The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-09-29

At 2:lO the general public having tickets Of
admission were allowed to enter. Twelve
hundred tickets Of admission in al were is
sued. and At least l, 500 people witnessed the
ceremony. Tho last side rows Of chairs around
the rotunda were devoted to the public. One
row next was assigned to correspondents.
Among
THOSE WHO CAME IN
at this time was Gov. Hoyt aud STAFF OF Penn
sylvania, the representatives OF the Phiiadei-
phia city council, delegates from the board OF
aldermen Of New York and Boston, Ex-Secre-
tary Of War Ramsey aud many ex-congress-
mon. After the lapse OF possibly ten minutes,
Justices Mathews and Harlan and ex-Justice
Strong Of the Supromo court, entered and took
seats on ono side Of tho sofas facing the cata'
faiouo. There WAS little hustle and the
familiar faces of Col. Corbin with Mrs. Corbin,
DR.. Eoynton, Private Secretary Brown, Execn-
tive Clerks prnden, Young, Henley and Nor
ton and others and the messengers OF the
White House with their families. Tie attend
ants were attirel in mourning and theii faces
clearly showed the sorrow which they
felt Tho occupied the sofas on tho
south edo OF the catafalque. Tho members
Of foreign legations had all arrived by this
time. and their SNOWY uniforms out rivaled
those OF the officers Of tho army and navy who
were seated in the middle Of the east section.
Tho ladies and gentleman OF the philharmonic
society cutercd and stood near tho coffin on the
south side of the catafalque. At 100 tho
members of the honse of representatives en-
tered from tho south door, They formed in
double line aud marched over to the rotunda.
Sergeant at Arms Thompson and Clerk Adams
led the PROCESSION Kasson Of Iowa aud Tucker
of Virginia were next. followed by ex-Speakor
Randall and Gen. Banks. There we're about
seventy members in line, and they took the
| front seats on tho south ection. Five minutes
| later there was r,omehtary hum of
MINGLED CURIOSITY AND EXCITEMENT,
| and the crowd instantancously rose to it's feet
| President Arthur. the cabine: and senators
were entering Doorkeeper Basset!. who walked
| in a similar procession when the funeral Of
President Lincoln took place. walked by tho
sdo Of Sergeant alarms Bright. Following
! were President Arthur, Secretary Blaine, OK
| President Grant and President Hayes, Sec
retarics Window and Hunt, Secretaries Lin
coin and Krkwood. and Postmaster General
James Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Lincoln
and Mrs. Window accompanied their husbands,
|
The president and members Of the cabinet oc-
cupied the sofa on the right of the head Of the
coffin. Tho senators occupied chairs directly
in tho rear. As soon as the procession had
entered, the audience resumed their seats
| Precisely at 3 o'clock the services began. The
only impressive or beautiful feature WAS the
opening anthem. There were no musical in
struments to accompany the voices and the
clear, harmonious notes of the singers echoed
through the lofty hall aud thrilled every heart
The voices of the clergymen were generally
ind,stlnct the acoustic properties Of the ro-
tunda being poor. The audience listened at
tentivey 10 every word that could be heard,
but there was lack Of any manifestation of
| feeling, such as has been exhibited by the
masses ot the people outside for the past four
days.
were opened with tho hymn, Asleep III Jesus,
beautifully rendered by volunteer choir
Rev DR.. Rankin then assembled the platform
at the rear of the catafalque and read in a
clear, distinct voice the following selections Of
scripture:
The Lord reigneth The foods have lifted up
their voice. The Lord on high is michter than the
around about him. Riehtesuspess and judgment
are habttations Of his throne BY him kings reign
and princes decree Justice. He changeth
up kings, for there is no power but Of God. The
powers that lie are ordained OF God. Whosoever,
therefore, resisteth the power resiste:h the
| shall receive to themselves lamnation. Cease
ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils, for
behold the Lord. the Lord Of Hosts: doth take away
from Jerusalem and from Judah the mighty man,
| the man OF war. the honorable IMAM, and the coun-
seor and eloquent orator. There is no man
that hath power over the spirit to retain the spit,
fhaN bofh hx. Ha1yn ~ dnnth
there is no discharge In that way then shall he be
at rest with the kings and counsellors of earth
which built desolate places for themselves. The
every man shall draw after him IS then innnmera-
be before him: There the wicked cease
ad the " . ,
say unto You: he that heareth my words and be-
lieveth on On him that sent me shall have ever
em"sto" but hath s Iu %sse s1 from death esa
into life. 10 him that overcometh will grant to
sit with me on my throne. even as also overcome
blessed are they that do his commandments, that
hey have right to the tree of life and may enter
through the gates the city, and they shalt his
he went little further and fell on his face and
prayed, saying: "Oh, my father! it it he possible.
let this cup rass from me; Nevertheless, not as
are all things and by whom are all things in
bringing many sons to glory TO make the captain OF
their sava':o,s perfect through suffering. The
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above his lord: 1t is enough for the disciple that
he be as his master, and servaat % hts
lord. Let nSt Your hearts be troubled.
not leave you comfortless viii come to YOU "'a.
ahS ct 1 wGo% ra; '
A,d it came 10 pass. when they came to Beth;
s5Sas and me they ss .a,a wa: %G ;s''
not Naomi e e.. aa,o Mors an fSr the %er
hath dealt very bitterly with me- 1 went out full
ana the Lord hath brought me home again empty,
cut 'he e great s'''s' my wi" face f f1on
tnfG for lam moment but With 9TH, everlasting tndns;'
thy Redeener." And Jacob died. and was
gathered unto his people And Joseph went
up to bury his father, and there went with them
both chariots and horsemen. and it very great
the land saw the mourning they said
this is grcyious warning to thee and they did unto
they carried him into the land Of Canaan and buried
him in the cave Of Macphela, which Abraham
bought Tor possession OF burying place.
REV. ISAAC EvRErr
then offered prayer. He spoke in = clear but
low tono and with much evidence of deep feel.
ing.
orr beloved president he said, raised by the
voice of the People to the chief magistracy of this
great nation. He was stricken down by
| u numerous nan0, cut OIL IN his
glouious promise and all the high hopes aud expec-
'asoas connected with his administration Of public
anii!s sunk into disappointment and
nohngness Oh great Lord, as We
stand in the Of this fearful calamity. May
our hearts be exceedingly humbled before thee and
As We are enthusiastically we pray that thy hand may
be reached do*n, ana may be taken through this
darkness out into light. and enable us to realize
that even in thckcst darkness thou dost not forget
to he merciful. And while We deeply feel
| beyond what we can say In words,
bitterness Of this affection. we cannot forget Oh
Lord. how much we have to DO thank
| full for. We desire to praise thee
that though the president dies the
nation live that through our chief magistrate ia thus
cruelty and violently taken away from us. the gov
eminent moves on in the peaceful performance Of
OF all its fl, ions; that there is jar in its ma
chinery. and that the blessings of good government
are still continued to us in all the land For this
| we praise the, and we humby Gray that the
president, who sits now the dear
departed may be filed with all the
| love Of righteousness and the truth,
and be prepared in every way by the blessing of
! God for the faithful performance
| OF his responsible duties. May he
be able to guide the affairs of this nation with dis
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