The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-16

L Ou nave GduSAL I'D " say P-~J
"Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be Thy name"
The entire concourse caught up the
prayer. Following it came the prayer
of the minister for the repose of the
soul of the dead, for the bereaved fam
lily, for the president who must take
up the task of his dead chief, and for
the sorrowing nation.
LEAD Kindly Light"
AS the minister ended the prayer,
music, bringing message often ex-
pressed by the former president, b1Gke
the strained silence which had settled
over the throng:
Lead Kindly Light, amid encircling
gloom,
Lead Thou me on"
This was one of the favorite hymns
of the dead president. 1t was played
beautifully by the Simmons band. It's
message prepared the way for the adj
dress Of the occasion by the Hon.
Clifford E. Randall, former congress-
man from this district and friend Of
the dead leader.
A National Calamity.
The speaker recalled the sorrow
which had enveloped the nation since
the news had been flashed across the
continent that the "unwelcome mes
senger had summoned the president"
In most fitting way he reviewed
briefly the life and career of Warren
Gamaliel Harding, emphasizing that he
was a man mot born to the purple"
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greatest office in the world-a monu-
ment to the democratic institutions of
America.
The speaker recalled how President
Harding had guided the nation through
the trying days of reconstruction,
showing his craftsmanship by hurry
ing the return to normally. He re-
minded the concourse that President
Harding had brought about the move
ment which brought peace to the Pa
cific-an accomplishment which alone
will write the name of the president
large in the tablets of history.
And Yet WithaI a Friend.
Congressman Randall also empha-
sized that though President Harding
had risen to the greatest Office in the
land, he had kept his simplicity, his
love for the home folks and the COM
mon people, this also marking him as
a great American.
Even in death, the speaker saw hope
for he pointed out that from the life
of the president, all America could
take new courage to carry out the work
which he had started.
1t was a great tribute to a great
man.
The text of the address delivered by
Attorney Randall is found in its en-
tirety in another column of this issue.
Music-Then Benediction.
Although sleeping in the narrow
tomb of death, his imperishable spirit
lives" declared Attorney Randall as
he ended his tribute to President
Harding. "And let us now again re-
dedicate ourselves to the ideals that
he lived so that our nation shall stand
and endure as it was built upon the
foundations of long ago. Then will
civilization endure and God live in the
souls of men,,
Music again appeared to catch up the
message of the service:
Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee,
Fen though it be cross,
That raiseth me-"
Silently the words of this hymn ran
through the minds of thousands as the
Nash band played the melody. AS it
closed, the Rev. Edward Burns Martin,
pastor of the Park Avenue NJ. E.
church, rose and quietly pronounced
benediction.
Kenosha had paid fitting tribute
to the dead president.
Silently the crowds dispersed; or
CARNATIONS who had turned out to pay
tribute to the dead quietly returned
to their first gathering places. For
another hour Kenosha stores and in
dustries remained closed, making GER
tain that this city observed the funeral
period; then again the people returned
to their regular walks of life.
All had realized that the world and
nation had lost leader and that each
had lost friend in the death of Pres
ident Warren Gamaliel Harding.