Frederick Douglass, the Orator - Monroe County Library System

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Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. 259 I saw him like a monarch stand With Lincoln's edict in his hand, With lips infused from heaven's fire, With thoughts that would all time inspire Transfigured on Columbia's sod; A living type from Freedom's God ; Incarnate soul of Liberty He stood —a race and land were free. I saw again God's pioneer In grand repose upon his bier. The lines that showed the reaper's path Were softened with death's aftermath. But yet that face more grandly taught Of will and power, of battles fought, Of victories won for Liberty. The crown at last, the soul was free. MISS MARY s. ANTHONY'S TRIBUTE. Miss Mary S. Anthony began her remarks by saying that she felt that the women of Rochester must speak a word in eulogy of Frederick Douglass. Continuing she spoke as follows: — " It is so seldom that any person, man or woman, born amidst the most unfavorable surroundings, making a life-work of the most unpopular subjects, lives as did this husband and father to see the world come to recognize the beautiful precepts of the brotherhood of man, that the most hopeful and best word one can say is, thank God and take courage. " When we think of the first years of his life in our midst and compare them with the last visit he made here with the presidential party of
Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County · Historic Monographs Collection 260 LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. Harrison, to take part in the dedication of the soldiers' monument, he being one of the honored guests at the Cottage banquet at Ontario Beach, we may well exclaim, 'The world does move.' " The struggles and trials, and they were legion, which Frederick Douglass endured for seventyeight years, are to-day crystallized into a grand prophecy, of which this hour is the beginning of the fulfillment. " The appreciation and love we, the women of Rochester, bear toward our friend and coworker cannot be better expressed than by reading the resolutions passed at the meeting of the National Council of Women in Washington." Miss Anthony then read the memorial adopted by the Women's National Conference at Washington on the death of Mr. Douglass. DR. GANNETT DELIVERS THE FUNERAL ORATION. The Rev. W C. Gannett, pastor of the Unitarian Church, was the principal speaker of the occasion. In part this is what the eloquent clergyman said: — " This is an occasion of grief, but perhaps more of pride. This is an impressive moment in the history of our city. There was a man who, when he became a fellow citizen here, lived in one of the humblest homes of the city; a man whose color exposed him to insult and rebuke, and a
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