Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-07-10
Funeral of Jesse X. Grant.

It Is seldom that as large or as at
teutive an audience is assembled.
even at place of worship, as was
gathered together at the Union
Methodist Episcopal CAprch, in Gov
ipgtou, yesterday afternoon, to take a
part in the funeral rites of the ven
cradle Jesse L. Grant, the father Of
the President Of the United States
OF course the knowledge that the
illustrious son of the venerable man
would be Grst among the thropg OF
mourners was the main reasoF for
such a throng being present but for
all that. there seemed To be desire
on ,he par, of all to show their sym
pa,hy for the mourners, even while
lhcy cratiGed their curiosity in Look
ing on the foremost man in the
Republic
Attvo o'clock the remains were
removed from the house and carried
to the church nearly opposite, the
following-named gentlemen acting as
all-hcarer.: Mcssrs John d. Hearre,
i = Twoed, II X. Lindsey, Harvey
Myers, Geaeral Kautz, DR., }. Swift,
A. Shinkle and Jno. s. Nixon. They
we're met ct the church door by the
p.stor Of the church. Rev. j r Chad
wick, Who, as he walked up the aisla
at the bead Of the procession, read
from the new burial service Of the
Church.
The remains, inclrscd N rose
WOOD acsket elegantly finished and
mounted With silver, were taken to
the trout of the altar, where they
we're deposited. On the front seats
tie pa;l- bearers. were seated, while
on the tSo seats to the rear the widow
of the Geceesc@, President Grant,
Orville Grant, Mrs Kramer and her
two children and seven immediate
friends Of the family were ranged.
Across the top of the coffin lay a
beautiful floral cross of white i'm
mortclles and evcrgreens. The plate
vas inscribed thus:
JESSE r. GRANT,
Born January -, 1894,
Died Jun, %, 1913.
After the body bad been deposited
in its place religious exercises were
resumed by the choir singing the
hymn commencing
ooh Thou who driest the mourner's tears,
How dayk ,k;s yorli you'd be
If when deceived and wounded here,
We could not fly to Thee
After this Rev. Dr. Hatfield offered
q lengthy prayer.
The Goth Psalm was then read by
Rev. Mr.. Wright. Rev. DR.. Worrsll,
of the First Presbyterian Church
CoviDgtOn, then read from the New
Testament the verses, For the love
of God coDstraineth Us" &c, Come
iunio NE al ye that LABOR" &c.
The 79lst Hymn,
"ln every trying hour
My soul TO Jesus flies,
trust in His almighty power
Hhea swelling biliOWs rise
was sung, alter which the Rev. Mr.
| Chadwick preached the funeral ser
vices of the deceased. He commenced
by spe1kiug cF the inevitableness oi
death 1t strikes down the rich and
the poor. the high aud the Iowly, the
young srd the old, the cultured anc
the rude. It's no respccter Of per
sons. and since it is iu yitabIe, We
should treat this life as a probation
in which our oim and object shoult
be to qnaliiJ ourselves for the life 4
come Addressing himself more es
pecially to tae family oftLe deceased
be spoke of the fact that Christ wa
the God of the widow and The orphan
and TO lean ou him in this thei
- hour Of trouble and affection. /
conclusion he gave sketch Of th
life of The deceased, that did not dit
E fer materially from that already put
I lished in the daily papers.
The remarks of the reverend gentle
i man upon tie life of the decease
,. were singularly well-timed aud mari
e ed by good taste. He said sPeakin
?. of the deceased: lie was a man
strong purpose and resolute vii
. These qualities undoubtedly urge
him forward 10 many of the proJec
: of his life, where, without them, |