Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 27, 1881, Page 2

_—— Which Gathered Yesterday in the High School Campus, i Befitting Open-Air Commem- orative Exercises ©On the Burial Day of Prasident ‘Garfleld. ¥undre&s of People Pay Their Silent Homage “To the Memory of the Deceased Executive. Beautiful Ceremonies by the Masonic Order, Bdlogium Passed Upon Him by Elo- quent Clergymen. A bright cheery morning dawmed on the day that was to seo the sod close over the earthly remains of President James A. Garfield. A more superbly beautiful day for out door exercises could not well be imagined. The citi zens' com- mittee met at 9 o’clock in the morn- ing, and at the universal request changed the place for holding the memorial exercises from the Academy of Musicto the campus of the High school building. In response to the request, a very large number of business houses did not open at all during the day and the others closed in the afternoon. At 1 o'dlock the bells began to toll which was the sig: nal for a general suspension of busi- ness. Soon after that hour people began to pour into the grounds throngh thenarrow streets leading to themand |er of grief so by2o'clock thesidewalks were actually Dblockaded. A temporary vlatform had heen erected upon- the high school steps where the clergymen were to speak, the members of the citizens’ committee and several other promi- nent gentlemen were stationed. The platform was heavily draped in mourning and - en- circled with evergreen sprinkled here and there with immortelles. In the centre of the platform was a life like bust of the dead president beautifully -enwreathed in flowers Over the door- such severo miniatry as this! i & i " 4 1 t." Thisw b SORROWFUL ASSEMBLAGE | iy i ™ = ol Vi The Pray or. Rev. J. B. Muxfield, presiding alder of the M. F, church, offered the following prayor: Almighty TGod, though Thy are unseazehable, yet in Josus C wo can see the brightnesa et Thy In Him the light of Thy countenance shines upon all the lot of men. By Him we underatand so enuch of Thy providence as it is casontial for us to know, Embraced in this revelation to men in Christ, isthe knowledge of an Almighty hand that alike directs tho hghtning as it leaps from the elouds, and guides the dove to her humble nest, We stand to-dag in the Jrosence of a great sorrow thet has burdened every heart, and shadowed every home, and darkened tkis broad land from the east to the west and from the northern Jakes to the sonthern everglades. By the force of this sore bereavement all all other pureuits have been laid aside and the natien weeps, Awerica to-day stands beside her dead and mourns, refusing to be com- forted because her favorite son and be- loved chief magistrate is not. The signs of our national grief are orerywhere manifest in_drooping ban- ners and funeral weeds, in the hush and silence that rests upon the great city, and the booming of signal guns, The hum of the spindle, and the whirr of the lathe are stilled, for the fires have gono out in the forge and the fur- nace, that men may indulge in tears and havo space for sadness, Yet the weight of this woe rests most heavily uponour own hearts. Oh! God, was there no othar way in which to ad- monish and chastise us than the tak- ing oft of this precious life in the midst of its years when the promise and the prophecy of its earlier times were about to bo realized to their fullest amplitude! Must this temple of our liberty have poured upon its altar these libations of the blood of our noblest and best in order to its permanance? Shall partisan zeal and sectional strife only pass away when the public conseience is startled into activity by such a shock as this? Shall the north and the south not greet and love each other except by the pow- great as this? Shall true American unity, only be reached as our learts are softened by And no offering shall be deemed too costly that shall secure results like these. In the midst of our tears we offer theo thanksgiving for the life of our fallen president. We thank the for the purity of his private and public life. We thank thee for his unswerving fidelity to his home, to his country, and to his God, s We thank thee that while his sun went down at noonday it was full orbed, and no cloud rested upon the bosom of its broad disc. While we boast of onr mountain and plains, our rivers and lakes, the wealth way of theschool American flags were | yielded by the forests, the mines looped with mourning. Underneath were the words ‘“A Nation's Sorrow.” In other parts of the platform were the mottoes: ¢Millions mourn with us to-day.” It is the hour of grief;” A hero has fallen,” and ““We bow and weep.” A few minutes after two o’clock Mayor Boyd advanced to the front of the platform and asking, silence, said: MayorBoyd's Remarks. It does not require any formal an- and the soil, we thank thee that our greatest glorying under God, 18 in this, that America produces men like this one, whom we mourn, and characters such as his, massive, sym- metrical, eternal. We bless Thy name, oh Lord, for the untold good that will be begotten by the luminous example of this goodly man, We give Thee thanks for his faith in Christ and his consistent Christign course in life. Our hearts are comforted in the fact that he was true to his convictions and to his own manhood until death. We praise Thee for his example as the affectionate son, the devoted father nouncement from mo to tell you why |1 husband, the humble and faith we have assembled here at this time. One week ago the sad intelligence was flashed over the wires that James A. Garfield, after nearly twelve weeks of wufferering, had finished the voyage of lifs, and entered the port of immortality. Of him it can with truth be said e was cut down, “‘in the glory of his days and the pride of his strength.” At this hour all that remains of his once noble form is about to be consigned to the silent grave, and we, in common with millions, not only in our own beloved America, but all over the civilized world, have met to mingle words of sorrow and of praise, It is an ancient and befitting cus- tom, and no more impressive scene is ever witnessed than that of paying honor to the dead. And, in honoring the dead, let us who yet live, 8o live, that, when our summons comes, to join ‘The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious runim, where each shall take - His chamber in the silent halls of death, Wo o bl v e e g e ) Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach’ the grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his coug About him, und lies down to pleasant reams,” g The mayor then read the order of exercises: Tho exerciscs were opened with a brilliant selection from Beethoven rendered with excellont tasto and rare skill by the Musical Union orchestra, Prof. £ieinhauser leading, When the music closed Gen. Man- derson stepped forward and in a loud, <lear voico read the proclamation of the new chief executive, President Arthur, and of Gov. Nance, of this atato, The Invocation. Rev. A. ¥. Sherrill, pastorof the First Congregational church then stop- forward and offured the following tovocation: ! “Our Heavenly Father, we are gathered to-day, as part of a great company, in common sorrow and mourning. The head of our Nation, wespected and beloved by all, has boen taken away, in violence and crime, and our souls are stirred with deop sense of affliction and loss. Grant us the g::enuol thy Spirit, in this hour, “All the words of our mouths and the mediations of our hearts, may be aeceptable in Thy sight,’ and that the impressive scenes and lessons, of this avent, may lead us all, to more ‘humility of spirit, more seriousncss of repentance, more devotion of service, and wmore faith i Thee, to whom comes no death nor any change, whose name is Loye, whose ways are right, | ¥ and whose ‘Will be done on earth as in Hoaven.' Which we ask, with the with the foreiveness of all sin, 1 the name of Thy son, Jesus Christ, amen.” The Ol&l‘ club ;\;n sang the chorus entitled Olive's w - ““How blest the righteous w n’nh‘.n ful teacher and minister, the brave soldier, the unselfish statesman, and the wise president, Let this example never cease from our remembrance but keep it ever alive by the Holy Spirit in our hearts. Rememberin Thy infinite mercy the bereaved mother, the widowed wife and the orphaned children, Em- brace them in t{lu arms of Thy bound- less compassion. Lay Thy hand upon them and heal all the pain of grief. Let this nation bo favored with Thy smiles throughout all our borders, Geod bless President Arthur, sustain him and shield him from harm, Save him from peril. Guard his lfe in Thine own kecping, May the American peoplo never forget that heis now our constitution- al president, elected for just such an oxigency ns this, as much by right and law the president as though fio had received for that oftice which he now fills every vote cast at the polls, Enable us to consider that of all situations possible in our government, his is the most delicate and embarrass- ing, while the responsibilities thereof ara the most weighty and grave. Bless all who are here assembled this day through Christ our Lord. The hymn beginning ‘“Remember now thy Creator,” was then sung with much feeling by the Glee club, ‘Ihis was a quartette, in which Messrs, Smith, Morris, J. W, Wilkins and Frauce took the several parts, Following the prayer the Musical Union orchestra rendered the Garfield momorial hymn, composed expressly for the occasion by Prof, Steinhauser. Bishop Olarkson's Address. Rt. Rev. R. H. Clarkson took for a subject ““Garfield as an example to the youth of the country.” He said: It may be safely said that history no where presents records of such a hcene as this day’s sun looks down upon, Fifty millions of people in uctual mourhing for one man and THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD from end to end bowed and silent in responsive sympathy. Among all the wonders of history this hour's scene stands alone of its kind, and unap- g{muchublo in majosty avd sublimity. ever has there been seen, heard or written of anything like it sinco the world began. Now my friends we take the position that all this remara- able condition of things that we see to-day on the American continent is not to be accounted for, simply because the man whose death we laient was the president of the United States, and therefore the rep- resentative of a great nation, Nor et because his terrible taking-off was associated with such a startling and shocking tragedy, and with such con- tinued and pitiable suffering, borne with A SUBLIME HEROISM and a marvelous patience These fagts have, no doubt, contributed TH row, to evoke the world's sympathy, and to swell everyvhore the melap. choly pageantry of to-d But the real source of this unex tion of human grief i all this, versal and unchallenged mate of the departed dent's character, in the beauty of his great and stainl From the fierce strt of his lonely childhood up through all grades ““stu- s deper than 1t 18 to be found in_the uni- esti- dent, teacher, soldier, statesinan, president” there was ever the RAME AND PICTURE whose magnificent colorings were trathfuln diligence, fidelity, pur- ity, gentlencss, unselfishness, dignity, and cleanhandiness, And upon this grand picture of human life there has been cast as Tennyson says the shin- ings of the utmost possible day- light, and the it has ever stood and shall always stand the same clear, unstained and wonderously beautiful and benignant. That is the reason why THE UNCOUNTED THOUSANDSY of the world’s population stand to- day with uncovered heads, and un- spoken emotions by the opened grave that is to hide away from human sight so much greatness, so much goodness, so much loveliness, and so much true nobility. What an exam- ple to the young man here who feels that he has something in him that can lift itself above the mediocrity about him, THE LAURELS that wreathe this man’s splendiicareer, the tributes that cover his name with glory, the tears that are wept over his tragic fate areholier triumphs far than ever crowned the common politician, the average statesman, or the success- ful soldier. Because they are the triumphs of character. We nold up to you young men to- day the inspiring name JAMES ABBAM GARFIELD, Not because he achieved success in gaining position and power, for this is not open to you all, but because he achieved success in preserving a record undefiled by a shadow of meanness or littleness, in securing the affectionate admiration of all who ever touched him in the manifold jostlings of life, and now in bringing upon his memory the benedictions of the ten times ten thousand who have been helped by his example upward to the right. This is the true ¥ VICTORY OF LIFE. And this victory is in some degree at- tainable by every young wman before me—each one in his own sphere, stand- ing, working and conquering in_ the lot where God has placed him. One thought more. The mournful death which we this day lamcnt, as- sociated as it is with such relations of sadness and distress as to attract the gaze and the sympathy of the world, is not utterly deplorable. There is a bright side toit. Thank God there Was among us—yes, even at our very head—such a man to lve, yea, and such a man to die. We hold that the world is vastly better to-day; that our common humanity has been lifted to a higher level; that our young menhave been elevated in tone and purpose, be- cause we have been bending in anxious grief for eighty days over the death- bed of such & mun, watching with prayerful hope the FLICKERING PULSE of his partipg ife, and e cause we are now in the sacredness of a holy sorrow, laying him away to his final resting place amidst the people who loved him the most becauss they know him the best. Life or deathwin equal honors for £ OMAHA DAILY BEE: T Jargely to intensify the nation's nnr-l 1 cYoieest appreciation, and goes to his grave 'Amrny garlanded with all that is holy and all that is tender and all that is precious in human sorrow. The hymn beginning “He who is upright, kind and free from error,” was then rendered in triple quartette by the glee club, The singers were Messrs. Frank Smith, Morris, White- horn, Walter, Wilkins, Reed, Man- chester, J. B, Wilkins, Sanders, Parr, Dorman, Whitney and J. F. Smith, Rev. Mr. Ingram's Remarks When the music died away Rev. J.W. Ingram, of the Christian church, of which President Garfield was a member, arose and said: GARFIELD THE CHRISTIAS, My weeping brethren and sorrow- ing countrymen, T am not willing that one word of mine should go to en- courage anything like a man-worship- ing spirit. ~ But, while the tongue of ovil is ever busy painting in darkest colors, in all places, the faultsand fol- lies of our fallen rare, it seems no less a duty, than a pleasure, to point the whole world to the brilliant life and beautiful Christian virtues of our deceased president. The influence of this life, and the reflections of these virtues can be confined to no class, people, or nation. In every land where the torch of civil- ization has driven back the darkness of barbarism, their influence has been felt and all national lifo has been made more beautiful by their enibel- lishments, The christianity of James A, Gar- field is o closely nterwoven with his private, and public life, that it is dif- ficult to speak of one and not the other; it is the one thread of gold that runs through every upward step of HIS SUBLIME LIFE, from the dark shadows of poverty, and obscurity, to the fullness of the glory, and honor, of the greatest of all nations. The religion of this Christian states- man was not that of a mere outward profession, nor yet, of a mere inward sentiment ov feeling. Prayers, songs and public servicss did not exhaust his i(lleu of Christianity, With him, religion was a life, not a creed, not a dogma, not a system of metaphysics; but a daily cross-bearing, sacrificing, charity-bestowing life, As evidence of his princely faith in an all-wise creator, a divine redeemer, and an inspired Bible, it might be sufficient to direct the attention of the world to his righteous life, and tri- umphant death, but along the path- peated FLASHES OF RELIGIOUS LIGHT fidence in, and reliance upon a divine relation, At the age of nineteen he made, for the first time a public avowal of his belief in the gospel of God's grace. Doubtless this act was the result of his overpowering faith in God, and his deep sense of duty. No love of fame, no thirst for earthly glory, no lust for worldly wealth, could have impelled him to bow his loyal neck to the yoke of the Master; for the people with whom he made his spiritual home, were an humble, and, at that time a despised people; cling- ing to the cross, aud building quietly on the rock. They could be of no pos- sible service to him in any wor\tlly senso whatever. Later on in life, in October, 1876, he stood with uncovered head, ¥ACE TO FACE WITH DEATH, At his feet lay the pule, lifeless form of his own darling boy. His grief was as deep and sincere as hir paternal such a soul. Living, he was an in- spiration. Suffering—we speak it reverently—he was Christ-like; for the sweet' patience andthe ch stened resignation of that long agouy, was but the utterance of the SUBLIME PRAYER, “Father forgive them; they know not what they do;” ‘‘and being dead he yet speaketh,” and shall forever speak to American youth. Sometimes the young man who is just entering upon his life's work, when he observes about him so much trickery in trade, so much corruption in politics, 80 much sham in religion, or when he is oppressed by the thought of how long and hard the fight is to be before he guins his goal-—ar when he seems to see about him the temporary advan- tage the False and the Wrong, and the crowding wto the corner and the shade THE TRUE AND THE GOOD he is tempted to lose faith in himself, faith in the right, faith in man and faith in the eternal vealities, Oh, sad beginning this of many an immor- tal wreck, But I tell you my young brother man, there is in thisday’s mag nificent and mournful spectacle, and in the thoughtsborn of it that ought to charm you back from a danger like this, Hore is first, the spectacle of NONEST MAN'00D, nntiring labor, conscientious fidelity and incorruptible rectitude crowned with this carth highest civic honors, because of the republic’s confidence in love. 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Could we have gone, on some bright Sunday morning, a few months ago, and opened the door of the small, un- pretentious, frame church in the vil- lage of Mentor, Ohio, and seen the manly form of our gifted brother, with his wife and children by his side, sur- rounded BY A GROUP OF POOR, humble, country worshipers; and could we have heard his deep bass voice mingling with theirs insong,and | E witnessed his humble reverence as he bowed in solemn proyer with them around the same altar, our confidence in the majesty of his fmith, the humil- ity of his heart, and the purity of his Life, must fore~er remain unspoken, But never since the days the Mun of Sorrows expired on the cross, did the Christian faith shine forth with more heavenly lustre, than during the oighty long, dreary days of the presi- dent's suffering, When the fatal shot was fired that cut him down, he was Continued on third page. A Short Road to Health. 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