New-York tribune., 1873-05-12
THE NATIONS LOSS.
Continued from FIRST PAGE.

Gov. j Gregory smith, and George W. Hendee OF YER
mont
Ex-Mayor opdyke the Hon John Cochrane, William
II Dodge, David Dudley Field, Messrs. Stoughton,
Assistant District Attorney A. s sullivan Controller
Sreen, Police Commissioners smith aud Manierre Thur
While the sad and subdued music Of Beethoven's
karche Funebre" filed the church. the funeral cortege
entered and took its solemn mp the aisle 20 the
place where the bier awaited its burden, the Rev. Drs
Tying and Peet and the Rev. Dr. John Hall preceding,
while the former rected the words OF the Protestant
Episcopal ritual, the resurrection and the He'"
Then came the paIl-bearers
Gen. W. T. Sherman, Hamilton Fish,
GeTrit Smith John j. Cisco,
VIM. Cullen Bryant VIM. +. Havemeyer
Gideon Welles Maior-Gen. l. Mcdowell,
Hiram Barney, VIM NJ Eyarts,
Gems sherman and Mcdowell we're IN fnh uniorin'
all wore pleated white sashes fastened upon
tho right shoulder with knots OF black ribbon Ihen o
lowed the family and immediate friends Of the deceased
Among the mouruers Mr.. Chases daughters Sena-
Tor and Mrs sprague, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. s. Hoyt, MI
Edwin Hoyt Mr.. and Mrs. Franckyn, the Rev. Henry
Ralbrihge and daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Clements,
Mr. Tucker and Mrs. Stebbins OF Boston, Mrs. I'll
hnghast and Mrs. Lee about 20 in all. As the process
sion passed the congregation rose TO its feet and
with reverent mien renamed until the coffin had been
paced on the bier The clergymen then aseended the
ehance steps, and the burial service for the dead was
read ty Dr. Tying and DR.. Peet, beginning: Lord let
Ine know my end. and the number OF my days" etc
vocal music introduced, and the service was snort
sHed very materially. At its conclusion Dr. Tying in
yited the Rev. John Hail. D. D. 10 address the congre-
CATION and coming forward Dr. Hall delivered the fol
lowing address:
ADDRESS OF TIE REV. DIR. HALL
The grass whereh, the flower fa1gth; but the word
oi our God shan stand forever Isaiah xl SO TIE
mysuc voice n the OS IeS6en 3 % , tb Hourn r1e
fu strain renewed by the Apostle Peter with its one
joyous aud triumphant cadence at the close lhe woG
o the Lord enduTeth forever and that strain has been
sounding through the world ever since Brethren mas
fallen upon our ears this afternoon me mower
faeth away. but the word Of the Lord tendureth 10
make this word of the LORD heard among tne S DO,s u
universal decay, fix mems attention upon thdt Wtcn
is abiding and solid, while we are humbled under the
flesh human uncertainty and 70 guide the cur
rent OF ie1 whether Tor personal loss or Io PloiC 90
lamity, into the channels OF iaIh-'hs. Ielns *hn
sOiemnities. There was time when
& e Sesd S BopFSyt gSaSt deeds fSaf they Lad done
IL their tme the virtues that secured for them
human admiration There then few facilities for
erecting memorials TO human virtue, and for giving ap
prOprae expression either regret the one hand or
20 Ioadmnaton on The other; but II Is not so now Ihe
feeling IN the public mind evoked by such Providence
~ tAaI which brings us together, is expressed more
iSr3e6 the ieans OF the Press than be possibly
done IRON the pulpit And yet brethren II Is not nnt
show that kindly eye is upon all public virtues that
pstFotic emotion tGat the Christian men in our time,
like the good men the older dispensation pray ior
aud of the country in which they dwell. But
suTey it ought TO be eminently Measuring 10 al
seeking 10 maintain their integrity IN thelr aI
minstrauCn Of civil affairs to see the apPreiGit IL
alton that brought into life by the removal OF
ChetJusteeChase an aPpTeclauGn spCnCanSous T. ld6 d
upon principle that Christ has embodied in his king
dom e that the greatest among you let nm be the
servant Of all" Aud his acknowledged claim TO great
ness is he did render such distinct and eminent
pubic service, the one ute by which We shall KNOW nm
being the title that he gained as TIE occupant OF tns
highest place in the thaJ ne hao CHOSEN ana
HIM discharge OF many grave and most mOmentous
duties Nowhere there failure, and IN some DC
success unprecedented in the most literal way-ior
where any called 70 reduce the resources OF
great nation into money for an exgeney so sudden ana
that which required the exercise OF his
po%eI How wei 1 %o{A oy TsS m 6rss and coma
dence history has told already. and his
@ 1S MORE % Rrhy appreciate the colossal result
when the years. they nave passed. enable them 10 see
it magnitude, detached from lts lmmedate anu oetl
surroundings, for With great men, as you know bretL-
Ien the ace9Iaey Oh our we We ~ CUuy ~ , IjTcol1
and Stanton and Seward and Chase, what quatIlnOn
work they did in the war later timesa only
secondary in Importance TO that great struggle wneh
tbe stge an mass Of iu ared and indignant
cOlOnists aud subjects and when they came out OF tno
the aud the career OF our
later and greater-in some respeetS % VA &
DOunced IN your hearing. 1t was not theirs TO EXHIBIT
teDtd eld Theirs Vas the harder task. in calm blood
IN the face OF misrepresentation ana intrigue, ana
eamor, 70 spur on, aud now 70 curo anu sIwayso
guide the half-Onnd energies OF the commonwealth |
until that Commonwealth came out, not only Hee |
secure and triumphant but free let us hope forever
But why should l recount TO you that OF Whch you |
yourselves then immediate witnesses, ana that
which only witnessed from aiaT Rather lei me SPEAK
yOu beloved brethren, OF that winch rs common
all, vital and OF uanscendent moment. " hen |
last Tuesday night by the bed Of ChietJ ustce
Chase, when 1 looked at that broad brow and great
BRAN and thought Of the mighty interests with which II
had dealt; when looked at that great heaying BOSOM
and thought OF how II had been weighed down by many
cares, by domestic loss, and by the burden OF puDnc
anxiety, could help thinking as watched the lte
make It's unconscious resistance TO DEATH how much
alone he now, how inaccessible 10 any human voice,
how inaccessible any power but the power Of Him
who mad made him OF all The hearts earth that loved
him. not possible Tor one 70 make cOInmunlca-
non TO him and the one thing upon which think
ue tnug 10 trust for him then that he had trusted
Christ that he had rested upon the promises OF
the God OF mercy that casting away from him all self
strength and all his personal goodness, ana all MS
public services he had accepted as the strongest must
accent as Won and must accept, the meanest may
accept the forgiveness Of mat through the
blood and that lie everlasting that Is the GIT OF GOd
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
There reflections, beloved brethren, that
proper enough TO be suggested 70 you III tue
circumstances in which we stand here to-day One OF
respects great aud princes, one OF whom
fallen among When they DO fall, We dwell wlth
delight upon all the good that was IN them, and We allow
h. it but brethren, beloved, might
We not anticipate their dying and might we not allow
70 fall upon living Of that generous appre
iaton and cordial applause which willing " dis-
Dense them when they can hear IL no moref Let US
as a people, elevated positions. Do not crltcise them
barshy. II is enough tor us who are in the quiet
vale 10 up the movements OF those who
are climbing rugged Alpine sleeps, but our eyes can
very imperfectiy take in the depth OF the ereyasses
can very imperfectly measure the heights up which
they nave " make their difficult way. So let
H. not Zoo hastily impute bad motives; do not
90 soon whisper the word ambition regarding the men
who rs1asr IL @ woy ana and essenty
wrong and wicked. tell you II Is not 50: t ls s9me
s.odOiven instinct by whicn are lmpeued 10 the
work they DO and that none others ae aDe 70