The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1849-07-05

south, are completely shrouded in black,
giving solemn majestic and funeral as
pect to the Presidential mansion.
! The funeral took place at four o'clock
| this afternoon, masonic ceremonies being
first performed in the drawing room, over
the body. l saw the body before it was
encofined. The features are in noble
composure. Death has impressed upon
them the seal of majesty. In his life, his
features never wore that impress of COM
mand and intellectual strength, that seemed
now chiseled upon their marble outline
He was habited in plain suit of black, and
copy of the Constitution of the United
States was placed at his feet. Before be-
ing taken to the cemetery, the body was
Theoretically soldered within a copper
coffin.
From the house, the funeral cortege,
which was very large, all places of busi-
ness being closed, by order of our good
whig mayor, proceeded to the Methodist
Episcopal Church, where, after services,
performed by the Rev. Mr.. MFerrin. it
was conveyed to the cemetery, followed
by a vast concourse of citizens. The body
w
rally. but it will soon be removed to a vault
on the lawn of the Ex-Presidential man
sion, where willow now stands, and over
it will be erected stately marble ceno-
taph; thus the body of the President from
Tennessee will lie entombed in the heart
of its capitol. Mr.. Polk, by will, the
evening before his death, gave the lawn
to the State, in perpetuity, for the purpose.
Mr.. Polk sent for the Rev. DR.. Edgar,
of the Presbyterian Church, seven days
before his death, desiring to be baptised
by him. He said to him impressively:
.'Sir, if had suspected twenty years
ago that should come TO my death-bed
snprepared, it would have made me
wretched man; vet | am about to die, and
have not made preparation. | have not
even been baptised. Tell me, slr, can
there be any ground for man thus situa-
ted to hope?'
The Rev. Doctor made known to him
the assurances and promises of the gospel
that nercifully ran parallel with mans
life.
Mr.. Polk then remarked, that he had
been prevented from baptism in infancy
by some accidental occurrence. that he had
been several times strongly inclined to be
baptised during his administration, but that
the cares and perplexities of public life
hardly gave him time for the solemn pre-
paration requisite, and so procrastination
had ripened into inaction, when it was now
almost too late to act. In his conversation
with the Rev. clergyman, MIR. Polk evin
ced great knowledge of the Scriptures,
which. he said, he had read a great deal,
and deeply reverenced as Divine truth; in
a word, he was theoretically, christian.
The conversation fatiguing Mr.. Polk
too much for him TO be baptized, it was
postponed, to take place the next evening,
out in the interval, The eX-President rec
collected that when lie was governor and
lived here. he used to hold many argu-
ments with the Rev. NJ. M'Ferrin, the tai
ented and popular Methodist minister of
the place, his warm personal and political
friend, and that he had promised him that
when he did embrace christianity, that he,
the Rev. DIR. M'Ferrin, should baptize
him. He, therefore, sent, for the Rev.
DR.. Edgar, made known his obligation,
and expressed his intention to be baptized
by his friend the Methodist minister
Il ne same Gay. tne Veneraole MrS. OH,
mother of the ex-President, a very pious
Presbyterian lady. arrived from her resi-
dence, forty miles distant, accompanied by
her own pastor hoping tllather distinguish
ed son would consent to be baptized by
him.
'.Mother,'' said the dying ex-President,
taking her afiectionately by the hand, 81
have never in my life disobeyed you, but
you must yield to your son now, and
crafty my wishes. | must be baptized
by the Rev. Mr.. NJ Ferrin.
His mother, wise as she is plous, did
not hesitate to give her consent; and in
the presence of the Rev. DIR. Edgar, and
the Rev. Mr.. Mack, of Columbia, the ex
President received the rite of baptism, at
the hands of the Rev. Mr.. NJ 'Ferrin.
Mr.. Polk has died worth about one
hundred thousand dollars, the bulk of
which is settled upon his amiable lady.
Closing of the CreVaSSe.
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