Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-22
THREE SPECIAL MEMORIALS
Held in Honor Of Washingtonians
Lost-Butt, Moore and Millet.
PRESIDENT TAFT ATTEN
Beautiful Eulogies to Former Aid
Distinguished Assemblages at
Various Churches.

In more than score Of Washington
churches the Titanic disaster was the
theme OF special discourses yesterday
morning and evening, services at three of
the churches being special memorials in
honor Of Maj. Butt, Clarence Moore and
Frank D. Millet. the three Washington
men whose heroism during the time be-
tween the striking and the sinking Of the
giant liner has been 50 thrillingiy related
by survivors Of the calamity.
The President and Mrs. Taft, accom-
panied by the Presidents Official family
and a distinguished delegation from the
diplomatic corps. attended tho memorial
services at O'Clock yesterday morning
at st. Paul's Episcopal Church, at which
church Maj. Butt, during his residence
In Washington, was an attendant. The
rector, Rev. Robert Talbot. himself a
personal friend Of Maj. Butt, preached
on the text: Greater love hath no man
than this, that man lay down his life
for his friends" st. John, 1913.
President Taft attended service at IL
o'clock at All Souls Unitarian Church,
where the pastor. Rev. U. G. b. Pierce,
chaplain of the Senate, delivered q ser
mon on the lessons Of the Titanic calam-
ity In general. In his discourse Rev.
Pierce laid no especial stress upon any
one feature Of the disaster or upon the
conduct Of any particular individual or
group Of persons involved.
Distinguished Audience.
Old St Johns Church, Mrs. rafts
place Of worship, gathered beneath its
roof yesterday. afternoon perhaps the
most distinguished company that has
assembled In q Washington church In
recent years. The services, conducted
by Bishop Alfred Harding, were q me-
mortal to Maj. Butt. Clarence Moore and
Frank p Mil!et. In the congregation
Were the President and Mrs. Taft, Sec
retaries MacVeagh and Stinnson. Am
bassador Bryce and a number Of other
members OF the diplomatic corps. dozens
Of officers OF the army, delegations from
the Metropolitan and other clubs, besides
a gathering of men and women. repre-
sentative Of Washington's most exclusive
social circles. the lines Of waiting auto
mobiles and carriages extending two
blocks on both 18th aud H streets. In
his. Remarks Bishop Harding said:
Archibald Butt. Clarence Moore and
death smiling. They had done their
duty, had aided the weak. comforted the
distressed. They died, but their memory
lives in thousands of Christian hearts. It
is the memory Of noble lives cheerfully
given in the service Of humanity and of
the Master"
At the conclusion Of Bishop Harding s
remarks, Rev. Roland Cotton Smith spoke
briefly, and the congregation Joined with
the choir in singing Nearer. My God, to
Thee
"This Was q Man"
IN the course Of his brief sermon at
St Paups Episcopal Church, the rector,
Rev. Robert Talbot, said:
II do not feel 1t within my humble
power to pay adequate tribute to the life
and character Of the gallant soldier in
whose honor this most solemn service is
held. The names of those brave Wash
ington men, Clarence Moore and Frank
d. Mtllet, are linked inseparably with
Butt attended this church. however, and
because he was known and loved by all
of its congregation, his death comes as
the greater shock. We mourn him, but
in mourning him we find a feeling akin
to pride that he died as he had lived, a
man. soldier and a Christian. We can
truly say of him, He was gentle, and the
elements so mixed in him that nature
might stand up and say to all the world.
This was man.
At st. Stephens Catholic Church yes
terday morning Cardinal Gibbons ex-
pressed the belief that the destruction Of
the Titanic was q direct rebuke to human
pride. Cardinal Gibbons said:
The remote cause Of this unspeakable
disaster fs the excessive pursuit Of lux
ury, that caused the sacrifice of valuable
space in order that men and women
might not lose, even for few days, the
pleasures and the comforts that even on
land are attainable only by the few
The American people ought to take
earnestly to heart this grave warning
and abate In no small measure the undue
passion for mere earthly enjoyments and
material welfare
u Lessons From Tragedy.
At, the Temple Baptist Church yester-
day morning Rev. DR.. ]. J. Muir preach
ed on Lessons From Ocean Perils, !"
Including in his remarks a touching
tribute to Maj. Butt, DR.. Muir said that
three lessons are to be drawn from the
disaster. these being, first, that the con-
servation Of life should always be the
first consideration, speed and luxurious
equipment being merely incidental: Sec
ond. that the chivalry with which men
worthily regard womanhood is not a lost
virtue. as on the Titanic the call was not
'notableS," but women and children -
and. third, that heroism is q quality Of
soul which needs at times unexpected
emergencies to prove its genuineness.
while we have heretofore associated
the hymn Nearer. My God, to Thee,
with the dying moments Of Presadent
Mckinley. from now on we shall link it
with another tragedy, as the band play
ed it on the Titanic as its own diree and
that fof hundreds of Others"