The New York herald., 1869-06-22

i the FUNERAL SERVICES YESTERDAY
Large Osnossrse Of People Army, the
7, Navy, the Judiciary, the Press, the
- Commerce Of the Country Repre-. (
\ sented- Sermon BY the Rev. 'rod'
- 81 Henry Ward Beecher. .

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= .In The midst Of life we are In DEATH Never did
4 this tremendous admonition, this ampliacation Of
,fhs rigorous advlce OF ola ''Aemento Mori" i'm.
D press Itself upon our conviction with such I'M
perishabe grasp ~ whep, on yesterday, we stood
BY the side Of the casket that contained all that was
mortal IN Henry Jarvis RAYMOND. Not week had
passed. nor had the moon once changed her phase,
since We saw him In the full vigor Of manhood IN
ithe strength Of matured power, move and work
among ~, Ais fruitful mind active his pen seldom
resting from Uvlng shape 70 his thoughts, ana his
heart beating welcome response to the greeting Of
his friends. And between the midnight stroke Of
the warning bell and the next SUMS arst dawn he
wasa corpse Fresh from bis daily toll, the re-
morseaess hand Of death smote him to the earth,
the immortal spirit departed 70 spheres beyond the
worlds gaze, and BY the inscrutable decree Of Him
who ruleth ALL" the dust was rendered unto dust
from whence 1t came. sr "a t...-,.s ~ u
AT THE HOUSE. t-s,
There he lay In the c0nin, In the drawing room of
che house he called his own when In life surrounded
by all the comforts Of wen appointed home. There
we're his family, mournful and in tears, looking
down upon that cold, placid face which even in
death preserved its genial features, and which, in
life, they were wont to look up TO as beloved hus-
band and father, and to own and honor whom was
their just pride and heartfelt JOY As moved by an
~AA~0A~ oooAO w" WIG Cyo 8iAucu 8IduuoIy away
from the stin features OF DEATH creeped slowly up
along the wall and rested on hs portrait from which
the ruddy, healthful features OF him who lay
whitened corpse, ready to be removed from among
us looked down with almost living eye and quiet
smile on his countenance as II to thank those around
his CONN for the duties OF honor and respect they
had come to fulfil, and as II he would say that,
though lieless in body, ILLS spirit was yet moving
among them. .s~ %. .ftA- -,
Silently and slowly entered the friends Of the de-
ceased those who had known him and co.operated
with him in life. Those who had trodden different
paths from his own forgot past animosities engen-
dered by differences Of thought and opinion, which
DO often estrange In life the best Of minds and they
needed but the wise Injunction that IN the awful
presence OF death all human passions should cease.
His political antagcnists, who had often felt the
steeipointed shaft Of his arguments, and who at
times felt aroused to anger put behind them all re-
membrance Of past contests and stood there by the
side OF the comm as men should around the lfeless
body Of fellow man, forgetting all that may mar
the memory Of his worth, his talents and his deeds.
The corpse was dressed in plain suit OF black
The features bore such quiet composure and natural
ness that he appeared to Sleep and one, on looking
intently at his face for while, was almost tempted
TO believe that no breathed and would momentarily
open his eyes and speak. The casket was plain
structure of rosewood. lined with white satin and
mounted in silver, and on the d was silver tablet
with the following inscription p2