New-York tribune., 1870-04-25
MR.. BURLINGAME7S FUNERAL.
CEREMONIES IN BOSTON AND AT MOUNT AUBURN
EULoGY BY THE REV. DIR. BRIGGS.

CEREMONIES IN BOSTON AND AT MOUNT AUBURN
EULoGY BY THE REV. DIR. BRIGGS.
BosToN, April 23--The last public tribute OF
respect to the memory of the late Hon. Anson Burlin
game has been paid by his relatives and friends social
and political in this secton his Masonic brethren have
reverenty consigned his body to mother earth with the
ceremonies which prescribed by the order and the
deceased diplomat who had gained such high honos lies
in the beautiful city of the dead Mount Auburn OF which
he said years ago. at sOothes when am weary, TO
feel that my body will have such pleasant resting place
when am gone" The funeral of today was deemed
an event OF no ordinary importance, If one may
take for criterion the crowds OF people
who have thronged the streets beginning very early in
the forenoon in the vicinity OF FaDeul Hail. from whlch
the body was removed at a. n ana conVsyeu TO @ tS
Arlington St church The Independent Cadets who had
guarded the body in the hall escorted IT to the church.
and not long after the organizations ana geene ~h3 %
to form the procession proceeded 10 the same eur
and pulpit were neatly decorated with mourning EN-
bems the fine display of flowers elected much com
ngame had been detained at St Petersburg by sickness
with two of her children. Mr. Burlinganes SON. his aged
father and relatives Of the deceased ana MS
widow were present The service lasted about an hOur
and half and exceedingly impressive as the gen,
eral expression of more than usually sincere
and heartfelt and reminded one strongly of Gov An
drews funeral which took place in the sane en1TGG
and the choir sung the following hymn by John G Whit
With silence only their bendicton,
whore Dii' in the sisicS $'2o5 Of great afion
The soul sits dumb.
Yet would We say, what every heart aPproreih,-
On Fathers will,
Calling Him the dear whom lie loveh,
Is mercy still
Not upon MS or ours the solemn angel
The sneIl, ldatG sSl anthem sTOSsh = clad evanrel;
The good die notl
God calls loved ones, but we lose no, who'll,
They live on earth ii thought and deed, as truly
As in His heaven.
The Rev. Dr. Briggs of Cambridge delivered the eulogy,
the Rey Dr. Peabody offered prayer, the choir ehanted
Brggs's address delivered in an impressive and emo
tional manner, and was universally commended He
startling message than that which came on the 23d of
of February two short months ago TO tell Us that Ason
Burlingame dead! The position which he held as
unprecedented as it was honorable; the magnitude of
hands the Importance of his life TO the interests of com
and civilization to the peace and the brotherhood
the briiancy of his past career the hope of his future,
the suddenneS of his end all consprcd to make the lid
an unparalleled event for a single awak
three continents such peculiar and personal sorrow
China for who had won the confidence Of her
rulers who had introduced her to the family Of nations
aud whose la9ors In her behalf eoinmah1ed her an
principal Courts Of Europe where he had made name
hearing, regret his early death. And his countrymen
and friends at home those whose hearts Were drawn TO
him In early manhood, who have watched his career
with wonder and with pride, rejecting honor upon the
American name feel peculiar and more personal grief
been paid IN ST. Petersburg where be died. The En-
peror expressed his sympathy to the stricken family with
IL
warm and true hearted man. Americans in Paris
where he remained longer than in any Euro
men his residence with most cordial and generous hos
his character The leading prints OF America papers of
opposite political faith, have paid grateful tributes TO
his memory. The authorities of the city in which he
lived the Legislature of the State and Of the nation
have taken appropriate notice OF his death. Still, now
that his body has been brought across the seasen home
by those who to him, guarded its way by
flia devOtonO be laid in the grave among his people,
the land he loved, gather for his burial service
Ne
the world but wewoud order everything with the sim
plicity that he himself retained, amid all public
bonors. We remember not merely the ambassador, but
the friend and the man. ,
DIR. Briggs then gave sketch OF Mr. BurHnganes life
and character speaking Of the atmosphere OF good will
that surrounded him. the marvellous way in which lie
the confidence OF emma; MS haDt OF caie1uny
studying and things, and ending with the following
tribute The noble career endeda too soon for those
who honored and loved hm-with the bright promise OF
the present and future but not too soon for his enduring
fame Though his life Tas not long IN years. IL was long
was sudden-three four days of sickness brief dis
ease marked by many hours OF keenest ana tne
strong frame gave way The generous manly heart was
still But it beat with the same love and tenderness to
steadfastly and nObly served were bound up with his
were spoken to those most beloved which will be as
angels Of consolation i'll loneliest hours. The same
made life dear gave beauty to its close. The end
bravey, sereney met. cannot speak of the value OF
his life to his household and home or Of the sorrow
there. God comfort those whose grief he alone can
fathOm whose wounded hearts the Comforter alone can
The procession was then formed, embracing the Ca
dets the Hon Charles Francis Adams, John H. Clifford,
n p Banks, Eliot c. Cowdin of New York, A. II Rice, X.
C. winthrop X. B. Forbes and Charles X. Train, pail
bearers relatives and personal friends Mayors OF Bos
ton, Cambridge and Charlest0wn the Governor and
staff Executive Council, City Councils OF Boston, Cam
bridge Charestown, and Chelsea; Committee OF the
Board OF Trade and the Amicable Lodge +. and A. NJ.
There was a partial suspension of business in Boston
and Cambridge and the streets along the route were
crowded with people of both sexes. Many public and
private buildings were decorated with mourning en-
bems Minute guns fired in Boston and Cambridge,
and flags displayed at hafmast III all directions.
The procession was about two hours i'll reaching the cen
etery where under the auspices OF Amleable Lodge Ma
sonic honors paid and the relatives and friends
slowly departed realizing with Whittier that
od calls oarlo loved ones, but We lose not wholly
What he has gwen;
They live on earth n thought and deed as raly
As His heaven