New-York tribune., 1919-01-31
Memorial Service
Held for Roosevelt
InReiornlcelCI,,1l'cN,
I'VE Are Better People Be
cause He Lived Says Jas.
NJ. Beck in the Principal
Address of Ceremonies

The Collegiate Reformed Dutch
Church, Fifth Avenue and Forty-eighth
Street whore Theodore Roosevelt at
tended worship as a boy, held memorial
service in the Colonel's honor yester-
day afternoon
Throughout the exercises, which were
attended by numerous men and women
prominent in the city's life and by rep
resentatvcs of a score of civil and
social organizations, it was the theme
of Roosevelt as true American and true
Christian which was emphasized
"Tried By the test of things done y
said James NJ Beck, who delivered the
principal address, "Theodore Roosevelt
cmerges us one who lifted this nation
OF one hundred millions to higher lev
ell Of thought and action We are bet
ter people because he lived We are a
poorer people" he added, "bccausc he
has died"
"W hen Roosevelt Was boy said
the Rev. Dr.. James NJ Ludlow, who
was pastor of the Collegiate Reformed
Dutch Church at that time, che =
played the same characteristics which
later raised him to such great mi
ncnces the same interest in all thiy :,
the same determination ana decisl' n,
the same fearlessness, the same dr,o-
tion to the lofty ideals Of truth az d
honor.
Successful Career Predicted
In those days when he came here bv
the side Of his father and his mother
and used to take his place in the fourth
pew from the front down there. we
al used to say. as a matter Of course,
n " y l.
IN the world But whether he would
make it on the North Pole, in litcra-
ture or science. or on the locks of a
fanama Canal, we II yer could guess.
FOR he was always doing aomethinr
new -
The Rev. William l. Chamberlain. D.
-" particularly stressed Rooseve!t's
Devotion to the church and its teach
ihSs. and the force that these had been
IN making him, in turn, the inspiration
of others
DR.. Chambcrlan, has SO tf4...ed the
soul of the youth of all lan.s as has
heodore Roosevelt by his deds AID
ms words The work he did went far
deeper down than any mer statesman
ship. lie galvanized into ,ife the
1erVor Of the American soul
America was not in a heroic mood
when ne came to the fore But Roose-
Welt fred Americas imagination and
irpose- He taught American youth
what it means to live as Christian
gentlemen in a democracy
FooseNelts love o. smp4 .city his
devotion to his chu~cf and the cause of
righteousness eVeryv icre, DR.. Cham
berlain said. were thu mainsplngs OF
his aoounding ab. tliumDhant
personality
In the Tnal ac Mr. Peck Dc
Velopcd the same il.
"Roosevelt,' twas very
great man. Jus. ho.v great he wa
We cannot with G rtaiuy say in thi
generation- But re know that be
opened up new epoch in our coun
try's life. and developed it in such
manner as to lay the foundations for
our later osmopolltanlsm with sure
ty and permancnce that was as of gran
ite itself
He was, too. q very noble man. And
. though we may have to wait before
passing hnal judgment upon the ex-
tent OF his greatness there is no need
10 wait before paying tribute to the
unquestloned eYtcnt o. has nobility."
Mr. Beck told how Roosevelt never
had better nor truer friends than dur
ing the last ten years Of his life. how
those who once had bee nhis opponents
we're won over by the dauntless nobility
Of MS spirit, so that at the last. when
selected few gathered cound his
grave the company was honeycombed
with former enemies who had come
with barred heads to express their
heartfelt sorrow
Last Of Supermen
He stocA 1our-square 10 every wind
mat blew, SAID the speaker "Hc
neVer k"l for quarter but he was
himself always the FIST TO show mercy
20 AN opponent"
Tiacinc 'ho record Of his pubic ca
reer Mr.. Beck declared that tho Colo
nePs achievements were mot of the
day but for all tme.7 TO match his
versatility, nc SAID, j. is necessary to
20 back to the avs of the Renais-
sance.
"Perhars he "a. tn, last of the su.
permen,' saic Nh Sock. IN tho sense
Of q man great in many Gelds'
Lamentins his passing al this tine,
when his personality might have been
50 potent an influence at home and in