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

remember and pray that we may so
: run our race that when we shall have
reached the end of life that we shall
win the prize and share with thee the
JOY and peace into which thou art now
entering
If we love Fred McGhee and honor
him-and I believe we do-let US en-
deavor to draw something from this
; meeting in his memory to enable US to
live the christian life.'
Mrs. Harriet Loomis-Olive then
sang most beautifully 81 Come to
Thee"
She was followed by Mrs. Waldo
Turner who said of
"McGhee as a Friend"
At first I though it impossible that
could control my self enough to speak
on such subject and occasion but
when I said as much to Mrs. McGhee
she reminded me of what he would say
If here: he would say "Of course you
can; you must!z And if our long years
of friendship are to mean anything to
me in the future, they must mean to
strive to initiate his indomitable will:
his power to accomplish the seeming
impossible; his courage to say 81
can-1 will"
And indeed I ought to be able to
say something of Mr.. McGhee as friend
for ne has been that and more to me
and mine as we'll as to hundreds of
others through a long period of years:
and nothing has so braced and inspired
his broken family and us all during
this trying time as to listen to the
people that have thronged his house
and wept saying. "He was my friend;
he was my best friend; he has helped
me in time Of great trouble, he has
clothed my children; he has fed them.'
Mr.. McGhee, friend: could spend
much time telling of him as a personal
friend, but the OCCASION calls for more
than that.
/ could dwell at length Of his worth
as friend to our little clubs, church
organizations and social societies-Ah;
the women will miss him here; but I
must not single out these the occasion
calls for more than that; could spend
much time speaking of that peculiar
characteristic of his that he must
always be friend to the outcast: to him
or to her that all others felt, in the
interest of society must be ostracised,
but the occasion calls for more than
that I could tell of hours he spent
and as I often thought wasted with
hayward boys and girls; indeed I
should like to dwell upon this; how he
always abounded in gentleness and
patience with them; how he saw that
each had more than a fair show and
trial; how he always insisted that the
boy was all right-just give him a
chance. 1t was here l knew him best,
perhaps-nO, not here. l can not. say
in what particular l knew him best as
friend nor can I dwell longer here for
the occasion calls for more than that.
I must just put them all together
and speak. of him as friend; friend of
mine-of yourself the community
friend of humanity, for his was really
q religion of humanity.
He worshipped his God with fervor;
able devotion hut he lived for human
ity; he put his race before himself
but humanity before all; and when
think of him as friend I am reminded
of Him whom he served and initiated
in his love for humanity as no other
l have ever personally known.
Why "Greater love hath no man
than this; that man lay down his
life for his friends and I feel as I
know many others Of you feel that
this really applies to Mr.. McGhee for
if he had rested after business hours
or devoted himself only to his business
he might be with us in the flesh to-
day; but every hour, nay, every mo-
ment that he could not only spare
but steal from his personal affairs,
was devoted to the advancement of
his race, his people, his friends, of
the community
I've known him many time to go
half sick and wholly rest broken to
keep an appointment to speak at some
small church or social affair-just to
help out, and as I'm saying this 1
know there arise in your minds num-
berless like occasions "
The word friend" to US means one
we can love and trust; to him it
meant all that and more; it meant
also one whom he could serve. 1t is
said by one that we all have more
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