The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-01-13
The funeral OF this day In honor OF the mem
DRY of the late Hon. l. y. Penny hacker.

pfOaceu illness, ana To-Day the
vices were performed at the Capitol.
About twenty minutes o'clock the President OF
the United States and the members of the cabinet entered
the Senate Chamber and having been received by Mr.
Atchison, the President OF the Senate pro. tem were
conducted to the seats provided for them Immediately
afterwards the chief justice and associate Justices OF the
Supreme Court of the United States attended by its Off
cersthe diplomatic corpsand Adutant General jones'
the only representative of the army at the seat OF
government-entered and took their seats Then came
the coffin containing the remains of the deceased, fol-
lowed by the mourning relatives the delegation from Vir
gina, and the House of Representatives attended by its
officers.
The galleries were quite crowded, and profound
OF the deep soemny OF the occasion appeared
pervade the assembage.
The services were commenced by the Rev. Mr. Sproe,
the chaplain of the House of Representatives, who read
the following portion of the word of God:
SCRIPTURE.
l. Man that rs born of of few days. and full
2. He cometh forth like flower and is down: he
tieeh also as shadow, and contnueth not.
5. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one,
and bringcst me into Judgment with tleel
L. Who bring clean thing out of an unclean not
5. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his
months with hec thou hast appointed his bounds that
cannot pass
6. Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall
pish; as an hreling, his day
will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will
g. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth and the
stock horeof die in the ground;
3. Yet through the OF water it viii bud and bring
forth boughs like plant.
10; But man deth and wasteth away: yea, siveth
up the ghost, and where as he
H. As the waters fail from the and the flood decayeth
and drieth up:
L. So eth down, and rseth not till the heavens be
no more they shall not awake nor be raised Of their
Is that thou wouldest hide me in the grave. that thou
wouest keep secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou
wouldest appoint me set time, aud remember me!
a. If man die shall he live agaim7 all the days of my
appointed time will lwait, till my change come.
PRAYER.
The Rev. Mr.. SLIcER, chaplain OF the Senate, then Of
fered up the following prayer:
God of fathers! With lowly reverence and with
solemn awe we would approach to Thy august presence
We would contemplate Thee as the self-exisent-he
hour those who are but dust and have their dwelling
place in the dust Called together at this hour by this
sudden and unexpected dspensation of Thy providence,
would improve the occasion for the promotion OF Thy
glory and spiritual and eternal benefit We pray that
being called together here after the solemn
services of few days past may make impression up
on the minds and hearts of all present with relation to
lifes raitywth relation 10 LIES uncertantyhat we
may acknowledge that the most atenuated web of the
which breaks at every breeze @, convince of the
great truth, that sthey bnd too low who build beneath
the skies " and let our hearts DO weaned from eahrom
earth and its yanltiesrom earth and its pleasures
from earth and its enloyments--trom earth and
its pursuts--and be fixed upon things heavenly and
divine thai we may no longer look upon things which
and temporal, but upon things which are not
and etenal And we pray that, as in the days OF
the prophet the death OF pous king made an impress
sion upon the minds of all within reach of the nell-
gence. also in this case the deathof the two hon
orable members OF this body, suddenly and in quick
succession called away may make an impression upon
all in public and private life m this metropolis and
throughout this great country We pray for Thy special
blessing, God, upon the bereaved wife and fatheress
children grant that, as the slender and helpless and
feeble vine is sustained by adhesion to the sturdy oak
they their and fcebeness may be enabled, by
faith and love, to attach themselves to the Arm that
ans the universe and find themselves sustained com
OF spirit upon them, which none but the Deity can
relieve, O that they may find Thee covert from the
storm, and hiding place in this tempest! And as
Thou temperest the weather to the shorn lamb, and
stayest the north wind in the day of the east wind grant
that they may in the hour OF their sorrow look TO Thee
this day in the delivery of the message of truth
and grant that this occasion which has called together
may promote the spiritual and eternal good OF all here
present Hear us, and for the Redeemers sake bless
u.s. Amen
The Rev. Mr.. SpRoLE then delivered the following
SERMON.
The Providence which has again converted this Senate
chamber into the place of mouinngtougb our faith II
the wisdom and bengniy of God, may us from re
belions nevertheless dark and nscrutable. But few
days ago, and engaged in similar sad Office for the
remains Of one who was called from us as with the voice
of trumpet We are now TO make our offering OF re
spect TO the dust of another who faded from sight at
ter weeks OF suffering Though the one was STRUCK
down suddenly while the other pressed the palate of AT
fiction for seasonye were they alike in many espect
both in the prime OF life, and in the full maturity OF thei
powers-both having the prospect OF long life OF ENJOY
ment usefulness, and honorable distinction, if vgor
constitution, robust health the confidence, and aztec
ton OF their fellow men, are sufficient to warrant such al
expectation The OF both has been suddenly an
disastrousy eclpsed while shining in its zenith or TO u.s.
the beautiful and expressive language of Scripture,
has gone dotcn hile get day." 1t is our desire
snake improvement of this painful visitation; and
your thoughts directed by my colleague, when W
buried the amened Barrow, TO the fact OF mans morta
81 know that thou wilt bring me unto death, and tn
house appointed for all the livng'-wc have thought
wise, this sad occasion. to speak OF his immortality
taking for text, passage from the chapter read il
your hearing when the present service was introduced
the book Of Job, Ia: ia
"Lfa man die, shall he lire again %
Some have doubted whether the history of Job is fct
tio,s narrative, or the biography individual ono
dweller upon the earth Every believer in the inspra
Dn of the Scriptures must accredt the latter One thin
~ certain whether it be fiction fact il describes
neither improbable unnatural Others, who max
him cotemporaneous with Moses, and consider him
have been a petty prince OF some small province, hol
hun up proof that the ancients had no settled belief
the doctrine OF the souls Immortality Ut were no DIM
cult matter prove from the sayings OF Job-had DAVID
harp hymncd for the happiness OF the ous dea,
and had Paul withheld the fact that the patrarchs and hol
men of Old were seekers of a better country, even a
heavenly one-tha nj least he knew, that when worm
DESTROYED his body in his flesh he should see God |
view of other portions OF the chapter from which on
text is taken, are constrained TO believe that th
words before us do not even imply doubt of mans i'm
mortality The speaker exceedingly troubled Dseas
had covered him with sores and sorrow had withered hi
heart There had been given him penury Tor aeuence-t
ash heap TOR the lap OF abundance Cruel repoaehes
leyeled at his pese, his children were hurried 10 Pre-