Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-09-29

At 2:I0 the general public having tickets of
admission were allowed to enter. Twelve
hundred tickets of admission in oil were ID
sued. and at least ], 500 people witnessed the
ceremony. The last side rows of chairs around
the rotuntla were devoted to the public. One
row next was assigned to correspondents
Among
THOSE WHO GAME IN
at this time was Gov. Hoyt and STAFF Of Penn
s,lvania, the representatives Of the Philadel-
phia city council, delegates from the board OF
aldermen of New York and Boston, Ex-Secre-
tary of War Ramsey aud many ex-congress-
men. After tho lapse of possibly ten minutes,
| Justices Mathews and Harlan and ex-Justicu
| Strong of the Supreme court, entered aud took
| seats on one side Of the sofas facing the cata-
| falaue. There was a littlo hustle and the
| familiar faces of Col. Corbin with Mrs. Corbin,
| Dr. Boynton, Private Secretary Brown, Execu-
tive Clerks Pruden, Young, Henley and Nor
| ton and others and the messengers of tho
| White House with their families. The attend
ants were attirea in mourning and theif faces
| clearly showed the sorrow which they
| felt The occupied the sofas on tho
| south side of the catafalque. The members
| of foreign legations had all arrived by this
time and their SNOWY uniforms out rivaled
| those of the officers of the army and navy who
were seated in the middle Of the east section.
| The ladies' and gentleman of tic Philharmonic
society entered and stood near the coffin on tho
| south side of the catafalque. AT ZOO the
| members of the house Of representatives en-
tered from the south door. They formed in
| double line and marched over to the rotunda.
Sergeant alarms Thompson and Clerk Adams
| led the procession Kasson Of Iowa and Tucker
| of Virginia were next. followed by ex-Speaker
| Randall and Gen. Banks There were about
| seventy members in line, and they took the
| front seats Oh the south section Five minutes
later there WAS momentary hum OF
| MINGLED CURIOSITY AND EXCITEMENT,
| and the crowd instantaneously rose to it's feet.
| President Arthur, the cabinet and senators
were entering. Doorkeeper Bassett. who walked
in similar procession when the funeral OF
| President Lincoln took place. walked by the
side of Sergeant alarms Bright. Following
were President Arthur, Secretary Blaine, ex-
President Grant and ex-President Hayes Sec
retaries Window and Hunt, Secretaries Lin
coin and Kirkwood, and Postmaster General
James Mrs. Blaine, Mrs. Hunt, Mrs. Lincoln
and Mrs Window accompanied their husbands,
and took seats on the left of the north aisle.
The president and members of the cabinet oc
| TIC SUN til0 VI UhO AiOoa Va wiz
coffin The senators occupied chairs directly
in the rear. As soon as the procession had
entered, the audience resumed their seats.
Precisely at 3 o'clock the services began. The
ONLY impressive or beautiful feature was the
opening antht m. There were no musical in
struments to accompany the voices, and the
| clear harmonious notes of the singers echoed
through the lofty hall and thrilled every heart
| The voices of the clergymen we're generally
ind,stlnct, the acoustic properties of the ro-
| tunds being poor. The audience listened at
tentively to every word that could be heard,
but there was a lack of any manifestation of
feeling, such as has been exhibited by the
masses Of the people outside for the past four
days.
| THE CEREMONIES
were opened with tho hymn, Asleep in Jesus
beautifully rendered by volunteer choir.
Rev. Dr. Rankin then assembled the platform
at the rear of the catafalque and read in a
clear, distinct voice the following selections of
scripture:
The Lord regneth. The floods have lifted up
voice of many waters. Clouds and darkness are
around about him. Righteousness and Judgment
are habftations Of his throne, By him kings reign
times and seasons He removeth kings and setteth
up kings, for there is no power but of God The
powers that be ordained Of God. Whosoever,
ordinance of God, and they that resist
shall receive to themselves damnation. Cease
We from man whose breath is in his nostrils, for
behold the Lord, the Lord of Hosts, doth take away
from Jerusalem and from Judah the mighty man.
the man of war, the honorable man. and the coun-
sellor and eloquent orator There is no man ma,
neither hath he power in the day of DEATH and
there is discharge In that way then shall he be
at rest with the kings and councillors of earth
| Ubic buil deSolsfa plareS for themselves. The
clods OF the valley shall be sweet unto him, and
every man shall draw after him as then innumera-
bic before him. There the wicked cease
from troubling and the weary are at rest.
Then answered Jesus unto them: "Verly, verify.
| say unto You: he that heareth my words and be-
eveth on him that sent Inc shall have ever
lasting life, and shall not come, into con-
domination. but hath passed from death
into life. To him that overcometh will grant to
and sit down with my Father on his throne.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that
hey have right to the tree of life, and may enter
face and his shall be on their foreheads. And
he went a little farther and fell on his face and
prayed, saying: "Oh my father! if it be possible.
viii but as thou wilt 1t became him for whom
are all things and by whom are all things in
their salvat' ons perfect through suffering The
disciple is not above his master nor the servant
above his lord 1t is enough for the disciple that
Ye believe in God, but believe also in me. will
not leave you comfortless I will come to you.
tnH st thy wdow in
And it came to pass, when they came to Beth
ias t fbes and the they city Said was mI ts
e not she Call m ad Mora unto the ths
hath dealt very bitterly with me. l went out full
and the Lord hath brought me home again empty
For small moment have I forsaken thee
but T hae great m nsa my wi" face f faon
thee for moment. but with everlasting kindness
will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord
gathered unto his people And Joseph wen
up to bury his father, and there went with then
both chariots and horsemen. and it was very grea
t tHe land A saw the Mourning s they sai'
this is grevous warning to thee, and they did unit
him according he had commanded them. TO
him in the cave of Macphela, which Abraham
ught for possession of burying place.
REV. ISAAC EvRETT
then offered prayer. He spoke in clear bu
low tone and with much evidence Of deep feel
ing
our beloved president" he said, raised by thu
voice of the people to the chief magistracy of thi
great nation. He was stricken down b
murderogs hand nd cut of IN nj
tatsons connected with his administration Of publ
| affairs SUNK 1nGO DISAPPOINTMENT an
nothingness. Oh great Lord, as W
stand in the presence of this fearful calamity. Ma
our hearts be exceedingly humbled before thee an
AS we are short siRhted,we pray that thy hand ma
be reached down, and m ay be taken through thi
, darkness out into light, and enable US to realiz
that even in thickest darkness thou dost not forge
to be merciful And while we deeply fee
, beyond what we can say in words
bitterness Of this affection. cannot forget, oh
Lord, how much we have to be thank
full for. We desire to praise the
that though the president dies til
nation live that through chief magistrate is thu
cruelty and violently taken away from us, the gov
eminent moves on in the peaceful performance &
of all its f, ions; that there is no jar in its ma
chinery, and that the blessings Of good government
| are still continued to rs in all the land For thi
we praise the, and we humbly pray that tn
departed may be filled with all tn
{ love of righteousness and the truth
and be prepared in every way by the blessing
God for the faithful performance
of his responsible duties. May b
be able to guide the affairs of this nation with dis
/ Nav ify and orfu md