The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-27
LATEST G'ELEGRAMS.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.

Cleveland, 25.-Rev. Boss C.
HoughtOn, pastor Of the First
NJ. e. Church, then offered the fol-
lowing prayer: "0h, God our father,
we bow before thee with the weight
Of a great sorrow upon our hearts.
Our beloved President is dead md
all our hopes which depended on his
wisdom and his integrity for their
fultilment are blighted. Just why
thou has suffered this sore trial to
come upon us We cannot tell, for as
thou hast not informed us Of the Sc
crets of thy government, thy
thoughts are not our thoughts,
thy was not our ways. We
bow in humble submission
to thy will and pray for divine help
that we may not, for one moment,
even doubt thy wisdom or thy love.
May the dark clouds that hang over
us burst in blessings on our heads.
Oh, God we acknowledge our sins;
we lmplore thy mercy; we rest in
thy love and we trust thee to see for
us all that is wiSest and all that is
best. We pray, oh, God! that this
great disappointment and this great
grief may be for the nations good
and thine own everlasting glory. We
rejoice in the light from thy throne
which already begins to dispel our
darkness and we believe, although
the earnest prayer of this nation for
the recovery Of our President, has
not been granted, still thou whist
not fail in thine infinite mercy and
love through his death, to bring to
us blessings more available. Oh,
God! we thank thee for the noble
and grand character of our departed
President, which stood out as pro-
minent before the world, and we
pray that the righteousness which
he loved and which he ex-
emplified may prevail in all
the land. Amid all the changes
thou only art the abiding
one of the world and the things of
the world are passing away, but in
the possession of thy love we are
safe and secure. Help us, Oh! God,
till all of earth's calamities be ever
past. Guard, in mercy, we pray
thee, the aged mother, the devoted
wife and the orphan children Of our
departed ruler. As their hearts are
overwhelmed, oh, compassionate
them, Savior, draw them to thy
self 4; may they rest upon thy bosom,
may they find peace and hope
and joy in the fulfillment
of thy precious promises, may the
mantle of the noble father fall
upon these worthy sons, and may
every member Of this stricken fam
lily be able to say. through the in
SEPARATION OF love and submission
FEATHER, thy will, not mine be done"
Grant, oh God! that this calamity,
this great affection, may draw this
family and this suffering nation to
a near relationship and more low
ing fellowship with thee; and amid
the mysteries of this large and seem
ingly conflicting dispenSatiOn,
grant that we may look forward
by faith, to thee; now IN the light
eternal, when we shall hear thy
voice say: "Said / not unto thee, if
thou WOuldSt believe thou shouldSt
see and believe" Let also thy bless
ings rich and full rest upon thy SER
want who has been called upon to
fulfil the grave responsibilities of
chief magistrate for the nation SO
suddenly and Unexpectedly. Bless
his cabinet, bless all who are asSo-
ciated with him in the affairs Of this
government. May they be men after
thine own heart; maya we be and
continue to be, despite our calama-
ties, prosperous and happy people;
prepare US, with divine help and
divine blessing, for the further
duties of this solemn hour, and
grant to US, when we lay aside all
that is mortal, and all that remains
of our beloved brother in the silent
grave, it may be with the blessed
hope of resurrection from the dead.
where we shall be forever with Lord
God. Guide us by thy cOnsel and
afterwards receive us to thine ex-
cellent glory, we ask it through
Christ, the Lord. Amen"
At this point The Vocal Society
sang DIS IOlIoWS.
To thee. Oh. Lord, I yield my spirit,
Who breaks in love this mortal chain;
Ny life l but from thee Inherit.
In death and life my chiefest gain.
In hee live, in thee die.
Content, for thou art ever nigh.
Rev. Isaac Everett, of Cincinnati,
then delivered an eloquent address,
taking for his text the following:
And the archers shot at King JOS
iah; and the. king said to his SER
wants, have me away for | am sore
wounded" His driver therefore
took him out of the chariot and put
him in the second chariot that he
had, and they brought him to Jeru-
salem and he died, and was buried
in one of the Sepulchres Of his
fathers, and all Judah and JeruSa-
lem mourned for Josiah; and Jere-
miah, and all the singing men and
the singing women spake Of Josiah
in their lamentations TO this day,
and made them an ordinance in
Jerusalem And behold they are
written in the lamentations. Now
the rest of the acts of Josiah and
his goodness according to that which