Address Before the First Unitarian Society of San Francisco

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Excerpt from Address Before the First Unitarian Society of San Francisco: In Memory of Their Late Pastor, Rev. Thomas Starr King, March 15, 1884 At a meeting of the congregation of tle I irBt Unitarian Society held at their Church, on Geary street, on the evening of March 15 th, 1864, the following resolutions were offered, viz.: It having pleased the Most High God to draw closer to His side, His lervant oar greatly beloved and honored pastor, ThoxJiS Stakr Eino, and inasmuch as this requisition, coming to him in the plentitude of fame, intellect, and usefulness, found him still hfippy, rsigned, trustful, it beconies us as Christian brethren to restrain tbe natural, but selfish impulses of grief, accepting the chalice commended to our lips, and bowing humbly to the Omnipotent will. Therefore be it Resolved, That in the sublime spectacle of the death-bed of Thomas Starr King, we recognize a full and triumphant vindican of his faith as a teacher and his works as a man. Besolved, That though it hath seemed fit to the jUmighty to remove his mortal presence from among us, the subtle influence of his piety and genius still exists, and continues to transfuse and possess us, and that, although the pulpit of the church he has adorned remains empty, an emanation of his goodness still obtains in the pulpit of each mans heart, swaying and controlling its impulses, directing and guiding its promptings, and preaching with the tongue of men and angels Resolved, That his ministration of this Society has been vital, creative and enduring, that it has been uniformly characterized by ceaseless toil and unabated zeal, even to the sacrifice of health and the precipitation of death by an eloquence earnest, truthful and convincing by erudition thorough, complete and reliable by fervor, boldness iid originality that have ai, tached the lukewarm and indifierent-by a humanity that was broad, catholic, all-sympathizing and tolerant by a gentleness that was winning without being weak by a force that was decisive in results, though unfelt in its processes and by those rare indefinable social graces and courtesies which, as they were not beneath the Guest of the bride of Cana, are the attributes of a Christian gentleman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.