The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-09-28
THE LAST RITES.
An Entire City in Mourning.
|ESPECIAL SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES.

Aa h0H HEClAL SERVlCE0 AI LIE
"a CHURCHES.
A A Monster Assemblage at City
s7 Hall.
s FULL EXPORT OF THE FUNERAL
N EXERCISES.
AObseryance OF the Day in the Vicinity
IL A perfect summers morn heralded the da.
39on which Nation paid their last tribute of re
s5sspect TO the memory of their beloved President
fyThe skies never wore brighter blue, nor wa
sSthe sun ever more prodigal of his golden rays
Moving to the remarkable moisture of the pas
5season the foliage and turf never looked green
asser or fresher, and Nature seemed to have cloth
led herself in her loyeliest robes TO do honor t,
a8the occasion. In the city the observance o
1.-THE day was marked by the quietude of Sun
ssdav: in fact, We might say, more than the Sab
s1bath, for never were such immense crowds seel
non the streets on Sunday, and never wert
ssthey so orderly, or moved with more becom
ding reverence for the occasion than ON Mon
2sday. Early in the day many citizens, espec
s$ssially the west and east ends, who had no
sspreviously made any attempt al draping thei
s3residences, either curtained window in blacl
land white, or displayed flag caught up, o
bound with Grape The insignia of woe wav
led from Munjoy to Bramhall, and even thu
sashipping in the harbcr did not fail to do homo
Ito the day At II o'clock the sad tolling of ths
bells, and the firing of Presidential salute il
minute guns by the Brown Light Artillery
szfurther impressed the solemn character of thi
saoccasion upon all.
a CHURCH SERVICES
81 In the morning union services were held al
Aseveral of the churches. High Street, Ply
samouth, Free street, Pine street, ST. Steph
lens and Williston parishes met at State street
n church The St. Lawrence and Congress street
Il societies united at the latter church. The Park
#street and First Parish held services at the lat
;Hter church, st. Paul's held service, St
s|Luke's had memorial service and the Catho.
saic societies met at the Cathedral.
a ST. PAULs CHURCH.
a A beautiful and appropriate memorial ser
#vice was held in st. Paul's church, Monday
8morning at 10 O'Clock. The service was made
8up of parts of the burial office, the Lesser Lit
<lany and soul collects from the Prayer book ol
3l549.
q The Rector, Rev. A. W. Little, took for his
Ste xt the 14th and 10Th verses Of the 1st chap.
4of II Sam "How vast thou not afraid to
stretch forth thy hand to destroy the Lords
$anointed?n and, sThe beauty of Isreal is slain
Aupon thy high places: how are the mighty fal-
Alenp' He gave concise and graphic account
#of the great mans ife-its trials and triumphs
BATTLES and victories; he attributed Garield's
Success to perseverance.and integrity. He spoke
with tenderness and emotion Of his assessina-
Iaton his heroic struggle for life, his death, and
3the potent influence Of his example. He
Sdwelt at some length upon the principles OF
8patriotism and loyalty, and our duties TO the
rl.,a9tIasies In gnfsian s6
~ tOr
ARK OF racolI6efion and regret-some token
8of sincere mourning, of profound respect and
Sof deyout appreciation-to one of the greatest
Hsouls that ever served the cause of patriotism
s5and virtue,"
q The chancel was appropriately draped.
q CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL,
q AT the Cathedral of the Immaculate Concep-
a4tion there we're three services during the day
all Of them highly interesting.
A FIRST PARISH.
81 The First Parish and Park street societies
sheld union services Monday, at II a. M, The
#exercises began with an organ voluntary by
SMr. Kotzschmar, and selection by the choir
aS.s o. come, let us worship and bow down." by
ssJ. r. Murray. Rev. DR.. Hill read the Psalm
beginning, "My God, my God, why hast Thou
a8forsaken ne?n The choir then sang 81 heard
IA voice from heaven. by Trowbridge. Rev
EsMr Alger of Park street church made brief
&remarks appropriate to the occasion, and q
.sprayer. Rev. Dr. Hill then spoke as follows
"a AS we Join to-day in the tribute OF respect
$8paid by so many thousands, not only IN our
*s8own but in other lands, to the memory OF
#3our late President, We cannot but remember
|Show rich a harvest death has reaped during
S4the last few summer months. He has, 1t If
zstrue. all seasons for his own, and there is no
9year of peace in which the gates to his temple
2are closed. But there are times when ne chooses
lzShis silent company; and he has recently been
&Stakinc from us many who had sustained high
land honorable positions IN our community
Your memory will recall more instances than
~ will take time to recount; OF one, VINO nae
y borne well the highest honors that our Stats
5&could bestow: of another, whose judicial dig
a nity and fair character had made him an hon
or 10 the whole country: and then, still more
S5receutly, of one, not of either OF our parishes
4but of our city, returning from Europe with
&fresh laulels, to resume his chosen labors
among us, but never reaching our shores; hi
body consigned to the deep amid the sorrow Of
|43bis brethren: his spirit ascending to
s!sthe presence of the Judge, accompanied
by The earnest grateful testimony O.
81 MANY hundreds who would say "he hath
31one works of mercy to multitudes of the
#least of thy brethren, surely he hath done il
#unto thee In one of our sister States they
&4baye Just lost one of the noble men of our owl
<2denomination, "a man honorable both IN CIVIL ant
military life, man neither pulled up by sue
7cess nor soured by failure, but who relied
humbly upon God and right to do his duty.
still keep in the line of my own personal ac
f24 f4 4ouaiutance although again step over denom
81 Irrational lines when say that only the day
$Sbefore yesterday was startled to see an an
OF bQe Suuu6u u0dtu VI Oiio VI tiis
H2sweetest and loveliest of all preachers OF thu
Rgospel, man who seemed more completely
&filled with the spirit of the sermon on the
M Mount than any other whom had ever seen
81 He was one of the most learned also OF thos'
3 peculiar people who refuse to allow themselve
S& to be called by any sectarian name; holding
BHthat it was by Divine direction that the dis
ciples were called Christians at Antioch; aht
l#who refuse to have any creed other than tht
44 44recorded words Of Christ and his apostles.
pa To these Christians, or to very simial
3sbody, l understand our late President belonged
ILL we eau arrive at any true understanding
~ him from published reports he seems to nave
H been simple, earnest believer in the religion
s. ]of the New Testament. Amid the excellent
8 qualities which have lifted him so high IN th'
4&affections of the nation and OF sympathlzlng
|FSfriends in other countries, the most promlnen
seems to me to be the single hearted sincerity
~ with which he seems to have continually salt
n Ito his own heart, One is your Father, ever
God; and one is your Master, even Christ.
W AS we join therefore to-day in the nnlversa
& tribute of respect to his memory. and as ou
recollection of other worthless who have gon'
n with him beyond the veil reminds us OF th'
<3 familiar truths, that life is uncertain and deati
certain; let us recall also and strive to initiate
u the fidelity to duty, the loyalty to Christ, rev
ference for conscience, the humble trust IN the
RI Father Almighty, which gave them their VIC
Sstory over the tempter, fheir supremacy ovel
2s&the dying, their peace which passeth t9e un !
axA fnt