Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-09-24

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in the days of her affliction. He invoked
the Divine blessing on the fatherless chill.
dren that the sors should, under the ben.
ediction of God, grow up to noble man.
hood, and that the bereaved daughter
rise into a true and glorious womanhood,
and live to be the comfort of her widowed
mother. He appealed to God to have pity
ON the dear old mother over the mountains
waiting for the dead body of her darling
son, now that she was old and gray.
haired.
| Address of Rev. +. d. Power.
AS the closing words of the prayer died
away, Rev. F. D. Power, of the Vermont
avenue Christian church, of which Presi.
dent Garfield was a member, delivered a
feeling address. He spoke in a clear voice
aEd was distinctly heard in every portion
Of the hall. He said:
Inc cloud SO long pending over the
nation has at last burst upon our heads,
and We sit half crushed amid the ruin it
has wrought. A million prayers and hopes
and tears As far as human wisdom sees
We're vain. Our loved one has passed
from us. But there is relief. We look
away from the body. We forego for a
time the things that are seen. We remem-
Der with joy his faith in Gods Son, whose
gospel he sometimes helped to preach, and
which he always truly loved, and we see
light and blue sky through the cloud
structure and beauty instead of ruin hon
or,jmmortality, spiritual and eternal life in
the place of decay and death. The chief
glory of this man, as we think of him now,
was his discipleship to the school of Christ.
His attainments as scholar and a states
man will be the theme of OUR orators and
historians, and they must be worthy men
to speak his praise wOrthily. But it is as
Christian that We love to think of him
now. 1t was this which made his life to
man an invaluable boon, his death to us
an unspeakable loss, his eternity to him
self an Inheritance incorruptible and unde-
filed and that fadeth not away. He was no
sectarian his religion was as broad as the
reilSioD of Christ. He was simple Chris
tian. bound by no sectarian tics, and wholly
Ill fellowship with all pure spirits. He
was christOlogist rather than theolO-
glSt: lilo had the great reverence of the
family and relations. His example as
son, husband and father is glory to this
nation. His power over the human heart
was dccD and strong. Ho won men to him.
lie. had no enemies. The hand that
struck him was not the hand of his enemy,
but tho enemy of the position, the enemy
Oh tho country, the enemy of God. He
sought to do right-manward and Cod
ward. lie was a grander man than We
know. He wrought even in his pain bet
ter work for his nation than we can now
estimate. He fell at the height of his
achievements, not from any fault of bis,
but we may in some sense reverently
apply to him the words spoken
of his dear Lord "He was wound
cd for our transgressions. He was
bruised for our iniquities. The chastise
ment of our peace was put upon Him."
AS the nations remember the Mace
donian rs Alexander tho Great, aud the
Grccian as Aristides the Just, may not the
son of America be known as Garfield the
Good? Our president rests he had joy
in the glory of work, and he loved to talk
OF the leisure that did not come to him.
Now it is his; this day is precious, because
of the service it rendered. He is freed
spirit, absent from tho body he is present
with the Lord ON the heights. whence
came his help, he finds repose. What rest
has been his for these four days! The
brave spirit which cried in its body. Il
am tired, is where the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are
at rest. The patient. soul which
groaned under the burden of the suffering
flesh, "Oh, this pain, " is now in world
without pain. Spring comes, the flowers
bloom, the buds put forth, the birds sing.
Autumn rolls around, the birds have long
since hushed their voices, the flowers
faded and falling away, tho fairest foliage |
assumes sickly dying hue. So
earthly things pass away aud what is true
remains with God. The pageant moves,
the splendor ofarms aud the banners gilt
ter in the sunlight, aud tho music of in
and of OratOry swells upon the
air the cheers and praises of men re-
sound but the spring and summer pass by,
and the autumns sees a nation of sad eyes
and heavy hearts and what is. true re-
mains of God. "The eternal God is our
refuge and underneath arc the everlasting
arms"
The Funeral Journey.
After the ceremonies had concluded
with prayer by Rev. DR.. Butler. the re-
mains, followed by the distinguished as
senblage and escorted by the military,
naval and civic organizations, were con-
Vcycd through streets thronged with a
silent multitude, to the railroad depot;
Ind placed on tho train which is conveying
hem to Ohio, The funeral train left
Washington at 5:21 p. m, Philadelphia
lime, and arrived at the union depot, in
Baltimore, at 6:34. 1t is estimated that
learly $4,000 people were gathered
It the depot and in it's vicinity,
lmong them being the city officials,
several Grand Army posts and officers of
he Fifth Maryland regiment. AS the
rain passed into tho depot in the dusk of
he evening, the Vast throng uncovered
heir heads and remained uncovered until,
fter havin. changed engines, it passed
ut, ten minutes later. Similar scenes
vcre witnessed when tho train passed
Harrisburg and other places on the route. '
Tho train reached Altoona at 1:35 and :
Eft that point at 1:45 this morning, to '
each Pittsburgh about 6 o'clock. Hence- !
orth its progress can be traced by our Z
Geographic reports.
The Preparations In cleveland.
The body will be placed in the catafalquo
| Monumental Park in Cleveland. The .,
It selected for the burial is on the brow I
high ridge. commanding a sweeping
lew of Lake Erie and intervening a strip
country. 1t contains half an acre =
in the sightliest part of tho grounds,
I'd had been set apart by the trustees for
me purpose of more than usual import. :,
ice, supposing probably some Masonic or =
her society might some time wish it.
he lot could have been sold many times =,
'er for $40, 600 and more.
Sensible Conclusions. N
ashington Dispatch to Philadelphia Press.
Some Republican senators are of tie 81