xl RESOLUTIONS 



thetic with Mr. Shipman in the deep and wide humanity that 

 engrossed a part of his useful life. 



The mortal part of Andrew J. Shipman sleepeth, sleepeth 

 until Resurrection's dawn and morn, but the spiritual part 

 .yvill live forever. Those of us who attended the funeral cere- 

 monies yesterday can never forget the event. It will be a 

 memory treasure. Many of you are familiar with the im- 

 pressive ceremony of final benediction according to the Roman 

 Catholic rubrics, but few, I venture, have ever witnessed the 

 ceremony according to the Greek rite. As a special honor 

 to the dead the highest dignitary of the Eastern church in 

 this country, assisted by priests of the Greek rite, conducted 

 the last offices for the dead, with prayers and in chants en- 

 toned with a pure and silvery sweetness. It was a beautiful 

 service, the clear voices of the chanters, in chants often in- 

 tense with the spirit of grief, of supplication, and of bene- 

 diction, held Catholic and non-Catholic spellbound. The 

 silvery cadences of the voices in prayer and grief-imbued 

 chant can not be forgotten. 



Now I come to another thought about Regent Shipman 

 that should not be overlooked, and that was his love of peace, 

 the peace that goes with honor. Our dead friend the past 

 year was greatly disturbed in mind and heart over the horrible 

 warfare in Europe, partly because great peoples observing 

 the Greek rite were involved, but also because he was an 

 earnest advocate of peace between individuals and nations, and 

 had powerfully labored to that end. He held that true peace 

 can only exist in the domain ruled by sound morality, and 

 that moral unsoundness is widespread and still growing. 



"Just think of it," said he, "it is immoral to steal, but 

 banks build strong safety vaults. It is immoral to violate the 

 laws governing the rights of person or property, but the best 

 communities maintain strong police or armed forces. It is 

 immoral to kill but the culture of Europe is at war, or armed 

 to the teeth in readiness for war. Great armies clash with 

 frightful losses of life, and down the scale of numbers the 

 fighters lessen until only a handful of men engage in atrocious 

 combat worse than a dog fight." 



In substance, thus spoke this patriotic, stalwart son of 

 peace and piety. Thus spoke a sincere lover of the humane 

 human, spoke one who could not father malice or cherish 



