The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-10-04
in MEMORIAM.
Render All to the Giver of
All.
The Last Honors to The First
Of Americans.
The Services in Honor Of the
Dead President To-day.
All the Military and Civic Author
tiles and Societies in the
Procession.


chief to-day, were participated in by all
our citizens without regard 10 race, color
or politics. As the bells tolled the tuner
cal notes. sounding sadder than at any
time since they tolied for Lincoln, of glor-
Passing from Usage 10 Third streets. the
line marched TO LAFAYETTE avenue; thence TO
Fifth street; thence To Washington avenue;
thence 10 Broadway; thence to Ohio street.
and thence TO Main street and Smiths hall,
Here the ministry of the city were as
sembled. MANY were the touching words
they spoke of the dead. of all his suffer
ings and his redemption thence.
The procession was under the charge Of
Major A. =. Morey, and consisted OF the
following organizations:
Queen city guards; Union veteran club;
all the city officers; Knights Templar;
A. f. and 4. Masons; Ancient Order OF
Workmen; ROYAL Templars Of Temper
ance; Catholic benevolent society; ID. o.
II. society; fire department; Sedalia silver
corEet band: Sedalia rifles; colored Ma
sons.
Throughout the line OF march, the bus
mess houses, private residences and
churches were heavily draped in mourn
ing, denoting the universal sorrow OF the
people. The streets were lined with the
solemn and sympathetic ihrong. The Bit
terest enemy of Garfield, if any there were
in all the vast cOncourse must have sor-
rowed like the rest, as the God-like maxim
DE mortuis MI Disi bonum, rose in his heart.
Smiths opera house was beautifully dec
Grated Along the gallery the entire
length In front, was continuous line OF
black crepe, and also along the ceiling
around the entire circle. AT entervals of
about ten feet the crepe was looped up and
tied with band of white crepe, and also
every five feet small flags were fastened 10
the crepe, dropping down over it.
Over the private boxes were also
wide bands of crepe, fastened with
beautifully fashioned white rosettes. The
white crepe dropping down over the white
lace curtains, to which were also fastened
small American Gags. At the ceiling oycr
the stage, among a festoon OF crepe and
evergreens, hung a small steel plate en-
craving of President Garfield, under which,
on black cloth ground surrounded by an
evergreen scroll, were the words in white,
"ione Home" Directly in TIE rear OF
this and lower down over the
center OF the stage, on a white
ground were the memorable words of Gen.
Garfield, at the threatened riot in New
York. lust after the assassination OF Pres
Ident Lincoln: God reigns, and the gov
eminent at Washington still lives" The
inscription was about eight feet long and
made of evergreen sprigs, surrounded by
an evergreen border. To the lower edge
of the ins ription was attached wide
strip of black crepe looped up lii
four places with bands OF
white, forming a beautiful festoon
interspersed with evergreen. Against the
wall at the rear of the stage draped in
mourning with a smaller flag on either
side. The front of the stage was covered
with white muslin, upon which were
fastened bouquets OF choice flowers IN al
most adless variety.
THE MEMORIAL SERVICES
began by dirge by the Sedalia Silver Cor
net band, which was followed by an an
them by the choir, and bv reading of scrip
lures, and an eloquent and pathetic pray
er, by Rev. Fuller, of the Baptis' church,
after which the choir sang beautiful
hymn. After brief pause in the cere-
monies, Rev. Heinlein, of the Ohio street,
NJ. K. church, steppad to the front OF the
stage, and delivered a brief and beautiful
address upon The life and christian char
acter of president Garfield. Hon. John
r. Philips was the next speaker, and in
the brief time allotted TO him, he said what
II elaborated might fill an entire volume
He said that rarely i'm the history of the
world had such spectacle been presented
a. to-day.
4 great man, one of the best and pureSi
Of patriots with which God ever blessed a
nation, has fallen by the hand of an assas-
sin, and the nation weeps and the world
mourns Wherever is heard the sound of
human voice, on land or sea, hearts are
beating in sympathy with America in her
great bereavement, James \. Garfield was
splendid type of American manhood.
In the political arena, in the halls of con-
gress, In the private walks of life, in the
army and in the presidential chair. he Was
the same fair, honorable, noble, consistent
man. The great characters which adorn
the pages of history have stepped forth
from the forge, the field and the work
shop. and now from the tow path comes
one of the truest, purest, and greatest of
earth's noble men, James A. Garfield
Naturalists tells us that there are some
birds. which fy swifest against the
storm. and So il was with him We mourn
today. Up from the lowest level of life
step 10y step, with his eyes fixed stead
lastly upon the shining mark glitiering an
The heights, he climbed steadily upward
while the tempest ragged around him,
until at last he reached the summit.
only to be struck down bv
the ha'i of an assassin. His
patience and heroism during the long
DAYS and weeks of his suffering are with
out PARALLEL in history. His domestic
life was sweet and beautiful, and his pass
ing away ike an infant falling TO sleep on
its mothers breast. Rev. a. j. Van
Wagner delivered a brief and thrilling
address aud was followed by Rev. Beattie,
who spoke particularly and feelingly Of