The Owosso times., 1881-10-07
THE NATION MOURNS.

During the period in viii ch the pa
vilion was open to visitors a line was
formed by the military extending some
distance from the entrance and the exit
OF the park, and through this the
throng passed. Between A and 5
o'clock on Sunday afternoon the Ma inc
band played number Of funeral and
sacred pieces.
All through Sunday night and the
multitude continued to arrive until it
was estimated that 250, 900 people were
upon the streets of Cleveland. AS
about Q o'clock Monday morning the
gates of the park were closed and pre-
parations made for the funeral servicet.
Seats about the catafalque had been
provided for the family, the distin-
guished guests and the participants in
the services.
Rev. DR.. j. p. Robinson presided
over the services which were grand in
their simplicity. BeethOvens funeral
hymn was sung by the Cleveland vocal
society, after which the Rev. Bishop
Bedell read selections of scripture. AT
ter prayer by Rev. II. G. Houghton the
vocal society sang
"TO thee. o Lord, l yield my spirit"
Rev. DIR. Isaac Errett of Cincinnati
delivered the funeral discourse, taking
for his text the following:
And the archers shot at King Josiah and the king
| said to his servants, "iave mo away for l am
out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot
| that he had. and they brought him to Jerusalem
| and he died and he was buried I'm one of tho sepul
chres of his fathers, and all judah and Jerusalem
mournel for Josiah For behold
| the ord, the Lord OF hosts, doth take away
! from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the
stan; the whole stay Of bread and the whole stay
| of water The mighty man and the man OF wal
and the prophet and the prudent and the ancient
the captain of fifty and the honorable man and the
counselor and the cunning artiicer and the elo
| quent or;t r The voice said Cry" and he said
| what shall &c " All flesh is grass and all thu
| good mess thereof Is as the flower of the Held
He referred to the universal mourn
ing, "without parallel in the history OF
the world"and estimated that 300, 900,
coo people shared in the sorrow of thu
hour. He reviewed the life of him o.
whom he spoke and pointed out the
lesson to be drawn from it.
His tribute was simbut ed exceed
ingly touching in it's pictures Of tn,
virtues of his friend, the nation'
dead.
AT the close of DR.. Erret's address
Rev. Jabez Hall read Garfield's favor
lite hymn, "Ilo, reapers of life's har
vest" which was sung by the vocal so
ciety. Rev. Chas. s. POmeroy thel
closed the services by prayer. The flu
neral procession was then formed ant
slowly wended its solemn way to tn
cemetery in the following order:
! Gen. James Earnett,
| Marshall, In CHI eff and staff.
FIRST rIvIsIoN.-visiting Military organization
| under command of Col. IL M. Duffied,
| of Detroit.
SECOND DIVISION Uniformed societies, Knight
| Tempar and others.
| THIRD nIvIsION.-Vetcran and other societies
| FoUdTH DIVISION Civic Socities
| FIFTH DIVISION -, 'athoc Societies.
| SIXTH iIvIsIoN.--Organlzed bodies of citizens
SEVENTH DIvISIoN.--Funeral Escort-Col JON
| Nj. Wilson, u. g. A, commanding.
| Marine Band of Washington, ID. q.
| Cleveland Iity Troops.
| Funeral nr and Bearers.
T etachmcnt of Second Uni ed st,tes Artillery. un
| der co nmand of Lieut.. Weaver.
BAIT lion of Knights Templar
| Cleveland CIR Us.
| EIGHTH DIVISION arri1g,s
The ninth division consisted of TIT
10 National Guard. who were assign
ed the duty of guarding the cemeter!
and the route of the procession. A
43O the cortege arrived at the GENE
terry where elaborate preparations hat
been made for the reception of thu
body. At the vault more music wa
rendered and chaplain J. Ii. Jones, O
Garlield's old regiment, spoke feeling
ly.
The remains will be removed from
the vault as soon as the plct selecte(
can be fully prepared.