Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-05-21
DECORATION DAY.

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will form vt town hall, under the direction
Of Major r.. Wales, chief marshal, and will
move ut PM. Order Of procession
Marshal and Aids.
Brattleboro Cornet Band.
Estey Guards
Orator aud Clergy.
Sedgwick Post, q. A. II.
Old Soldiers and Sailors.
Oads Encampmont, l. o. o. r.
WAutastiquet Lodge, l. o. o. p.
BeAusosnt Commandery Knights TemplAr
st. Michaels Tempe rance and Benevolent Society.
Fuller's Battery.
The procession will move through Main
and South streets To the cemetery. where
il will be formed in a square inrlUsing sol
ders' graves aud the decoration sorN ircs
will be performed as follows:
Hymn by chorus Of male voices.
Services by the officers Of Sedgwick Post.
Dirge Ivy the Band.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Grafton by Rev. n. n. GlsZieT.
Dlrge by the Band.
Recitation by Miss May Simonds.
Placing flowers upon the graves, with
appropriate ceremonies 10y comrades of the
dead.
Singing w a chorus Of male voices.
A detachment Of Sedgwick Post, with the
Band, will escort the ST. Mchae's Society
TO the Catholic cemetery aud decorate tue
graves of comrades buried there. At the
edlllt AlIllt lit IdLhN VIII bt btOhtuf XIV
ing all an opportunity To deposit their
floral offerings.
The assembly will be sounded and ranks
reformed.
Benediction.
FUNERAL or HON. DANIEL KELLOGG. ,
The Rutland Globe, with characterist.
ic enterprise, gave in Saturdays issue re-
port Of the funeral services held in this
place last Thursday, in honor of Hon.
Daniel Kellogg. We cannot do better than
to copy the Globes report entire:
The funeral of the Hon. Daniel Kellogg
took place Thursday afternoon, conducted
by Col. :. NJ. Waite, from st. Michaels
Episcopal church, aud was largely attend
ed 10y relations, members of the bar and
intimate friends of the deceased, though
there was notable absence of those old
comrades of his earlier lite, most of whom
have long ago passed away.
The remains were borne into the church
at a trife past two o'clock by ex-tiov. Hol-
brook. Hon. Royal Tyler, n. b. Williston,
Lafayette Clark, +. A. Nash and +. w.
Brooks, preceded 10y the rector. Rev. W.
II. Collins, assisted by tile Rev. e.. G. Har-
ris. Following the remains WAS tue be-
reaved family, including the widow, one
son and daughter, Judge Adds and Henry
w llldiu VI W hSlluElDbs IL ~ l4dNTtuGt
Bralnerd VI ST. Adams, Mrs. Jones OF Am
herst, Mass, and a score OF more distant
relatives. AMER the family came the mem
bcrs Of the bar, mostly of Windham coun-
ty, Geo. State, Asa Wentworth, j. ID. Bridge
Iuan, and l.. NJ. Read of Bellows Falls, o.
+. Buitertield of Wilmington, aud others.
The service was in the usual Episcopal
form, beginning, IL am the resurrection"
etc., the music affecting aud appropriate,
opening with this beautiful hymn:
Not for the dead in Christ We weep,%
Their sorruWs nov are DER,
The sea l. calm, the tempest past
On that eternal shure.
And closing with
ASLEEP In Jesus, blessed sleep"
While at the grave tire burial chant
81 heard voic. from heaven"
was most touchingly rendered.
The sermon, by Mr.. Collins, was from
the text, "Be we also ready, for in such AN
hour as We think not, the son of man com.
eth."-Malt. 2i:44. We give synopsi, on
y of the discourse.
After abiding to tho three fold interpret
alton placed upon these words ot Christ,
the preacher confined himself Ia the indi-
vidual application OF the text as relating 10
the necessity of a right preparation Of mind
and heart on the part of man for the last
great change that viii come to him. Aud
IN tue Illustration of his subject, lie em-
ployed this beautiful and pOetical quota
lion from the book Of the wisdom Of Jc-
| sus, the SOU Of Sirach, "as snip tina, pass
eth over the waves OF the water, which,
when it IL gone 10y the trace thereof can
not lie found; neither the pathway of the
keel in the waves, or as when a bird hath
flown through the air there is no token Of
the way to be found, but the light air be-
| ing beaten with the stroke OF her wings,
and parted with the violent noise and mo-
| ton Of them, is passed through, aud there
in aflerward no sign where she went is TO
be found or like AS when an arrow is shot
| at a mark, ii paTteth the air, which imme-
diately cometh together again, so that
| man cannot tell where 1t went through,
even so we in like manner as soon Us we
were born began 10 draw near our end"
The uncertainty of human existence was
shown not only from the daily instances
of NOR tality, but also from the testimony
of our own hearts. Youth Is no security.
Maturer years bring US nearer Ia the end ),
and old age procaims a swim departure
from earthly scenes. The fact that tue
greater portion Of mankind fail to ack nowl-
edge their true condition aud neglect the
concerns of their immortal souls, was
dwelt upon at length. Men too often waste
their time and strength upon things seen
aud temporal forgetting "things unseen
and eteI nal" and that they possess souls AZ
well as bodies, thinking little of the life
beyond the grave-of eternity.
ETERNITY! Eternity
How long art thou eternity
As long as God ia God, so long
Endure the pains Of sin aud wrong,
30 long the Joys Of Heaven remain.
lasting joyl lasting painl
Ponder, o, man, eternity"
God was then shown to be a merciful
God, DESTROYS Of the happiness of all His
orr and having IaNiaaH
means whereby man is enabled so 10 1.-Two
as to please Him. Ii remained only for
-mau to exercise repentance, faith and obe-
diencc, aud to enter into a covenant with
his Creator, Redeemer and Sanctiter. He
must receive the sIcraments as channels Of
Divine grace, aud by a "sOber, righteous
and gOdly life prepare himself for the
hour OF death, the coming OF the son OF
man and the day of judgment. The heart
of man should be touched with sense of
the great love shown 10 all "by the death
and passion of our Saviuor, Christ" He
so loved His church As to give him self for
it.. lie is the only ono To whom we eau
go for relief in an hour OF sorrow and be-
reavement. AS a mau vi sOTrows and ac-
quainted with griefs, He can have compes-
sion on our infirmities and lie had thom
all, and while earthly friends may come 10
US in our sorrow, with words of love and
sympathy, lie alone eau impart trne
strength and courage In our hour OF trial
Allusion was then made To the particular
occasion OF the service, in the following
words: Upon this solemn occasion we
have assembled for the purpose OF paying
our tribute OF respect, and OF according the
last rites of the Christian church 10 our de-
parted brother, 10 one who for many years
has been known and hUnored not only in
this community but throughout the Stale
Of Vermont. God was pleased TO grant
him longer life than is usually allotted
10 man. During that long and useful life,
as is well known 10 you all, he held many
nuhIio nnipaS al iruSf aud nc h,,n.,.,