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

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ure at least, at fault; and herein lies
the greatness of him we have called
friend. +
He had a wonderful gift of showing
his friendship; of creating feeling
of trust in those he served; of letting
you know he believed in you and so
bringing out the best and strongest
in you.
He was never too busy to listen to
the smallest matter that perchance
| interested a friend Of his; to write
a letter of caution, of help, inspiration
or advice upon any matter that came
| to his attention.
And in wondering wherein his great
ness as friend" lay; in looking bacg
over years of knowledge of him and
our love for him as friend, I bow to
the greatness of his friendship for
now realize as I had not even thought
before, how little, oh! how very little
ne ever asked for himself If he asked
a favor it was never for himself but
as he loved to phrase it, for my people,
my race; for the community; and
believe that he now stands or will
ttand in that same relationship to his
Master that he held so dear with US
all, as John put it, "Henceforth l call
you no more servant for the servant
knoWetho not what his Master doeth;
but | have called you friend" And
! shall not we who have gathered
here today, to do him what small
| honor we can, strive to emulate him
in this great particular; to be worthy
of him we have called "friend;" and
in an effort to show our friendship
dedicate our future lives to those great
principles of love for humanity and
duty and service for our race, Of which
he was so great an exponent; that,
though dead, he yet liveth and speak
eth through his friends!
! There may have been heights he
did not reach-who knows? There
may have been ambitions he did not
realize-Who can say? Titles and de-
grees he did not acquire; but he has
| left indestructible to family and &C.
quaintances that greatest of all titles,
, the title Friend"
Mr.. Claude D. Jackson then sang
very effectively "Hamlet's Soliloquy."
Following Mr.. Jackson the chair
man with very apropos and fitting
remarks, which, in fact, he used in
each introduction presented Hon. G.
D. O'Brien leading lawyer and ex-
mayor of st. Paul who spoke OF
"McGhee as a Man,"
He said in part:
A man is not remembered, nor is
his memory respected because he has
in his life time accumulated a large
amount of money! neither is he
respected or remembered because he
has attained high station and sought
to be the ruler among his fellowmen.
We know such people. They come;
they die, and their memory passes
away. But it is the man who lives a
useful life within the circle and radius
of his sphere, who has done good to
those who have come within his
reach. That is the man whose men,
DRY we honor. The man who seeks
prominence in order that we may help
others; the man who seeks to equip
himself for the battle of life in order
that he may be OF service-he is the
man that we remember, remember in
our hearts, remember in our affections,
and raise to him monument that is
so much better than one of brass or
marble. ','
Fred McGhee was remarkable man, I
to my mind. He faced conditions
when he was born that would have
appalled, almost anybody. The sin
that almost disrupted this republic,
and for which we are still suffering, !
and justly suffering-was a shadow
across his pathway. He belonged to
what was regarded as despised race.
Advancement was denied him. How |
he overcame all of it, educated him.
self for the forensic battles of his |
profession, cultivated his intellect un-
til he became prominent member |
of my profession, is amazing, marvel
lous, when We come to think of it. !
There must have been some great |,
qualities in this man to enable him
to achieve what he did; to enable him
to become the example he is to men |
in industry and integrity. There must
have been much in him that we only !!
now feebly commence to- recognize.
How proud any man might be who
could have the record left by him, the |
memory Of his life, the memory of
his achievements, all for the better
ment of his race and of his fellow
men. Where did he get it? He got |
it, as l reverently believe, from the
fact that Friedrich McGhee was a
christian, profound believer in
christianity He loved and feared and
recognized the almighty God, and it
was that master power of the grace |
of God, who recognized this mans |
devotion to him that endowed him !
with the power that enabled him to !
go through this life with the power
that we cannot appreciate and cannot !
understand.
You do we'll to preserve his memory
to teach his example. And when he
died, the old mother church who had
taught him his bible, who knows no
distinction between her children, who
draws no color line-he had her con-
ISOLATION, and gave him her most
solemn and complete ceremonies. No
prince, no king could have higher and
more solemn rites, and then she placed
him within her consecrated ground. |
He will be awakened only with the
voice Of the Master Come, thou good I;
and faithful servant, enter thou into
the reward prepared for the just"
Mrs. E. o. James was next intro /
duced and she sang superbly Ave
Maria"
The chairman then announced Hon.
Thos. R. Kane, president of the Com