The Portland daily press., 1881-09-26

q goyernment is directly opposed to that, OF
#foreign nations. Kings are kept aloof from
SHtheir people. Our President is of, from and with
@the people. The spectacle of whole nation in
##mourning is due to the fact that the President
lis our truest representative man. The preacher
S8then reviewed the life of Garfield and said the
INTACT was impressive how different the lives
were of Garfield and Guiteau, both OF about
#8the same age, and yet how differently each had
X8developed his character one being q hero
&mourned by all; the other an assassin, selfish,
3 blatant office-seeker. Both represented two
&#types of politicians, by one of which the coun-
2try is served and honored and by the other
%&vexed and cursed One good result OF the late
{Eheinous crime of Guiteau has been the hush
&Sing to silence of political pickering; another,
5the remarkable manifestation of foreign SYM
apathy, a harbinger of the millennium; and
M@fnally events like these show the religious
Z character of our people, since they turn in
stinctively to the God OF our fathers
aA ST. PAUL's.
III ST. Paul's was appropriately decorated with
Smourning for our late President The reading
f#desk was heavily draped with black. The
|SElectern was draped with black, over which the
A% Ameriean flag was festooned The stalls on
Neither side of the chancel were also draped inI
H3black The rector, Rev. Arthur Little, after
H offering prayer, spoke in few brief but touch-
sa3ing words of the great loss sustained by the
nation in the death of our lamented and much
allowed President, abiding to the continued
$prayers which have been offered for his recov-|
&3ery. Though we may not understand theI
solemn answer which has come to our nation, i
s&Syet we know it has come in Gods way, which,
}$is the best way, and inasmuch as we haves
Sprayed in the true Christian spirit, that Gods
S#wll should be done, let us bow submissively!
VI to His divine will in this sad bereavement
$%calling upon his people to join in service of
$humiliation and prayer, to be held at st.
IN Pauis church Monday morning at 10 o'clock
W An appropriate anthem was well rendered bys
%the choir.
IN CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM.
N Services at this church were very impressive.I
NJ No badges of mourning were to be seen, butt
8Snstead the people brought offerings of flowers.
MI The organist played the "Dead March in SAUL
&for voluntary The choir sang blessed areh
a&the dead,' also Crest, spirit rest" The Sc
Ut Elections of music throughout the service weres
Inappropriate. The first scripture lesson consists
He'd of the reading of David's elegy on thes
s&death of Saul and Jonathan q Samuel, y. Pas-5
"a tor and congregation read responsibility an ap-5
q propriate Psalm. and the concluding scriptures
lesson consisted of readings from selected pas-S
*sages from the Old and New Testaments
IA The pastor delivered sermon from Ps. I
33xxxii, II. Twelve weeks ago, said the preach-s
$1er, the Temple of Liberty invaded, its sa-s
}#cred stiffness broken by the ring OF the assass
a%sn's pistol and at the foot of the altar the /
sAschief of the Republic sank down in his owns
sMblood. North and South, East and West haveS
s#come into the shaded chamber day after dayE
lHand watched with anxious breath the pitiful4
lEstruggle for life. The memory of those hours, {
Bathe Impressions that have been borne IN upons
#our soul will not soon pass away. The eyes off
s&the nation have looked upon touching scene.E
#These anxious friends, watching the hfe-tideH
#ebb and flow; this pure, noble, courageous, I
#Christian wife that ministers at the bedside d
8this patient, cheerful, trustful sufferer who hass
'&no other longing than that he may leave theA
s#place where ambition has been crowned, andy
;alook once more upon the old familiar roof tree
land sight the broad meadows and the pleasantly
Tnr nl1or arQ fiorTTra ofc RI
4&gotten. From such scene malice turns Always
SAashamed and casts aside for the nonce her 1m-S
IMPLEMENTS of torture; charity and love bends
lover the sufferer and the angel of faiths
s3smOoths the dying pillow. But God is OverSs
TALL. This death-so sad frem our earthly viewH
a2of it's under the care of Divine Proyidence.A
alt is not once nor twice that we have seen menE
s&caught away in their prime 1t is not once nork
ss8twice that good men have suffered and wastedHs
%away. Locked up within catastrophe areS
secrets which it will not disclose. We heardk
THE shot, the groan; we see the struggle whichE
|&nature makes and how step by step she Isl
Xbeaten back, until at last the angel of DeathE
szdrives pain, fear and anxiety out into the@
darkness and keeps solemn vigil over the life-E
Hess form. lis all we can see. But from*
1Nabove the all-sseing eye of God looks in uponk
s&the soul, and beholding its necessities as noneH
Ssof us can behold them, He calls the spirit untoM
:$Him whenever by SO doing He can best fulfillf
dts eternal wants. The pastor spoke at someS
sHlength upon the true foundation of a Repub-N
s4lic, and after paying tribute to the martyredE
%President, concluded his address by rcpeatingE
y Bonars touching lines,
n Beyond the parting and the meeting d
81 PINE STREET CHURCH.
q AT Pine street NJ. E. church the pulpit wasa2
s3draped On its right was a broken shaft, &
against which leaned picture of James A. i
#Garfield. On its left stood that OF Abrahamx
s%Lincoln. In front OF the organ was saspendedk
IA large flag over and on both sides of whichE
%were drapngs of black and white
q Rev. d. w. LeLacheur preached from Deut.A
32 chap, 31st verse-" For their rock is not asss.
s3our rock, their enemies themselves beings
Judges" He saii:-"We are assembled in thisS
s5house of God this Sabbath morning with alls
sAthe usual solemnity of the day upon us, andN
N with the unusual solemnity of nation in q
#mourning. A great, loved man has been reg
Sxmoved from the nation" He then gave full 8
8sketch of the life of the departed Presidents
with many an illustration interspersed. Hes
Showed what he intended to have done as gath s
Mered from his inaugural; protection to they
5Sfreedmen, free and pure ballot. free schoolss
$everywhere, civil service reform and the SUPP
%pression of Mormonism. He claimed thata
MGuiteau was creature of political corruption n
5a stalwart, the definition of which is man OPP &
3posed to the equally constituted Administrations
sFof the people, and that the rock of the nation.
was its belief in God. He asked for prayers%
|afor the nation and Garfeld's family.
81 CATHEDRAL IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
"a At the Cathedral of the Immaculate Cons
,Mception, Rt. Rev. Bishop Healy assembled the h
pulpit aud preached an eloquent discourse
(which he prefaced by paying a fitting tribute
I4to the deceased President. The people OF thls9
4country areItoday fill with sorrowiand humility :,
Mand are for the second time in their history
&called upon to bewail the loss of ruler who Ing
THE vigor of life was struck down by the hands
3of the assassin. From this we can see that theE
s5proper regard for lawful authority in on theE
|decline, fact to be deplored. The Presdent'sN
smemory is still living in th6sgratefnl hearts ofR
5Sithe people. We in common with those aboutN
s%us and throughout the world lament the loss Off
s$him who while in the proper discharge OF thek
sacred duties imposed upon him by the peopeN
"A was suddenly laid low. The Bishop closed by
&saying that masses would be celebrated to-dayE
Hat 6, 7 80 and a. M, and that the ParochialS
#schools would be closed out of respect to they
8 lamented President. 1
"a ST. DoMNIcs.
II The Pastor, Rev. G. w. Doherty, celebratedE
High Mass, after which he alluded in feeling5
& manner to the death of the much lamentedS
"a President Sorrow and mourning fill thes
I#hearts of the people to-day, consequent on theE
q loss of their chief magistrate. Universal grief
felt by all classes and we join with our fe 4
#lowmen in expressing our sorrow ifor the sadA
5&event which we are called upon to mourn,
MASS will be celebrated at $50 a. m L
8to-day, and St. Dominics school will closes
Z for the entire day.
# CHESTNUT STREET. ,
s# At Chestnut Street Church the chancel was5
%gracefully draped in mourning, and at the foots
<#of the reading desk was placed portrait ofs
sSGarfield, framed in black and white, while,E
;just in front, large vase of flowers sent forth
their perfume. The chorus sung with inea
effect, the hymn ''God grant him peace, ID
#Roschatz, ''Though faint yet pursuing" Bom-E
#bachs anthem, 81 heard voice fromS
#!Heaven,'' the hymn "God moves in mystic (
#|rious way" and "To Thee Lord" froma
'HSt Paul 5
n Dr. McKeown preached an admirable dis \
|&course from Romans Nv, IL.
81 PARK STREET.
n Rev. Mr.. AlgeI preached a very eloquentz
a discourse, using for his text the words of
y8Scrpture from 10th verse of the 46th Psalm
~ Be still and know that am God" 4
81 The speaker reviewed in vivid word picture,s
& the rapid elevation of a fellow citizen fromS
y the humblest walks in life to the eminence of
1.-THE ruler of great nation. The sweet disposi-f
zStion and noble traits of character of the manH
THAT so soon attracted the interest and atten-E
Etion of the world, the sudden striking downE
10y the assassins hand, the prayers and univer- 4
sal sympathy and grief throughout all theS
n Hand, were the most striking and impressiveE
kathst has ever agitated any age.
"a The speaker then showed, by Garfield, howk
haf n a