The Portland daily press., 1874-03-14

the millions whose hearts gather tenderly
around this coffin to-day. Bless our own grea
land, and give unto us continued glory, the
victory of truth and righteousness. We ash
these mercies in thy name and for the sake o.
MN who has taught us when we pray to say:
Our Father, which art in Heaven
haiiowed be thy name. Thy Kingdom
! come, Thy will be done in earth as il
Is IN Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive our debts as we forgive our debtors
AND lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from evil for thine is the kingdom and the
power, and the glory. for ever. Amen"
:, hev. Dr. Sunderland, chaplain of the Senate
then read from the 39th Psalm, commencing al
the "a verse, and offered the following prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, before whom
tnis world and that it contains is as the dust OF
tne balance; before whom change and time flee
away like shadow; yet art Thou the conf
ihee mat We live and move and have our be-
| Jug. because Thou hast made of one blood all
men VINO dwell on the face of this earth: be-
cause thou hast TO, med and fashioned US, and
P Paacea US IN our .ot Thou hast appointed the
6ered all our days, and it has pleased Thee O.
Lord, Our God, in the fulness of Thine own
time, to send among us Thy Son, our Sayiour
Jesus Christ, our Lord God, manifest in the
nesh, to bring us the expectation of light aud
ne OF immortality; and so with him in the
successive centuries it has pleased Thee to raise
up the prophets and apostles, the heroes and
princes of the world it has pleased Thee in the
conflict and turmoil of this, our mortal state.
TO send for the ministers of Thy grace and
providence endowed and panOpled for their
mighty talk, and when enormous evils had to
De surmountel, when the old order of tbinos
nad to be withdrawn, when the new conditions
ior the new energies of the human race are to
pc created, Thou hast planted Thy workmen at
every point, and guarded aud uphold them
with courage and with strength. o, Lord, our
God, how marvellous are all Thy works and
ways; how marvellous dost Thou still continue
ttis Gay, before us and before all men, as much
IN removing away Thy servants from their field
OF labor as in sendir g them into it. The day
OF Death is fuller of meaning than the dav of
our birth, because it is the grander lesson of
our manhood, becauie it is chapter far advance
ca 10 the book OF human destiny; and now,
Lord, Thou hast removed away from us a man
who had stood SO long prince of earth. a
loan whose name and life and CHARACTER and
fame are forever liz ked with all that is sacred
in human institutions, aud all that is dear to
human hearts. On Lord, our God, we are be-
reaved together The Senate, the Congress
the Capitol, the Country, all have been lmade
desolate, and the old Plymouth State, where SO
long ago the Pilgrims came-she sits to-day in
| mourning-a mother weeping for her Frustrated
son, and the white man and the black man, and
all men of every name and race throughout the
world shall this day be touched with the grief of
this sudden stroke of Thy providence,
But we can say nothing against it before Thee
Oh, TEou Righteous Judge and Supreme Ruler
OF mankind, yet peradventure, Thou wilt
vonchsate Thine ear to hear the prayer of Thy
servants now for all those who have bean af-
t1cted in this dispensation-for the surviving
but scattered members of his own family and
kindred, for those who were so near to his per-
son and in his presence through all the phases
OF his private and public life; for those chill
dren OF tnat enduring race for whose advance
ment his great powers had been 50 long en-
ployed; for all his companions and contempor-
aries or in the high and lofty circles of human
civilization, both at home and abroad; for his
colleagues and fellow Senators in this chamber
and for the representatives of the people and
authorities of his native State and for all those
in every class and in every condition who this
day so sincerely lament his loss. Oh grant to
all these Thy grace and the consolation of Thy
spirit. Sanctify TO them and the ration this
most impressive instruction of Thy providence
And now we beseech Thee Oh Lord bless Thy
servant the President of these United States
and the members of the legislatures of the
States, and we beseech The bless the Judges of
the Supreme Court of the United States and all
the magistrates in the land Bless the officers
and men of the army and navy of the United
States. Bless all that are IN positions of res
possibility and trust and of honor among this
great people. Bless the teachers and instruc-
tors OF the nation. Bless those who have
charge of the transmission of intelligence and
the conductors of the public press and we
beseech Thee, Oh Lord, bless all engaged in
any walk or pursuit Of life, in any department
OF human labor or enterprise for the promotion
of the race and the comfort of this world.
And We beseech Thee, Oh Lord, bless any that
may be under the pains and penalties and bur-
dens of this life, to cheer, to comfort, to
strengthen, and to uphold them; and now we
beseech Thee, give to us one and all sense of
true humility of unfeigned contrition for our
slns Fill us with the spirit of repentance to-
ward Thee and faith in our Lord and Saviour
Ill JJn nd OF
out our transgressions before Thee and accept
us one and all as Thy sons and daughters
through Him whom alone and Thy work of
atonement and effectual intercession we shall
be saved. And now. Oh Lord, Our God, be
pleased to 60 with those who shall bear away
forever from this place the body of our lament
ed friend Give them safe conduct in their sad
journey and we beseech Thee in Thy kind prov
idence to let all the arrangements for his obse-
quies be fttingly made among that noble but
now stricken people who await the arrival of
the funeral train by the old Grad of Liberty.
oh Lord. the God of our fathers, bless this
nation and all nations. Bless and all men
together and when come to Thee open Thou
Tor US the portals of eternity and crown our
souls with pure, blessed and glorious i'm
mortality through Jesus Christ, our Lord and
Saviour. Amen"
The benedction was then pronounced.
Mr. Carpenter then said: '.Now the Senate
entrusts the remains of Charles Simmer to the
committee to convey to his home, there to COM
init earth to earth, ashes to ashes dust to dust,
in the soil of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts. Peace to his ashes.
The coffin was then closed, taken charge of
by the committee and removed from the cham
Der to be taken to Boston.
Preparations at Boston.
The Governor has ordered the State Police to
receive the body of Senator Sumner to morrow
afternoon and escort it to the State House,
where Major Louis Gaul with detachment Of
OF the funeral The immediate friends at first
objected to any military display whatever, as
in opposition to the Senator well known peace
views, but as guard was necessary in the
Doric Hall it was deemed proper that the col
ored troops, who first offered their services,
should be selected.
The Funeral,
At the request of Mr.. Summers friends it has
been decided to hold the funeral at $50 O'Clock
Monday afternoon in Doric Hall of the State
House. The legislative and city committees
will 90 to the State line to meet the remains
aud return Saturday afternoon, taking them
direct to the State House, where they will be
guarded until the funeral. The funeral servi-
cez will be short and simple.
Progress of the Funeral Train.
BALTIMORE, March 13-A special tram con-
veyng the remains of Senator Sumner in
charge of the Congressional delegation arrived
at the union depot on the Baltimore and Poto :
mac road at 4. 10 p. M, and proceed north imme-
didtely. There was demonstration at the
depot, it being unknown at what hour the
train would arrive.
PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 13.-The special train
bearing Senator Summers remains, passed
Havre de Grace at 5.19, and arrived at Will
mington at 6.38, where it stopped to afford the
members Of the committee accompanying the
remains, an opportunity of partaking of re
freshments. A large crowd assembled at the
depot. The train reached West Philadelphia
depot at 7.3O p m.
WASHINGTON, March 13-When the House
returned from the Senate chamber to-day, it
adjourned till tomorrow.
PHILADELPHIA. March 13.-When the train,
consisting of one paror car, coach and express
car, in which wers the remains of Senator
Sumner, arrived here, the box was opened, ex
posing the casket to view, but no crowd was
present owing to the uncertainty of the time of
arrival and the casket was viewed by the rail-
road officials only. This afternoon a delega-
ton of coiored citizens tefegraphed to Wash
ington to Hon. james Raney colored member
of Congress from South Carolina, and one of
the committee having in charge the
remains, stating that they would
De at the depot on the arrival of
OF the House 10 lay a floral tribute upon the
comm, the delegation however, did not arrive
till after the departure of the train, and the
wreath and crown composed of japoncas, i'm
mortelles and camelias, were shipped at once
TO Boston. The engine and cars were draDed