New-York tribune., 1876-10-13

It puts nothing in them, 1t extends and ampl
es their whole being What is local. occasional. tenn
pOrary 1t brushes away from IT. permanent elements or
mind and character It mutpies. reveals. and trans
figures Our friend il dead He does sleep
he is alive than ever awake ald actual than
in the hearts OF all who knew INN and loved
him. That influence caun0t cannot pass away.
and IA we follow him into the hereafter we
have none but the brightest anticpations For a
of such worth there is but world the world OF
God there is but fe the life OF the spirit That life
begins here; who shall say where IL ends The same
infinite though the same perfect care the same absolute
love, Is over all creation visible and Invisible, and
watching over us who live in this low, dark planet,
a. well as over the beings who dwell In heavenly places
Let us be thankful for all the good who liye let us bo
thankful Tor all the good who die Let us cherish every
good word every noble thought pure simple, and
human life Let believe that those the sous OF
men, the Of God Let US try to belong to their
brotherhood
Mr.. rockingham then said Let us lift up our
hearts," and proceeded as follows:
-. And now in meeknesS we implorG the presence, Of
consolation and the strength of our hunvn lfe may
be able to say from our hearts may the supreme VIII bc
and wise and good NAV we T@membeT With deep and
humble thankiuness, tle riches which make this life
40 good, the that TO the wealth that
poured into our bosom from The rlendnesS ana good
Will that make the world beautiful We remember that
which is than the visible life. which death,
remember that there elements here which shall
die In and remember the great Providence.
so large SO tehuef that never Iofse "i iS's Over,
negects but keeps al the fragments OF our poor
OF perfect glory aud beauty which call the Divine
life We impore tine presence of all great hopes OF AL
friends who have been visited with this great be,
reaycmcnt caused 10y what cll death and upon all
uf us, and upon all tGOse who have passed through
the same bitter experience, who have laid their
loved ones in graves and have dropped upon thg
sods OF the ground the they could not restrain.
May the peace aud blessing and consolation Of Heaven
rest upon them May this widowed ~ie and lneSe chill
dren, these dear and close and intimate friends who
bound up with them in one experience OF joy and
the thought of thai great mercy, infinite, eternal uu'
speakaOle which is only revealed III hours Ike THESE
May foolish dread of death bc taken away. Nay we
drpud only that living which allrnateS from the
and humanity May all our doubts. fears, srug
giles and sorrows be blessed to us aud may 1--we
those whose life Is fOroycrnOrc chelishing those
principles and holding fast by those truths when make
fIuly and Invisible, We will ascrIbe all the glory and
power forever and ever. Amen.
The funeral c0rtcge slowly wended its way to the
Catharine Street Ferry crossed to Brooklyn, and
took the road to Greenwood Cemetery. IL was
day TO make death seem impossible. The pure,
cloudless sky, the allpcryading sunshine, and the
cool delicious air seemed 10 breathe universal life
aud health and strength upon the land Greenwood,
which was reached about l O'Clock, was picture of
perfect autumnal beauty. The lawns showed Il gem
like lustcr in the CLEANS Of light which fell between
the bronzed oaks and Inns, and the ruddy foliage OF
the naples. The fountains sprang in silver jets
against shadowy backgrounds, and in the west the
Bay with its thronging sails, glittercd and flashed
rs if radiaiing il, OWE light The City Of the Dead
was a region of peace and beauty and some natural
consolation must have stolen unawarcs into the
hearts of the nearest mUurncrs.
Mr. Clcvclaud's remains were lad in tle family
vault Of Horace Greeley, on one of the highest
points Of the Cemetery. The summit of the wooded
knoll has recently been incosed by a massive gran
ito coping, leaving space some 10 feet III diameter
around the monument erected 10y the American
Printers which only waits for the bronze bust aud
bas-rccfs, To stand complete. After the colin had
been lowered into the vault, many of those present
went down 10 look once more upon that which con
tains the dust of the founder OF TIE TRIBUNE. The
shadowy chamber wa4 again rich with the coloIS
and odor5 Of flowers, and all Of Death seemed to
De banshcd except its intense rcposc. II wah iittng
that the body Of John Fitch Cleveland should be
aid beside that Of the he had loved ard trusted
aud who had always loved and trusted him.