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 Memorial Service 
 
 State Arsenal, Springfield, Illinois 
 
 Sunday, February 9, 1919 
 
 3:30 p. m. 
 
 THEODORE ROOSEVELT 
 
 1858-1919 
 
 Auspices of 
 
 THE ILLINOIS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 
 
 Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, President 
 Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, Secretary 
 
 THE SPRINGFIELD CHURCHES 
 
 The Rev. Lester Leake Riley, Chairman 
 
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 ()RI)I<:i^ f)F SERVICE 
 
 Rki:s[i)r\f; : 
 
 Ex-(i()vcrnor Richard Yates, Vice-President, Illinois State His- 
 torical .Sncictw 
 
 The Rev. Lester Leake Rilev, Rector Christ Church. 
 
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 JJ\ Croft 
 
 (> Cod, (.ui- lielp in age.s pa.st. 
 Our hope foi- yeni-s to come, 
 
 Oiii- .shelter- from the stormy blast 
 -Vnd our eternal home. 
 
 A thou.sand age.s in Tliy .siglit 
 
 Are like an evening gone ; 
 Short as the watch that end.s the night 
 
 Before the ri.sing sun. 
 
 Under the sliadow of Thy throne 
 Th.v saints have dwelt secure ; 
 Sufficient is Thine arm alone, 
 
 .\nd our defense is sure. 
 
 Time, lil<e an evei'-roUing stream, 
 Beais all its sons away ; 
 
 They fly, forgotten, as a dream 
 Dies at the opening da>\ 
 
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 I^efore the hills in order stood. 
 Or earth received hei' fi'ame, 
 
 Fi-om everlasting Thou art God, 
 To endless >eais the same. 
 
 Re.\i>ixg of Tin-: Sente.vces: 
 
 O God, oui- help in ages past, 
 Our hope for years to come. 
 
 Be Thou our guide while life shall last. 
 And- our- eternal home. 
 
 /. Watt.s. 
 
 1 am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth 
 in me. though he were dead yet shall he live ; and whosoever 
 liveth and believeth in me. shall never die. (John 11 :2~).) 
 
 '1 hey who make their lives exam])les oi' faithfulness on eirth. shall 
 shine as the shining of the lirmament ; and they who teach men 
 how to live and die for the sake of duty, shall shine as the stars 
 forever and ever. (Daniel L^:;3.) 
 
 LwocATio.x - - - - The Rev. I. Mortimer Bloom 
 
 .Minister I'.'rilh Sholem Congregation 
 
 ScKii'Tliki-: Li-ssox — h'roui i Corintliiaus 1 o 
 
 I he Rev. William 11. Xicholas 
 I'astor (irace Lutheran Lhurch 
 
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 The Rev. 
 I'astor h'irst Presbvterian Church 
 
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Solo— "Crossing the Bar" (Tennyson) - - . . Coivlcs 
 
 Mrs. Frank \'. Partridge 
 
 Address — "Roosevelt — Man and Citizen" - - - _ _ 
 
 'Jlu' l\ev. Holmes Whitmore 
 Rector St. Paul's Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
 
 HvMN ---------. y. Rcadhui 
 
 How fiini a foundMtion, \e saints of the 3. 
 
 Loid. 
 Is laid for your faith hi His excellent ^^''^"^ tll^PVS'VJ'^'^ '^'■'■" ''"''^'^'■^ ' '■^'" 
 
 Word ! 
 
 thee to go. 
 
 The rivei-.s of woe shall not thee ovci- 
 What more can He say than to you He flow ; 
 
 hath .said. For I willbe with thee, thy troubles to 
 
 You who unto Jesus for refuge ha ye bless. 
 
 fled" -^iifl sanctify to thee thy deepest dis- 
 
 tress. 
 
 Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dis- When through fleiy trials thy pathway 
 
 mayed I shall lie, 
 
 I, I am thy God, and will still g-iye thee My grace, all-sufficient, shall be th.\- 
 
 aid ; supply ; 
 
 I'll streng'then thee, help thee, and cause The flame shall not hurt thee ; I only 
 
 thee to stand, design 
 
 Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to 
 
 hand. refine. 
 
 The soul that to .Jesus hath fled foi- re- 
 pose, 
 
 I will not, r will not desert to His foes ; 
 
 That soul, though all hell shall en- 
 deayor to shake, 
 
 I'll never, no, never, no, never, forsake. 
 G. KcitlU n 
 
 Address — "Roosevelt — His Selection of Men" - _ - - 
 
 The Hon. William L. Harding 
 Governor of Iowa 
 
 America— (The hrst and last stanzas) 
 
 liENEDiCTiON - " " ''lie Rcv. A\'illiani V. Rothenburger 
 
 Pastor First Christian Church 
 
 Orchestra— "March Funebre" ------ Cho[^m 
 
 The lohn 'J'aylor Orchestra; K. Albert (iuest. Acc()m])anist 
 
 (Note.— As a silent tribute to the memory of Theodore Koo.sevelt, (he people 
 ai'e lequested to remain standing until the .■on<lusi..n .,f tin- "March Funchrc' I 
 
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 A PRAYER FOR THE PROPHETS AXD PIONEERS 
 
 We praise Thee. Almighty God, for Thine elect, the prophets and 
 martyrs of humanity, who gawe their thovights and prayers and agonies 
 lor the truth of God and the freedom of the people. We praise Thee 
 that amid loneliness and the contempt of men, in poverty and imprison- 
 ment, when they were condemned by the laws of the mighty and 
 buffeted on the scaiifold. Thou didst uphold them by Thy spirit in loy- 
 alty to Thy holy cause. 
 
 Our hearts burn within us as we follow the bleeding feet of Thy 
 Christ down the centuries, and count the mounts of anguish on which 
 He was crucified anew in his prophets and the true apostles of His 
 spirit. Help us to forgive those who did it, and save us from their 
 nn'stakes ! Grant us an unerring instinct for what is rig'ht and true, 
 and a swift sympathy to divine those who truly love and serve the 
 people. Suffer us not by thoughtless condemnation or selfish opposi- 
 tion to weaken the arm and chill the spirit of those who strive for the 
 redemption of mankind. May we never bring upon us the blood of 
 all the righteous l)y renewing the spirit of those who persecuted them 
 in the ])ast. (irant us rather that we. too. may be counted in the chosen 
 band of those who have given their life as a ransom for the many. 
 Send us forth with the pathfinders of humanity to lead Thv people 
 another day's march toward the land of ])romise. 
 
 — Walter Rausclicnbiiscli. 
 
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