Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-08

and he has the confidence OF all is MEM
bers. The church will have his cordial
Incorporation In solving the problems that
confront it,
Resolutions have been adopted by the
officers of the Luther Memorial Church
expressing the deep loss the church has
sustained by the death of DR.. Butler
They recite:
LAS it has pleased the Great One who
doeth all things well to take from among
us our beloved pastor, that venerable
man of God who for sixty years has
labored so earnestly. so diligently, SO I'M
remittingly and SO successfully for the
upbuilding of His kingdom on earth: a
man whose services to his fellow-men ex-
tended beyond the range of his pulpit,
even to every corner of the earth where
Christianity has carried the name of
Christ 1t is resolved by the council of the
Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church
that in the death of DR.. Butler his con-
gregation loses shepherd whose faith
funess to his flock was ideal, and whose
love for its individual members was I'M
bounded The welfare of his congrega-
tion was always uppermost in his mind.
Gifted with great power of enlistins the
support of others in the work, he was yet
even more liberal himself toward it, CIV
ing as freely of his substance as of his
time and thought. but letting not his one
hand know what the other had done. HIS
death has come as great personal loss
to every member of his congregation.
That the Lutheran Church of America
has lost one of its most distinguished and
successful laborerS in the cause of Christ.
AS one of its most forceful writers. MEM
her of many of its managing boards. Wis
itor to many Of its schools and leader
in it's thought, Dr. Butler performed great
services TO Lutheranism in America.
Coming to Washington when there was
but a small handful of Lutherans here.
worshiping at st. Paufs, he started in
earnest to build up the cause In the Capt.
tai city. During his pastorate he estab-
lshed the Memorial Church. whose pas
tor he was at the time of his death; the
Church of the Reformation, Keller Me-
mortal, lions and the Church of the
Redeemer (colored). At the same time no
other church has contributed more lib
orally to the church extnsion fund OF the
general synod.
A Loss to Washington.
''That the city of Washington loses one
Of its most public-spirited men. Always
a leader in every cause for the mental,
moral and spiritual uplift of the Capital
city. he responded literally with means
as we'll as with time to promote such OBJ
jects. Especially did the great work OF
systematic charity appeal to him, and
the poor Of Washington have indeed lost
friend. In his church he always de-
clared when he asked for contributions
that his appeal was to the well-to-do;
that the poor members of his congre-
CATION always did their part without be-
ing asked
| 1t was further recited that his family
| loses a devoted husband and father. He
was wont to emphasize the necessity of a
pure, clean and sweet home life. and he
| himself furnished example Of what
| such home life SHOULD be.
That his associates in the church coun-
| ell have lost a faithful friend and a wise,
| generous and safe counselor. Standing
| firmly at all times for what he believed
| to be right. he was yet generous with
| those who differed from him. and his
course was always shaped with care that
| in plucking a tare no wheat should there
| by be destroyed. Though his voice be
forever stilled to earthly ears. his infiu-
| ence will forever remain with those with
| whom and for whom he labored.
THAT we praise God for the life he led
the example he gave us, the unbounded
good. temporal and spiritual. that he did
and for the breath of the old-time reli
gfon he breathed into the hearts Of his
| people, and as further mark of respect
! for the memory of our deceased pastor il
| is agreed that the church be appropriately
! draped in mourning for period of thirty
days"