The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-05
DR. STAGG MAKES
 FUNERAL ADDRESS
Friends Pay Last Tribute to
 Major Anderson
SERVICES AT HOME
Dr. John $. Foster Was in Charge and Scripture Lesson Was Read by Dr. W. E..
 Evans

| More than 100 of the most prominent | citizens of Birmingham. and scores of
 devoted friends attended the funeral of
 the late Frank Y. Anderson, one of Bir-
 mingham's constructive veterans, who
 was laid to rest yesterday afternoon al | Elmwood cemetery
 | The sermon and eulogy delivered at the special request of Major Anderson, one of the last before his death, by the Rev pr. John w. Stagg paid a high tribute
 to the capabilities and the power of mind | of the deceased Those who heard the sermon and knew how well the words | fitted Major Anderson, were deeply inn | pressed.
 Dr. John S. Foster, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, conducted the ser vices. The Rev. Dr. W. E. Evans, rector | of the Church of the Advent, read the scripture lesson, and the music was fur | nished by the First Presbyterian choir. The following acted as pall-bearers: Aeuve-Franll Nelson, Jr., W. H. Ma
 lone, F. H. Eaton, J. B. Babb. R. B Smyer, E. H. Cabaniss, John W. Tomin-
 son and T. H. Motion.
 Honorary-W. B. Leedy, John L. Park
 CT, s. W. Dixon. M. V. Joseph, N w. Trmble Prestly Toulmn, A. c. Howze w. H. Kettig, Richard W. Massey, C. M
 Williams J. H. Heineke, Robert Jemison Sr, Herbert Tutwiler, ]. C. Maben, Hugh
 Morrow, Walker Percy. R. S. Munger and Eugene Enslen
 Among other things pr. Stagg said:
 The understanding of relationship comes to us, in great part, through compari-
 sons. The littleness of the mortal man is put in strong relief when contracted with the bigness and permanency of nature
 The reading even becomes tragic. Mar is like grass or he is like the flower that fadeth, or his life Is like a tale that is told If we consider the mighty
 sweeps of nature or consider the deeps of the heavens, the question will come
 What is man that Thou art mindful of
 him, or the Son of Man that Thou wis tied him.? "On the other hand. when we estimate
 man by his capabilities and his powers of soul and mind. and realize his ability for sustained effort to color life and widen hope, material grandeur is as noth- ing in contrast with moral grandeur. The play in the cosmic drama is not near sc impressive as the struggle of the sou to register itself in it's ambitions. "The body in which man lives is much like unto the house in which he dwells- both are so bulded that they must fall
 But the purpose for which a man was ,c ,I, ;a not rr;, dignity to existence, and how a man holds | himself in the pressure of his mortality and fraility is what gives impressivenes: to man. A great thinker said Two mer
 I know, and no third First. he who witt | earth-made instrument conquers the eartf and makes her mans. Second, h' who conquers heaven for us. and gives us light and immortality It is the learning of the higher law, that the only way tc really keep anything is to give it away and particularly that the only way tc save life is to lose it. This was the law of Him who came saying, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.' It is the high way along which power travels. It is no in stocks and bonds that men really find power, but in getting answer to thai question that comes to every one, sooner or later: What is my relationship tc the universe?
 "Il has come to prophet and seer, as well as to pagan Socrates. Life itself, tc be successful, must be handled in such way that there is more of life for those about us The son will realize that ii the father had stood In his place the father might have been more than the son. Integrity, sacrifice, love and faitf itself, are not only kept alive. but become
 mighty, because the life of the passing
 generation, like a life-giving stream, is pouring itself into the worlds need In the end 1t comes to be seen that this | makes the paradox of truth that while life has been giving itself away for the betterment of those who are near to us our communities have been builded be- cause men labored to construct rather than to destroy. At the same time capac. ity for laboring in wide spheres has come The most impressive work, a, the going-awa time of one of the most noted men in educational circles in this country, was the response he made to the inquiry of his friends: What do you think of the great changes now that you are in the shadow? The reply was, ] expect to wake up and go to work. | Tt is the accomplishing of a great task when life has been so lived that those about us realize that "a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, | and a community stand reverently by the grave of one who has labored so that others may enter into the fruit of that | labor"
 
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