The Washington herald., 1911-01-02
REVIEW OF YEAR
TOLD IN SERMON
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe Ex.
tolls Long List of Dead.
GIVES A DISTINGUISHED LIST
Pastor Reads Long Roll Of Men and
Women Whose Achievement to
World Will Live After Them-Talks
Briefly ON Political Upheavals and
Work for World Peace.

| Laying particular emphasis on the pO
litical and social happenings Of the pas
year and extolling the scroll Of the dead
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, pastor Of thu
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
preached his New Years sermon yes
terday morning. taking as his topic
The story Of 191o'
DR.. Radcliffe spoke briefly of the north
pole discussions. the political and socia
upheavals in Spain and Portugal. the
work for international and universe
peace. the advance in aeronautica
over.
He took as his text. "And out Of the
| strong shall come sweetness" explain.
ing its adaptability to the death Of the
great men who have aided the world by
| their achievements. which live after them
and have their good effects upon those
to follow.
Reads Death Scroll.
1t was a long scroll of the dead that
he read. and he laid particular stress
upon the services they rendered their
countries. Referring to the list, DR.. Rad
cliffe took each in his own department
and read the roll in part as follows:
I'm the scientific world. the year 1916
was notable for the oath of such men
as Agassiz. the naturalist and teacher
Sinkler. the nerve specialist, and DR.. Cas-
ia, the famous Philadelphia surgeon;
Gale, the discoverer of Neptune: Soap
otilli, who determined the canal marks
from the service of Mars: Haden. sur
geon and artist and Koch, bacteriologist
and influential in The war against the
white plague.
Art, too he said. can claim its
share of the death list in Ward, the
American sculptor: Sanbourne. the cele-
brated cartoonist of the London Punch
Homer, landscape artist; koreeyer. the
world-renowned Danish painter; Whit
fridge. last of the early school of Amer
lean landscape painters, La Fargo. dean
in American art. and last, Hunt of the
great religious painting. The Light of
the World
Wood. the blind orsanist and COM
poser. heads the death list Of the musical
world. followed by Gilbert. the French
composer: Zarrahn, earliest apostle of
good music in America. and Of Whitney.
the famous basso of Elijah and Hearts
Bowed Down
Educators Pass Away.
Among the educators of the world
the list includes such men as Browne, of
Boston University. one Of the best-known
modern philosophers and teachers of
spiritualism: Goldwin Smith. historian. in
terpreter. and prophet Of England. United
States. and Canada, and the last OF the
English pamphleteers, whose inspirations
are spoken in the motto at Cornell. above
all nations in humanity.
Poetry likewise, claims Moody, Julia
Ward Howe whose swinging and Snlen-
did lyric is the war song of militant
righteousness. Among the dramatists
who have died have been Neil Burgess,
Of the County Fair fame; Kendall. and
Bjornsen, Norwegian poet. dramatist,
orator. and chieftain.
Take the roll of literature, and you
will find such names on the death list
as Furnival and Rolfe, of Shakespearean
scholarship and influence; Glider. pure
gold of civic righteousness: o. Henry,
write: Of short stories: Brown. Eli Per-
kins, Mark Twain, whimsical, versatile,
independent, scornful. yet always of good
nature: preacher of the wisdom in laugh
ing and in tears, our best-known man of
American letters; Toistoi. the puzzle and
wonder of his age. giant figure. artist,
and reformer; an iconoclast against or
sanized society. whose earlier works will
be loved and honored for the self-sacri-
nee Iildt "Ouiu pOuI oul SoQl LUZ HIS
fellow-man.
Business, as usual. is productive Of
great men. and among those who died
last year were Wyman. Converse, Grocer,
and Huyler. whose business became wor-
ship and sanctified their dollars as influ-
ence.
'Ietchwork. the New Yorker, heads
the list of the philanthropists who have
died, together with Charles Sprague
Smith. leader and organizer of the Peo-
pies Institute. where the rich and poor
meet together; Paine, klopsch, and Flor
ence Nightingale.
Men of State Claimed.
"Chief among the death roll Of state
craft stands Edward VII. the great
peacemaker. king of reason, first of his
country's progressiveness;P president Montt
Of Chile, President Obaldia of Panama,
Chief Justice Fuller. courtly. gracious.
learned: Associate Justice Brewer.
learned judge, fearless man, democratic
citizen, earnest Christian; Bowers, Solici-
tor General: Hoyt. counselor of the State
Department; Carlisle, Speaker and Cab
met officer: Platt, old-time boss: Dolliver,
tribune of the people; Mrs. ]. Ellen Fos-
ter, of national fame in law and politics,
and Stevens, founder of the Sons Of the
Revolution.
Among the great leaders Of religion
and churchmen the names Of the follow
ing appear: Houghteling, founder of the
Brotherhood of st. Andrew; Dana, faith
full and renowned pastor; DR.. Dickey,
preacher and ecclesiastic: Sparkarek
Jones, genius Of the American Prebyte-
rian pulpit: Richards Hammond the chill
dren's evangelist: Spaeth, the Lutheran
leader; Bishop Foss. Bishop M. Wicker.
the American cardinal Of the Vatican:
Clough, Baptist missionary, of India: Cor
nelia Shattuck, Wallace. Holmes. and
Jessup. the great missionary of Syria
Then again We read the names Of
F'rew, father Of the Scottish churches;
Mrs. Eddy, a remarkable woman, physi-
cally weakened. and at sixty years foun-
der Of a new religious cult and apostle
over 81 900 devoted disciples. Her religion
was a parody upon philosophy, joke on
science, and a burlesQue upon Christian
ity. McLaren, the first preacher Of our
day, is another name to the list Of those
whose word was giorified with spiritual
fire."
VIII Receive To-day.
Mrs. L. d. Best. Of 1s20 Twelfth street
northwest, win receive. assisted by Mrs
shanklin. Of Pittsburg. and others. from
5 p m. to II p. m. to-day.