| Show COOLIDGE SON SERVICE HELD AT OLD HOME B Boy o y Buried In Plot Beside Mother Of OfU U S President I FUNERAL IS BRIEF 1 Words Of Comfort Spoken Spoken en By Congregational Church Minister NORTHAMPTON Mass July 10 F A W r and o 0 arm r in e r playmates neighbors In the town ton to n where here he ho w real cd to ta the approach of tendered their sert services Ices of i this morning to ta Calvin Coolidge Jr President and Mrs e nho ho came fl horn om Washington an with their dead Wet e c b by the towns ton to townsfolk townsfolk n folk of Northampton at nt the simple mites the family had wished Ishoo rb se ere p ore held In the tho tho Congre Congregational church CI BS Its S U boy bov was tins taken into Inta membership This afternoon at PI Plymouth Vt a oter er the road rand he traveled on sum summer mer vacations to ta hi his ta farn n the presidential party was a carn Ing the body bady of the Jr- Jr old IG old ohl boy to ta Its burial place In the hillside cemetery where lies lIei the mother mather of the Iho ICI ICE The sel Ico yesterday In Wash ash Washington ington 1 the nas was he government s a tribute that today taday in Northhampton was the family service sen Ice In which old aId friends friend and neighbors tied led ne Rev Ret Kenneth Kennelh B D Welles elle pastor of af the Edwards CongregatIonal chum chili eh ch said that in the memory and life of af Cah CoItus Calvin In Coolidge Jr was found faund that which Is best beat in the American bo boy ard he drew from the lesson of his life a m of hope After Alter the organ prelude Dr Ja- Ja Jason Ja Jason son on Noble ot of the First Con on Congregational church in WashIngton DC D C read Psalms 21 and 23 3 The Tho that sang at the tho el vice In Washington t yesterday esterday sang agaIn today taday The scripture reading ass as given bv bt b Re Rev v DI D Pierce who ha read from John Jahn 16 15 Corinthians 15 and nd Re 21 rU PUIt tIm Lit SERMON Sorrowing Ing as a citizen of af North North- Northampton Northampton ampton who ha had known n Calvin Coolidge Jr as child and boy bol bO the Rev Kenneth B Welles Velles pastor patar of af the I h e Edwards Edard Congregational church officiating at the funeral sen le s of the youngest son Bon or President and Mrs lIre Coolidge here tOda said that what was as most wholesome and best In the Amer Amer- AmerIcan American ican boy bay he wasP was 1 he sadness of af this homecoming binds us all tery ery closely together and makess us more mare marea a aware are than ever of af the rove love and which we of af Northampton bear blar toward these honored l who ha have hate e come came back to jus is th the Rev Mr 1111 Welles elles said Our heal ts are aro alt all very tery ery tender teoder and when hearts are tender when the tho way ay Is opened by sympathy and sor- sor sorrow sor sorrow row ra rathen then God speaks Ho He Is not far away this thia morning coming In answer aner to ta our aur needs and the tho sum sum- summon summons summons mon mons of this beautiful long lang life ICe which has gone gane on an AH All those wh who have lost last someone dear der know that God s foot toot falls may be heard quietly walking with them bring bring- bringing ing a peace to their minds and anda anda a balm lains to their souls luau HE III GOD GODS S WICE SOrt aw la is not nat something to be it it has a main issain- mainstay stay all its a own an n It II pierces the callousness that glows gloS around our aur Its until like little children we e can feel again the mystery m of af life and hear the tho voice valce of af God Gad and then ten sorrow rededicates our lit Ih cc and lifts them hem again agall on an a higher I plane where whore we wo strive strite e once more for far perfect things There Is quite tri tn- triumphant tri tri- triumphant about this life which has baa been taken away aay It was as wa but then so was sac the Great Master 1 bunK oung aung It tas as moved meted still by the first enthusiasms and it tt had Its beautiful visions and Its Us consecrations consecrations to ta duty and honor honar It was a straight honorable young life S sweetly natural anti and an 1 still sill and In- In Inhabitant Inhabitant In Inhabitant habitant of t tao ta t o a worlds the mate mate- materIal material rial nat and the spiritual A high self self- kept him clean minded mind and a home of ot faith alth led him to ta an allegiance to the tho church and to God TO hOT nOy BOYHe lie Ho was as a boyan boy on whom one anI could depend willing to ta work hard lIard and play the game There was w s an Continued on Two ro COOLIDGE SON FUr FUNERAL J ERAl Bay R Continued from Page Pago One alluring quality about ut him which assured him hint many friends and anddrew anddrew anddrew drew others to him with bonds bond ot of love What wa wag waa most moat wholesome and best In the American boy he was until his life lito speaks speak as a type o what bo bos are tr trying mine Ing to be Could such a personality fall to c carry rry with It the victorious spirIt and ond could we who knew hint him tall fail to respond today with the tn tri trl triumphant note One cannot know such uch a life hito nd not know something of ot the ho divine in man One cannot watch atch the growth of ot such a spirit t at home In the school In the tho church without being led Into the presence of God and If It Calvin Coolidge Jr has hIlS helped us to move on a a little closer to the Eternal Father what then Then must the meaning moaning of 08 othia this life Ufa closed so early appear then Ihen must there come consolations front from that F father ather then must the heavy yoke yoko of trouble be lifted anti and the old work ork taken up hero hero- heroically again This life lite lead u us to God and our God can satisfy all our need needs May Ho He bliss you ou and keep you and bo be gracious un- un unto unto un unto to lou vou OU May He give vou OU abundantly abundantly abundantly dantly out of ot His resources re of ot wis wisdom dom and po power er Ma Mav Ho Ito turn your grief Into hope and your sorro sorrow Into a bulwark of strength for or the life of ot our land Ind |
