New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-20
JOHN VAN BUREN,.
IMPOSING FUNERAL SERVICE AT GRACE CHURCH

IMPOSING FUNERAL SERVICE AT GRACE CHURCH
The chance spectator who stood yesterday, between
~ ten and eleven o'clock at the point Of broadway
ner that magnificent thoroughfare maks curve and dis
closes Tess with the hghtowerng and graceful see 81
f,ace Church would have noticed eeSe or more OF caes
in ts clements tho aad refinement of the city Of
NewYork Looking further toward The gothic and or
emSn bacS hated and aed an the somlr garmcts worn
BY those who for friend astey departed Few mn
Mck velvet nall oyerhangng an that left Of scholar wit
orator and king Of society Is the poor dsea9g ns n,ond
ruler Of social life witty oracle Of party once aggressive
and powerful now crushed @ the IePenied shocks gwen y
former President Of the great Republic who once easped tbs
hand Of EHssnd yS" se Church l1s
T T;Cc, g sdSsin nj ter to the dead
Throush the the broad aisle the shell Is borne
amid the chanting Of the wherobed and solemn ministers
Il am the resurrection and the HE saith the Loid ana nc
and whosoever veth aud beieveih in shall never die
The body placed in the ansep and the choir bursts forth IN
Redeemr eth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon
the earth And though after my skin. worms destroy ms
self and mine eyes shall behold and another" Looking
up 10 the yanled dome and then down the grained walls
with the tinting Of the stained glass the spectator @
well ask music sounds dreamiy If he Is not In Bene
dicne abbey medieval closer The golden sunlight Poms
superintendent food through the splendld atar
through chanee and transept gliding the pillars eaPa
and base and rejecting thousand gorgeous hnes aha n
purple and gold and sable amethyst amber violet anu
Emerald , - ,
he
oil the celebrated oraiory legal acumen Jonrna
all the and culture OF NewYork are here
ss nS am" snd s % the
aisle crowng that oapacous outlet the p9ru form OF nov
eentlemany features OF s. L. NJ Barlow the Keen dark eyes
and suave appearance OF HuTbut The Johrnah arc hoee
able and attract attention Here Is MantOn Marine inc young
anil fasSonaie ournaist with lettering and venerable
unn C. Verplanck fine Shakesperan scholar but now IN his
ntS aTpes s ard son Of the Premier A. T. Stewart
merchant prince with his aspect OF scotch
Lord Thurow August Belmont the capitalist Commodore
Rnggod and George ckBor Curtis full Of Constitutional lore
and hooking as IL Manhattan Island in fee simple for the
services ofbs The relatives Of the dead man follow
ssd and detected in deep MOURNING among e s aug M
Abraham Van Buren, brother 10 the deceased The anthem
sung beginning with the lines Lord lot me sI9S ny end
live Glory be TO the Father the Son and the Holy
Ghost As was In the beginning is now and ever shall BE-
The Rev DIR MORGAN then read the lesson from the fifteenth
and boya. Ire 6rst fruits Of em ia, spt" The funeral
mon was then preached by Rev Dr. Morgan closing in
these words II is all override most respondent life ended
the most eloogept tongue is dumb Oh what comment
the fraiy Of that and afenuated thread by which
attended with distress the survivors aud
large portion Of mankind unpcpnred os immediate de
pariure that the Church may wen include IN her any
petition for devernnce from sudden death Rut 20 the Christian
believer the child Of God whose conversation is ia
from day day kept burning there need there win be
terror the thought that but few steps divides him from
eternity Nay he will feel That the most instantaneous stroke
has its aneyalions And hisn conclusion let me say IL
TO be Observation-Disclosures lifc
dcath-whether the renowned the olscurehe high
or owhe iranscendant importance Of giving life Divine
complexion and ass0cating ii With eternity Oh what Is 70
redeem The Of change and muabiJ from the stamp Of
vanity and utter w0rthessness Nothing br eteIny aRd
due preparation for -nothing bni Iaetica belief IN our
the redeemed chdrn Of God No soul Is
lost the cOgnizance Of Heavenly fhther
Whether remain In earthly sphere dcpon hence We
in Hin and what will this practical belief IN ne sublime
doctrine OF life and immortality revealed Ia Jesus Christ Goa
strain you do VIII cOnsiTain you 70 look with disgust on
this present WIN leave 10 melancholy conlem
pln,ians OF time Nothing Of the kind IL will relieve the
whole nys,aTy; Il wR cover the whole earth With sunlight
and MI the whole b,aycn with songs II Is only when life
6soned from the ure that Ia meaningless Is only when
limited 20 this narrow border that IL Is ended
The remains then hguiggely committed To the dust IN
the words Of Episcopal ritual Man that horn OF
Ioan hath bu short live anil full Of misery Then
followed nsoiher prayer and then the choir sung heard
voice from heaven saying unto Write from hcnccfoh
blessed the dead Who die Ia tie Lord saith the
spirit for thcy from their abors The solemn and n
prpaie words Of the Rev citations chautel Wh imposing
effect The Lords prayer then chanied and after li.
service concluded The church empue and en leaving
only the Borrowing relative. the Illuminate dusi
Of John Van buren,.
Tho eonn bore the inscription John Van Buref born Fe
is lsl0 Died Oct. - 1csti" Tho taken
evening Albany intcrnent the Rnr
by the wife Of the deceased who died Ia giving birth Mr.
Van Burens only daughter.