The New York herald., 1865-04-20

KEW. HENRY j. FOX.
At the appointed hour this beautiful cGGce was filed
10 rcpction by audience that cvnced tho most in
sense feel ng Of sympathy for the occasion
Tho solemn service was opened with appropriately Sc
ected readings from the Scriptures after which prayer
was offered by The PASTOR Rcv Henry j. Fox The hymn
commencing
God our help ia ages past
was then sung after which tho congregation was led in
prayer by Rcy Air Chip, Of Hudson, N. Y Ho prayed
God that out of This sad there might come great
good to tho American nation lie called for the blessing
Of God upon the bereavcd family Of nentcd Presi-
Dent, as we'll all others who suffered by the fear
al tragedy Of last week. He fervently pctitioncd
he Almighty to bless present Chief Magistrate An
drew johnson, and make him equal the responsible
Mes and demands of the hour
At the con lnson Of this prayer G. W. Lord Esq.
read the resolutions Of coincidence 10 the American
people, as re ntly adopted by the ministers OF the
Methodist Episcopal churches of New York BROOKLYN
end adjacent cities The audience then joined in singing
q most impressive manner, the hymn commencing
Dread Jehovsh God OF natons
After which the Rev. H. j. Fox proceeded TO discourse
rom the words found in Jeremiah ninth chapter and
Dart OF twenty first verse; Death up into our
Mindows, and Is entered into our palaces" He sad-
Tho great wheel of history slowly revolving has again
Aipped itself in blood. Never in the annals of history
has people been plunged into deeper grief than the peo
9le Of this nation since Saturday last IT. indeed the
spirits OF the departed look down upon this earth and
axe cognzancc Of the affairs Of men, then the spirit
u Abraham Lincoln realize to-day how Deep how wide
Wcuu pe BtleI OI Irce people the loss OF
Seovcd ruler little four years and two months
ITO Mr. Lincoln took leave of his friends and neChbor
It Springfield Illinois. His farewell address to them
seemed to be full OF Sadness he spoke TO them II he
aever expected to them again and his prophetic
peech has been verified The city OF New York to day
presents sad sight IL is like q vast buryng ground
Aung W tn monuments and other symbols of grief and
THIS display IL shared well by tho poor Of by
Mo richeach feels his loss As nation have been
ed upon TO follow two other Presidents Of these United
States 10 the tomb-Harrson and Tayor-but their death
was invited by d seasc and overwork Abraham Lincoln
was called TO his home just as, like angel, he
sbout 70 open the gates OF the beautiful temple Of
peace. With regard TO the assassin, ingenuity
kill save him from certain detection, he
cannot escape his DOOM The wide world his prison
Aous and men will hurt him they would the tiger
Mat destroys their ch ldren Abraham Lincoln will be
spoken to-day, and for ages come as a great and
noble AT first the small wits OF Europe dared TO
~rito OF him teratc man. but an that has changed
pow, and British journalists making haste correct
heir former mistaken views He was the very ncarns-
non Of common sense He was slow TO decide; but hav-
ing once decided, he was firm n rock. He compared
hvoably with every President who preceded him. and
&c shall never look upon like again. He pous
mn; and sin the battle OF Gettysburg hal enjoy ed
peace with God He was the most oin, mt Western al.
socato OF temperanco-in short, enemy tc vice OF
every form IL is said that con ng events their
shadows before hem;' and IL as though Mr. LIN.
. exception TO the general rule that
acary all great hay pscsentimcnts of coming bodily
dssolii n. While sitting FOR painting Of himself with
pe mcmD re- Of h Cabeet short time since, ne seemed
vcry sad and made known his dcspondent fecngsto the
prs,, I. Carpenter lfc then read to him "a favorite
poem, which ho had clipped from Journal com
msncing-
Oh why should tho spirit OF mortal be proudf
LAKE swii. aeotns meteor, fast Tying cloud,
Ne pass ST on. H)e, 20 rs rest IA tde g,aUa."
And concluding with the words Of certain prophecy
1is the wink of eyc, Ills the draught Of breath,
From the blossom ofheah, 20 the pileness Of death,
oh, why should tho spiri, OF mortal be proud'
III, reverend gentleman believed this calamity TO BE-
The workings rrovid fr the best interests OF our
cation abraham Lincoln is dead but his work still poes
ea God saw that It needed the firing Fort sumor'