, 1865-04-20
Qt1lfuQ@ Mr1I1t}Uee
THURSDAY. APRII, 10, 1876.

The Funeral Of President
Lincoln-Services IN the
Churches.
Tie Edi6ets Drsped in Aournirs---Dls-
tour>es By Clergymen and others.
Yesterday at noon, The body Of our mich mouta.
| ed President WEE bo1ue in funeral procession
through the atrees of y sshmgton, and the prayers
Of the church ascended to heaven from tho hall in
which lay his lifeless eorbe. The tears which
! flowed 80 layiehly on the first announcement Of
hts death. broke out afresh, and the national sor-
J row scaree knew bounds. The funeral ceremonies
Ut Warrington were accompanied by solemn
| devotional exercises In every part of our brosd
lind. The churches Of every denomination in
| the country wero thrown open, and the solemn
accents Of prayer rose to the throne Ct tho Etsr-
| nal, asking for wisdom and guidance in on. na
tional tefeaTement-form mercy 70 ths afflicted: i
which showed more than any words can express,
| thc affection and respect felt for cur murdered
II hieaeo @ + in ipoa1n,ng 1 was universal shared
Mundseds sttsndsd chureh who ordlast,l5 Do not
enter tic sanctuary, and tic Services In Il! the
is ianas eas s Suspended ended lie Poi ONCE, Govern.
a TIC raiIroad ueEet cdlee., and telesraeh ofnees
| were all thut tha. the employee: might be able
attend hs IT, S 3s q Voc
hung on The day after the sad announcement was
nlhde. st,Il hung eloomily irem the windows and
r. ID e. tS sfyS en @ns s., ss Ts
En- stpect Of gloom, scarcely iesa sombcr than that
borne the faces Of the public on Saturday l1at.
to induce the feeling Of grief -deep.seated, pro.
found, almost overwhelming.
The morning broke, gtooat1y. Nature herself
symptthized rith that Of earth. Tho clouds low.
Ta{ Of sunshine On The scene q af1iction. The ie
efoon. Yet the people assembled In tho churches
as numerousls as II The skies had been bright aud
Walking pleasant. The churches were nlled with
attentive workhlppers. who jclucd In the dsvo-
tioual exercises with q fervor yory seldom wit
missed, Many an eye tn those audience. were
quentl{ heard in response to alusions to onr n7-
| t1onal loss.
METHODIST Union SERVICES.
The Methodist Episcopal Churches Of Chicago
Church, GEORGE g. Cook. Eeq-, presiding.
tt c Church was thoroughly packed, not eest
| or inch Of standing loom being nnoccupied. The
hold, 8 Lord, before ThJ tdronc," in which ia
eutife congregation Joined With great eFvor. Rev.
jro. Il. Vinctn,. Of Trinity Church. offered an
l
Lessons t,eGt:ing the oecssit,. The hymn, 20,
God. our help In ages patt," ssas Then sung, and
cIaf unap n.tsona of
The lete President"
| REV. &. Il. FOWLER.
Mr. Fowler said stand today In The shadow
OF tie coffin of Abraham Lincoln. What best
can ssy coDcet1lng HE character! The sna1ysis
tf his character Il dit;uli On account oi 1ts sym
s Semp5shsnsion i poa1ss On
winch this character WAS built was his moral
sense. coming out In absolute srnthfu' ness. This
hs p & &: pros,on aaes
nnta,nted by tue cor9uptlons Of polluss. and uu
tlemah,c n pubic administrations. The ruling,
sccuIate, naseive, tron-srraed reason. His mini
acted with the pr ci:ton Of logic: His ideas cs.nt
oc1s N s aud
every act Of his life was il most rigid snbatss!oI
10 his u,o1al sense and reason. s. arrived At h.
This m,de lin sppea! slow u dihisai
questions, but Il gave him aIi the certain
y Of lotic. once arrived a decision
stituton and habits Of thought nnaeriatd his Fl
tha armness which was more equal to ever,
His imaginative and speculative faculties were O
gfea' naive strength; but they we're 70 e"cjecte'
70 h. 5ess4a That they ony ssrysa t. sng ss
| illustrate by condensed, incsrpated areuulrnt tn
correctness Of his position. His caution, tha
| IL,
tataty Of his reason and produced only a wis
: prudence. His whole character vas rounded on
into remarkable practical common sense. Tim
sense were the three 11ed points through whic
the perfect circle Of BIS character WAS drawn. tn
sacred trinity Of his great nanhooa: He lneaEna
1cntton Of the dlvlne idea OF tree government
/ No other man Greg so fnly rea''z"d the pecpls
} idea Of a rner.. He ~as our President-tns 81,
Commander. The classics OF the ecnoo
might have polished him, but they woul
hsye separated him from us. 4 chll
h he NJ a sesss,,bs 81 y. III s2sI
BE stshds before US as no m.n cTer stood, ne ca
} todinent Of the people. Coming among us j.
President in trou'lons t,e; tae gra.p tas acc
1t the hesd Of The worlds ed1tcsmrn. IL ralllt
about him tho strong men Of the iand and shows
=, a. them that hs was theit master: EseEyEaefGs G
was asm because he knew he was right. ne ?
zen up Or aYn regardless q tasiF ~ sp pEpn,a pIsaa.
- 1hr end IN every csen. justlaed hir dscia,oE
asa at.tesu.--s ~ w. '''&'>~''' t0~' -
J. ~ Il. il 5 soe5ss., va. .,,a i haye n,as BIN we.
Il vas mercy Led In Justice lie Eas the mt
y mstnaninou> man Of the tune. Yesterday
i I'D % q inssi.aa!s VI defeat. II an am Eesponstbie
d mtnc.' he was the noblest man ih1l ever ea1
I. in the tioe Of time.
= EEy. c. suE1LIEo.
TIE hymn 50 Friend after friend departs'' 81
r. tbtn sang by the choir, aflcr which Rev. c. She
= Ing. of The Jefferson street Ceurch, spoke up'
''the blow Of the hssassin-the spirit Of hlsyeiy
Nj Smelling sad: Mr. Lincoln Ii ! martyr. 4
u are here today as mourneFa, to revere his E.t.
OFT, to be reminded Of his virtues and 10 tnstitn
hraci inqrt.tes y TO ths esuses Of his death.
"a He wss coaaned aud the rsmsaeran a,
~ Of The incident paseed away. The dc,
ii WHICH has deprived the nation Of !
Z The spirit that animated Booth WAS the spirit
81 Arsriean slavery, camnshng In this Il est At
as mot .xeeranle sickecnsss. II was The frulta
I'd roots and sbadowrd with its foliage the length
re breadth Of The land We charge that this u,uEt
j.. !. the legitimate result and necessary out2roW
ct feature Of elaxey the injury It tnac:s npon
d white u.n The systsm1s : fonl SANDER. up
:, eh1i.tianity; az It is foni spot upon our Anne
II lie sddrsss Of Mr.. Smelling was followed
~ prayer hy Rev. Mr. Edwarss. afttr which Q:
sss95s RS d d d. o.! e esss Gaqte spoke
= DR.. TIFFANY.
i Dr.. Tiffany eatd: God a.one Ia great. At n
intervals be sendd III mau bcyopd The limi,
1T or our uessnre. Our after ton has been directed
to or lste President. and to the snrit Of the )
TEN which gave strength to the blow OF the ass,
j. sin. more terrible topic IL now to be n1scuss
our relation To that sptfft-ons responsibility I
We have been accustomed to say, t.slayery
d. scctiouai, and freedom national; let those vi
acves; let Them sufIer II their choce brinea st
= ftring; but a. for ue We wash onr hands u tnu
= = eeney, and hold ourselves euiltess. OF blood
~ And SO We have Seen going On ever since the Of
ii b,eak OF siavef In the form OF armed febelllu
They 81 sre ~. he snty parties let them suffer
= fponstbii1'yy i no guilt oarsy We MY not b !
e owned slaree. tnt We may hsve made comm
he cause with men owners-may have brought cr
)f- denDation upon ourselves by our tolerance.
i sad md almost dIagraecfnl Is the record wh1
At exhibits our completely with this sin. We beg
", Union until slavery had eonnterpoise, OF ba,an
ii adjusted in the form Of elayc State, TO preser
at the balance agalntt freedom n me nahona. =
n the Mississippi by tolesating Saves there, and
\. one demand after another was made 1t was gra,
Ie le hy eubmitting 10 the infamous Fugitive Sll
to law-theee things could not have been don. wit
d out yotes. When they threatened snd blaster
.vowed ther 5e,ef ibst the ezra crack of s1ase % VI
T.. =. would bring the North to it, knees. AL th
" asked VIC granted, more than they demaeded !.
ID offered. ne held out our wrists md asked
Politicians aEewed their belief that political
q there Was no North, and acted on tho beli'
~ Armed lcbellnn wps brought into the battlc-nc
q. a. when We elected the great goodman, who e,
= bodied our Idea Of 1,tiopaiIty aud freedom; a,
IL even after official nnnounceme ent hid been mado
:. na,,onalism, We gaarded meir slavee. md Ee
III shem secure TO labor for the support Of the nj
who ws5s gh.R s4ai9s 1s The
nt fleeing to ne, We sent them back to chafns a!
bondage. In ali this we. showed our comrliel
fe with the ein which strnck the blow which k1']
And amer tie slaughter Of thousands in batt
and the death ofas many more In hospita!s of fevt
I'm which caused them not deep enough. =
ntEed Of amnesty and non humiliation, and g