New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-24

III,
Messrs. judd Pruden, Warren Young Hindley and
Duke, Mr. and Mrs. Bolney, Colonel and Mrs. Cor
ON, Mrs. Pruden, Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery,
ana Mrs. Dean, representing the household
OF the late President, entered and took the /
seats reserved for them. The members of the House
hcers OF that body and by exSpeakers Randall and
Banks. They were followed by the Senators, Sena-
AT 3 o'clock the Cabinet and distin gushed guests
enereu emu III the following order: President Arthur
ayes sessrafy Blaine na Grant and
Mrs Lincoln, Secretary and Mrs. Hunt, Attorney
General @ 81 and Mrs; MacVeagh, Secretary Kirkwood
and Postmaster-Genera James, and Generals Drum
ana beale; The vast assembly of one accord
to honor the new President, and when they had re-
gained their seats the ceremonies opened with
the hymn, Asleep In Jesus" beautifully rendered
by the volunteer choir
PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE READ.
The Rev. Dr. Rankin then assembled the raised
platform at the head of the catafalque and read
In clear, distinct voice the following Scriptural
|selectons:
Voice THe Lp6S T6a lg gneth @ g The have lifted their
nm righteousness and Judgment the habtation Of
tce. He ohangeth the times and the seasons He re-
moveth kings and seteth up kings
"rdand Of 81 SS&
resist shall Tseeye tn tG Of and they that
he to be Gre9h e Is M in his nPst for is
nosts dotn take away from Jerusalem and from Judah
ne a mmisaty mn man the man Of war; the honorable man,
ihere Is no man that hath power the spirit to re-
tam the spirit neither hath he power the day of
ueann and there is no discharge in that war There
shal he he at rest with kings aud counsellors of the
olods of the valley shall he sweet unto him aud every
oSe b ns @raw SN a1er M nm as there are be
there the weary be at
unto YOU he that heareth My Word and beiieyeth on
him that sent Me- hath everlasting life and shall not
unto Ire So him that oyercometh will 1 grant.to sill
M %" 1h Wy My as in s asC n
they that do His commandments that they have right
To the tree of life and may through gates
into the city And they shall his face, aud his
And he went little further and fell on his face and
prayed, saying: o. my father if 1t possible let this
emp pass from Nevertheless not as / wiI but as
all things bringing many sons to glory to make
the Captain of their salvation perfect through suffering
above his lord is enough Tor the disciple
as hls master ana the servant as his lord;
in God believe also in will not leave you comfort
viii preserve them alive. And let thy widow trust
And it came to pass when they came TO Bethlehem.
that all the city moved about them And they said
om call me Mara; for the Lord hath dealt very ber,
with me- went out fun and the Lord hath brought
For small moment NONE have forsaken thee; but with
thee for moment but With eVerastns a kindness ass viii VIII
nave mercy on thee saith the Lord, thy kedeemer.
Joseph went bury his AND nsrS %en
wt& rSe eS & a wRsH h Sna
OF the Land saw the ournng they said this is griev
he had commanded them For they carried him into
as land of n c"n1a9 SS1a and buried him in ne
Abraham bought for a possession of burying place
write, blessed The dead which die the Lord from
saith s 5he spirit m that they may rest from
would not have you to be ignorant concerning which
no hope For five believe that Jesus died and rose
again even so them also that sleep in Jesus viii God
these words Faithful is he that calcth you who
The Lord gave, the Lord hath taken away. Blessed
the name OF the Lord
Dr. ERRErrs PRAYER.
The Rev. DIR. Isaac Errett then offered PRAYER
7 He spoke in a clear, but low of voice. and with
much evidence of deep feeling, but many of his ut
terances were lost. He sand
Our beloved President is dead Raised by the voice
tion, he was stricken down by murderous handcut OFF
in his glorious promise and ali the high hopes and ex
pectations connected with ais OF public
affairs sunk into disappointment aud nothngncss o
q y, may our hearts be exceedingly hunDied before
fhee. ami as we are shortsghted, pray that Thy
through this into the light and enable us
q forget to be merciu And while we deeply feel Beyond
what we can say in words the bitterness of this acton
Lord how much & we haze ,ss to be thankful for W.
ne Nation ves that t6oagn our Ue G Masrs M
q thus cruelty and violently taken away from
ernment moves III the peaceful performance all It's
functions that there is no jar IN its machinery,
81 that the blessings OF good Government
"A tinued TO in all the land For this we praise
= Thee and we humby pray that the Presl-
may be iied With ali love of rghteosness and truth
ana be prepared in every hing blessing OF GOD
lor the faithful performance of mis- responsible duties.
May he be able To guide The affairs this Nation with
discretion may party anmosity and strife aud sectional
division be overcome by means OF this sacrifice that
one people in deeper sense than We nave been,
r. there come blessings out OF this terrible acon
81 The reverend gentleman then in conclusion paid
an eloquent and touching tribute to Mrs. Garfield,
referring to the noble and Christian spirit which she
u had exhibited in tue hour of sorrow and trbuatou
and exh0rting her to look to God in the days OF her
+ afction. He invoked the Divine blessing on the
fatherless Children that the should under the
benedlctlon OF God, grow up to a noble manhood,
= and that the bcreaved daughter might rise INTO a
true, glorious wOmanhood, and live To be the COM
a fort OF her widowed mother. lie appealed to God
g TO have pity the dear Old mother the noun
n tins waiting for the dead body of her darling SON.
now that She was old and gray haired.
n DIR. POwERs's fULoGY.
AS the closing words of the prayer died away the
q Rev. f. d. Powers, of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, of which President Garfield was a mem ber
delivered feeling address. He spoke in clear
II voice and was distinctly heard in every portion OF
the hall.
The cloud 80 long pending Nation has at last
ruin 1t has brought million million prayers and hopes
and tears far human wisdom sees we're vain. OuI
look away from the body We forgot for time, the
Is things that seem We remember with joy ms
times hn,self preached, and which he always truly
loved. And we see light and blue sky through
p glory, honor, Immortality, spiritual and eteri;
life In the place of decay and death The chief glory
4 this think OF him his dscipeship
h the school of Christ His attainmens scholar and
statesman will be the theme OF our orators and histo
worhy But it is as Christian that we love to think
Of him now 1t was this which made his e to- man an
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