The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1881-10-01
COMMEMORATED.
Interesting Services at the Graded
Schools, High School, Churches
and M@nnerchor Hall.
THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
At the Central Christian, otherwise called the
Church OF the Disciples, of which the deceased
President was member, as well as a minister, a
union meeting wa, held: All OF the Churches OF
the memorable occasion 1t was meeting pro-
foundly interesting and solemn. The Church
was decorated in the most appropriate manner
possible, and the picture of the fallen chief
looked down upon the assembled multitude from
the wall.
sided at the meeting which was opened by.a
Scripturel lesson by Rev. Dr. Barbee, of Ken
tucky. Elder L L. Carpenter, the noted mission
ary worker of Wabash, delivered all address ap-
propriate to the sOlemnity of the occasion, and
was followed by Rev: l.. A. Peer. OF the Fourth
SiRr6 Hop WilIism Wallace and Eder Walk
The last-named minister said the crime ap-
peared horrible and revolving, but he believed 1t
| feel that his life was prolonged
for purpose; there is no reason why the wound
should not have been instanlaneously fatal He
ACCOMPLISHED his greatest victory in death. In
his last eighty days OF suffering he has done more
to glorify God than could have been do in
eighty years to come He was taken in the full
ness of time and when Rev. DIR. Sunderland,
who heard the fatal shot, ran to him and
took what he then thought dying mans head
upon his knee, the President looked up into his
face and calmly said If il the will OF GC1 that
he should go he was ready; he had made every
prepare tion And aiterward, In conversation n, ih
with his wife ms mlnd aweit on ane great doSe ",
exclaimed, This is a great people, worth living
for worth dying for" Gods hand - was yi>ihle i all
the day he was shot, there would have been
anarchy. ri)ting and bloodshed. General
Arthur might not have even been permitted TO
see Washington But the stricken mans days
were lengthened the people had time TO think,
and passion 10 cool. They saw that the murderer
had no accomplice: that there was but one such
His case is not unparalleled Moses after great
trials eu in leading his people to the bor-
ders of the promised land and was ven permitted
to look over the rich fields that awaited them.
Then in that hour of supremest satisfaction, the
Lord spake to him and called him away. So with
Garfield and his people, and to us 1T seems that he
should have been spared to enter into the loriOus
years that lay SO temptingly before him. But
when he had reached the pinnacle of fame God
called to him. and has led him into greater gories
than the world can know or understand.
know that when at last the nomination at Chl-
cago thrust upon him he accepted it with
foreboding. The shadow of mighty events, so
rapidly rushing upon him, seemed to endow him
with prescience of an underlined calamity
Plainly he was in Gods hands, and he went for
ward to his duty only man of GOO can. His
death was a martvrdom, just as much as st. Paul.
was This great man was called OF God before all
the world and by his long suffering heroic forti-
tions upon him. At first the shock was because a
President had been shot down, but as
days DoW eRt b6 his snd great ahe
rose above all earthly dignities and we learned 10
love him for his innate nobility With the great.
O
could this man die without murmur, without
repining, without regret? The great lesson OF his
life will not be lost, but will do more for human
ity everywhere than if he had lived. He has
shown us tha. an honest man may go through all
the privations of life and come out grand and
pure; at better still, he has shown to the world
that good man can willingly give up all earthly
| honor when God calls. 1 accord to DR.. Bliss and
| his helpers the highest need of praise for theiI
skilful and patient attention. which, through the
providence of God, seemed to prolcng the days ol
\ our believed President
When Garfield as Colonel was stationed at the
mouth of Big Sandy, West Virginia was at Cat
| lettsburg. All the resident ministers had been
| driven out by the armies. So was asked by the
people to preach for them. This L dld, ant
though the weather was rainy and stormy. Gar
| field came through the mud night after night iron
| his camp mile and half away and assis ed IL
/ the meetings He there every night, ant
OF ce when asked to preach only refused necans,
appear before the people In such piien M
clothing being stained with mud. This shows TIT
During the services prayers were offered b.
! Simon Frazer Thomas Gale, of Memphis Tenn
j. NJ Tilford and others. No instrumental music
| was used and the chosen songs were very appro
pirate and well rendered.
UNION SERVICES.
At o'clock a number of different Churche
assembled at the Second Presbyterian Church
The place of worship was filled to S utmost
The programme selected for the occasion was o
Rev. Dr. Bartlett, conducted the services. Rev
Mr. Morey, after the rendition OF beauufu
| music, read from the Bible words suited TO III
time. Rev. DIR. Bartlett then spoke. The sub
! stance of iiis remarks that there was nothing
to done but to commit to the grave all that re
| mained of our beloved President. They had COM
| together to commemorate the sad burial day
Rev. J. Brandt offered surplication to the Rule
| of the universe. Rev. DR.. Day then spoke. IL
said Garfield had died just as he had begun Z
| 1--we. He was glad the late President had bee
| able TO say he was ready to die. He spoke
the rejoicing in every Christian heart when il wa
| known that Garfield was strong in his Christia
, | faith. He thought one of the happiest things
Garfields life his devotion to his little Churc
| in Washington. He alluded to Garfeld's a
| tendance upon the revival exercises in his Churc
&C Mentor, when in the midst of his preparation
last winter for his coming inauguration Ts
speaker said Christian hero and martyr hs
gone from us, and gone at the right time. to
S when he was ripest for Heaven. One of the lie
| sons of Garfielf's life was that Christian cou
| till the high Office of President without abatil
4 his Christian zeal and faith.
v MIR. Rose tnen offered prayer. Judge Rail-
| Hill spoke on the life of General Garfield. He sa
n | that the last eulogy that could be pronounc
was his deeds. There is universal grief over
h death; it is not confined to America or to any
| gree of society. The greatness of his charac
was illustrated In the fact u
4 he was fitted to fill the Congressior
seat long occupied by Giddings. who was his l
mediate predecessor. In regard to Guiteau, I