bedside were his wife, his daughter, Miss Ellen D. Hale, and his son, Philip L. Hale, the artist Two other sons. Arthur Hale. of washing ton, and Prof. Edward Everett Hale. IT.. of Union College. returned home this evening. Tomorrow it Is expected that partial arrangements. for the fu- neral on Sunday in the South Congre- gational Church, Nof which Dr. Hale was the pastor emeritus. win be an- nounced.
 On his return from Washington. a few weeks ago. it was reported that Dr. Hale was not in good health, but he soon regained his activities, and until Tuesday attended meetings and received friends.
 Last night, however, he showed signs of distress. and rapidly weaken ing. passed peacefully away in the early hours of the morning.
 It seemed today as If the whole country joined in mourning the loss of pr. Hale. Messages expressing sorrow and esteem poured into the Hale household, one of the first being from President and Mrs. Taft.
 As an author, pr. Hale's fame rests on his short stories. such as "The Man without Country" As instigator of the social upIift, the work of the two great organizations, the Lend-a-hand clubs and the Kings Daughters, will always add to his renown; as min ister and pastor his half century in the pulpit of the South Congregational Church and his preaching in many other churches were prolific of wise spiritual inspiration; while as his- torian his writings have become au- thoritative.
 pr. Hale was born In this city in April, is22. and by training. ednca- ssan ssS ssssisa fs aisat gssss Of his fife the spirit of the founders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
 He wae graduated from Harvard iA 1888. He was actively connected vita The Boston Advertiser many years ago and his first charge as clergyman was a church in Worcester. He was q prolific writer and had for years been allied with the principal phiianthropic ton.
 It Is recalled that on returning to Boston from Washington a few weeks ago, having temporarily relinquished his duties as chaplain of the Senate, pr. Hale became i'll on the train but the illness was aseribed to a disorder of the stomach and he apparently re- covered within day or two.
 For three quarters of a century and more Dr. Hale has been a distinguish ed figure throughout the United States and in foreign lands. Literary work and a remarkably effective Lend-a- hand Society which he originated made his name a household word. even in far countries.
 Of this organization the motto ss- iected by Dr. Hale was:
 Look up and not down.
 Look forward and not backward.
 Look out and not in.
 Lend hand"
 Dr. Hale's literary career began un- usually early. Six years after his birth he was studying latin under the direction of his father, the Rev Nathan Hale. His studies were continued at the Boston Latin School. and at HaF- yard College.
 An GsCW8R6RGE MA1s
 Besides being a preacher, the Rev. Nathan Hale was a printer and in his office. the son. Edward. learned type setting and developed a leaning to- wards newspaper work which, during his college course at Harvard, he cul- tivated by becoming a reporter on The Boston Advertiser.
 In later years, although he had elected to follow his fathers calling as a clergyman of the Unitarian faith. he became editor of The Advertiser, occupying the chair at the time of the, civil war.
 The South Congregational Church of Boston became Dr. Hale's ministerial home In 1eBe.
 Of his literary works. the most noted were '"ren Times One Is Ten" My Double and How He Undid Me-" and -"The Man Without a Country"
 As pr. Hale's age advanced his friends delighted to celebrate his birthdays. Especially noteworthy were the occasions of his roth and s0th anniversaries, at both of which public meetings were held. Tn 1899 purse of a5.0oo was given him while in 1902 a fund of s2S.00o was raised.
 Dr. Hale's family included Mrs. Hale. who was Emily Baldwin Perkins. a grand daughter of the Rev. Lyman Berea and whom M-. Hale married oc- tober IS. 1852. and five children. Miss Ellen Hale. Philip L. Hale. q well known artist; Prof. Edward Everett Hale, Jr., of Union College: Herbert Hale, an architect. and Arthur Hale. employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
 A telegram from President Taft ra- ceived today by Mrs. Hale read as fol. lows:
 Mrs. Taft and I. extend to you our heartfelt sympathy in your great sor- row and deeply regret the loss the whole community suffered in the death of such an upholder and stauncn ad- vocate of sweetness and light, the lib. eral but truly religious spirit, Chris. tinn charity. tolerance. the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God.
 (Signed.) William H. Taft"
 Beloved in Washington.
 Washington. June 1o.-Dr. Hale had been chaplain of the United States Senate since 1893. His selection at that time to i'll vacancy was gem orally regarded as high tribute to his accomplishments and intellectual