The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-27
General william B Taliaferro !;

General st. John;
Honorable r. n. T. Hunter, State Trea.
surer;
Honorable John A. Meredith, President of
the Board Of Aldermen; -
General Bradley T. johnson
Judge Beverley r. Wellsord, Jr.;
Captain r. B. Pegram
w. W.. Corcoran, Esq, of Washington;
Rev. DR.. Dabney, author ofthe Life of Jack.
son;
Msjor Jed. Hotchkiss;
General James Il. Williams;
State Senator j. B. Bland;
General Asa Rogers;
Ex-Governor Theodore j. Randolph. of
New Jersey; -
General d. d, Core;
Colonel Lewis e. Harsie;
Or. Hunter Mcclure, Of Jackson's stsf.
The Prayer.
The ceremonies were commenced with the
following prayer, offered by Bishop D. s.
Doggett, Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South:
Almighty God, our Heavenly Father,
Thou art infinitely great and glorious; great
ia goodness, fearful in praises, doing won.
ders. Thou hast made known thy won.
ders in the works of thy hands, in the
coupsels of thy grace, and In the order Of
thy providence.
Thou art entitled to the homage of all In.
telligent beings In heaven and on earth,
from the rising of the sun unto the going
down thereof.
The Inhabitants Of heaven worship Thee.
The Church triumphant and militant wor-
ship Thee; and all nations are commanded
to bow down and worship at thy footstool.
We, thy unworthy servants here assem-.
bled this day, desire to join in the general
concert Of thy praise; to bring the tribute OF
our homage to thine altar, and to render
unto thy adorable Majesty the healthfui sac
rifce of our worship.
We humbly acknowledge thy righteous
sovereignty In the government of the world :
in assigning TO the nations OF the earth their
respective times and PLACES, and in over
ruling and controlling its events to the ben.
eft of its inhabitants and to the glory OF
thy name.
We thank Thee for the Christian ciyiliza.
tien and the exalted advantages Of the age
In which we live; and for ALL the means of
religious and social provement with which
thy grace has endowed us.
We thank Thee that In all ages Thou hast
raised up useful and gifted men to fulfil Thy
benevolent purposes and to set forth Ihy
praise in the great succession Of events, aud
hast made them suhservient to the advance.
ment Of the human race.
We thank Thee for those illustrious char
acters with which Thou hast favored and
adorned our country, whose Virtuous deeds
have ennobled and enriched our inheritance.
We especially thank Thee that Thou hast
given to the country and to the world, thy
se.Vant, whose memory we have met this
day to honor and to perpetuate to future
ages !; for that type Of Christian character
which he illustrated, and for that example
of devotion to thy truth which he set
amidst all the duties and perils of his event
full ife; aud Tor that train of favorable Cir
cumstances which now copcurs to render
his character impressive and instructive to
successive generations.
And now, o Lord God Of hosts, we In
yoke thy beuedi ctions upon the ira nsaction
of this day that 1t may come up IN rcmem-
brance before Thee, and that it may be o
blessing to us and to posterity.
Grant that the monument erected
on this spot, to the honor Of
thy servant, may ever stand as per-
manent memorial to Thy praise, and per.
petual incentive to a high and holy conse-
Grafton to thy service, in all the avocations
of lite. May it silently and effectually incul.
cate noble ideas and inspire lofty sentiments
in all spectators for all time 10 come. Above
all, may it teach the youth OF the land the
solemn lesson of thy word, that the founda.
ton of true greatness is fidelity to Thee.
MAY all that was good and great In thy
servant be sapcti6ed as one OF the elements
of the goodness aud greatness OF this whole
nation, And we pray, that these United
States, with all their diverse peoples
aud pursuits, may be bound together BY the
ties of an enlightened, cordial and enduring
friendship that all bitterness and strife may
cease between them; that peace and pros
perty may prevail in our borders; that this
country may he distinguished by the greatest
displays of the gospel and the highest de.
velopnent Of mankind; that other and dis.
tant nations may behold in us the spectacle
of wise government and OF Yirtuous citl-
zens; and exclaim, Happy is that people
whose God is the Lord.
Bless the Commonwealth Of Virginia.
May she ever be an instance and
q witness of civil and religious
liberty, of uufaltering public rectitudc, of
social aud domestic virtue. and Of Christian
culture. And may she never want wise and
good men to enlighten her councils and to
guide her affairs.
We lift the voice Of our prayer to Thee,
D Lord God, in behalf of all the nations of
the earth; that Thou wouldst grant to them
the light Of thy truth, and the inestinable
boos of good government. of religious ill.,
erty, and OF Christian civilization.
We devoutly implore the richest blessing
upon the surviving cousort of thine honored
servant. Be uuto her the God of the widow.
Grant unto her abundantly the succors Of
Thy grace and the supplies ofthy providence,
and throw over her the shield of Thy protect
ing hand. May her heightened life be
cheered with the consultations of thy Holy
Spirit, and its evening be serene with Thy
peace and the hope of . blessed immortality.
We commend to Thy fatberly care the
daughter Of thy departed servant. May
she be numbered with the objects of thy
peculiar favor, cherished with the Jewels OF
ihy treasure, and enjoy the inheritance OF
thy saints. May her youth be guarded
and gladdened by thy presence, apd
adorned with the beauties of holi
ness, and her maturer years enriched
with the precious feuits OF pious joys and
confiding friendships. Direct her earthly
fortunes, and finally crown her with the
felicities of the world to come.
In thy great clemency, o Lord. pardon
our iniquities. Hear thou in heaven, Thy
dyelling-place and when theu nearest, for
give. Accept our persons and our services,
and eternally ssve ns through Jesus Christ,
our Lord, in whose ever blessed name we
pray Our Father, who art in heaven, hal
lowed be tby name. Thy king dom come.
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us This day our daily bread. and Tor
give us our trespasses, as We forgive them
that trespass against US; and lead US not into
temptation; but deliver Us from evil; ior