Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-12-02

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citizens, heirs alike of the heritage of
freedom, which he has done so much
TO transmit uninpair,d, replenished
with new life, gather for brief So
lemnity. 1t is fitting. that our words
be few.
Henry Wilson was the product OF
New England. If there was iron in
his blood, if there was strength in bis
if there was backbone in his
frame, he owed it in part to the tuition
of that sterile and rocky soil; to the
cold and Indictment, the stern and
serious aspects of his native New Eng
land. Aye, more. than this Henry
Wilson was the product OF the New
England idea, now beco'n" the Amerl
can idea. That man is man, and moth
ING can be greater; and that when God
made man in His own image He made
him to have dominion first over him
self. and then over just rs vast an EN-.
pire among men "a, under God, he
could subject to himself Henry VII
son was ambitious LIT Us thank God
that he was. When, on the 10th day
of February, 1912, h. first saw the
light of mortal life, he was the heir OF
three generations Of poverty; the DIES
cendant of three generations OF ancest
ors who had barely kept soul and body
together, who, in that rough and rugged
half wilderness of his native New
Hampshire, had, one after another,
fought losing battle with life until
the grave covered them. Apprenticed
to a small farmer at ten years OF age,
and taking the hard knocks and sore
deprivations of chore-boy at that
period when more favored young men
are nursed and pampered, and crammed
in school and in college, studying the
rudiments of his native tongue, and
the history and politics of his native
country, by the light of pine knots and
by the midnight flashes of smouldering
back logs, he needed all his ambition.
1t remains only reverently to bear
this sacred dust back to the keeping Of
the old Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets to the soil which has already, dur
ing the first century of our national life
gathered to itself the dust of the elder
and later Adams the dust of a Web
ster, an Everett, Sumner-names
that will never die. Into such com>
pany, and worthy of it, Henry Wilson
shall enter unchallenged. it was his
to see in God and in man that which
the great salesman of Marshfield dread
ed so much to look on with his dying
eye, one portion of this Union in arms
AGAINST another. But it was his also to
participate in the determination of that
evil which had so taxed and defeated
the ingenuity and craftsmanship of
master minds before him. 1t was his
also to assist in bringing order out of
the chaos of civil war in securing their
birthright to nation new born and
though passing through such trouble
some times, it was his also to die in
peace, with not one feeling of resent
ment toward the. living, Or the, dead.
Others may be left ta:defernIhe aGhq her
such man was a great man, and how
great he was. 1t is enough for u.s. to
thank the God of our fathers that he
still raises up such men, and to believe
that so long as they continue the re.
public will be safe.
PRAYER By REV. DIR. SUNDERLAND.
AT the conclusion of Rev. DR.. Ran
W ri
chaplain of the Senate, offered prayer,
in which he alluded to the deceased as
the humble believer, the faithful citizen
the earnest man, the patriot, the philan'
thropist, the Christian. He thanked
Divine Providence for all that he en-
abled him to accomplish, and for that
noble perseverance and endurance
through which he won so many tri-
umphs. He thanked God that the
Vice President died in faith and hope,
that he died in peace with God and
man, child of God, an heir expectant
of the coming resurrection and the
glorious immortality of the blessed. He
prayed that Almighty God would res
member the relatives and kindred of
the deceased, and be their solace and
their stay in this dark day of life. He
invoked the Divine blessing upon our
rulers and all others in authority over
us from the greatest to the least, that
they might have strength and be able
after this life to come to that felicity
which is with God He besought our
Heavenly Father TO remember this
nation, whose heart was touched with
grief, whose banners droop in sadness,
aud in conclusion asked the Divine
blessing upon those who would go
hence to bear the sacred ashes of the
dead to their last repose.
MOVING OF THE PROCESSION.
DR.. Sunderland then pronounced the
benediction, and Mr.. Ferry directed
the sergeant-at-a arms to announce the
order of procession. This was done by
Deputy Sergeant'atsArms Christie, and
the occupants of the chamber filed out
as they were successfully designated.
The casket in the meantime was closed
and most of the flowers which had
adorned it were distributed among the
personal friends Of the deceased.
The cortege left the Senate wing by
the main entrance. and the procession
was formed according to the order
heretofore telegraphed.
MILITARY ESCORT.
The military escort. under command
of Brevet Major General w. Ii. Emery
consisted of the full battalion of United
States marines stationed in this city,
headed by the Marine Band; the first
regiment of District militia, under CONS
mand of Col. Robert J. Fleming, and