Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-06-29
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bonn NOVEMBER, 1895
DlED JCSrl5 1919

The body lies Ia state Today. Inc noble
ira wing rooms are shroudcd in black, and every
window in mourning win black scaris ct Grape.
the tall white columns vi the majestic portico
facing The south are completely shEcuded In
black, giving a solemniy majestic and iuneral
aspect 10 The Presidential mansion.
The funeral took place at lour o'clock this at.
ternoon masonic ceremonies being hrs; perform
cd 10 The drawing room over The body saw
The body before il was enco1nrd. The features
are in noble composure. Death has impressed
upon hem The seal Of majesty. In hi HE, hIs
features never wore that impress Of command
and intellectual s.recPth that seemed nov CHI.
,eed upon their marble outline. He was habI-
red in a pa o sui OF black and copy Of The
Constitution Of Inc United States was placed al
his lcet BtoI being taken 10 Inc cemetery, The
body vas Theoretically soldered within copper
coffin.
From Inc house the funeral coriese, which
vas very large (al places OF business being
closed b, order Of our good Wing Mayof) pre-
cecded 10 Inc Methods; Episcopal Cnufch.
where, after services performed BY The Reverend
Mr.. McFerte2 il was conveyed 10 ne cemetery,
followed by vast cOncvurse OF cipZens. In"
body was deposited in The GruEdY vault tempo
rafiIy; but'n will soon lie removed 10 vault on
The la wn OF The ex-Presidena mansion, where
a stately marble cenoaph; thus The body OF me
President tom Tennessee will lie entomosd IN
the near, OF is capital Mr.. Polk, ny WI, me
evening before his death, gave The lawn 70 sne
Stale, in perperuiIy, Tor this purpose
Mr.. Polk sent Tor The Reverend Dr. Edgar, o.
The PRESBYTERIAN Church, seven Gays before MS
death, desiring . be bapIizsd BY him. lie sad
10 him, ipptessiveiy,
sSir-E | had suspected twenty years ago
that should come 10 my dca:h-bed unprepared,
il would have made me a wEeiched mani yet
am about 10 die, and have no! made preparation.
have not even been baptized. Tell me, Sir,
can there he any ground icr a man thus situated
10 hope}'
The Reverend Doctor made known 70 him the
assurances and promises Of he Gospel that mer-
Gil uily lun parallel with mans lie.
Mr. Polk linen remarked, that he hal been pre-
vented from baptism in infancy By some acciden-
lal occurrence, that he had been several times
strongly inclined 10 be baplzed during his ad
ministrarion, bot that the cares and perpicxilies
o public lie hardly gave hin line Tor the Sol
emn preparation requisite, ant So pEecras.inatoD
had ripened into inaclionr when il was now al
most 100 lale 10 act. In his conversation with
The Rev clergyman, Mr.. Polk eyinced great
knowledge Of the scriptures, which, be said, he
had read a great deal, and deeply reverenced, as
DlVluG uuLuJ III NOiui liz was
christian.
The conversation iatisuing MIR. Polk 100 much
Tor him 10 be then bap wed, Il was postponed, 10
lase place The next evening; but in HE interval,
the ex-presitent recoiecled that when he was
governor and lived here, ne used 10 hold many
nrcun.on,s with the Rev. Mr.. McFersn, the Ia
ienred ami popular Methodist nini.'er OF Inc
place. his warm persona. and political friend, and
that he had promised him wnen he dad embrace
christianity, tina, he, The Rev Mr.. McFeTEer,
should baplize him. lie, therefore, SEM Tor he
Rev. DR. Edgar, made known this obligation. and
expressed his intention 10 b. bspiz.d ~ his friend
The Methodist minister. The same nay Inc Ve-
perable Mrs Polk, mother OF he e1 Presdenl,
very pious Presbyterian lady, arrived from her
residence, forty miles distant, accompanied by
her own pastor, hoping that hsr distinguished son
would consen . be baptized by him.
Mother" said he dying e1- President taking
her sffec,iosaleiy by the hand, Il have never in
INV life disobeT FED you, bu; you must yield 10
ynur son pow, and CRAFTY my wishes. must
bs Ia n,ized by he Rev Mr. McFerren"
dis mother, wise as she is pious, did no, hest
ta,s 10 give her cousen; ard in he presence Of The
Rev Or. Edgar, ard The Rev. Mr.. Macs, OF Co.
lnmbia. The ex-Presiden! rece;vei lbe rjle Of
ba p,ism, al Inc hands OF Rev. Mr. McFer.en.
Mr.. Polk has died worth about one hundred
,housand dollars, The bulk of which is settled up.