Daily Republican., 1881-09-26

lOOkou UPON tuo uiADo5iudVAou ~ tIAo Tt
suit of corruption in politics, anG
i'm proof of such corruption he in
stanced the whiskey frauds Of Presi
dent Grants administration, the Sta
Route postal frauds of the Hayes ad
ADMINISTRATION and the Sabbath desecra
tion aud general wiokedness which pre-
vailed in all administrations. He look
ed upon the death of Garfield as the re.
suit of the spOils system in politics.
that system which gave to the victol
!! the spOils of office without regard to the
character Of those who applied for office
Here was Guiteau who wanted an office
He had hung around Washington tol
@sOme months wirhout Reorganization
,,.from the President. He began to think
that there was no chance for him a.
long as Garfield was President, but il
Hhe would kill the President and make
Arthur President instead the latter
would be under obligations to him and
give him an office. This was the spiri,
that lead TO the assassination and the
nation should feel humiliated tnat il
Tolerated a system ofspoils that leads to
such results. When Elijah was taken
1up into Heaven his mantle fell upon
Elisha and Mr.. Stengle hoped that a.
Garfield passed into the spirit world his
mantle fell upon Arthur. But out OF
ali he praised God that though the Pre-,
sident was dead, God lives ard holds
the reigns of Government a. Lord OF
Lords and King Of Kis.gsr
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN.
The Central Presbyterian Church, on
King street near Eighth, was neatly
an nicely adorned with hangings OF
black. In the evening the pastor, Rev.
DIR. Nixon preached a mastery and eX-
haustive sermon on our late President
The services commenced with singing,
R"God Moves in Mysterious Way"
= followed by reading portion OF scrip
2ture. The Dr.. received the undivided
attention of his audience, while he
spoke of the deceased ruler, and held
; him up to the congregation as the man,
the statesman and the christian, and
said that the East, the West, the North,
: the South, with Old England and New
England, join together in mourning over
This grave. He paid a glowing tribute
; TO his character as a christian, and in
8vited the attention of yonng men to the
fact that President Garfield arose from
the lowest position in the land, to the
highest He was II dutiful son, that
honored and respected his aged mother,
Sdown to his latest breath. The DR.. re-
lated how when the President was a
young man he was ever trying 70 Sc
Acure position as school teacher, but
met with refusal whenever he applied ;
and he said that then he formed a reso-
lu'ion, never to seek position, but
rather to make himself worthy of it,
and let the position seek him this rule
y he ha kept through life, and all posi-
tions which he had held, even to thu
Presidency of the great republic had
come to him unsought. He exhortei his
hearers to put their trust in the God of
Washington and Independence, the God
!. # Lincoln and Liberty, the God of
Garfield and the whole country, and
closed in tones that almost seemed pro-
2phetic: "The Lord of Hosts is with US,
the God of Jacob is our refuge.
AT oLIvET CHURCH.
Olivet Presbyterian Church was very
neatly decorated for the solemn services
of yesterday. Broad bands of Grape
were so intertwiued with the National
HcOlors above the main entrance as tC
produce very pleasant effect Each
&chandelier was draped in graceful fold,
land the pulpit was almost concealed by
Ian artistic arrangement of its sombrt
dress, and beside the Bible were placed
two beautiful bouquets, while over tn
doors opening into the church parlol
were festoons of black supporting minia
ture flags. From the top of the higl
arch over the pulpit were suspended
long pendants reaching nearly to tht
'hoor, the whole surmounted by a
roset'e embracing the American flag il
its folds.
The exercises were begun by tht
choir singing:
beyond the parting and the meeting,
l shall be soon;
Beyond the farewell and the greeting,
Beyond the pulses fever beating,
shall be sOOn."
The pastor then announced that in
: the exercises of this solemn occasion lie
would adopt, as far as practicable, thF
programme already pursued i'll the
funeral services of our deceased PreSi.
dent, and announced the tune that was
rendered by the band that accompanied
. the funeral procession through the
streets of Washington City:
"Nearer my God to Thee,
Nearer to Thee
The scripture selections read wert
those used by the Rev. Or. Rankin
8during the services held in the rotunda
9Iof the Capitol.
> Rev. Mr.. Mallery announced as his
: text the peculiarly appropriate nassagt
|touud in the oath chapter of Ezekiel
|" Behold | take away from thee the de.
sire of thine eyes with stroke" The
= sermon that followed was interesting
and impressive The solemn services
: were concluded with prayer and the
>, ,benedictiOn.
OLD SwEDE'S.
The Old Swedes also Joined in tht
universal sorrow, and clad in robes OF
mourning, etfered her tribute to the il.
lustriOus dead. The music, under the
= &direction of Mr.. William }. Fisher, was
excellent and rendered in an effectiv
manner. The sermon on the death OF
the President was delivered in the even
= ing by the Rev. l.. NJ. Noigt, Of Phila
. delphia, from the 4th and 9TH verses of
E the 39th Psalm. He spoke feelingly OF
j., our deceased President, and paid a
glowing tribute to his many virtues
that the present was merely state OF
! probation, and we should so live as u
8be ready at any time to answer tn
summons that shall call us hence. Tn.
SPEAKER was listened to with marked
attention and the services were OF a
2higlly interesting character
GRACE NJ. f. CHURCH.
At Grace NJ. +. church the pulpit
chanceI and other parts of the church
were handsomely hung in mourning,
while in front of the altar a mound ol
immortelles, snrmounted by column
with dove resting upon the top
formed very handsome decoration
The sermon was delivered by the Rev
Mr.. Hill, son of Rev. Charles Hill, OF
A ,b,.., ,rhn ,howal hV his imDaS.