84 Ohio Arch. and
Hist. Society Publications.
INVOCATION.
BY REV. IRVING MAURER.
0 God, bless us in this hour with worthy
memories. We
thank Thee for the life of this friend
of ours, for his genial
presence and his noble heart. We thank
Thee for his faith in
the simple virtues, for his confidence
in the ways of the people,
for his trust in Thee.
Grant to us, as we think of him in this
fellowship of kindred
spirits, a more steadfast loyalty to the
institutions which were
dear to him, that for each of us life
may hold more courage and
cheer.
May Thy peace attend our thoughts of
him, and may he not
have lived in vain. For Thy name's sake,
Amen.
The double quartet from the Republican
Glee Club, of which
Mr. Randall was an honorary member and
at whose banquets
he had often served as toastmaster, then
sang:
LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.
Lead, kindly light! amid th' encircling
gloom,
Lead thou me on;
The night is dark, and I am far from
home;
Lead thou me on;
Keep thou my feet: I do not ask to see
The distant scene; one step enough for
me.
So long thy power has blessed me, sure
it still
Will lead me on
O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and
torrent, till
The night is gone,
And with the morn those angel faces
smile
Which I have loved long since and lost
awhile!
Mr. Williams, in introducing Mr. Osman
C. Hooper, said:
As I have have stated, Mr. Randall, at
the time of his death,
was President of the Kit-Kat Club. He
was one of its most
active members, and his papers, read at
its meetings, were always
models of entertainment and instruction,
setting a mark of per-
formance so high that they were a source
of inspiration and
despair to those who followed.