Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-12-18
PULPIT LAUDS
WANAMAKER
Christian Character as His
Greatest Asset Theme of
Eulogies
BETHANY TEMPLE
HOLDS MEMORIAL

Of tributes paid In many OF the city
churches yesterday and at a special
memorial service by the Salvation
Army.
y Although highly praised as a great
BUSINESS man and landed my many
, as Pennsylvanis's greatest citizen. all
I who made memorial addresses Joined
in saying that his Christian charac-
ter was his greatest asset and that
the founding OF Bethany Presbyter-
ian Church would stand out as his
greatest achievement
} More than a dozen churches con-
Quoted memorial services. at which
the sermon was taken from the life
of'the "merchant prince" More than
1000 persons attended a memorial
service in Bethany Temple, at Fifty
third and Spruce streets. DR.. Lewis
Seymour Nudge. stated clerk OF the
Presbyterian General Assembly. and
the Rev. DIR. George Edward Halves.
OF Harrisburg. moderator OF the
synod OF Pennsylvania, were the
principal speakers.
An impressive service was con-
Quoted by the Salvation Army In the
Memorial Auditorium at Broad street
and Paramount avenue.
Mr. Wanamaker gave the audi
forum TO the Salvation Army.
Colonel Richards F. Holz. for
many years in charge OF the work in
Philadelphia. and for the last two
years the chief secretary for the
eastern territory, with headquarters
IN New York. read special message
from Commander Evangeline Booth,
daughter of General William Booth
founder of the organization. Genera
Booth and Mr.. wsnamsker were
close friends.
The world IS immensely poorer"
the tribute read. through the death
OF John Wanamaker. Business has
lost a great prince. The church
has lost a mighty pillar. The Sal
walton Army has lost an understand I
ing and loyal friend. The United
States has lost a most distinguished I
and honorable citizen. The poor
and needy have lost a benefactor I
whose help was as wisely applied /
es Il was widely bestowed. Mankind /
has lost brother beloved universal /
". We have all been unspeakable I
enriched by the glorious and long I
life OF this great man among men"
In the address which followed /
Colonel Holz told of mis- long and in /
timzts association with Mr.. Wanna
ursksr. The merchant was at all I
dimes a sympathetic listener, and
ever ready 20 help individual and
needy cases brought TO his attention
BY ths Salvation Army.
\ Throuehout the day the services
st Bethany Presbyterian Church,
rwenty~second and cambridge
,streets. where Mr.. Wsnamaker was
senior elder and superintendent of
the Sunday school for more than a
half century, were OF a memorial
character. The Rev. DR.. A. Gordon
MarI,eunan spoke OF the great ser =
.vfcs Mr.. wanamaker rendered 20 the
church and 20 humanity.
Speaking at memorial service in
Bethany Temple last evening, the
Rev. DR.. Walter 3. Greenway, the
pastor, told how Mr.. Wanamaker's
little pocket Testament, which the
great merchant carried with him
ever since he was a young man, was
buried with him. DR.. Greenway said
that many OF the pages were torn
from years Of use.
DR.. Greenway told how Mr.. Wanna
maker gave the ground on which the
Bethany Temple was built and a
small contribution when the congre-
CATION started its work. He might
have paid all the expenses. but he
chose the better way" DR.. Greenway
declared. Mr.. wansmaker was al
WAYS willing TO help people 20 help
themselves"
sfRethany Sunday school Is his
,r,onurne nt." declared DR.. Lewis S.
Nudge in enumerating the mer-
chants splendid qualities. Beth
anv Is a great educational institu-
lion. Mr.. Wanamaker saw to 1t that
the great eternal truths. upon which
men can take a firm stand. were
taught there" Dr. Nudge said that
Christians should praise God for '
sending man like John Wana max
'er among them.
Praising Mr.. Wanamaker as a J
churchman. Or. Nudge said the mer- I
chant was proud Of the fact that c
the PRESBYTERIAN church had rep &
resentativp form OF government and e
that the founders of the nation had r
modelled the form Of government of
thu United states after that OF the u
Presbyterian church.
Mr.. WanamaKer was socially in b
cllned. Although a very rich man, r.
he possessed that wonderfully con- Z
structive power called love. Money r
nil not make friends. Love will b
always. Mr. Wanamaker was spir- c
itual man, his spiritual life resting
upon. covereign God. sovereign Al
Lord Jesus Christ. sovereign Book. II
the Bible. and a sovereign self. cap n
able of accepting or rejecting Je- Il
sus." q
DR.. George Halves, who is pastor p,
Of the Market Square Presbyterian HI
Church. Harrisburg, said that Pres :
bvterians have been studying John N
for years. but now that N
he IL dead we begin to realize what a
a great man he was. / suspect that Al
vhen another twenty-five years have II
nassed Rethany Church and Beth n
inv Temple will consider him big s.
rer man than they do today. John W
was great In religion W
because of his faith In the old Cos m
pei. II was a Gospel Of which he
was never ashamed. We will miss b.
his inspiration: we will miss his "
nfuentia: we will miss his counsel" d.
Nineteen hundred members of the G
BETHANY Temple Sunday School con-
,,o.od r,an,oria1 exercies yeste rdav in