The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-12-20
HARDING EULOCY
BY PRESIDENT
Late Presidents Effor S For
World Peace Recited BY
His Successor
MAN WE LOVED AND MOURN
Harding Memorial Week Opened b.,
President Coolidge-Address In
Broadcast by Radio-Late
President lauded.

Washington, d. C.-President Hard
ing was eulogized by his successor
In office. Calvin Coolidge, in AN adj
dress broadcast by radio, as one who
was eminently fitted Ito serve a dis.
tracted world in a difficult period of
it's history
The President spoke in his study
at the White House, and his address.
one OF the features of the nationwide
observance OF Harding Memorial
week, was carried to the farthermost
parts OF the country.
Mr.. Coolidge began his address with
a reference to Leigh Hunts poem,
"Abou Ben Adhem," in which an angel
writes the name Of him who loves his
fellowmen at the head of the list Of
those who love the Lord"
1T will be hard to find a better pic.
ture than this of President Harding.
the man we loved and mourn" he
said.
President Coolidge, after reciting
verse OF the poem, added: He loved
his fellowmen and because they felt
1t and know 1t, they loved and trusted
him. His whole life, from the knee of
that cherished mother, who had an
inspired faith in him, down to the day
when sorrowing world laid its trib-
utes at his bier, was a continuing tes-
timony to his devotion to them and
to their faith in nim."
He was criticised because his own
country under his leadership, did not
move forward so fast as some wished.
But when worn out by the struggle
he had so bravely borne, he laid down
the burden, his critics saw clearly
what his leadership had accomplished
1T was natural that such a charac-
ter, passing from the stage of life,
should leave the multitude sense OF
personal loss. Seldom indeed has any
mans death left that feeling among
so many. He was mourned abroad
and at home. The conviction was felt
everywhere that he was one of the
men best fitted to serve a distracted
world in a difficult period of it's his
tory.
But he was not permitted to
finish his task. Be broke down ana
went down un1er its load In the
hour OF sorrow for his loss, men and
women were moved to a broader
charity, a relaxation of partisan ex-
cesses, a determination to be fair
and moderate and reasonable. His
life became, in the tragic sorrow
of its end, a lesson in the value OF
simple and modest ways
I'VE mourn him today, and we
shall mourn him so long as remem-
brance holds before us the picture
of his patience, forbearance, faith
and Christian tolerance. These are
rare virtues, too seldom found among
the men who ha the strength to
rise to high places. They are vir-
tues that men need to seek and Gull
tivate in these years OF stress in the
world. They point the way to sal
walton for men, for nations, for hu
manity Itself. We may well hope
that his example to his own country
men and to the world, may help
greatly to bring spirit of charity.
accord and true fraternity, whereby
shall be lighted the lamp OF under.
standing to show our feet into the
paths OF peace on earth, good will to
men. We may we'll consider by
what means we can show our appre-
citation, and by what method we car
best enshrine his memory"