Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-02

wives of the deacons of the church.
The memorial window of j. Egber
Thompson was decorated with bed o.
flowers and trailing smilax, the handiwork o
members of the afflicted family. Tht
| Holcomb memorial window was also beau!i-
| fully decorated.
About the pulpit, the floral offerings were
beautiful, and exquisite in design and in the
choice of rare flowers.
Just under the reading desl
huge pillow or bank of roses with pen
dant vines was beautiful feature in the
general display. This was tribute of affec
ton from Mr.. and Mrs. II. p. Upham. A sec
ond pillow of flowers was contributed by the
employees of the First National bank
On either side other floral Insignia were
placed. A shaft of exquisite tea roses was
contributed by Mrs. E. F. Drake. An an
Choir and Tyre on either side of the
Horace L. Thompson, son of
flowers with the word "U acle'' in "forget-me-
nots," was q loving remembrance from Mrs.
Frank g. Clark. An anchor constructed OF
exquisite full blown roses told in red rose
buds that it was "From Friends" they being
Messrs. F. B. Clark and E. F. Warner.
Other contributions were given by Mrs. Ed
mund Rice, Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderhoof, Miss
Ella Thompson.
An imperial crown of immortelles was
placed near the bier by d. D. Merrill. A
massive cross, block-shaped, formed of rare
roses, with here and there an exquisite white
lily embedded in the roses, was the choicest
and handsomest emblem of the array. 1t
was presented by George A. Bracket and
other friends of Minneapolis. In addition
to those enumerated, other offerings
were arranged about the altar, pulpit and
organ niche, to be surmounted at the apex
of the organ niche by star made from the
wheat aud grasses of Minnesota.
While in no sense ostentatious, the orna-
mentation, confined solely to floral offerings
was,exquisite in detail, beautiful and chaste in
arrangement.
ARRIVAL OF DELEGATIONS.
At 1:3O o'clock the boil tolled. Shortly
thereafter, Gen. Bishop and superintendent
Lincoln, followed by forty employees of the
St. Pau! e. Sioux City railroad, came in and
were shown seats on the left of the right
center aisle. few minutes after, the bank
era of this city, headed by Erassus Edgerton
and Mayor Dawson, were shown in and given
seats just in rear of Gen. Bishop. Among
this party were Hon. VIM. Dawson, Presi-
dent Edgerton, of the Second National bank;
L. E. Reed, ce-president of the First Ma
tional; Ferdinand Willius, of the German
American; Albert Scheffer, w. r. Merriam,
and others.
This party hsd scarcely been seated before
the St. Paul chamber of commerce and
Minneapolis board of trade were ushered in.
This large delegation was headed by Gov.
Pillsbury aud H. M. Rice, and were assigned
to seats on the right of the right centre
aisle to the front of the church.
Gen. Terry with other officers of the army
occupied seats about the centre of the
church.
At this juncture, the Rev.
l.. C. Barnes accompanied
by Rev. DR.. s. S. Conn and Rev. II. G.
Woods, of the First Baptist church of Min
neapoiis, assembled the pulpit. The Row.
DR.. Dana, Rev. s. M. Davis, Rev. M. d. Ell
wards and Rev. VIM. L. Pise, of Minneapo-
lis, folio wing seated themselves near the
pulpit
THE FUNERAL CoRTEGE.
Almost Immediately the doors wero
thrown open for the funeral cortege.
Gen. H. Fl. Sibley and Capt. Russell
BlakeIy advanced in front of the coffin, fol-
lowed by the other pail bearers bearing the
remains:
J. II. Drake, 81. 2. Upham,
A. III. Wilder, John S. Prince,
Thomas Cochran, D. D. Merrill.
Immediately following the coffin, MIR.
Frank Il. Clarke supported Mrs. Thompson,
widow of the deceased. Behind these were
other members of the family and numerous
friends.
During The progress of the mOurnful pro-
cession up the aisle solemn dirge was
sounded from the organ.
THE SERVICES.
The casket being placed upon the bier,
and the mourners and pail bearers being
seated in front and near the dead, the ser
vices were commenced. The choir, con-
sisting of Misses Shipman and Hanson, So
Prof. Lieb and Mr.. Siegfried, tenors;
and Messrs. De Lacy and Farnestock,
bassos H. G. Ives, organist, arose and sang
the beautiful and well known hymn,
Ne rer. my God, 10 Thee.
Rev. DIR. Conn read the Scripture lesson,
choosing extracts appropriate to the coca
sion, as follows:
III Samuel, III, So
And the King said unto his servant, know We
not that there is prince and a great man
fallen this day in Israel?
Geresis Va
And all the days hat Adam lived were nine
hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Psalms XC-
The days of our years are three-score years
and ten: and il by reason of strength they be
four-score years, yet is their strength labour
and sorrow; for it is room cut off, and we fly
away.
l Corinthians Ky
Moreover brethren 1 declare unto you the
gospel which preached unto You, which also
we have received and wherein ye stand;
Psalm XIII
The Lord is my shepherd; shall not want
The Rev. Mr.. Wood followed in prayer.
He invoked the blessing of God with his
providence, that others might be led to a
better life by the example afforded in the
death of a Christian brother. He consoled
the living with the dead's expressed readi-
ness to die. He blessed God for such men
as The deceased both in his life as an exam
pie and in his death for the glorifcation of
God in the peace, hope and quiet of the
death bed of an upright and consistent
Chri stan. The prayer was feelingly deliv-