The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-04-26
FUNERAL OBSEQUIES OF THE
LATE PRESHDENT.

W ASulNGION, -fpln w nc uay Is
beautiful and quite warm, Business is sus-
penned, and every available SPOT is filled
with people. 'c2t't iss ~ 90,
. In the Immediate nriglihorhccd of tie
Mansion a dense crowd had assembled DUR
ing the forenoon. Various bodies mot at
the Treasury Department, separate rooms
having been assigned them, and TO those
Assistant Secretary Harrington, who had
charge Of admission to the Executive Man
sion, They included the Assistant Sccrc-
tary, the Assistant Postmaster General, and
the Assistant Attorney General, Senators
AMI Representatives in Congress, Governors
o.. the Several States, the judiciary and
others Of prominence. None could enter
the Mansion without. having tecn provided
with II permit. Tor GOO persons only could be
accommodated upon the raised platform steps
On the east north and south sides of the
rooal where the corpse lay, the entire space
being reserved all around the catatalque
with chairs for the occupation of the family
Of the deceased, 1t was here in the East
room that the bodies of Presidents Harrison
and Taylor lay in state, but the arrange
mcnts on those Occasions were iar inferior
to the present. At IL o clock the guests be-
gan to arrive, body Of about sixty clergy
men being the first to enter Then heads
of Government Bureaus, Governors CT
states members of municipal Governments,
prominent officers Of the army aud navy,
| the diplomatic corps &c. a,r
At noon the President of the United
States, in company with his Cabinet. except
| Secretary Sc sard, approached the catatalquc
ard took h last, but brief look at his Illus
tIS0uS predecessor. and then retired to a
position immediately on the cast and III
I full view Of the cothned remains. ..n.
!; Nt ten mmutes past ". amid profound
| silence, Rev, DR.. Gurley, approaching the
head oi the .cataialquc, announced the or
der Of the religious services, when Dir. Hall
| (iIpiScopalian) read portion of the scrip
lures according to the form of that church
| The opening prayer was made by Bishop
Simpson Methodist Episcopalian), who, in
the course of it, said that in the hands of
| God were the issues of life and death. Our
sins had called for His wrath to descend up
on us as individuals for the sake OF our
blessed Redeemer. Thanks were returned
for the gift Of such man as our Heavenly
Father had just taken from us, and for the
many virtues which distinguished all his
transactions, for the integrity. honesty and
transparency of character bestowed upon
him, and for having given comsellors to
guide our nation through a period of un.
precedeuted SORROW Thanks were also re.
turned that his arm was strengthened ano
wisdem and irmneSS given his heart to per
a declaration Of emancipation, by which
we're broken the chains of millions of tho
human race God be thanked that the ass
ASSN whD struck down the Chief Magistrate
had not the hand to again bind the suffering
and oppressed The name Of the beloved
dead would ever bc'identifed with all tina
is great and glorious. with humanity o.
earth May the spirit of rebellion sooI
pass away. God grant that the SUD may
Shine on a free people from the Atlantic t,
the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf
May He notlonly lead us safely through the
struggle, but give us peace with all nations
Of tire earth, God bless the weeping widow
as in her broken -heartedness she can bear
Encircle her in thy arms. God be gracious
with.the children lett behind EudQw hi
sons @ith wisdom. 1 l.. ssE"t -,~
! 4 I'VE praythec; 'tthe Bishop sail, i'to
make the iss.r> siitaticn Of personal profit I,
our hearts While by the remains OF tht
deceased, whom we had called a friend, w
pray thee that our republic may be mad
the stronger for this blow While here, WI
u pledge ourselves to set our faces as fin
against every form OF opposition Which ma,
rise up for it's destruction, 50 that We. thu
Children, may enjoy the blessed advantage
4 Of ofGovernlnrnt delivered from our fathers
llh concluded By repeating the Lord
Pf8yer. '.' IN T-1s" ~,
? The Rev. DR. Gurley then delivered I
sermon. standing on the stcp.ncar the heat
Of the coffin. He commercially saying
We recognize and adore the sovereignty o
Almight God. His throne Is the Heaven
and his kingdom ruleth overall. 1t was
cruel hand the dark hand Of the assassin
that smote our honared. wise and nobl
President and filed the land with mourning
= But above this hand there is another
which we must see and acknowledge. Il
the midst Of oW rejoicing We needed thi
stroke 8 discipline, aud therefore Go
has sent it, Our afficti0n las not com
; Firth from the dust nor from the ground
Beyond the act Of assassination let US loo
to God, whose preroga:ive it is to brln.
A light cut Of darkness and good out of evil
He who has led us so wen, and prospere'
us 50. wonderfully during the last four year
Of anxiety and conflict will not iorsake U
, now. He may chasten but will not destroy
= Let our principal anxiety now be that thi
- new sorrow may prove sanctifed sorrow
and induce us to give all We have to th
cause Of truth, Justice, law, order, liberty
and good government and 7pare and undo
FLED religion, d. fa.9i& ng a.9jsag, I.