American citizen., 1875-02-27
FUNERAL OBsEQUIEs OF THE LATE STATE
TRsiSURER.

On "Wednesday evening last, both
Houses of our Legislature were en-
gagged in paying suitable tokeHs of
respect to the late Hon. George III.
Holland, State Treasurer. The floor
was occupied by several gentlemen,
VITO delivered earnest and feeling
words OF grief, that SD good Il man
and officer should be called away.
In accoi dance with committee ar
Engagements, the House adjourned,
in procession, to tie NJ. L. Church,
to pay the last sad rites to the noble
dead. The Pilot of the 10Th says:
AT three O'Clock, l.. M, the L-gis-
latuIe formed i'll front of the Capi-
tol-the members of the House fol
lowed by the members OF the Sen
ate, with the Governor and other
State officers, closing the process sion.
Methodist Church, were the body
repoSed i'll a plain but elegant buIiai
ease, before The altar. I;re house
was crowded to its utmost capacity
by the friends of the deceased.
The choir opened the imposing
ceremonies, by singing, ''Come Ae
Disconsolate,' standing, the audi
ence Joining in the service.
The portion of the Psalm appica-
bie TO the OCCASION, was thea read,
followed by the singing of the 73Oth
A.. -
commencing:
.'And must this body die ~
Tile impressive prayer Was made
by Rev. MIR. Galloway, in which he
said Ave may not ROW understand
the wisdom OF This bereavement
we may not be able to see the hand
that iaileth only i'll mercy but we
do know that Ihuu doeth all things
well, and that all things work to-
ge.he for good TO them that love
Thee. Oh may these stricken ones
IeaiiZe that Thou art the Father of
the fatherieSS, and hast IA willing
hand fl ON which To minister to
their wants. Bless this dispense
ton to The good OF all OF us. May
We all 50 walk as to receive the ap-
proving smile Of Providence; and
in The end. save US all with an ever
lasting salvation, for the L edeem-
cr's Sake. Amen.'
The officiating minister, Rev. G.
L. Galloway, then delivered the
following touching grafton:
This is indeed IL sad occasion.
Death, the IemOrselesS couquerer,
has invaded another happy home
and wrested from its embrace a low
ing husband and fond father, from
society Il good and useful citizen,
from the state an el1icleiIt and Cd
pable officer, and from the Church
an humble and exemplary Christian
George ii. Holland is no more.
Stricken down in the full maturity
of his powers, be has lett a large
family to mourn his untimeiy loss,
and many friends TO regret bis early
departure. 1t is not my purpose,
amid the deep soienInities OF this
hour, to pronounce Il fulsOme eulOgy
on the virtues of Tie deceased, or
attempt an extended portrayal OF
his history; but simply to make
some general and practical remarks
on the more prominent clIaracterlS~
ties OF his life. iaSaui:;m has falsely
SAID that,
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft inferred with their bones.'
1t is t!e grand underlying and
ever-in VigrratiuG pI ;Dcipie OF Chris
tianIty THAT tru n and virtue are
eternal. Tie righteous MAY die but
''their works DO follow thrIn.7 The
great \ Ai.oSt.e to the GrntlI les finish
ed his earthly course eighteen hun
dred years ago, AMI his ashes NOW
sleep awaiting TIE AicLangle's sum
mons on reSuri rci ION HIor: ; hut his
life aud faith, and lahors and suffer
ings for principle will i've on and on
to The glory Of God and the good of
men until time shall fade into
houndiess eternity. They vitalize
the energies of the Church; they
rally the sometimes tagging legions
Of The cross, and speed them for
ward to glorious victories under
Enanue!'s banner. The worthy lives
and deeds Of the good and true are
ever ii source OF inspiration and
stimulus to effort. No honorable
deed was ever lost, No philanthro-
pie gilt WAS ever unbleSSed. No
earnest prayer WAS ever ul tered in
vain. No hnneSt life has ever been
a failure. The body may die and
mouider in the valley, but piilci-
pies still live. They cannot die,
but continually reproduce and re-
peat themselves in the progressive
civilizations OF the world. Wash
ingion is no more, yet he virtues OF
that wonderful life are inwrought
into the very texture Of the inStiIu-
tons OF our country, and lndelibIy
stamped upon the hearts of all true
Americans His name, the emblem
of purity, the symbol of honor, the
synonym of paiiioti. IN, the persona
ticatiun of freedom, is ii taliSnlan
more potent than the pibro Ii of
OF McGreggor suInnoning his High
land clans 10 arms. A good man
really never dies. Over Iii, princi
pies deal Ii can ueVerc.sL its shadow
What Of virtue aud excellence thcr