The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-10-05


him.
The good is inferred with his bones.
Whether this quotation be literally
true or not lin most cases" it certainly
was reversed in the case of the late
lamented Friedrich Lamar McGhee.
And if any one had any doubts in re-
gard to the matter, they surely must
have been removed if the holder of
them was present at Pilgrim Baptist
Church last Sunday afternoon, and
heard the eulogies pronounced upon
him by his fellowmen.
The occasion was a memorial service
in honor of the distinguished dead,
under the auspices of citizens of the
Twin Cities, without regard to race or
creed.
The spacious auditorium of the
church was packed to overlooking by
an audience representing all walks of
life, from the highest to the loliest, all
having come to do honor where honor
was due. ~
At the appointed hour the meeting
was called to order by the chairman
Mr.. Orrington c.. Hall who spoke as
follows:
We have met today to honor a great
man. The greatness of an individual
may be measured by what he gets out
of the world bears to what he gives
into it. Out Of the lottery of life Fred
rick L. McGhee drew a black skin, a
slaves miserable hut, ragged clothes,
moral and educational disadvantages.
What he put into the world will be told
to you by the speakers who are to fol-
low
We meet to honor Friedrich l..
McGhee but we cannot honor him, for
as Longfellow says, Honor and fame
from no conditions rise;
Act we'll yopr part, there all the
honor lies"
His honor was in his acts. What
we may say today are but the shadows
-the echoes.
Rev. b. H. Mcdonald, pastor of the
church was then introduced and Offer
ed the invocation.
The Cosmopolitan Quartette, COM
prising Mesdames Addie Crawford
Minor and IIarriet lGrisom-Hall;
Messrs Claude d. Jackson and Charles
H. Miller then most beautifully and
effectively rendered REST Comes at
Eve" .~'%s7"
Chairman Hall then introduced Rev.
A. H. Lealtad, pastor of St. Philips
Episcopal church who told of
"McGhee as a Churchman."
A touching feature of the address of
Rev. Lealtad was in the nature of a
request which he made to the
audience. He stated that he felt that
God in spirit was present at the
memorial That Mr. McGhee's depar-
ture from this life was but a drawing
nearer to God, and not separation,
and believing that to be true-that
McGhees presence was there in spirit,
he asked all to stand for a moment
and silently bid that spirit welcome, to
which request all responded.
Rev. Lealtad said in part:
"Truly he has won for himself the
title of greatness. And of all the
greatness that he has achieved and
won, the greatest is that attribute of
being christian, and his christian life
began with the days of his childhood.
Beside being acquainted with the teach
ings of the church which was the
choice of his years in this city, Fred
McGhee was wonderful biblical
scholar, and he often used the holy
scriptures in pleading his cases before
the bar.
He was Roman Catholic, but he
was also more than that. He was in
every sense of the word christian.
His christianity went beyond the bonds
of localism or Catholicism. Whatever
he could do to lend aid to any christian
congregation in this city and in the
city of Minneapolis, Fred McGhee was
ready and willing to give his aid. There
may have been heights he did not
reach-who knows? There may have
been ambitions he did not realize; I
cannot say; titles and degrees he did
not acquire But he has left indie
structible to his family ana acquaint-
ances, to his race, the title greatest of
all, that of friend. Though we love
him we would not wish hint to return
We shall say to him "On and on. Enjoy
thy triumphs which thou hast won. AS
we remember thee and see thee and
because thou art nearer to Him than
we are, may thou also, with the Saints,