Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-10-06
Religious Services.
. s)LENIN SCENE.

y > o1LEMN btENE.
AS the hour :3O-the cot
tage was closed. Soon after Chief
Justice Waite, Secretary and Mrs.
Blaine, Secretary and Mrs. Window,
Secretary and Mrs. Hunt, Postmaster
General and Mrs. James, and Secreta-
ries Lincoln and KirkwOOd and Atty.
Gen. MacVeagh arrived. Religious
services were conducted by Rev.
Charles J. Young. Of Long Branch, at
the request of Mrs. Garfield. There
were present, besides the family and
attendants, members of the cabinet.
their wives, and a few personal friends,
numbering in all not more than fifty.
When the moment for the services
was announced, the windows and
doors were closed, and the most sol
emn silence prevailed.
''THE SCRIPTURE READS" SAID TIE
PASTOR,
"'Blessed are the dead who die in the
Lord. Yea, saith the spirit, that they
may rest from their labors. and their
works 90 follow them We know"
said the pastor, "that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved
we have a building of Coda house
not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. Therefore, we are always
confident of knowing that whilst we
are at home i'm the body we are absent
from the Lord. We are confident, l
say, and willing, rather, to be absent
from the body. and to be present with
the Lord. am i'm the strait betwixt
two, having n desire TO depart and to
be with Christ, which is far better.
There the wicked cease from troubling,
and there the weary are at rest; and
there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow nor crying; neither shall there
be any more pain; and there shall be
no night there, and they need no can
die. neither the light of the sun, for
God giveth them light, and they shall
reign for ever and ever. Behold,
show you mystery. We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed in a
moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trump. For this corrupt
ble must put on interruption, and this
mortal must put on immortality. So
when this corruptible shall have put
on interruption, and this mortal shall
have put on immortality, then shall be
brought TO pass the saying that it is
written: Death is swallowed up in VIC
tory. o death, where is thy sting
% grave, where is thy victory? The
sting of death is sin; the strength of
sin is the law; but thanks be to God
who giveth us the victory, through our
Lord Jesus Christ. Let us pray"
THE PRAYER.
o Thou. who walked through the
grave of Bethany-that open grave of
the brother in Bethanyl o Thou, who
had compassion on the widow of Main,
she bore her beloved deadl o Thou,
who art the same yesterday, to-day and
forever; in whom is no variableness
nor shadow of turningl Have mercy
upon us in this hour when our souls
have nowhere else to fly. But we fly
to Thee. Thou knowest these sorrows
that we bow under. o Thou God of
the widow, help the stricken heart be
fore Thee. Help these children, and
those that are not here. BE their
Father. Help her in the distant state
who watched over him in childhood
Help this nation that is to-day bleeding
and bowed in sorrow before Thee. Oh
sanctify this heavy chastisement to its
good. Help those associated with him
in the government On Lord, grant
from the darkness of this night of sor.
row there may arise a better day fOI
the glory of God and the good of man
We thank Thee for the record of life
that is closed; for its heroic devotion
to principle. We thank Thee, o Lord
that he was Thy servant; that he
preached Thee by n noble life and ex.
ample, anj that we can say of him
now: BLESSED are the dead who die in
the Lord; their works do follow them.
Now, Lord. go with this sorrowine
company in this last sad journey. BeaI
them up and strengthen them. Oh God
bring us all at last to the morning that
has no shadows; the house that has no
tears; the land that has no death; fol
Christ's sake. Amen.