The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-06-14
oBsEQUIRs OF n1NlSTER ORR.
A Sympathetic and Imposing Dis
play

NEW YORK, June lS.-beIofe ocl0cl
this afternoon, Q great number OF person
had assembled In the City hall Park anC
in the neighborhood to witness tho re-
moVal of the body Of the late Minister Orr
while the City Hall was filed with prom
inent Free Masons and members Of the
Common Council who had come 10 take
part in the ceremonies. Deputy Grant
Msrshal Elwood E. Thorne, In q brie
address 10 Mayor Havemeyer, assumed
charge Of the remains. He thanked The
city for the interest the corporate Ru
th0r;ties had taken In the remains, ant
expressed his thanks and those Of The
family oil the deceased to the Mayor and
Common Council. H
Mayor HaVemeYer, In his reply, ex
pressed his knowledgements for the
trust reposed in the city, and conveyed
his sympathies 10 the bereaVed family o.
the lamented deceased. -
At about 2:90 p. NJ, the officers Of the
Grand Lodge, the Mayor and the mem
bers Of tue Common Council; descended
from the Governors room to the lower
hall, and thence marched slowly out To
the park, followed by the pail bearers
with the body. A solemn dirge was
meanwhile performed by the band which
was stationed In the rotunda. The coffin
was born by twelve Knights Templars.
The pail bearers, who were distinguished
by white scariS were as follows: 8. II.
johnson P. g. II. and Wilmot G. Desas.
sure, representing tho Grand Lodge ol
South Carollns; N. F, Warning P. G. IL,
Isaac Phillips P. G. NJ, John W. Simons
P. g. n, Daniel SiCkles P. G. NJ, Albert
G. Mackey p. G. H., Of South Carolina;
Josiah II. E. Drummond p. g. H., James
Jenkins P. G. n. and Joseph D. Evans P.
G. Ii. The body having been placed In
the hearse, which was drawn by six
white horses covered with black netting,
and each led by colored groom, the pro.
cesslon moved. The escort was headed
by large detachments Of the police force,
Then followed the officers OF the Grand
Lodge and Grand Commandry and the
following Commandries and Knights
TemplAr: Columbian. Morton, Pales-
tine, Occur De Lion, Manhattan, Ivanhoe,
Constantine and York, OF this city; De
Witt Clinton OF Brooklyn, and the New
Jersey knights. After the hearse came
the Mayor and Common Council in car.
risges, with the Russian Minister and
Consul General, Major General Hancock
with Captain Wharton Of his staff, Gen.
Morris, Gen. Duryea and numerous 9th.
erS. The procession accompanying the
body arrived at the Church Of the Disci.
Piles about 4 o'clock, and the casket, sur.
rounded by the pall.bearers and guard
Of knights, was carried down the aisle,
preceded by Rev. Dr.. Tying, Jr., reciting
the service Of the Episcopal Church, and
was deposited at the foot Of tho altar. On
the. altar were placed the floral offerings
one was u wreath Of tube roses and
tea roses from Mrs, @. P. Leslie, Of Barn.
we'll county, So1th Carolina, and two
from the Grand Commandery and one
from the Grand Lodge, representing the
Masonic emblems. The plumed cap and
robes OF q Templar were removed from
the casket and replaced by wreaths oi
flowers. The chief mourners, pail bear
ers, Grand Marshal and the aids OF the
Grand Lodge and Grand Commandery,
defled slowly down the church, bearing
wands covered with Grape. The Knights
with drawn swords, were at the main en-.
trance, forming line through which the
procession passed. A guard OF Knights,
under the eminent G. G., John T. Como.
yer, followed the caskct. Rev. DR..
Hepworth tOOkdhis place at the altar, and
with him were Rev. Tying and Rev. DR..
Yarc, and Rev. Mr.. Schoonmacker, Grand
ChSplsiDs Of the Grand Lodge. Rev. DR..
Tying oftlciated. Aiter the usual service,
a sGfmon was preached by Rev. DR..
Helpworth. He said they were standing
amid the awful stiffness Of death, which
taught lessons oi the uncertainties Of lie,
and the value Of faith which alone can
smooth the dying pillow, and enabled us
10 say "Thy viii be done" In conclusion
he said: May we never fear when the
Senior Warden comes for Us In the shape
OF death, and lays us low. May we not
be afraid when the Junior Warden,
whose name Is Justice, tries our
lives with the plumb; but may he
find everything as It should be
ana may We look up without dlsmay
when we hear the call, TO God the great
architect who built for Us houses in heaV.
en-, and thank him for all the blessings Of
the present time and be afraid OF nothing
Tor the future. 80 mote It BE-" No rel.
erence was made In the sermon to the de-
ceased. A choir Of forty voices, consist
ing Of members oI ST. Cecilia Lodge,
Pratt and other Lodges, under brother
jerome Hopkins, sang the dirg peace 10
Memory" from Lurlin, alter which the
funeral service, according to Masonic rite
was performed by Grand Master Edward
3. ThoEne. At the. conclusion of the
services the remains were escorted from
the church by troop Of Washington
Greys and the 7th regiment ot New York
the s. N. G. bands playing funeral march.
es. The Lodge oi the State preceded the
hearse, which was surrounded by the
Grand Commandry Of the knight Temp.
lars of the State. The con Of the deceas.
ed with Col. Edwards Of South Carolina,
followed next, alter which came the Gov.
ernors oI the States and Territories, off,
GERS Of the army and navy, officers OF the
Civil Service Of the U. g.. Judges oI State
and city Courts, members OF Congress and
the Legislature and citizens. The pro-
cession moved through Madison avenue,
42d street, Filth avenue, 14th street 10
llth avenue, whore the ranks were open.
cd and the hearSe passed between them to
q revenue cutter. Arrived there the body
was taken of and placed on board en-
route for Jersey, where train was ready
for It's reception and removal to South
Carolina. The streets through which the
cortege passed were lined with people.
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