Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-24
THE OBSEQUIES.
FUNERAL SERVICES AT THE CAPITOL

Tributes to the Memory of the
! lllustrious Dead.
| The funeral services of the late Prcsiden,
Garfield took place in the rotunda Of the
capitol at Washington yesterday afternoon
During the progress of the ceremonies the
appearance of tho rOtunda was solemn anG
impressive. The chairs, of which there
were 100 in the hall, were completely
filled, by distinguished personages, whilt
many persons remained standing in the
aisles. The glitter of the uniforms of the
army and navy, and the court uniforms of
the representatives OF the diplomatic
corps served to brighten, to a certain de
gree, the solemnityof tile scene.
When President Arthur entered, the
vast assemblage rose as of one accord tc
honor the new president, and when they
had resainedetheir seats the ceremonies
were opened with the hymn, "Asleep in
Jesus" beautifully rendered by the vol
unteer choir.
Passages by DR.. Rankin.
Rev. DR.. Rankin then assembled the raised
platform at the head of the catafalque,
and read in clear, distinct voice a mum
Der of scriptural selections, as follows
The Lord reigneth. The floods have
| lifted up their voice. The Lord ON high
is nightier than tho voice of many waters.
Clouds and darkness are around about
Him. righteousness and judgment are
| the habitatiOn of His throne. BY Him
kings reign and princes decree justice.
He changeth time and the seasons. He
| removeth kings and setteth up kings. For
there is no power but of God. The
powers that be are ordained of God
whosoevcr, therefore, resisteth the power
resisteth the ordinance of God, and they
that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation. Cease ye from man whose
breath is in his nostrils, for wherein is
he to be accounted Of? For, behold,
the Lord of Hosts doth take away from
Jerusalem Judah the mighty man the
man Of war, tho honorable man and
the counsellor and tho eloquent orator.
There is no man that hath power over the
spirit to retain tho spirit. Neither hath
he power in the day of death. And there
is no discharge in that war. Then shall he
be at rest with kings and counsellors of the
earth which built dcsolate places for them
selves. The clOds of the valley shall be
sweet unto him and every man shall draw
after him as there are innumcrable before
him. There the wicked cease from troub-
ling and there the weary be at rest Then
answered Jesus unto them Verify. verify
l say unto you. He that hcareth My word
and believeth in Him that sent NJ hath
everlasting life and shall not come into
condemnation, but hath passed from death.
Unto him that Overcometh will l grant
to sit with Me in My throne, even as also
overcome and sit down with My father in
His throne. Blessed are they that do His
commandments that they have right to
the tree of life aud may enter in through
the gates into the city, and they shall sec
His face and His name shall be in their
fOreheads. And he went little further
and fell on his face and prayed saying,
oh, My father, if it be possible let this
cup pass from Me, nevertheless not as l
will but as Thou wilt 1t became Him for
whom are all things and by whom are all
things, in bringing many sons unto glory to
make the Captain of their salvation
perfect through h suffering. The disci-
pie is not above his master. nor
the steward above his lord. 1t is
enough for the disciple that he 6c Us
his master, and the servant rs his lord.
Let your hearts not trouble ye, believing
God, believe also in me. l will not leave
you comfOrtless !; will come to you
leave thy fatherless children l will pre-
serve them alive, and let thy widow trust
in me. And it came to pass when they
came to Bethlehem that all the city was
moved about, and they said, is this
Naomi? And she said unto them, call INC
not Naomi, cal! me Maral, for tho lord
hath dealt very bitterly with me. II
went out full and the Lord has brought
me home again empty. For small nio !
ment have fOrsaken thee, but with great
mnroInC will / uafln, f1,oo I L.
face from thee for moment, but
with everlasting kindness will l have
mercy on thee, saith the Lord. the Re- |
deemer. And Jacob died and was gath
cred unto his people, and Joseph went
up to bury his father, and there went
up with them both chariots and horsemen.
and it was very great company. And |
when the inhabitants of the land saw the
they said, This is /: gricyons
to thee, and they did unto him
according as he had commanded them.
For they carried him into the land of
Canaan and buried him in the cave of the
lield of Machpelah, which Abraham
bought for a possession of q bury
ng place. | heard II voice from
heaven saying unto me, Blessed are
he dead which die in the Lord from
lenceforth. Yea, saith the spirit, that they
nay rest from their labOrs and their
works do follow them. would not have
'ou ignornant concerning which are
sleep, that ye sorrow not even as others
Which have no hope. For if we believe
hat Jesus died and rose again, even so
hem also that sleep in Jesus. Wherefore
Omfort one another with these words,
faithful is he that calleGh you who also
7ill do it. The Lord gave, the Lord hath
AIKEN away, blessed be the name of the
ord"
Prayer by Rev. DR.. Isaac Errett.
Rev. DIR. Isaac Errett then offered
rayer. He spoke in clear, but low tone
voice, and with much evidence of deep
'eling, but owing to the fact that some
ensued through neglect of the
on arrangements to provide i
'ats for the choir, many of his utterances i
ere lost. Sour beloved president is q
cad, !" hesaid. "Isaised by the voice OF tho v
eople of the chief magistracy of this o
reat nation, he was stricken down by i!
urderer, and cut off in his glorious a
'omise and all tho high hopes and cx- S
'ctatiOns connected with his aGministra- a
on of public affairs sank into disappOint- o
ent and nothingncss. Oh, Lord, as VIC 1
and in the presence of this fearful calam. o
may our hearts be exceedingly humbled
fore Thee and, as We are eShOrt.sighted.
. pray that Thy hand may be reached "
'wn, and we may be taken through this
rkness into the light; and enable us to O,
alize that even in thick darkness -,
lou doest not forget to be mcrciful. "
hile We deeply feel beyond what we can 1e
= in words the bitterness of this afflic- &C
N we cannot forget, oh. Lord. how at