Morning journal and courier., 1881-12-28
The Late Leonard Bacon.


 Dwight.
 The funeral of Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon took place yesterday afternoon. The re- mains of the loved and eminent theologian, leader and preacher were removed from the much of his life work, at 12 o'clock, remain ing on view till 2:30, requiem music upon the organ accompanying the occasion. During the removal Center church bell tolled and the bells of Trinity church and the City Hall bell were tolled. It was a solemn and memorable day in the city. Hundreds wis tied the church despite the inclement wealth. CT to look once more upon the face of the honored dead The casket was adorned sim ply and chastely with snilax leaves and vines. Upon the communion table near stood a sheaf of wheat. The solemn draping of
 the church heightened the sombre, impress i've effect.
 Previous to conveying the remains to the church there was service at Dr. Bacon's late home at Il o'clock, the venerable ex- President Woolsey officiating The house was filled with the immediate friends and relatives ot the deceased. After the reading of several appropriate selections from the Scriptures the Center church choir very sweetly sang the 852d hymn, beginning Let saints below in raptures sings In his remarks which followed President Woolsey spoke with voice that at times faltered with deep emotion. He referred to the intimacy that existed between the dead and himself from their college days when they worked closely together. 'sWhen came here again in 1881 he was then fully established and be- ginning to exercise the full powers of his great mind One thing I recall to hind is that when we were in our senior year as classmates, it was in the winter of '19 or 20, T.. IL ~K -n1lS gious faith, and went for the first time to communion together. We left. He went to Andover and I became an instructor in col leee, a tutor. Some little while after, when Dr. Taylor left his profession;our dear friend, who had been away year and some months, was called into this great parish. He was only twenty-four years old. It was mighty undertaking. This was the largest or nearly the largest parish in New England, and it was a test for young man to enter into that work. His labors in his early years bore hard upon him, but God had given him an earnest and manly heart. He did his best, and soon became the head of the clergy of New Haven. But this was not enough. He felt that he must look into every question that bore upon religion and morality, and, as in the great question of slavery and other matters of interest, he was blessed with the doctrines of Christ. As we look back upon the amount of labor he had gone through with up to the time he gave up his pastorate, and beyond that we l still find him engaged in work, as the Apos- ! tie Paul said in season and out of season.
 "Who can estimate the good that this sin gle man has done in his work As he worked he grew in stature of mind and grace. He became attached to his people and they hon. ored and loved him. In his sermons on the Lords day he was edifying, for he had the happy power of bringing before the people I>z sE,.1 oF k11 To,,1 It is rare, my friends, that God gives to one man the power to continue in one place for forty years to continue in doing good for the kingdom of God. It has been blessed work"
 In closing, the lifelong friend and college classmate, long noted among the leading men of the nation, referred to his late co-labor- er's work in the theological department of Yale, to his amiable character and loving heart, to the sweet, harmonious associations ! between the deceased and his associates at the seminary to his long life and to the man y reasons the bereaved had to be proud of his great name and his noble life, for I say, nay | friends how blessed is God for such a life. The speaker concluded with deeply fervent and feeling prayer.
 AT THE CHURCH.
 Such an outpouring of people, among them so many of note and name on so dis nal and uninviting 8 day, with it's 1eaden | skies and drizzling rain, assembled to attend \ the public exercises, bore testimony that it | was no common event which had called them | together and told of an uncommon and great loss. Here were gathered men of high posi- | ton in some of the most honored walks of life, and men of weight in the councils of the nation, and people of prominence from all | IL ask ,e a1Iel | nations was represented, and the college in | all it's departments. The commonwealth and the city was represented by some of it's lead | ing men in past or present official position. f Hundreds of both sexes to whom the de. ceased had been for years, and many for gen. ! eration or more, their revered spiritual guide l were there, many with silvered heads and | cupied by Professors Dwight, Fisher and Bar. l bour and Rev. Dr. Hawes. After the read ! ing of the selections from the scripture by Professor Fisher the choir sang the anthem tsSleep Thy Last Sleep" Following prayer i was offered by Professor Fisher. The ad I dress by Professor Dwight followed, exciting | the deep interest and close attention of the audience. It was universally admired as
 beautiful tribute and is given in full as fol | lows
 PROFESSOR DwIGHT's ADDRESS
 We meet together, this afternoon, as com pany of friends-almost as the members O l single family-that we may render the las
 services of regard and kindly affection to I man who has long. been held in honor by u
 all We meet in this house of public wor
 ship, rather than at his own home, becaus
 no private dwelling could receive within itl
 walls the large numbers who, by reason O
 his departure from among us, are filled witt
 sense of personal bereavement, and becaus
 it seems fitting that one who has for so many
 years borne witness here for the truth an' | for God should be carried to his burial iron
 this consecrated place. But we do not nee
 for the utterance and hearing of formal eulo gy, or for the minute setting forth of thos
 events and works. which have made his ca reer SO remarkable time for this will b.
 asked for, and will be found, by the commu
 nity when, the first freshness of our grie
 having passed away, we may be able mor'
 calmly and thoughtfully to estimate what h.
 was and what he did. A great man and good man-such an one as does not ofte1
 live in any city, large or small, ,-the full mar
 rative of his life, whether told by some com potent and loving fellow-worker in the gooC
 cause here to an assembly of his townsmen or recorded in volume which may bear t,
 other regions and another generation tn
 knowledge of his character and his influence
 cannot but be blessing to every one t,
 whose serious reflection it may present itself It would be loss indeed if the story wer |
 to the world. To-day, however, we onl,
 speak to one another as if sorrowing house hold, sorrowing most of all for the wor,
 which we have heard that we shall see hi
 face no more. Our thoughts are voiced, as
 were, in half-suppressed whisper of afec
 ton and grateful memory in the very pres
 ence of the dead. They are spoken by on
 of the company to the rest, in the few mo
 ments before we say our last farewell at hi
 open grave. They cannot review the pas
 history. They must be imperfect even as re
 lated to the fullness of what we feel. Tn
 talk by the freside on many Sunday even ing in our several homes; the tender recol
 lections in many an hour Q
 converse. with our own minds,-these alon | will complete the picture to each one anon I us of the friend who has just left the thing
 that are seen for those that are unseen. An I yet-as in the family circle-we cannot hel
 recalling, even at this hour, some traits c his character, and asking the questions, wha of the past, and what of the future?
 Our friend who has now finished hi
 earthly work was man of varied powers an of admirable qualities, both of mind an
 heart He was made by nature on gran
 scale. We who knew him as fellow citize ! and friend came to understand this nor | | R..NI- Al-