The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-24

opening hymn,
Asleep In Jesus, Blessed Sleep"
which wus rendered by choir OF fifty
voices,
THE SERVICES,
Rev, DR.. Rankin then assembled the rails
ed platform at the head OF the catafalque
and read in a clear, distinct voice appro
priate selections from the scripture, among
which was the following familiar quotation
once used by the dead President:
The Lord reigneth; the floods have lifted
mp their voices. The Lord on high Is
mightier than the noise OF many waters.
Clouds and darkness are around and
about him, righteousness and Judgments are
the habitation OF His throne.
Rev, Dr. Errett then offered prayer, lie
spoke in u clear but low tone, and with
much evidence Of deep feeling, but, owing
to some confusion through the neglect OF
the Committee on Arrangements to pro-
vide seats for the choir, many Of his utter
ances were lost,
THE PRAYER,
"Our beloved President is dead" he said.
"Raised by the voice oi the people to the
Chief AlagistraCy OF this great nation, he
was stricken down by murderous hand
cut off in his glorious promise, and all tho
high hopes and expectations connected
with his administration OF public af-
fairs have sunk into disappointment and
nOthingness. Oh, Lord, us we stand in the
presence Of this fearful calamity may our
hearts bo exceedingly hnmbled before
Thee, and as we are short-sighted, We pray
that Thy hand may be reached down and
that wO may be taken through this dark
ness out into the light, and enable us to
realize that even in the thick set darkness
Thou dost not forget to be merCifll, and
while we deeply feel, beyond what we can
say in words, the bitterness of this atllic.
tion, we cannot forget, oh, Lord, how much
we have to be thankful for. We desire to
praise Thee that though the President dies
the Nation lives; that though our Chief
Magistrate Is thus cruelty and violently
taken away from lis the Government
moves on In the peaceful performance Of
all its functions; that there Is no jar In its
machinery, and that the blessings of good
government are still continued to liz IN all
the land. For this we praise Thee and we
humbly pray that the President who sits
near to our departed President may be
filled with all the love Of righteousness and
truth, and be prepared In every way by tho
blessings Of God for the faithful perform.
ance OF his responsible duties; may he be
able to guide the affairs OF this nation with
discretion; may party animOsity and strife
and sectional division be overcome by
means OF this sacrifice, 30 that to one people
in deeper sense than we have ever been
there may come blessings out OF this terri
BILE alllictiOn.
The gentleman then in conclusion paid
an eloquent and touching tribute to Mrs.
Garfield, referring to the noble and Chris.
tim spirit which she liad exhibited in the
hour OF sorrow and tribulation, and exhOrt-
ing her to look to God in the days Of her
ailliction. lie invoked divine blessing on
the iatherless children, that the sons
should under the benediction Of
God grow up to noble manhood,
and thnt the berGavcd daughter
might risc into u true and glorious woman-
hood, and live to be II comfort to her
widowed mother. lie appealed to God to
have pity on the dear old mother over the
mountains, waiting for tho Gead body Of
her darling son, now that she was old and
gray haired.
REV. POwER's ADDRESS. '
Rev. I. D. Power, Of Vermont Avenue
Church, Of which President Garfield was a
member, delivered feeling address. He
spoke in clear voice and was distinctly
heard In every portion Of the hull. He said:
"ThC cloud so long pending over the Ma
ton has at Inst burst upon our heads. Vest
half crushed amid the ruin it has wrought.
A million prayers, and hopes and
tears, as far M human wisdom sees, were
vain. Our loved one has passed from III,
but there Is no relief. We look away from
the body; we forget for the time things that
are seen; we remember with Joy his faith
in the son Of God, whose Gospel he some
times himself preached, and which he al.
ways truly loved, and we see the light and
blue sky through the cloud; structure md
beauty instead Of rain; glory, Immortality,
spiritual and eternal life in place ofdecay
and death. The chief glory Of this man, rs
we think Of him now, was his dis
ciplcship In tho school of Christ.
His attainments as scholar and states.
man will be the theme Of our orators
and historians, md they must be worthy
men to speak his praise worthily, but 1t Is
as christian we love TO think Of him now.
1t was this which made his life to lis
an Invaluable boon, his deAth to tlsan un-
sprakablc loss; his eternity to himself
in the Inheritance Of inCorrIptible, unde-
filed and that fadeth not away. He was no
scCtarian; his religion was as broad as the
religion OF Christ. He wassimply n Chris.
tian, bound by no sectarian ties,s and was
wholly in fellowship with all pure spir-
its. EIc wns Chrystaiogist rather than
thcologist He had great reverence for
family relations. His example as son,
husband and father, Is glory to his Na.
tion, lie had u most kindly nature.
Ills power over human hearts was
deep and strong and he won men
to film. lle had mo enemies The hand
TINT struck him was not the hand Of his
enemy but the enemy Of the position; Il 0
enemy Of the country; the enemy q
God, He sought to do right, mai.
ward and GodWard. lie was grandtr
man than We knew, lie wrought
even III his pulHI u DcllcI WuTh lul lIlc
Nation than we can now estimate. lie fell
at the heighto his achievements, not from
any fault OF his, but We may, in some
sctise, rpverently apply 10 him the
words spoken Of his dear Lord, ale was
wounded for our tr,ihsgFassiOns, he was
bruised for Onr inlquities The Clas.
tiseinent Of our peace was upon him. AS
the nations remember the Macedonian rs
Alexander tho [ireat and the Grecian
us Aristidcs the Just, may not this
son Of America be known us Garfield
The GOod2 Our President rests. lie
lad 10y in the glory Of work. lie
loved 10 talk Of the lOisnre that did not
come to him. Now he has H. This is the
clay, precious bccause Of the service u
rendered. lie Is u freed spirit. Absent
from The body lie Is present with the
Lord OF high, wheHrp came Ills
bnIn flo finds reDOse What