National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-09-26
Dunbar,on street (,I. Ed Church.

AT Dunbarton Street on. e. Church the
services were conducted and the sermon delivered
by Rev. ]. McKendree Kelley, d. d., the regular
pastor OF the church. In the opening prayer the
blessings Of God were invoked upon the stricken
family Of the late President and Divine grace was
besought to turn this chastisement to the Nations
good, aud to uphold the hands Of the new Execu,
tive and those who were to assist him In ca, ~
on the work of the Government The ''Ih pfying
eighth verse OF the fourteenth lie .e1ext was the
ofJercmlah-"o h Jpq chapter Of the book
bo as as d rouTIe Why , sScu Tr s" Thou
ws co Pstranger in the land, and as a wayfaring
io.an that turneth aside to larry for night?'
The reverend speaker said that again whole
nation was in tears because Its Chief Magistrate had
been smlten down In the midst Of his usefulness,
and his remains were now lying In state IN distant
city prior to their removal to the last rcsting.place
Of poor humanity; that twelve weeks ago Presl-
dent Garfield had been shot down. and through
the weary, painful days and nights that followed
a nation, In fact the whole civilized world had
agonized with the PROSTATE chief that until with
the American people that their Chief Magistrate
needed no guards to protect him from harm.
ns IS SGSn rdey dsRIfH py ee , qsGSinS
scure, drunken actor; that for that terrible crime II
might be pleaded that Il was at moment when
bitterness and strife had rent the Nation assunder
and violence and blood had stretched all over the
| land that the present case admitted Of no such
plea ~ mitigation; that we had Just passed
| Cessu candidate was as clear as the MONDAY
sun, and all parties had united in wishing him
| success; that his Inauguration had been the
grandest pageant ever witnessed at the Nations
| Capital; that the Nation was prosperous and It's
chief was leaving the Capital to secure needed rest
and recreation, when he was deliberately waylaid
and shot down By one belonging to his own
party that fom that hour to his death
on Monday lbs suffering and anguish had
continued; that under the circumstances 1t
would seem natural for us to appeal to Heaven,
aud eycaim: why, o Lord, has this been per.
| mil nI "A ntaf itNnn LIN ma
his family, or upon the Nation? That to the first
| II could be answered that General Garfield hnd
been eminent for his plcty and morality rs well as
for his learning, and az the early age OF nineteen
his life had been devoted to the service of
the Master In reply to the second inquiry 1t
could be said that the aged mother had been
a lifelong and faithful servant Of God the wife o
woman whose breadth OF piety, education, and
purity rendered her every way worthy OF SO noble
coming such men and women rs would gladden.
the hearts of such parents; that If Il was to be
considered upon the Nation, We could urge that
our standard of morality was as high US in the
days OF the fathers ami Mt no time
| veneratOn existed for good men, nor has the in
| nucnCe of the pulpit and the Bible been more eX.
tended; that lii spite fGll this our prayers have
not been answered and, we can only now eSelaim,
| Doctor spoke of the sorrow that had couded this
once happy family; OF the aged mother weeping
stricken wife who sits In the ashes, OF her once
happy home and gathers her helpless orphans
about her WIN tOuehihs patnos ne painted the
where the weary chief had been placed in his
chair at the open window; Before him
stretched the broad sea- . distant sail like
the horizon. The bright sunshine lights up the
ioamy crcsts Of the breekers, and on the son air
| comes the sound OF the church bells What Is
that ior?' asks the dying man, They are pray
ing for you, answers his wife, who sits beside,
holding his nerylCss hand The clear sound of a
woman's voice singing comes to the cars of these
| two, who are grasping hands over the line that
| divides time from eternity. The words are,
| Jesus, Lover OF My Soul and the grand oratoriO,
Turn Thou Unto Me and Have Mercy, for l Am
| DesoRte.' But the end has come, and to the muir
| muIs Of grief aud indignation that come up from
all over our land II can only be said, in the LAM
guage Of the distinguished dead, God regns and
the Government at Washington still lives !"