Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1869-11-18
CHURCH TIE rs.

y parish sociabie of st. Thomas pari 81
will be held next Thursday evening, and
every second Thursday evening thereafter
Until Lent......An Organ Society has beer
formed in st. Thomas parish 10 ralse
means to purchase an organ for the new
church. II met last Tuesday afternoon
aud viii meet hereafter every second
Tuesday afternoon.
The Rt. Rev. J. c. Talbot, the assistant
bishop of the diocese of Indiana, will Off.
ciate at st. Thomas church on the fourth
Sunday In Advent, Dec. 10Th The SER
vicos that day will be-The Morning
Prayer at a. IN. The Litany, a sermon
by the Bishop. and the celebration of the
Holy Eucharist, at 1890 a. m The Even
ing Prayer, and the administration ui
Confirmation, with an address. at p. m.
The congregation will meet the Bishop.
in social manner, the evening before AT
the residence of G.. s. Cleveland Du-
ring the Advent season, until Confirma-
ton Sunday. there will he. The Evening
Prayer, and q lecture every Wednesday
evening at st. Thomas church The
Holy Communion will be celebrated at
st. Thomas church at half past ten on
the morning Of the first Sunday in the
new Christian year, and on Christmas
morning at 10 a. IN. Those confirmed
on the Sunday evening before Christmas
can make their first Communion on Christ
mas......The sacrament Of baptism will be
administered al the early service on the
Sunday of Confirmation. and at the SER
vice on Christmas ...... The offertory at
the service of the Holy Communion on
Confirmation Sunday, will be a special
offertory for missions within the diocese
of Indiana.
Last Sunday afternoon the sacrament
OF Holy Baptism was administered, at
st. Thomas church, to Daniel w. Gould,
Infant son OF Samuel w. and Sarah A.
Gould, of Argos; and TO Frank Georgiana
Harvey, infant daughter of s. L. Harvey,
OF this place, and the late Frank Geergi-
ana Harvey. The services were par.ici-
pated In by one hundred children and
mary adults, and were of a most interest
ing character......The obsequies Of the
late George Peabody took place last Fri
day at Westminster Abbey, London.
The procession consisted of the hearse
and five morning cosches. Among the
mourners were the Private Secretary of
the Queen, the United States Minister,
the Secretary OF American Legation, and
the American Consul al London. Fol-
lowing the procession were the carriages
of various officials from London and diff
ferent portions of England The burial
cortege passed slowly through the streets,
which were still and lined with silent
crowds of spectators, to Westminster Alb
hey, where the chimes..were ringing gen.
tie and solemn requiem. The venerable
structure was completely filed with peo-
pie who were all dressed In mourning.
The choir was hung with black and
white. Standing near the sacrarium. as
the body was brought in, were Mr.. Glad-
stone, Lord Clarendon, the dean Of st.
Psul's, John Bright, etc. A food Of sun
| shine poured throu On the tessellated and
pictured windows NJ the moment the pro-
cession entered the cathedral. The coffin,
which was placed In front of the choir.
was plain and unornamented, and cover
ed with the burial pail. On the lid was a
brass plate with the inscription giving
simply the name OF the deceased, and the
place of and date of birth and death. The
Lesson was read by the Archdeacon of
Westminster. The service was entirely
choral, which included the singing of the
anthem, His body is buried in peace,
but his name liveth evermore." Vast
| numbers were in tears during the service.
As soon as the service In the chnrch was
over, the procession formed again and adj
vanced to the spot near the western en-
trance, where temporary grave had been
preparcd-an excavation of two or three
feet deep-the sides Of which were lined
with the burial drapery. After the coffin
had been lowered into the grave, and at
the commencement of the concluding por
ton of the service, when the words were
said, "earth TO earth. ashes to ashes, dust
TO DUST" a beautiful floral cross was
placed upon the coffin. The act was
witnessed in profound silence, and served
to deeply increase the emotion which
pervaded the entire congregation. Here
the body was left, among EnglandIs hon.
ored dead, until transported 10 the United
States In no more appropriate place
could the obsequies have been performed
than in Westminster Abbey-a place that
in Its historical associations binds to-
gether England and the United States in
many sweet and holy Thoughts of COM
mon benefactors. The Bishop ofLondon
preached the sermon last Sunday, and
well said that "the name of George Pea
body would be the heritage of two great
nations, and wonld form another strand
of the chord binding England and Ameri-
CO together"