Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-12-19
The Funeral of Mr.. Greeley.

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beautiful appearance. Outside of the
church were throngs waiting in respect
full silence. Police stood in front of the
church as guard. The church was
openedat about halfpast ten, although
ladies had previously been admitted and
filed the galleries. During the hour
which elapsed before the arrival of the
procession, a strain of music was dis
coursed by the choir.
Among the first celebrities to arrive
were Governor Hoffman and President
Grant. Roscoe Conkling soon after enter
ed, and Immediately following him were
Henry Wilson, Minister Washburne, and
Secretary Belknap, who sat at the right
of the pulpit. There were also General
Schurz, Lyman Trumbull, and Vice-Pres-
ident Colfax, who took seat near the
President. The crowds outside extended
as far as the eve could reach, on either
side on Fifth avenue, awaiting the arrival
of the procession. At eleven o'clock the
procession started from Mr.. Sinclair's
house, on Forty-ifth street. Many affect
ing scenes took place there during the
morning. Mr.. Greeley's daughters were
inconsolable in their grief. The corpse
was borne by ten men; next came the
chief mourners, then the Tribune Associ-
alton, and next the Herald Club. Follow
ing the corpse, the mourners, and the
Tribune and Herald Associations, came in
succession the military and civil officers,
according to the programme.
The church had been appropriately
decorated Over the door in front hung g
flag draped up with black. In the vesti
bule was portrait of Greeley with Grape
around the frame. The screen behind
the pulpit was covered with black cloth,
hanging in graceful folds and relieved by
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ed graceful strings of smilaX. The pull
pit itself and rail in front were gracefully
draped. Drapery ran around the front
of the galleries, and from bracket to
bracket along the side walls. Lengths of
serge dropped from the center of the
ceiling to the spring of each arch, twined
about columns, and hung from the pima
cles of the organ. The clock, stopped
at ten minutes before Z, the hour of Gree
ley's death, was surrounded with black,
and above it, in a green wreath, was a
white cross of flowers. The pew Mr..
Greeley used to occupy, about midway of
the north aisle, next the wall, was draped
with Grape. The figure in flowers of a
Tyre with broken strings, hung at the
head. The seat was thickly strewn with
white flowers, camellias being placed in
the spot which Greeley himself used to
occupy. This pew will be left empty for
thirty days. The most remarkable decor
atoms of the church, however, were the
flowers. There was beautiful appro-
priateness and personal significance in
many of the devices which surrounded
his bier. At the back of the pulpit, un-
der the words: &C 1t is DONE" with which
his great life closed, was wreath of rip
ened wheat, a fit emblem of the rich har-
vest the keen sickle Of Death had so late
ly reaped. Below this was shield of
white flowers, with the arms of the State
of New York in purple blossoms, the gift
of the Common Council. Still below the
last, an ak and pen were arranged in
the form of a cross. A magnificent arch
of white flowers, presented by the ladies
of Dr.. Chapin's congregation, spanned
the pulpit over the speakers head. On
its white ground was wrought in crimson
blossoms the legend Know that MY
Redeemer Liveth." Indeed, these words
and the "It is done," were repeated
again and again in decorations, in all
sorts of devices.
At the right of the pulpit stood another
gift from the Common Council, large
stand, of which the whole top was com
posed of the choicest flowers, rosebuds
and camellias, and tuberoses, surmount.
ed bysa crown wrought from the same
lovely blossoms. A similar stand and
crown was the gift of Mayor Hall, and
another came from the Lincoln Club
The Lotos, the Union League, and the
Herald clubs were represented by ap
propriate offerings From the German
Greeley and Brown Club came an i'm
mense quill, wrought in the choicest
flowers. One of the most remarkable ot
the tributes was ploW composed oi
camellias and white roses, with ground
work of violets and other modest bios
SONS. This beautiful design was the gif
of the Tribune employees. Among tht
most conspicuous offerings was mag
nifcent floral tablet, three and a half fee
wide, standing about six feet from ths
floor, and presenting the appearance of &
picture, supported by columns, of which
the frame consisted of violets and tes
rosebuds. The ground of the tablet wa!
formed of choicest white flowers, IN
scribed at the top with the words, SO
know that my Redeemer liveth." On The
reverse were the letters "H. G." and the
motto, 'sIn memoriam" The inscrip
tions were in red flowers. This table
was presented by the Tribune Associa
tion." About the coffin itself were ar
ranged gifts Of the choicest kind from
personal friends. The air was full of thu
sweet breath of flowers. They were
thick under the foot which trod SO rever
emily as they bore him away. They fille(
every available space with their beauty
Among the significant emblems dis
played at the funeral was a simple wreatl
of dry leaves, with violets intertwined
sent by WhitelaW Reid to the Misse
Greeley, with brief expression of sym
pathy. The Misses Greeley with thei
own hands bound the wreath about tn,
coffin of their father, as from one who tt
the last had his confidence and love.
Thurlow Weed was pall-bearer, at hi
own request. Dudley s. Gregory, also
ll-bearer, was the man who loaned Mr.
Greeley the thousand dollars with which
he started the Tribune.
At twenty minutes past eleven o'clocl
the procession entered the church. Th
solemnity of the scene was most impres
sive. The stiffness was such that it seem
ed as though the people in the churcl
scarcely breathed. Prominent anon,
those who slowly wound their way vi
the central aisle were Thurlow Weed
William nj. Evarts, Mayor Hal, with tn
present Postmaster General Creswell
General Dix, Ex-Governor Morgan, Ger
eral Sheridan, Governor Randolph, @
New Jersey, and Committee from tn
Union League Club.
Rev. Dr. Chaplin opened the cereme
MES by reading an appropriate selectio
from the Scriptures. Miss Clara Louis
Kellogg next sang, very touchingly, e
Know that My Redeemer Liveth," afte
which Henry Ward Beecher delivere
the funeral Grafton, speaking substantial
as follows:
When men have filed the household {
God with their presence, it is not surprisin
that we miss them, when they leave us fol
ever, and yet they are constantly, like in til
present case, going from us, and others al
being called upon by means of heavenly in
pulse to take their places in the great caus
of Gods truth. The occasion, my friends,
a solemn and sublime one, and we forget til
strife and contest of the world, that strii
that separated us politically in th
affairs of the nation; and join in this NEE
ing to weep over the remains of him who
now in our presence, soon to be taken frol
US, but whose memory shall live forever
the annals of his country. Who is this ma
whom we are here to-day to commemorate
For ri ha hos o1 fha 1apd nit