Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-08-12

Chapter u of Ecclesiastes, beginning
Remember now thy Creator and the
| days of thy youth" and part of Whit
tiers poem Eternal Goodness"
The Pine Street Congregational
church. where the public service was
| held. was far too small to aecommo-
date all who desired to attend and the
crowd, gathered outside the church,
was estimated to number 5000 people.
Besides the committees from the
| Senate and House and a number of
| close, personal friends from Wash
/ ington who arrived in special train
| at noon, number of delegations were
! present in the church. Governor Fred
erick W. Rlaisted and staff came over
from Augusta on a private electric
car A committee of officers and men
from the revenue cutter Androscog-
gin. which was named by Senator
FRYE for his home county. represent
ed the revenue service. There were
present a large delegation from the
Androscoe gin Bar Association OF
which Mr. Frye was one of the oldest
members the Lewiston city govern
ment and officials, representatives. OF
the Auburn city government. a com
mittee headed by George 5. Cole
man of New York City, from Psi Up
silon fraternity of which Senator Frye
was ii member while at Bowdoin, COM
mittees from Custer Post of Lewiston
and Burnside Post of Auburn of the
Grand Army, and Vice President Nor
ris Mcdonald and some of the direc-
tors of the Maine Central Railroad
All the services were as simple as
possible. There was no singing. only
selections on the church organ by two
old friends. To say the prayer and
read the Scripture at the house, the
family selected Rev. Geo. NJ. Howe of
Groton, Mass. a personal friend of the
late senator for % years. Mr.. Howe
also officiated at the funeral of the
senator's wife, 10 years ago. He gave
the funeral eulogy in the church.
Mr. Howe prefaeed his eulogy by
saying that it was with peculiar emu
tons that he stood in the pulpit to-
day where for nearly IS years he was
privileged to preach Continuing, he
said: las I attempt to speak upon this
solemn occasion many sacred mem
cries are stirred and my heart is most
profoundly moved. 1t was here in this
sanctury that first met Senator Frye
at the close of the morning service. 1t
was then that friendship began,
which continued unbroken until his
death. During the years that have in
tervened / have received from him
many expressions of appreciation and
enroura cement, and today l feel with
you his fellow citizens and congress
sionai associates, that ! have lost
awhile a friend and brother.
1T is not my purpose at this time to
attempt a resume of Senator Frye's
public career. The words which l shall
speak upon this occasion must be those
that come from a heart that has felt
the influence and power of the grand
life that has gone out from us.
During my pastorate here l was
called several times to minister in Mr..
Frye's family under circumstances
similar to these 1t was at such times
that I came to know the inner
thoughts and life of the man, and if 1
were asked to what he owed his omi-
nent success in life l should unhesi-
| tatingly say, not to his intellectual
| equipments. great as they We're; not To
his eloquence as an orator; not to his
ability as a statesman, conspicuous as
| ii was; not to any or all of these, i'm
portant as they were. but to charac-
| ter
Senator Frye was man of staunch
integrity of character. Not one even
among those who differed from him
politically ever questioned his honesty
of purpose during his long career in
public life. He adhered firmly to his
principles as Christian man In his
public as well as his private life he
was dominated by the thought that he
was Gods servant. The day following
the Burial of his beloved wife he was
obliged to return to Washington to
meet important congressional appoint
ments 1 shall never forget his reply
to my remark that it must be very
hard for him to return to the capital
without Mrs. Frye. With deep emotion
he said: Duty calls me TO Washing
ton; believe God always fits the bur
den to our shoulders.
! Rev. Leavitt Fl. Hallock, ID. D., pas
tor of the church, read the Scripture
and said the prayer. The music was
furnished by two organists. E. w.
Bowman of New York and l.. w Bal
lard of this city
/ Owing to the many who desired TO
pay their last tribute to the memory
of Senator Frye the family late yes
terday decided to leave the body in
state from 1890 until 1.S0 in the Con-
gregational church. Thousands called
during that hour. A guard of honor
from the revenue cutter Androscoggin
stood at either end of the casket.
Two sisters of Senator FRYE were
unable to attend the funeral. They
are Mrs. Pearl Martin of Medford.
Mass, who is three years older than
the senator, and Miss Sarah C. Frye
ief Lewiston. who is with her sister in
Medford.
The mahogany casket was covered
with blanket of white sweet peas
land asparagus ferns bordered with
lilies of the valles, the tribute of Mr..
and Mrs. Carrot A. Hobart, Jr.. of
Paterson, n. j.. Mrs. Hobart being a
granddaughter of Senator Frye. The
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